Zapata inflicts more pain on Juve after police raid club

Atalanta strengthened their maintain on fourth area and Serie A's very last Champions League spot thanks to Colombian Zapata's seventh aim in as many games in all competitions inside the 28th minute on the Allianz Stadium, which he crashed domestic off the bar after being sent easy via via Berat Djimsiti.

Gian Piero Gasperini's facet are level on 28 points with third-placed Inter Milan beforehand of the champions' experience to Venezia later on Saturday, and simply 4 far from leaders Napoli and AC Milan, who play on Sunday.

More importantly they're six points in advance of their closest competitors for fourth spot Roma, who host Torino, whilst Juve take a seat a in addition point back in 8th after the present day uninspiring show which led to them being whistled off by the pitch through livid fans who watched their group lose for the fifth time this league season.

Massimiliano Allegri's facet have only scored 18 desires in their 14 league suits, the bottom overall in Serie A's pinnacle 10, and rarely gave the impression of pegging again the mind-blowing away aspect until Paulo Dybala clipped a loose-kick off the crossbar in stoppage time.

Their defeat comes after a tough week wherein they have been humiliated by way of European champions Chelsea on Tuesday after which had police search their workplaces on Friday as part of a probe into suspicious participant transfers and capacity false accounting over the last three seasons.

According to Italian media, Juve and six of the club's administrators -- which include chairman Andrea Agnelli -- are under investigation over what Sky Sport Italia report some 282 million euros of suspect capital profits from switch deals.

Last month the Italian Football Federation had launched a probe into the alleged inflating of the cost of sure gamers for accounting purposes, or using player exchanges to help stability the books.

On Saturday news company ANSA quoted a source from Serie A's supervisory commission COVISOC as announcing that investigations into the exercise began in autumn ultimate yr and do not just subject Juve -- who are indexed at the Italian stock alternate. Dusan Vlahovic firing his manner to the pinnacle of the Serie A scoring charts changed into now not enough for Fiorentina on Saturday as Empoli got here from behind past due to grab a 2-1 Tuscan derby win.

Serbia striker Vlahovic slid in his 11th league goal of the season after 56 minutes to transport above Italy forward Ciro Immobile inside the standings but the Viola threw away the win in the very last little while. Filippo Bandinelli rolled home his second Serie A intention following Nedim Bajrami's go with 3 minutes ultimate and within the very last seconds Andrea Pinamonti completed the turnaround from some other Bajrami go.

Vlahovic, who became beneath hearth from Fiorentina fans earlier in the season for refusing to renew a agreement which expires in June 2023, had his head in his fingers in stoppage time when he did not tap in from close variety. Vlahovic's goal on Saturday was his 28th strike of 2021 inside the Italian pinnacle flight but Fiorentina sit down seventh, stage on 21 factors with suffering Juventus. In Saturday's different early match, Sampdoria got here from behind to beat Verona 3-1.