With luck, Juventus Turin gets a point against AC Milan, but shouldn’t be particularly happy about it.
Juventus Turin fourth, AC Milan even just eighth – the two Italian great -football powers have made a lot of starting after a disappointing season 2024/25 for the current season in Serie A. On the 6th matchday there was a direct duel in Turin – with a mew 0-0 as an end result. Milan’s Cristian Pulisic awarded the greatest chance of the game on Sunday with a shot penalty.
Because Milan had the much better occasions, they could theoretically be satisfied with the result at Juventus. But the bad memories of the previous year should weigh more heavily. At that time, the “old lady” played a whopping 16 times in 38 league games. Now there are five draws in a row again, this is unfavorable for master ambitions.
Milan can live better with the result with the result, as a third further point in front of Juve and two points behind the top duo SSC Naples and AS Rome.
Allegri back at Juventus
The central theme of the top game was the return of Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri to his old place of work. The 58-year-old had spent a total of eight years as a Juve coach on two engagements, celebrating five championship titles. He has been employed by AC Milan for the second time since the beginning of the season.
In the first half, Allegri with his coaching eyes probably had more fun than the entertainment-oriented audience, because there were hardly any chances. The most dangerous were two actions by Milan’s Mexican attacker Santiago Gimenez. After a beautiful solo, he finished too centrally (32nd) and headed just next to the goal (43.).
After the break, the teams delivered more spectacle. Milan’s goalkeeper and captain Mike Maignan threw himself in a shot from Federico Gatti three minutes after the change of sides, and parried strongly.
Pulisic and Leao forgive
After 52 minutes, the striking gime pace went down in the penalty area when it was clumsy from behind by Turin’s Lloyd Kelly. Pulisic competed for the following penalty, with four goals in the season, he is on the divided first place on the Serie-A goal shooter list. But this time he wanted to do it too precisely, shot the ball over the right angle.
Milan was very close to one goal twice, but both times the substitute Rafael Leao weakened at the end. Not much came from Juventus, which the fans acknowledged with whistles after the final whistle.