Series A | Juve finally says goodbye to the title race

With a goal in injury time, the Italian soccer record champions Juventus Turin prevented the second home bankruptcy in two weeks, but finally said goodbye to the title race.

13 days after the 0-1 draw against defending champions Inter Milan, the old lady saved herself with a double advantage against FC Bologna to 1-1 (0-0) because Dusan Vlahovic managed to equalize late (90+5).

With five laps to go, however, the gap to leaders AC Milan grew to eight points. Former Bundesliga player Marko Arnautovic gave the guests the lead.

In the hectic final phase, Bologna had to make do with nine players after Adama Soumaoro received a red card (84′) for an emergency brake and Gary Medel received a yellow-red card (85′) after repeated complaining. Fourth in the table, Juve now even have to worry about participating in the Champions League, the lead over fifth place could shrink to three points on Sunday.

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