Juventus fail at Verona as the February flop continues
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Another dud performance has suddenly turned what looked like a strong season into an out-and-out crisis. When Federico Chiesa burst into the channel to receive Carlos Alcaraz?s return pass in the first minute of stoppage time Saturday at the Stadio Marc?Antonio Bentegodi, it looked like Juventus might just manage to steal a stoppage-time win over Hellas Verona for the second time this season.
But Chiesa?s shot was met by an excellent kick save from Lorenzo Montipò, and when Alcaraz hit a long-distance free kick straight at the keeper six minutes later, the curtain came down on a 2-2 draw.
The problem, though, is that Juventus has no business even coming down to stoppage time against Verona, who came into the weekend in 18th place. Juventus, unbeaten in 18 at the end of January, are now winless in their last four, garnering only two points out of the last 12 on offer. And while a loss to Inter is in no way a shameful thing (even if it is galling), the other three games in that sequence came against teams that were, at maximum, within two points of the relegation zone. For the majority of the season, the Bianconeri had looked like they had kicked the habit of hocking up points against teams in the relegation battle. In the early parts of the season they had been scraping past them, but that was progress compared to seasons past. Then in January Juve faced a series of teams at the bottom of the table and ...
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