Cagliari dreamed of a second consecutive victory over Juventus until the 81st minute, but then had to settle for a 1-1 draw. Daniel Maldini's fourth consecutive goal was answered by Randal Kolo Muani in the dying seconds.

Pisacane surprisingly selected Massolin, making his debut for the Rossoblu and in Serie A. Juventus immediately awarded a corner, but were unable to finish, but the Bianconeri attempted to control the game. However, Douglas Luiz, Sarr, and Conceição's quickest attempts in the first quarter of an hour were either blocked or wide. In the 15th minute, Nico González had the chance to make it 0-1 from McKennie's powerful cross and turned it wide in the center of the area.

From a possible Juventus opener, Cagliari took the lead in the 20th minute: Maldini entered the box from the left, his first attempt blocked, but a scramble ensued, with Mendy giving the ball back to him, and the number 70 beat him in front of Vicario . It was the fourth consecutive goal for the son of a famous player, who had already scored against Lecce, Atalanta, and Udinese. Juventus responded immediately with an attempt by Douglas Luiz, blocked by Romano.

Rodríguez took a risk in the 28th minute, sliding in Nico González, where he also took the ball (and his teammate Obert). Shortly after the half-hour mark (32nd minute), Winks shot from the edge of the box, and Vicario nearly tipped the Englishman's fine effort over the crossbar . Caprile also made his presence felt in the 42nd minute, deflecting a cross from Kalulu from the byline; a minute later, Nico González tried his luck with a left-footed shot from twenty meters, but the ball went wide. The half-time break followed a minute of injury time, with Caprile making two saves: first with his fists from a Nico González free kick, then following up on a cross from the left, headed in by Lucumí, for Sarr to head.

The second half featured three substitutions: Cagliari's Deiola replaced Rodríguez (booked), Juventus' Zhegrova replaced Conceição, and Alajbegović replaced McKennie (also yellow). Two minutes later, Douglas Luiz's low left-footed strike left Caprile unchallenged. A more complicated save came from Zhegrova's left-footed shot in the 51st minute, but the Rossoblu goalkeeper did a great job blocking it .

After Vicario's double save on Mendy and Maldini, rendered ineffective by the Senegalese's earlier offside, Pisacane took off Massolin for Fadera: it was the 60th minute. Spalletti, at the same time, brought on Woltemade for Nico González. However, Zhegrova was the most incisive: immediately after the substitutions, a left-footed shot from the edge of the box, with a deflection, and in the 63rd minute another left-footed shot, this time curling, which Caprile had to work hard to save . A minute later, Cambiaso came on for Çelik, and on the ensuing corner, Lucumí narrowly missed what would have been the winning deflection in the six-yard box.

Goalscorer Maldini and Mendy were replaced by Sugawara and fellow debutant Nzola in the 68th minute. With a quarter of an hour remaining, Zhegrova's fine left-footed shot was saved twice by Caprile. But in the 81st minute, the Cagliari goalkeeper had to clear the ball from the back of the net when Alajbegović's cross from the left flew past the far post, and Kolo Muani beat Obert to turn it in from close range .

Fazzini came on for Obert and Koopmeiners for Douglas Luiz in the 84th minute. Kolo Muani himself could have given Juve the lead in the 85th minute, but incredibly, in the six-yard box, he failed to convert a cross from the left and sent it flying onto the crossbar . At the start of the second of four minutes of injury time, Romano attempted another feat seen in Parma, this time flying high. After the final whistle, a heated argument broke out between the two benches, resulting in the dismissal of coaches Pisacane and Spalletti.

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