Adzic haunts parent club with last-gasp winner as Sassuolo see off Juventus

[p]The visitors, looking to maintain their unbeaten start to the campaign, nearly broke the deadlock within two minutes as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gonzalez-nicolas-ivan/filNjPIq/"]Nico Gonzalez[/a] received possession outside the area and unleashed a vicious shot that whistled just over the bar.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alajbegovic-kerim/4WqOzLUF/"]Kerim Alajbegovic[/a] was also lively down the left, but his final ball frequently went astray, much to the frustration of head coach [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/spalletti-luciano/n3dg3lHR/"]Luciano Spalletti[/a]. At the other end, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/berardi-domenico/jHAnwQQB/"]Domenico Berardi[/a] was equally busy, even if he was often nullified by a resilient and organised [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/juventus/C06aJvIB/"]Bianconeri[/a] defence.[/p][p]In truth, both teams struggled to create too many chances before the interval. The Old Lady’s [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/koopmeiners-teun/lOCjQkeo/"]Teun Koopmeiners[/a] did carve out an opening, but his 20-yard strike lacked power and proved a straightforward save for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/muric-arijanet/CfsIdb20/"]Arijanet Muric[/a], while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/doig-josh/dQ1Evunq/"]Josh Doig[/a] burst down the left for the hosts before firing into the side netting.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/esposito-sebastiano/WrbP1Sdg/"]Sebastiano Esposito[/a] then blazed off target from distance, and Berardi shot straight at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vicario-guglielmo/0fdL3XXa/"]Guglielmo Vicario[/a] from outside the box. The final chance of the half came at the other end, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/chico-conceicao/n53v4sSd/"]Francisco Conceicao[/a] seeing a powerful drive thwarted by Muric.[/p][image alt="Sassuolo - Juventus match momentum" id="5647f560-667a-4ce8-82e5-0ffd253cfe9a" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="17e4bb17-2c98-4ae8-ad3a-21641b630dbf" original-width="3840" original-height="2160" /][p]Berardi remained involved after the break, with his curling left-footed strike expertly tipped around the post by Vicario. Unexpectedly, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sassuolo/QDdvI0zl/"]Sassuolo[/a] had the momentum for a short period, raising hopes they might be able to beat Juve for just the fifth time in their history. And, after thwarting a brief flurry of attacks from their opponents, the hosts duly took the lead just past the hour mark through Esposito, who broke the offside trap to run onto [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/matic-nemanja/Kty10JVG/"]Nemanja Matic[/a]’s through ball and fire in at the far post.[/p][p]The visitors had come from behind to gain a point in their previous outing, and they set about repeating that through [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/douglas-luiz/IZxlmmuF/"]Douglas Luiz[/a], who had a vicious shot from distance superbly saved. And, after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/adzic-vasilije/YBPBtjuL/"]Adzic[/a] had a goal ruled out for offside for the hosts, Juventus equalised through substitute Edon Zhegrova, who capitalised on a poor punch by Muric to whip a shot around a defender and into the bottom corner.[/p][p]The shot-stopper soon atoned for his error with a splendid save to thwart Alajbegović, before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/woltemade-nick/4YDUd1at/"]Nick Woltemade[/a] blazed off target from close range. Just when it looked like the game was up, another replacement, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bowie-kieron/QwufU6cU/"]Kieron Bowie[/a], stroked into the bottom corner from the edge of the area after being picked out by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bakola-darryl/ru8MP2hs/"]Darryl Bakola[/a].[/p][p]Sassuolo would have been forgiven for thinking that had guaranteed them the points, but Zhegrova had other ideas, smashing home another equaliser deep into injury time. [/p][p]That was not the end of the action though, as Juve ultimately suffered their first away defeat since February when Adzic put Sassuolo in front once more, bursting onto a ball over the top and curling home. [/p][p]The result means Sassuolo have seven points from four games, their most at this stage of a campaign since 2020. Juventus, meanwhile, will wonder how they didn’t grab at least a point after twice coming from behind, and will now turn their attention to their UEFA Europa League clash with NEC in midweek.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zhegrova-edon/vqK5oQ8e/"]Edon Zhegrova[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/juventus/C06aJvIB/"]Juventus[/a])[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/juventus-C06aJvIB/sassuolo-QDdvI0zl/summary/stats/?mid=juNkpLje"]Catch up on the match stats with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]