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TURIN, ITALY – MAY 03: Dusan Vlahovic of Juventus FC celebrates scoring his team’s first goal during the Serie A match between Juventus FC and Hellas Verona FC at Allianz Stadium on May 3, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images)
Dusan Vlahovic came off the bench for his first goal of 2026 to rescue a point for Juventus against relegated Verona, but it’s a missed opportunity to go third.
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The Bianconeri hoped to make the most of Como, Napoli and Milan dropping points, with Kenan Yildiz back in the starting XI after two games as a substitute and Dusan Vlahovic ready for the bench, leaving only Arek Milik and Juan Cabal out of action. A victory here would’ve put the Old Lady in joint third with Milan. Hellas were already doomed to relegation this weekend, with Nicolas Valentini suspended, Gift Orban frozen out for an altercation with a fan, and Armel Bella-Kotchap, Cheikh Niasse, Daniel Oyegoke, Suat Serdar and Daniel Mosquera injured.
See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.
Francisco Conceicao tested Lorenzo Montipò at the near post, then the Kenan Yildiz pull-back for Jonathan David was intercepted, and Andrias Edmundsson threw himself in the path of the David angled drive.
A corner was not cleared very far, so the Pierre Kalulu cross back in was flicked onto the crossbar off Gleison Bremer’s head on 26 minutes.
Manuel Locatelli saw his strike deflected just wide, then the midfielder was perhaps harshly booked for simulation when going down in a coming together with Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro.
Moments later, Verona took the surprise lead when Bremer was caught napping passing out from the back, intercepted by Domagoj Bradaric and rolled across from the left for Kieron Bowie to sweep in. It was all the more remarkable considering Juve had kept four consecutive clean sheets before that gift.
The Scotland international nearly got another when deflected over by Lloyd Kelly, while Edmundsson made another decisive block on Andrea Cambiaso.
Dusan Vlahovic was thrown on for Khephren Thuram after the restart and Juve moved to 4-4-2. A couple of crosses were a little too high for the Serbian, but he got them on level terms and ended his 180-day goal drought by bending a free kick around the Verona wall and into the near bottom corner. Remarkably, it was also the first direct free kick scored by Juventus in Serie A this season.
Akpa Akpro risked an own goal intercepting the Conceicao pull-back to turn over from four yards, but Montipò made two extraordinary reaction saves in the space of a minute, both to deny Conceicao from point-blank range at the back post.
Conceicao also drilled wide from the edge of the area, while Jeremie Boga couldn’t surprise Montipò at the far stick on an Edon Zhegrova cross.
Boga saw his curler intercepted by a Hellas chest in the six-yard box, but Edon Zhegrova was unlucky in stoppages when his angled drive thumped the base of the near post and hit the goalkeeper on the back, but ricocheted back out.
It means both Juve’s games against Verona ended 1-1 this season, dropping four points overall in these fixtures.
Juventus 1-1 Verona
Bowie 34 (V), Vlahovic 62 (J)
03-05-2026 17:00
MatchDay 35
Juventus Stadium (Allianz Stadium)JuventusVerona1 – 1
Player statistic
| 5' | Roberto Gagliardini |
| 31' | Martin Frese |
| Manuel Locatelli | 33' |
| 34' | Kieron Bowie(Assist: Domagoj Bradaric) |
| Dusan Vlahovic | 62' |
| 63' | Antoine Bernede |
| 90+5' | Abdou Harroui |
Juventus
Verona
Starting lineups
16
Michele Di Gregorio
Goalkeeper
27
Andrea Cambiaso
Defender
75′
3
Bremer
Defender
6
Lloyd Kelly
Defender
80′
15
Pierre Kalulu
Defender
19
Khéphren Thuram
Midfielder
46′
5
Manuel Locatelli
Midfielder
22
Weston McKennie
Midfielder
7
Francisco Conceição
Attacker
80′
30
Jonathan David
Attacker
69′
10
Kenan Yıldız
Attacker
1
Lorenzo Montipò
Goalkeeper
5
Andrias Edmundsson
Defender
12
Domagoj Bradaric
Defender
71′
3
Martin Frese
Defender
7
Rafik Belghali
Defender
15
Victor Nelsson
Defender
24
Antoine Bernede
Midfielder
80′
11
Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro
Midfielder
63
Roberto Gagliardini
Midfielder
18
Kieron Bowie
Attacker
10
Tomas Suslov
Attacker
71′
Substitutes
23
Carlo Pinsoglio
Goalkeeper
1
Mattia Perin
Goalkeeper
4
Federico Gatti
Defender
20
Loïs Openda
Attacker
18
Filip Kostic
Midfielder
2
Emil Holm
Defender
17
Vasilije Adžić
Midfielder
9
Dusan Vlahovic
Attacker
46′
21
Fabio Miretti
Midfielder
69′
13
Jeremie Boga
Attacker
75′
8
Teun Koopmeiners
Midfielder
80′
11
Edon Zhegrova
Attacker
80′
34
Simone Perilli
Goalkeeper
14
Pol Lirola
Defender
94
Giacomo Toniolo
Goalkeeper
9
Amin Sarr
Attacker
70
Fallou Cham
Defender
90
Ioan Vermesan
Attacker
41
Isaac
Attacker
4
Sandi Lovric
Midfielder
71′
19
Tobias Slotsager
Defender
71′
21
Abdou Harroui
Midfielder
80′
