Juventus fail to capitalise in race for Champions League football with draw against Verona

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/verona/rJVAIaHo/"]Verona[/a]’s fate was already sealed before a ball had even been kicked at the Allianz Stadium, after their relegation was confirmed with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lecce/G8lYsMgU/"]Lecce[/a]’s 2-1 victory over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/pisa/roasMsOT/"]Pisa[/a] on Friday evening.[/p][p]While the Gialloblù had little to play for, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/juventus/C06aJvIB/"]Juventus[/a] came into the contest in search of a win to boost their UEFA Champions League hopes.[/p][image alt="Match stats" id="a212c26d-e4e8-44ba-a304-b90c02be287d" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="6f0920c3-4e31-4907-8b7d-84859a492e1b" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]As expected, the hosts dominated possession from the outset and created a couple of promising chances in the opening 30 minutes, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/chico-conceicao/n53v4sSd/"]Francisco Conceição[/a] forcing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/montipo-lorenzo/WhLULVuN/"]Lorenzo Montipò[/a] into a smart save down low to his left, before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bremer/INWVBb0R/"]Gleison Bremer[/a] powered a header against the frame of the goal. [/p][p]There was a sense that it was only a matter of time until the deadlock was broken, and while that proved true, there was a collective sense of surprise felt around the stadium when it fell the way of the visitors.[/p][p][b]Bremer’s misplaced pass gifted [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bradaric-domagoj/GGJ3Opji/"]Domagoj Bradarić[/a] the opportunity to fizz in a low cross for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bowie-kieron/QwufU6cU/"]Kieron Bowie[/a] to sweep in at the near post with Verona’s first shot on target.[/b][/p][embed guid="544c0f14-3261-4693-847f-04ef8b3255a0" url="https://x.com/SerieA_EN/status/2050978243281297806" social-type="twitter" /][p]With Juventus unable to respond before the break, Luciano Spalletti summoned [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vlahovic-dusan/Ct0rhfn7/"]Dušan Vlahović[/a] from the bench in an effort to inspire a turnaround.[/p][p][b]The Serbian striker made the impact his manager desired just after the hour mark, whipping a stunning free-kick around the wall and out of the reach of Montipò’s despairing dive to net his first Serie A goal since October.[/b][/p][embed guid="f114173b-66b0-401e-88c5-e8789da7c0c9" url="https://x.com/SerieA_EN/status/2050990531639939267" social-type="twitter" /][p]With momentum in the home side’s favour, Conceição threatened to put his team ahead midway through the second period when he drew two point-blank saves from Montipò in quick succession.[/p][p]The shot-stopper made another vital save in stoppage time, pushing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zhegrova-edon/vqK5oQ8e/"]Edon Zhegrova[/a]’s low shot onto the post to take a point off Italy’s record champions, who remain in fourth spot but are nervously looking over their shoulder at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/como/ttyLthOA/"]Como[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/as-roma/zVqqL0ma/"]Roma[/a]. [/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vlahovic-dusan/Ct0rhfn7/"]Dušan Vlahović[/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/verona-rJVAIaHo/?mid=OlKlxvQ6"]Check out all the match stats with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]