Serie A Juventus 2-2 Parma:Two Americans saved a draw for the Juventus
FlashFootball 2024/10/31 01:35
Two US internationals, Weston McKennie and Tim Weah, helped Juventus keep their unbeaten start to the season intact.
The pair found the back of the net on Wednesday, helping Juventus to a 2-2 draw at Parma. Parma were 2-0 up thanks to goals from Enrico Delprato and Simon Sohm.
Juventus are on 18 points, seven behind leaders Napoli, and slipped to fourth as Atalanta moved a point ahead after their 2-0 win over Monza. Parma are currently in 14th place with nine points.
This was the second game in a row that Juventus had to come from behind to salvage a point, after a 4-4 draw at Inter Milan on Sunday.
"I think today we gave away too many free kicks. "When they had the ball, we tried to get the defender to come out so we could press and make a mistake, but we didn't succeed," Juventus head coach Thiago Motta told DAZN.
"We made a lot of mistakes in the defensive phase."
Parma started strong and after working the ball across the pitch from a corner kick, Adrián Bernabé's cross into the box was nodded back across goal by Botond Balogh and Delprato headed it into the top corner of the net.
Juventus should have drawn level 10 minutes later after Zion Suzuki saved a header from McKennie, but when the rebound fell to Dusan Vlahovic he somehow sent his shot over the bar.
McKennie didn't miss out when his USMNT teammate Weah sent the ball into the area. He headed it past the dive of Suzuki, but Parma were back in front soon after as Juventus struggled to deal with the pace of the visitors.
Dennis Man collected a long ball in the area and delivered an excellent pass to Sohm, who fired it past Di Gregorio. They held their lead until half-time.
Juventus were on level terms again shortly after the interval, despite having an unbeaten record. Khephren Thuram made a strong run from midfield and passed to Francisco Conceição, who was on the wing. He then crossed the ball into the box and Weah volleyed it home from close range.
Kenan Yildiz came off the bench at Inter to score the two goals that levelled the match. He wasn't in the squad for the match against Parma, but he came on as a substitute in the closing stages and almost scored a winner.
"Weah played well at San Siro and again today, scoring," Motta told Sky Sports.
"Kenan coming on later, with the game more open, is an ideal player to create situations. He has freedom in the final metres, it was normal today to want to open things up against such a closed team."
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Parma
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Serie A
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