MILAN:

Juventus drew 1-1 at Verona on Saturday to climb provisionally top of Serie A while AC Milan closed to within a point of the Turin giants with a 3-0 success at Udinese.

Igor Tudor's men were bidding to maintain a perfect start to the domestic campaign and got off the mark in the 19th minute through a long-range effort from Francisco Conceicao.

Hosts Verona drew level before the break when Gift Orban converted a penalty, and believed they were on for their first win of the season when Suat Serdar headed home in the second half, only to be defied by VAR after an offside in the build-up.

Juve's Tudor described the decision to award Verona a penalty as "incomprehensible" while he also felt that Orban should have been sent off for an elbow on Federico Gatti.

"We lacked energy, but I

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