Thiago Motta was left to rue his Juventus facet’s missed alternatives as they had been held to a different Serie A draw in opposition to Fiorentina on Sunday.
Khephren Thuram’s opener was cancelled out by the returning Moise Kean earlier than the French midfielder doubled his tally three minutes after the break.
However with Juventus trying set to shut the hole on the highest 4, Riccardo Sottil rifled house a shocking equaliser within the 87th minute to seal a share of the spoils in Turin.
Juventus have now drawn 11 of their 18 Serie A fixtures this season, a document of stalemates throughout Europe’s high 5 leagues to date this marketing campaign.
It was additionally their twenty first draw of 2024. Solely Perugia in 1979 had extra matches ending stage in a single calendar yr in Italy’s top-flight than Juventus.
Juventus ended the competition with an anticipated targets (xG) complete of 1.45 from their 15 pictures, although solely 5 of these had been heading in the right direction on the Allianz Enviornment.
“I’m very comfortable, the thought is to proceed attacking and never sit again and concede targets,” Motta advised Sky Sport.
“I wouldn’t give attention to defensive naivety, however on closing out a recreation. We should get to the third objective. We will handle it higher there.
“They shot little or no, in my view, and we deserved extra, however ultimately the end result counts. And the end result says that we weren’t capable of shut it out.
“We had many good moments, that’s why I say that the correct factor to do was to shut it out.”
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Juventus, who stay the one unbeaten crew in Serie A this season, stayed sixth within the desk, stage on 32 factors with fifth-placed Fiorentina, who’ve a recreation in hand.
They’re the primary crew to go undefeated after the primary 18 video games of a Serie A marketing campaign because the Bianconeri did so themselves throughout the 2018-19 marketing campaign.
Motta was requested whether or not not netting a decisive third objective was attributable to dangerous luck, however he disagreed, suggesting his facet have to be extra medical transferring ahead.
“No, I don’t consider in these items,” Motta stated.
“We undoubtedly want to enhance our precision. That’s the place the distinction is. If the ball goes in, the sport is over, in any other case the opposing crew stays alive.”
It was additionally a memorable evening for Thuram, who grew to become the primary Juventus midfielder to attain two targets in opposition to Fiorentina in Serie A since Angelo Alessio in 1990.
“We wish guys like that, guys who need to end the sport properly,” Motta stated of Thuram’s efficiency on Sunday. “These are guys who can drag the others alongside.”
