With Bologna, Juventus draws in a late equalizer

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Juventus-Bologna 2-2

After the draw between Genoa and Torino, another one came between Juventus and Bologna on Saturday of the 15th day of Serie A. At the Allianz Stadium, in fact, the Bianconeri went down by two goals to the Rossoblù but they managed to come back and avoid their first defeat in the league thanks to goals by Koopmeiners and Mbangula, which came in the dying minutes.

The guests started off strong right away and went close to the lead with Ndoye hitting the post from the edge of the box after 10 minutes. On 14' Cambiaso is injured and è forced to leave the field of play, replaced by Rouhi. On 30' Ndoye himself put the redbl's ahead with a great right-footed shot at the first post after Holm&#39s splendid feed. Juventus tried to fight back but first Fagioli wasted the equalizing ball and then Vlahovic kicked it over Skorupski.

At the beginning of the second half, Bologna doubled: Castro’s illuminating backheel for Pobega, who, in front of Perin, beat him with an underhand touch. The Bianconeri però are die-hard: at 62’ Koopmeiners shortens the distance with an easy saucer on Danilo’s cross from the right; at 91’ Mbangula finds the equalizer with a great right-footed shot from the edge, on an assist from Vlahovic.

With this draw, Juventus and Bologna climb to 27 and 22 points respectively in the standings. The Bianconeri remain in sixth place, while the Rossoblù hook Milan in fifth place.

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