Africa-Press – Ghana. Monza became the second team to claim their first-ever Serie A victory against Juventus, after Catanzaro in 1972 Newly promoted Monza claimed the first Serie A victory in their history by beating giants Juventus to deepen boss Massimiliano Allegri’s worries.
Christian Gytkjaer scored the winning goal in the second half for Monza’s first win of the season to move off the bottom of the table. Juventus had Angel di Maria sent off in the first half, the 10th dismissal of the Argentine’s career.
Monza were promoted to Serie A for the first time last season. The club, owned by former Italy Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, missed out on automatic promotion but emerged through the play-offs.
Centre-back Pablo Mari is on loan from Arsenal, with Italy internationals Matteo Pessina and Stefano Sensi also in their side. Samuele Birindelli, the son of former Juve defender Alessandro Birindelli, came on for Monza with five minutes remaining.
Juventus, meanwhile, have had a poor start to the season and manager Allegri’s position is under threat. The side lie eighth in Serie A, having won just twice in seven games, and have also lost both of their Champions League games so far.
Line-upsMatch StatsLive Text Line-upsMonza Formation 3-4-2-1 16Di Gregorio4Santos da Silva Barbosa3Marí55Izzo84Ciurria6Rovella12Sensi30Zopalato Neves32Pessina17Caprari47Mota Carvalho
16Di Gregorio4Santos da Silva BarbosaSubstituted forCaldirolaat 55’minutesBooked at 90mins3Marí55Izzo84CiurriaBooked at 89mins6Rovella12SensiSubstituted forBarberisat 54’minutes30Zopalato NevesSubstituted forBirindelliat 85’minutes32Pessina17CaprariSubstituted forColpaniat 70’minutes47Mota CarvalhoSubstituted forGytkjærat 55’minutes
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36Perin2De SciglioSubstituted forSouléat 86’minutes15Gatti3Silva NascimentoBooked at 22mins6Danilo8McKennie32Paredes20MirettiSubstituted forFagioliat 86’minutes22Di MaríaBooked at 40mins9Vlahovic17KosticSubstituted forKeanat 78’minutes
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Match ends, Monza 1, Juventus 0. 90’+8’Full Time Second Half ends, Monza 1, Juventus 0. 90’+7’Post update Foul by Andrea Colpani (Monza). 90’+7’Post update
Weston McKennie (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 90’+7’Post update Offside, Monza. Matteo Pessina tries a through ball, but Christian Gytkjær is caught offside.
90’+1’Booking Luca Caldirola (Monza) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90’+1’Post update Foul by Luca Caldirola (Monza). 90’+1’Post update Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus) wins a free kick in the attacking half. 90’Post update
Attempt blocked. Bremer (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolò Fagioli with a cross. 90’Post update Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Pablo Marí.
89’Post update Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Luca Caldirola. 89’Booking
Patrick Ciurria (Monza) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. 89’Post update Foul by Patrick Ciurria (Monza). 89’Post update Matìas Soulé (Juventus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
86’Substitution Substitution, Juventus. Matìas Soulé replaces Mattia De Sciglio. 86’Substitution
Substitution, Juventus. Nicolò Fagioli replaces Fabio Miretti. 85’Substitution Substitution, Monza. Samuele Birindelli replaces Carlos Augusto. 84’Post update
Foul by Patrick Ciurria (Monza). 84’Post update Moise Kean (Juventus) wins a free kick on the left wing. 82’Post update Attempt saved. Moise Kean (Juventus) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Weston McKennie with a cross.
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