At 19:30 on December 23, Beijing time, the 17th round of Serie A in the 2023-24 season: Frosinone VS Juventus.
Juventus, who are aiming for the title, have been a bit stretching recently, playing a weak Genoa in the last round, only winning a 1-1 draw, and the gap with leaders Inter Milan has widened from 2 points to 4 points. Fighting on a single line is Juve's biggest advantage in the Serie A title, but it seems that it has not been able to make full use of it.
Frosinone is a small club in Serie A, but the current results are not bad, with 16 games, 5 wins, 4 draws, 7 losses, 19 points, 13th in the Serie A standings, one place higher than Genoa's ranking.
Yes, Juventus started the 352 formation, Yildiz and Milik double forwards, midfielders Kostic, Rabiot, Locatelli, McKennie, Cambiaso, three central defenders Sandro, Bremer, Danilo, goalkeeper Szczesny. The starting eleven is worth a total of 210 million euros.
Vlahovic, the main center who is rumored to be sold by Juventus in the winter window, sits on the door.
Frosinone's starting eleven is worth only €50.55 million.
After the start of the game, Juventus took the lead in attacking. In the 9th minute, Juventus' corner kick from the right side was driven into the penalty area, and McKennie's header went high.
In the 12th minute, Juventus took the lead in breaking the deadlock on the field, Tulatti was not far from the backfield, was stealed by Kostic, Kostic went straight, Yildiz broke through into the penalty area at a small angle on the left side with three people, and the ball scored! Juventus led Frosinone 1:0.
In the 22nd minute, Frosinone took a free kick on the left side of the field, and Barrenechea shot directly at the goal, which was missed.
In the 27th minute, Sandro was injured and couldn't hold on, Gatti came off the bench to replace him, and Juventus made a passive substitution adjustment.
In the 34th minute, Juventus' corner kick from the right side was driven into the penalty area, and Danilo headed it high.
In the 39th minute, Juventus played a counter-attack, Milik split the ball in the middle to the left, and Kostic shot wide.
In the 43rd minute, Brescianini broke through to the bottom of the penalty area on the left and was defended by Bremer, but the referee did not say anything about the goal.
In the 51st minute, Monterisi made a direct pass, and Báez stepped forward to form a single knife, replacing Szczesny, who fell to the ground to block, and scored with a push. Frosinone equalised.
With the score down, Allegri replaced Ildiz with Vlahovic, and the substitution was officially the winner.
In the 81st minute, McKennie crossed, and Vlahovic scored with a header from the middle, and Juventus led again 2:1.
In the 90th minute, Iling went straight from the left and Vlahovic volleyed home from inside the box, but then the referee signalled that the goal was offside. Vlahovic missed a great chance to score a brace, but that didn't stop him from being the winner of the game for Juve.
In this round, Juventus has accumulated 40 points in 17 games, still ranking second in the Serie A standings, and is one point behind the leader Inter in the first round.
The 18-year-old scored on his first start for Juventus and became the youngest foreign player to score in Juventus' history.
Born on 4 May 2005, Ildez is a Turkish and German citizen who came through the Bayern Munich academy and joined Juventus Under-19 as a free agent in July 2022.