Depressing Runs Proceed For Juventus And Harm-hit Milan In 0-0 Draw In Serie A

MILAN: AC Milan and Juventus extended mediocre runs as they performed out a 0-0 attract Serie A on Saturday.

The lead to Turin might depart the Bianconeri nervously trying over their shoulders on the finish of the weekend. Juventus remained third however 11 factors above sixth-place Atalanta, which has two video games in hand.

Harm-hit Milan was 5 factors above Juventus.

The highest 5 in Serie A qualify for subsequent season’s Champions League.

Juventus, coming off the again of attracts towards Torino and Cagliari, has gained simply two of its previous 13 Serie A matches.

Milan has misplaced three of its previous 5 in all competitions and endured the humiliation of shedding to Inter Milan on Monday and confirming the Nerazzurri as Serie A champions.

Théo Hernandez and Davide Calabria had been each despatched off in that match in order that they had been suspended together with fellow Milan defender Fikayo Tomori. Goalkeeper Mike Maignan pulled out within the warmup, including to the Rossoneri’s harm issues.

Behind the decimated protection, stand-in Marco Sportiello was positively the busier of the goalkeepers and did effectively to fingertip Dušan Vlahović’s free kick spherical his left submit on the stroke of halftime.

Sportiello did even higher after the restart with a unbelievable double save to parry, first, a Filip Kostić try and stop Danilo from tapping within the rebound.

Sportiello additionally stored Weston McKennie’s header minutes from the top and Milan defender Malick Thiaw cleared Adrien Rabiot’s follow-up off the road.

STOPPAGE-TIME DRAMA

Lecce took one other small step in direction of security after drawing at house to Monza 1-1 with each targets in stoppage time.

Nikola Krstović thought he secured for Lecce a 3rd straight win when he scored within the second minute of stoppage time. However Matteo Pessina levelled from the spot after Lecce defender Lorenzo Venuti dealt with the ball.

Lecce moved eight factors above the drop zone.

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