The crowd enjoyed fireworks in Turin, but saw no winner. After 90 minutes of hard battle between Juventus and Fiorentina, the rivals shared spoils – 2-2. Khephren Thuram brought the Old Lady the lead twice, but each of his first two goals for Juventus was annulled by former Bianconero Moise Kean and Riccardo Sottil three minutes before the end. Thiago Motta’s crew could have sealed the deal much earlier, but David de Gea once again showed he was one of the main Viola’s strengths this season.Khéphren Thuram scores his first two goals for Juventus, the club his father Lilian played for 204 times ⚫⚪ pic.twitter.com/IynaL4tngk— B/R Football (@brfootball) December 29, 2024 Although many expected a more physical game, Khephren Thuram’s solo effort and a 20th-minute opener indicated a bunch of goals. Juventus held the lead until the 38th minute when the Bianconeri were “bitten” by their own Moise Kean, who headed an equalizer and his 11th goal of the season but refused to celebrate it.Khéphren Thuram gets his first goal in Serie A.Just 11 behind his older brother Marcus. pic.twitter.com/uBI1bHMIi6— Raffaele (@ItalianoCalcio) December 29, 2024 Big goal from Moise Kean, you know it felt good, but he goes with the classy route and doesn’t celebrate against his former club. pic.twitter.com/PVvMF3QKid— Raffaele (@ItalianoCalcio) December 29, 2024 The rivals were level at the break, but Thuram made sure it didn’t last long, completing a brace in the 48th minute after Fiorentina’s Danilo Cataldi unintentionally helped him, practically playing a one-two pass with the Frenchman.After his team took the lead, Thiago Motta’s strategy was clear – drop the rhythm and defend the advantage. And it worked perfectly, as the Old Lady gave Viola no hope while threatening through occasional counterattacks and set pieces. After one of those, Federico Gatti had a massive chance to secure Juve’s triumph, but David de Gea stopped his header.La Dea’s run is done, but she’ll spend New Year’s Eve at the topHowever, Fiorentina have already shown this season that they are capable of doing wonders and Juve felt it on their skin three minutes before the end when Riccardo Sottil hammered the ball into the net, using home team’s poor defensive reaction.⚽️ GOAL: Sottil draws level at 87th minute!🇮🇹 Juventus 2-2 Fiorentinapic.twitter.com/m6PRoRt7PI— Goals Xtra (@GoalsXtra) December 29, 2024 In the end, Juventus did not have the strength to throw another punch, as De Gea made a few more crucial saves. Viola grabbed a vital point on the road. Tonight’s rivals remain tied on the Serie A table with 32 points each, though they are both far from the top of the table, where Atalanta and Napoli rule with 41 points apiece.SERIE A – MATCHDAY 18Saturday Empoli – Genoa 1-2 (0-0)/Esposito 74 – Badelj 46, Ekuban 68/Parma – Monza 2-1 (0-0)/Hernani 56 pen, Valenti 90+8 – Pereira 85/Cagliari – Inter 0-3 (0-0)/Bastoni 53, Martinez 71, Calhanoglu 78 pen/Lazio – Atalanta 1-1 (1-0)/Dele-Bashiru 27 – Brescianini 88/Sunday Udinese – Torino 2-2 (1-0)/Toure 41, Lucca 49 – Adams 53, Ricci 64/Napoli – Venezia 1-0 (0-0)/Raspadori 79/Juventus – Fiorentina 2-2 (1-1)/Thuram 20, 48 – Kean 39, Sottil 87/22.45: (2.25) Milan (3.40) Roma (3.20)Monday 20.30: (1.75) Como (3.50) Lecce (5.00)22.45: (1.48) Bologna (4.20) Verona (7.25)***odds are subject to change***
