Fiorentina have the half-time lead in Turin thanks to an early Dusan Vlahovic counter-attack, while Juan Cuadrado was sent off for Juventus.
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The Bianconeri missed Giorgio Chiellini, Merih Demiral and Arthur Melo, while Adrien Rabiot sat out a last-minute suspension after Napoli won their appeal against the decision to award Juve a 3-0 victory on October 4. That Week 3 fixture will now be played in January, so Juve went from 27 points to 24 with a game in hand. The Viola were in crisis, although back-to-back 1-1 draws had stopped the rot under Cesare Prandelli.
It was the perfect start for Fiorentina, as Franck Ribery’s through ball sent Dusan Vlahovic running, he out-sprinted Matthijs de Ligt and kept his cool to dink the finish over on-rushing Wojciech Szczesny. It was Vlahovic’s third goal in as many games, but also the first Viola goal from open play since December 7 against Genoa.
There were several other dangerous Fiorentina counter-attacks, including one that saw Vlahovic catch Leonardo Bonucci napping only to then misplace the pass.
It went from bad to worse for Juventus, as Juan Cuadrado went in very late and extremely high, studs-up on Gaetano Castrovilli’s shin. The referee booked him, but after viewing again on VAR, the decision was inevitable for a straight red, the fifth dismissal Juve had in Serie A this season.
Bonucci gave it away cheaply again, so Castrovilli forced a fingertip save from Szczesny at the near bottom corner. Cristiano Ronaldo turned Nikola Milenkovic inside out only to then hit the side-netting, then failed to make the most of a poor Milenkovic back-pass and also stung Bartlomiej Dragowski’s gloves from distance.
Juventus 0-1 Fiorentina (Half-Time)
Vlahovic 3 (F)
Juventus: Szczesny; Cuadrado, De Ligt, Bonucci, Alex Sandro; Chiesa, McKennie, Bentancur, Ramsey (Danilo 19); Morata, Ronaldo
Fiorentina: Dragowski; Caceres, Milenkovic, Pezzella, Igor, Biraghi; Amrabat, Borja Valero, Castrovilli; Ribery, Vlahovic
Ref: La Penna
Sent off: Cuadrado 17 (J)