Udinese upsets Juventus as winless run stretches to three
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An abysmal performance from the Bianconeri saw the other black and white team run out of the Allianz with a win. We were supposed to be past this.
We were supposed to be past Juventus meeting a relegation battler and suddenly dropping to the level of our opposition. Even before the feeding frenzy the team went on against some of the league?s bottom teams last month, the Bianconeri were at least grinding out corto muso wins against Serie A?s minnows in the first half of the season.
But now here we are again. Sandwiched around last week?s loss to Inter, Juve have dropped points against Empoli and now Udinese?both teams that they defeated efficiently in the first half of the season. Monday?s 1-0 loss to the Friuli outfit was very much the nadir of the team?s three-game slide. Juventus outshot their opponents 10-1 in the first half and put six of those shots on frame?but went into the locker room trailing because that one shot was the winning goal, the product of a horrific mistake at the back by a guy who makes a lot of those mistakes but somehow keeps getting minutes anyway. In the second half, despite enjoying 70 percent possession, Juve only managed four more shots, none of which troubled the Udinese goalkeeper. Their attacks were stagnant and predictable, and most were fended off with relative ease. As the minutes ticked on, it was becoming increasingly clear that the comeback you expect a team like Juventus to...
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