Juventus and Atalanta had to settle for a draw in a very gray match of the team of Pirlo, inferior to a rival who went from less to more but could not take the victory. They had a lot to do with the distribution of points Gollini and Szczensy, the best on the turin stadium turf. The visiting goal stopped Cristiano from a penalty, who had disappeared throughout the game, and Juve gave up two key points in his career to settle in the top zone of the standings.
Madrid's rival in the round of 16 of the Champions, with the Papuan and Ilicic waiting his turn on the bench, he entered the game late and only reacted when he was behind on the scoreboard. The clash began with Álvaro Morata as the main protagonist. The former Madrid striker showed that he is very inspired by all the fortunes of the game except for the most important: the goal. The '9' of the Juve capitalized on the most dangerous stocks of Pirlo, who missed more game volume and threat of Cristiano Ronaldo, erratic and gray for the 90 minutes.
Morata He had the 1-0 in his boots but he sinned frivolously trying to hit an empty goal that left bitten and deflected. A grotesque failure. When the Juve was getting stuck, appeared Chiesa to score a great goal from the front and score the first goal of the game on the edge of half an hour of play.
The goal spurred Atalanta, superior in all facets, until the referee decreed injury time. In the resumption, Juventus reacted, returning to round up the goal through Morata, who found a great Gollini in a heads-up. Atalanta, little by little, was finding the thread of the match and achieved the tie thanks to a great shot from outside the area of Freuler.
With the score equalized, the figure of Gollini emerged again, who first stopped a penalty from Cristiano Ronaldo (60 ') and then he showed off with another paradón to Morata. From then on and thanks to the entrance of the Papuan, Atalanta dominated the game and made more merits to take the three points than a Juve very mediocre, saved by the good performance of Szczensy.
Both teams had clear options to win but the fear of losing ended up marking the final moments
1- Juventus: Szczensy; De Ligt, Bonucci, Danilo; Cuadrado, Bentancur, Arthur (Rabiot, 27 '), McKennie, Chiesa (Sandro, 75'); Morata (Dybala, 84 ') and Cristiano Ronaldo
1- Atalanta: Gollini; Djimsiti, Romero, Palomino; Hateboer, De Roon, Freuler, Gosens; Pessina (Gómez, 53 '), Malinovsky (Miranchuk, 71'); Zapata (Muriel, 71 ')
Goals: 1-0, Chiesa (29 '); 1-1, Freuler (56 ')
Referee: Daniele Doveri. Yellows: Romero (38 '), Rabiot (46'), De Roon (52 '), Morata (60'), MacKennie (80 ')
Stadium: Behind closed doors at Allianz Stadium