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Lazio score late leveller to ruin Chiellini and Dybala's farewell in front of Juve fans

Giorgio Chiellini bid adieu to Juventus fans on Monday following a 2-2 draw against Lazio.

Playing in his last home match for the Turin club, Chiellini could only watch on from the bench as Lazio's Sergej Milinkovic-Savic levelled with the last kick of the game to clinch a place in the Europa League for the Rome club.

Fans chanted "there's only one captain" as a giant choreography depicting his shirt number '3' was displayed in the stands ahead of the match and they then gave Chiellini a huge round of applause after he was substituted in the 18th minute.

The 37-year-old defender had played the full 120 minutes of Juve's Coppa Italia final defeat Inter Milan on Wednesday, after which he announced that he would be leaving the Turin giants after 18 years.

The veteran Italian, who is third on the club's all-time appearances list behind Alessandro Del Piero and Gianluigi Buffon, joined Juve in 2004 from Livorno, going on to win nine league titles and five Italian Cups.

"It's been an emotional day," Chiellini told DAZN, adding that he believes he can "still play at a high level of football".

Following the announcement of his departure from Juve he said he would think about whether to hang up his boots after having already decided to retire from international football after next month's friendly against Argentina at Wembley.

"I don't know right now," he said. "I need to think about things. It's a decision that can't be made in a day."

Paulo Dybala acknowledges the Juventus fans during a tribute from teammates. Getty Images

When he left the field he handed his captain's armband to another player on the way out - Paulo Dybala.

The Argentina international, who has been at Juve since 2015, will leave at the end of the season after

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