Substitute Kenan Yıldız's late double helps Juventus draw 4-4 at Inter in Derby d'Italia

MILAN (AP) — Teenager Kenan Yıldız came off the bench to help Juventus salvage a 4-4 draw at Inter Milan in a highly entertaining Derby d’Italia on Sunday.

Yıldız was brought on in the 61st minute with the score at 4-2 and Inter seemingly headed for an important victory before the 19-year-old's late double.

“I want to thank the team, the coach and my family: it was not easy, but I am very happy," Yildiz said. "You always have to stay together and play as a team; in soccer everything can change quickly.”

Inter remained second — four points behind Serie A leader Napoli, and one point ahead of Juventus.

“We need to show greater determination, but as the coach I have to say that we deserved to score seven or eight goals against a team that had only conceded one up until now," Inter coach Simone Inzaghi said.

“There are heads hanging low, and I’m the first to feel that way, but we played well despite the disappointment of not getting that fifth goal to seal the match.”

Nicknamed “Italy's derby,” matches between Inter and Juventus are always huge fixtures in the Serie A calendar and the two teams are considered the main title contenders, along with Napoli, this season.

Inter took the lead in the 15th minute when Piotr Zieliński struck a penalty straight down the middle after Marcus Thuram had been fouled by Danilo.

The Nerazzurri had conceded just two goals in its past four matches but they let in as many in six minutes as their defense was caught napping.

First, Juan Cabal floated a delightful ball over the top for Weston McKennie to cushion across to Dusan Vlahovic, who tapped it in from point-blank range.

Shortly afterward, Francisco Conceição dribbled down the right and got past Henrikh Mkhitaryan all too easily before rolling across for Tim Weah to slot home from right in front of goal as Juventus took a 2-1 lead.

Mkhitaryan atoned for his error with a wonderful equalizer in the 35th minute, playing a one-two with Thuram and feinting past a Juventus defender before firing into the bottom left corner.

Inter turned the match around completely two minutes later with another penalty after Pierre Kalulu clattered into the back of Denzel Dumfries. Juventus goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio got a hand to Zieliński’s kick but couldn’t prevent it going into the bottom left corner.

Inter extended its lead eight minutes into the second half. Danilo tried to head a corner clear but it came to Dumfries who drilled it into the far bottom corner.

The home side came close several times to extending its advantage before Juventus got back into the match in the 71st. McKennie picked out Yıldız, who was unmarked in lots of space on the left, and he surged downfield before firing across into the bottom right corner.

And the Nerazzurri were to regret their missed chances as Yıldız doubled his tally eight minutes from time when he powerfully fired home Conceição's cross.

Roma was thrashed 5-1 by a high-scoring Fiorentina team, which took its tally to 11 goals in its last two Serie A matches.

Germany World Cup winner Mats Hummels netted an own-goal on his Roma debut and defender Mario Hermoso was sent off for a second yellow card in a nightmare evening for the capital team.

Fiorentina was already 4-1 up by that point. Moise Kean scored twice, Lucas Beltrán added a penalty and Edoardo Bove also netted against Roma — the club which he always supported as well as progressing through its ranks.

Fiorentina won 6-0 at Lecce last weekend.

Genoa director Marco Ottolini said Mario Balotelli will sign on Monday “barring surprises” and the team desperately needs the former Inter and Manchester City forward.

Genoa had just two shots on target in a 3-0 loss at Lazio as it fell to its fifth defeat in six matches.

Parma came back to draw 1-1 against Empoli and could have won the match late on but Ange-Yoan Bonny sent a penalty onto the crossbar, two minutes after Gabriel Charpentier had leveled.

Monza twice fought back to salvage a 2-2 draw with Venezia.

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Fiorentina's Edoardo Bove scores a goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Fiorentina and Roma at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (LaPresse via AP)

Fiorentina's Edoardo Bove, right, celebrates after scoring a goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Fiorentina and Roma at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (LaPresse via AP)

Juventus' Weston McKennie is in action during a Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Juventus at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Juventus' Timothy Weah, center, scores his side's second goal during a Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Juventus at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Juventus' Timothy Weah celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during a Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Juventus at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Inter Milan's Piotr Zielinski scores his side's opening goal from a penalty kick during a Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Juventus at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Inter Milan's Denzel Dumfries, left, celebrates after scoring his side's fourth goal during a Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Juventus at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Inter Milan's head coach Simone Inzaghi, center, looks dejected after a Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Juventus at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Inter Milan's Lautaro Martinez, top, talks to Inter Milan's Federico Dimarco during a Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Juventus at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Juventus' Kenan Yildiz, left, celebrates after scoring his side's fourth goal during a Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Juventus at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Juventus' Kenan Yildiz celebrates after scoring his side's third goal during a Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Juventus at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel is “closely monitoring” the fallout from widespread Iranian protests, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to attack Iran could escalate the protests within the borders of the Islamic Republic into a regional war.

“The people of Israel, the entire world, are in awe of the tremendous heroism of the citizens of Iran,” Netanyahu said at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting. He condemned the killing of civilians and said he hoped to rebuild relations between Israel and Iran once the country was “freed from the yoke of tyranny.”

Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke overnight Saturday about a number of issues, including Iran, according to an Israeli official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

But Israel’s military said there are no new guidelines for civilians to stay close to bomb shelters due to concerns about an attack of Iranian missiles, as there have been in the past when there were concrete threats.

The Israeli military said the protests in Iran are an “internal Iranian matter,” but that the military “will be equipped to respond with power if need be.”

A former Israeli intelligence official said Israel is unlikely to instigate an attack against Iran, even though Israel could have an easy target as Iranian leadership is weakened and distracted by the protests roiling the country.

“From an Iranian standpoint, the last thing Iran wants to see is diverting their attention towards Israel,” said Danny Citrinowicz, who once headed research on Iran in one of the Israeli military's intelligence branches and is now a senior researcher with the Israeli defense think tank the Institute for National Security Studies.

“Their priority, first and foremost, is to retrieve the calmness and stability in Iran."

The current situation in Iran is so uncertain that Israel is likely to wait and see what will happen next, Citrinowicz said. He added that “neither side has an appetite” to start a new round of the 12-day war this past summer.

The war began with Israel targeting Iranian nuclear and military sites, saying it could not allow Tehran to develop atomic weapons and that it feared the Islamic Republic was close. Iran has long maintained that its program is peaceful.

Israeli strikes on Iran killed 1,190 people and wounded another 4,475, according to the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency. Iran’s missile barrages killed almost 30 people in Israel and wounded 1,000.

On Sunday, Iran’s parliament speaker warned the U.S. military and Israel would be “legitimate targets” if America strikes the Islamic Republic. Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf made the threat as lawmakers rushed the dais in the Iranian parliament, shouting: “Death to America!”

Trump, who has posted a number of times on social media about Iran over the weekend, has a history of following through on threats to attack. “Do not play games with President Trump. When he says he’ll do something, he means it,” the State Department warned on Saturday.

Citrinowicz said that an attack, either American or Israeli, could have the opposite impact on the protests, possibly even weakening the protests by fostering a sense of patriotism and uniting against a common enemy.

The U.S. both brokered the ceasefire and assisted Israel during the Israel-Iran war this past summer, by dropping bunker-buster bombs on multiple Iranian nuclear sites — a move that was crucial for Netanyahu to declare to the Israeli public that Israel had achieved its objectives against Iran’s nuclear program and accept Trump's truce.

“What Israel is really concerned with is ballistic missiles, and stuff like that, not what kind of regime is going to be in Iran,” said Menahem Merhavy, an expert on Iran from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

“Unless there’s something really dramatic happening with missiles, I don’t see Israel stepping into this."

And an Iranian attack against Israel would be “a suicide note for the regime,” Merhavy said, because there will be little outcry if Israel responds strongly against the Iranian leadership given the outcry over their hardhanded response to the protests. “There are few tears that will be shed if, say, Israel kills the minister of foreign affairs,” Merhavy said.

He noted that Israel could help on the margins, like enabling internet access to certain individuals or leaders, but said even that is doubtful.

“Israel doesn’t want to meddle with this. It’s internally an Iranian matter,” Merhavy said.

FILE - Iranian protestors burn representations of the Israeli and U.S. flags during a protest to condemn Israeli attacks on multiple cities across Iran, after the Friday prayers ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi), File)