By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: 14:28 EST, 7 December 2024 | Updated: 14:29 EST, 7 December 2024
ROME (AP) - Juventus needed a late equalizer from 20-year-old Samuel Mbangula to finish 2-2 at home with Bologna in Serie A after coach Thiago Motta was sent off for protests on Saturday.
Mbangula curled in a shot from beyond the area in stoppage time.
Dan Ndoye and Tommaso Pobega put Bologna 2-0 ahead, and Teun Koopmeiners pulled one back for Juventus.
Motta guided Bologna to a fifth-place finish last season and the Champions League, and left in the summer for Juventus. He was shown a straight red card shortly before Pobega´s goal.
Juventus remained sixth while Bologna moved level on points with seventh-placed AC Milan, five points behind.
It was Juventus' fourth straight draw in Serie A and the Champions League, and the Bianconeri are due to host Manchester City on Wednesday.
Juventus' Samuel Mbangula celebrates after scoring during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Bologna at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (Spada/LaPresse via AP)
Later, struggling Roma was hosting Lecce.
Also, Genoa and Torino drew 0-0. Genoa extended its unbeaten streak to five matches, with the last three coming since Patrick Vieira replaced Alberto Gilardino as coach.
Torino was 11th and Genoa 13th.
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Juventus' Samuel Mbangula scores his side's second goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Bologna at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (Spada/LaPresse via AP)
Bologna's Dan Ndoye fires a shot past Juventus' Manuel Locatelli, right, during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Bologna at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (Spada/LaPresse via AP)
Genoa's head coach Patrick Vieira, right, and Torino's head coach Paolo Vanoli pose ahead of the Italian Serie A soccer match between Genoa and Torino at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium in Genoa, Italy, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (Tano Pecoraro/LaPresse via AP)
Genoa's Alessandro Zanoli runs with the bal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Genoa and Torino at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium in Genoa, Italy, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (Tano Pecoraro/LaPresse via AP)
Torino fans during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Genoa and Torino at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium in Genoa, Italy, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse via AP)