At 0:30 a.m. Beijing time on October 28, the 10th round of the 2021-22 Serie A season ushered in a focus battle: Juventus, one of the biggest favourites to win the championship, hosted sassuolo with dark horses.
Cristiano Ronaldo left the team, and after a short downturn, Juventus quickly returned to the level of the top teams in Serie A. After the 1:1 draw between home and AC Milan in the 4th round, four consecutive wins were opened, and the 9th round of away was a 1:1 draw with Inter Milan, although it was too regrettable to be interrupted when rushing to grab points, but the opponent who was strong in the away draw and also aimed at winning the championship was quite good.
After nine rounds, Juve have 15 points from 4 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats, ranking sixth in the Serie A table, but only one point away from Roma in fourth place.
Sassuolo did not start this season as strongly as last season, accumulating 11 points from the first 9 rounds of 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses, ranking thirteenth in the Serie A table, and the "dark horse" has become a "thin horse".
Juve started at home in 442, With Morata and Dybala pairing up with double strikers, midfielders four-man Rabiot, Locatelli, McKenny and Chiesa Jr., double centre-backs De Ligt and Bonucci, two full-backs De Sillio and Danilo and goalkeeper Perrin. The total value of the starting eleven is 370 million euros.
Sassuolo is in the 4231 formation, with DeFreir in the center position, and the starting eleven are worth a total of 130 million euros.
As soon as the game began, the home team was played, and the stronger Juve launched an offensive. In the 2nd minute, Chiesa Jr.'s shot was blocked by a Sassuolo defender.
In the 12th minute, Juve suffered a crushing blow, full-back Desilio was injured and Sandro came off the bench.
Juve had a slight advantage in attacking, but it had no effect, and instead conceded a goal near the end of the first half. In the 43rd minute, Sassuolo penetrated Juve's defence with a few simple passes, and Fratsi shot in. Juve trailed 0:1.
In the second half, Juventus, who were behind, stepped up their attacks. Sassuolo, on the other hand, had little power to fight back.
In the 75th minute, Juve finally scored. A free kick in front of the field, Dybala drove straight into the box, McKinney stepped forward, the header hit the goal, the ball was scored! Juventus 1:1 Sassuolo.
When the 90th minute came, the score was still 1:1. The whole game reached 5 minutes of stoppage time, but it was Sassuolo who finally scored the goal, and it was Maxim who scored the goal.
Losing this game, Juve 10 wins, 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, the points are still stuck at 15 points, it will take time to reach the top four, and the championship, may only be able to think, has been the top AC Milan has thrown 13 points.
It seems that after Ronaldo left the team, Allegri's team did not really find a way to win.