Juventus suffered a shock defeat in Cagliari, shocked by the Luca Mazzitelli volley on a set play routine, for under the second loss beneath Luciano Spalletti.
The Bianconeri had been on glowing kind after successful six of their final seven Serie A video games , with Kenan Yildiz shaking off flu signs, Francisco Conceicao and Federico Gatti , which means solely Dusan Vlahovic, Daniele Rugani and Arek Milik had been nonetheless out of motion. The Sardinians had one level from three rounds, contemporary off a sobering 3-0 defeat to Genoa. Yerry Mina returned, however Gabriele Zappa, Michael Folorunsho, Alessandro Deiola, Andrea Belotti and Mattia Felici had been injured.
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CAGLIARI, ITALY – JANUARY 17: Juventus’s coach Luciano Spalletti appears to be like on in the course of the Serie A match between Cagliari Calcio and Juventus FC at Stadio Sant’Elia on January 17, 2026 in Cagliari, Italy. (Photograph by Enrico Locci/Getty Pictures)
The referee pointed to the spot on quarter-hour when Fabio Miretti went down in a coming along with Luca Mazzitelli, however modified his thoughts following the VAR overview, because the Cagliari participant had his foot in entrance and was kicked by the Juventus midfielder.
Miretti additionally tried a lob from midfield, and compelled a save from Elia Caprile on the Jonathan David lay-off, however Kenan Yildiz was booked for simulation after taking place within the neighborhood of Ze Pedro.
CAGLIARI, ITALY – JANUARY 17: Fabio Miretti of Juventus lays injured in the course of the Serie A match between Cagliari Calcio and Juventus FC at Stadio Sant’Elia on January 17, 2026 in Cagliari, Italy. (Photograph by Enrico Locci/Getty Pictures)
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After the restart, Semih Kilicsoy managed to squirm a go by means of to Sebastiano Esposito when surrounded on the nook flag, forcing the save from Mattia Perin on the close to put up.
Caprile flew to palm an Andrea Cambiaso roller around the upright from the sting of the world, whereas Yildiz rode previous three tackles to bend his end simply over the crossbar.
Miretti’s half-volley additionally prompted a one-handed Caprile save, however the ball had already gone out of play on the cross.
CAGLIARI, ITALY – JANUARY 17: Gianluca Gaetano of Cagliari in distinction with Kenan yildiz of Juventus in the course of the Serie A match between Cagliari Calcio and Juventus FC at Stadio Sant’Elia on January 17, 2026 in Cagliari, Italy. (Photograph by Enrico Locci/Getty Pictures)
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As a substitute, Cagliari scored utterly towards the run of play. It was an clever set play routine, as Gianluca Gaetano took the free kick low to seek out Luca Mazzitelli, who had peeled away from Pierre Kalulu able to volley into the close to backside nook from 15 yards.
CAGLIARI, ITALY – JANUARY 17: Luca Mazzittelli of Cagliari celebrates his objective 1-0 with the team-mates in the course of the Serie A match between Cagliari Calcio and Juventus FC at Stadio Sant’Elia on January 17, 2026 in Cagliari, Italy. (Photograph by Enrico Locci/Getty Pictures)
Juventus stored pushing, Kalulu’s highly effective cross-shot stinging Caprile’s gloves, as did one other Kenan Yildiz solo strike.
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When the goalkeeper was crushed, he was rescued by the body of the objective, because the Yildiz strike took an enormous deflection off Mina to thump the bottom of the upright.
The Bianconeri tried to the very finish, however struggled to create clear-cut scoring alternatives.
Mazzitelli 65 (C)
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