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Buffon sets new clean sheet record before Torino strike

The Juventus goalkeeper has not conceded a goal in Serie A for 930 minutes, a new league record.

The Juventus goalkeeper has not conceded a goal in Serie A for 930 minutes, a new league record.

MILAN, March 20 – Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon set a new Serie A record of 973 minutes without conceding a goal before finally being beaten in Sunday’s city derby away to Torino.

Last week Buffon kept a clean sheet for the 10th successive league game to take his unbeaten tally to 926 minutes, surpassing Dino Zoff’s club record of 903 minutes and closing in on the Serie A record of 929 minutes set by AC Milan ‘keeper Sebastiano Rossi in 1994.

Buffon needed to stay unbeaten for just four minutes against Torino to take the record from Rossi, which he did before eventually being beaten in the third minute of the second half.

Juventus were leading 2-0 thanks to goals from Paul Pogba and Sami Khedira when Torino earned a penalty and Andrea Belotti stepped up to score.

Champions Juventus took their Serie A unbeaten run to 20 games with a 4-1 derby win at Torino.

Juventus made the short trip to the Stadio Olimpico looking to make amends for their spectacular Champions League collapse at Bayern Munich on Wednesday.

And Massimiliano Allegri’s men responded to their last 16 upset in style, Paul Pogba firing the visitors ahead on 33 minutes before Sami Khedira took their half-time lead to 2-0.

Juventus were pegged back three minutes after the restart when Andrea Belotti reduced arrears from the spot to end Buffon’s new unbeaten record at 973 minutes, the keeper surpassing Sebastiano Rossi’s record of 929 minutes for AC Milan in 1994.

But the champions restored their two-goal advantage just after the hour when Alvaro Morata, who had replaced Paulo Dybala after the Argentine crumpled to the pitch in pain, hit a brace before Khedira was sent off at the death for dissent.

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Juve’s 22nd win stretches their lead over second-placed Napoli to six points ahead of their home game later Sunday with Genoa.

Roma, who drew 1-1 with Inter on Saturday, remain third with a five-point lead on both Fiorentina, held to a scoreless stalemate at Frosinone, and Inter.

Juve were devastated by their reverse in Munich, where Thomas Mueller scored a 91st minute leveller for the Germans to take the decider into extra-time, before Bayern sealed a 6-4 aggregate win.

 

Allegri was without defender Giorgio Chiellini, handing a start to Daniele Rugani, as well as midfielder Claudio Marchisio through injury, but welcomed Dybala back after he also sat out at the Allianz Arena.

Torino had lost lost 12 of their last 14 games with Juve, save for a 0-0 draw and a rare, 2-1 win in April 2015.

Juve suffered an early blow when Dybala collapsed while taking a free kick and was replaced by Morata, although that would be a blessing in disguise.

Pogba got the visitors off the mark just after the half hour with a free kick which he curled around the wall and into the near top corner.

Daniele Padelli had to palm another free kick from the Frenchman around his post, but Juve doubled their lead with ease just before the interval when Khedira waltzed through the middle to poke the ball home.

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Torino were handed a lifeline three minutes after the restart when Belotti stepped up to fire his spot-kick into the bottom left corner, leaving Buffon rooted to the spot but with a new Serie A record in his possession.

Buffon had surpassed the legendary Dino Zoff’s 903-minute tally last week by taking his clean-sheet record to 926 minutes. When Belotti scored, it ended Buffon’s run at 973 minutes but took him past Sebastiano Rossi’s previous record, for AC Milan in 1994, of 929 minutes.

Torino’s hopes, however, were short-lived.

Juve were back in control 15 minutes later when Morata chipped the onrushing Padelli from Pogba’s perfect delivery and had his brace on 77 minutes.

Elsewhere, Carpi dominated a bottom-of-the-table clash with basement side Verona 2-1 to move out of the relegation zone at the expense of Palermo.

AC Milan, meanwhile, can close to within four points of both Inter and Fiorentina with a home win over Lazio in Sunday’s late game.

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