Zapata inflicts more pain on Juve after police raid over suspect player transfers

Duvan Zapata piled on the misery for struggling Juventus on Saturday with the only goal in Atalanta’s 1-0 win which came with the Turin giants still reeling from a police probe into their accounts.Atalanta strengthened their hold on fourth place and Serie A’s final Champions League spot thanks to Colombian Zapata’s seventh goal in as many games in all competitions in the 28th minute at the Allianz Stadium, which he crashed home off the bar after being sent clean through by Berat Djimsiti.When Juventus suffered their previous home loss to Atalanta in 1989, Massimiliano Allegri was a 22-year-old youngster at his hometown club Livorno.Claudio Caniggia scored for Atalanta in a 1-0 win, their side also featured Cesare Prandelli.— Michael Yokhin (@Yokhin) November 27, 2021 Gian Piero Gasperini’s side are level on 28 points with third-placed Inter Milan ahead of the champions’ trip to Venezia later on Saturday, and just four away from leaders Napoli and AC Milan, who play on Sunday.🗣️G⚽L DE ATALANTA‼️👤 Zapata⏱️ 28’Juventus 0️⃣🆚1️⃣ Atalanta#SerieA 🇮🇹 🏆⬇️ TELEGRAM ⬇️https://t.co/AEeAxEHR6apic.twitter.com/B4Nj4j6OCO— ElForasteroDeportivo (@ElForadeportivo) November 27, 2021 More importantly they are six points ahead of their closest rivals for fourth spot Roma, who host Torino, while Juve sit a further point back in eighth after the latest uninspiring display which led to them being whistled off by the pitch by furious fans who watched their team lose for the fifth time this league season.##EDITORS_CHOICE##Massimiliano Allegri’s side have only scored 18 goals in their 14 league matches, the lowest total in Serie A’s top 10, and rarely looked like pegging back the impressive away side until Paulo Dybala clipped a free-kick off the crossbar in stoppage time.Their defeat comes after a difficult week in which they were humiliated by European champions Chelsea on Tuesday and then had police search their offices on Friday as part of a probe into suspicious player transfers and potential false accounting over the past three seasons.Premises of Juventus raided by the police! Over 55 million US embezzled?According to Italian media, Juve and six of the club’s directors – including chairman Andrea Agnelli – are under investigation over what Sky Sport Italia report some 282 million euros ($319.2 million) of suspect capital gains from transfer deals.© Agence France-PresseSERIE 1 – ROUND 14FridayCagliari – Salernitana 1-1 (0-0)/Pavoletti 73 – Bonazzoli 90/SaturdaySampdoria – Verona 3-1 (0-1)/Candreva 51, Ekdal 77, Murru 90 – Tameze 37/Empoli – Fiorentina 2-1 (0-0)/Bandinelli 87, Pinamonti 89 – Vlahovic 57/Juventus – Atalanta 0-1 (0-1)/Zapata 28/Sunday14:30: (1.85) Udinese (3.60) Genoa (4.80)17:00: (1.58) Milan (4.30) Sassuolo (6.25)17:00: (3.00) Spezia (3.40) Bologna (2.50)20:00: (1.75) Roma (3.70) Torino (5.40)22:45: (1.85) Napoli (3.70) Lazio (4.60)

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