After the apotheosis in the Champions League against Atletico Madrid, for Juve – without Cristiano Ronaldo – comes the first defeat in the championship after 24 wins and three draws: the punishment is the Genoa of the former Prandelli who had already been the first in Europe to stop the bianconeri at 0-0. Curiously, it was the ex Sturaro who opened the scoring series of the Genoans, who as soon as he entered the field in the second half immediately pierced another ex with a perfectly fitting shot, namely the uncertain Perin called to defend the Juventus goal.
Shortly afterwards, Genoa doubled up on the counterattack with Pandev, who scored several goals against Juve, who benefited from an overwhelming action by the slippery Kuamè who surprised the Juventus defence, who had catapulted forward to try to equalize the goal by Sturaro. Shortly before, Juve saw a fine goal by Dybala, today captain due to Chiellini's absence, canceled by the Var due to a millimeter offside from the shoulder by Emre Can, the hero of the victory against Atletico.
It was the triumph over Simeone's Spaniards in the Champions League that mentally and physically emptied Juve which, despite a large change in the line-up operated by Allegri, almost never entered the game and, after impacting in the first half, literally crumbled in the second half thanks to a sparkling one-two from Genoa who strengthened his position in terms of salvation by totaling 33 points.
For the first time Juve not only lose in the league but also fail to score a goal while the victory over the black and whites marks the full relaunch of Prandelli who is another ex of Juve, having been one of their defenders at the time of Platine in the XNUMXs .
Juve maintain a large advantage over Napoli but today they made a bad impression at Marassi even if their leadership in the championship is not in question. Allegri's screams of anger against him shook the changing rooms of the Genoese stadium.
