Atalanta hold wasteful Juve
Milan, April 29: Swiss midfielder Remo Freuler bundled a timely leveller past Gianluigi Buffon at the death to grab a deserved share of the spoils for Atalanta in a 2-2 draw with Juventus on Friday.
A great diving header from Dani Alves looked to have secured the three points for Juventus after Massimiliano Allegri’s treble-chasers fought their way back when Atalanta midfielder Leonardo Spinazzola’s own goal levelled Andrea Conti’s first-half opener for the hosts.
But Atalanta would not give up the fight, and when Buffon first pushed away Freuler’s last-gasp drive, he could do little when the midfielder pounced on the rebound to fire in a last-gasp equaliser.
Juve’s third draw of the campaign left the Turin giants, on course for a record sixth consecutive scudetto, nine points ahead of Roma, who face Lazio in the derby on Sunday.
Following a great block on Leaonardo Spinazzola, Giorgio Chiellini was powerless when the ball fell to Gomez to fire over for Conti, who jumped to meet the ball and fire inside the near post.
When Juve levelled five minutes after the restart they had Spinazzola to thank after he headed past Berisha from Miralem Pjanic’s free kick, following a scything tackle on Dybala from behind.
Having wasted a host of chances following the goal, Juve were finally celebrating when Alves dived to head past a flailing Berisha.
But all the good work was undone when Freuler kept his cool to fire off Buffon and bundle home an 89th minute equaliser.