epa11818937 Torino's Nikola Vlasic scores the 1-1 during the Italian Serie A soccer match Torino FC vs Juventus FC at the Olimpico Grande Torino Stadium in Turin, Italy, 11 January 2025. EPA-EFE/Alessandro Di Marco
epa11818937 Torino's Nikola Vlasic scores the 1-1 during the Italian Serie A soccer match Torino FC vs Juventus FC at the Olimpico Grande Torino Stadium in Turin, Italy, 11 January 2025. EPA-EFE/Alessandro Di Marco

Juventus were held to yet another stalemate, this time by their city rivals Torino in the Derby della Mole, as Nikola Vlasic cancelled out the Kenan Yildiz strike and both coaches saw red.

The Bianconeri were feeling the pressure after Supercoppa Italiana semi-final failure against Milan and four draws in the last five Serie A rounds. Dusan Vlahovic, Francisco Conceicao, Arek Milik, Gleison Bremer and Juan Cabal were injured, with Manuel Locatelli suspended, so Nico Gonzalez had to be used as a centre-forward and Teun Koopmeiners given the captain’s armband. Toro missed Ivan Ilic, Duvan Zapata, Zanos Savva and Emirhan Ilkhan, with Sebastian Walukiewicz not fully fit and moved to a 4-4-1-1 formation.

See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.

A scuffle erupted on the touchline between players in the opening 90 seconds, but Kenan Yildiz opened the scoring after eight minutes.

It was a pure solo effort, as he gathered down the right, cut inside past two Toro players and drilled hard and low into the near bottom corner with the left boot from outside the area.

epa11818920 Juventus' Kenan Yldiz jubilates after scoring the 0-1 during the Italian Serie A soccer match Torino FC vs Juventus FC at the Olimpico Grande Torino Stadium in Turin, Italy, 11 January 2025. EPA-EFE/Alessandro Di Marco
epa11818920 Juventus’ Kenan Yldiz jubilates after scoring the 0-1 during the Italian Serie A soccer match Torino FC vs Juventus FC at the Olimpico Grande Torino Stadium in Turin, Italy, 11 January 2025. EPA-EFE/Alessandro Di Marco

Karol Linetty couldn’t keep his finish down when a corner was flicked on to the back post, while Nico Gonzalez was offside when turning in the Samuel Mbangula slide-rule pass.

Federico Gatti steered his header just wide from a Kenan Yildiz cross and Samuele Ricci made a decisive interception to stop Koopmeiners sending Mbangula clear on goal, but then the Torino midfielder ballooned over at the other end.

Toro equalised in first half stoppages when Karamoh cut inside from the left and found Vlasic on the edge of the penalty area, the first touch flicking it up for the ferocious half-volley in off the inside of the near post.

The Granata started the second half very aggressively, a Guillermo Maripan volley straight at Di Gregorio on a corner, while Nico Gonzalez and Kenan Yildiz both went for the same Mbangula cross and collided with each other.

Torino immediately countered and Karamoh was going clear until a desperate Nicolò Savona sliding tackle that got his studs to the ball. The referee waved play on, prompting a furious row on the touchline that saw both coaches Paolo Vanoli and Thiago Motta sent off.

Kenan Yildiz blasted over from distance and Koopmeiners stung Vanja Milinkovic-Savic’s gloves, but Nico Gonzalez should’ve done better with a scuffed volley on the Mbangula cross that Milinkovic-Savic fingertipped away at full stretch.

Timothy Weah came off the bench and immediately tested the Torino goalkeeper with a screamer from a long way out, but Juventus failed to beat their city rivals for only the sixth time in the last 22 competitive meetings.

Torino 1-1 Juventus

Kenan Yildiz 8 (J), Vlasic 45 (T)

11-01-2025 17:00
MatchDay 20

Player statistic

1st half
    8' Goal Kenan Yıldız
(Assist: Nicolò Savona)
Mërgim Vojvoda Yellow card 26'    
Nikola Vlasic
(Assist: Yann Karamoh)
Goal 45+1'    
2nd half
Saúl Coco Yellow card 48'    
    62' Yellow card Douglas Luiz
Karol Linetty Yellow card 69'    
Sebastian Walukiewicz Yellow card 90+5'    

Match statistic

41
Possession %
59
11
Total shots
15
2
Shots on target
9
6
Shots off target
2
3
Blocked shots
4
9
Corners
1
1
Offsides
2
18
Fouls
9
Torino
Juventus

Starting lineups

32
24
Defender
90'
13
27
Defender
23
Defender
20
Defender
90'
77
Midfielder
72'
10
Midfielder
28
Midfielder
18
Attacker
90'
7
Attacker
62'
29
Goalkeeper
4
Defender
37
Defender
71'
15
Defender
26
Midfielder
19
Midfielder
8
Midfielder
16
Midfielder
10
Attacker
11
Attacker
51
Attacker
77'

Substitutes

1
Goalkeeper
17
Goalkeeper
5
Defender
21
Defender
84
Midfielder
83
Midfielder
16
Defender
62'
61
Midfielder
72'
4
90'
9
Attacker
90'
92
Attacker
90'
23
Goalkeeper
1
Goalkeeper
21
Midfielder
40
Defender
17
Midfielder
27
Defender
71'
22
Attacker
77'

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