Juventus 3-0 Sassuolo: Dusan Vlahovic scores twice in opening day win

Juventus 3-0 Sassuolo: Dusan Vlahovic nets a brace and Angel Di Maria scores on his debut as Massimiliano Allegri’s side make a blistering start to Serie A campaign

  • Dusan Vlahovic scored in either half to give Juventus a comprehensive win
  • Angel Di Maria also scored a goal on his debut for the Massimiliano Allegri’s side
  • Juventus have finished fourth in their last two campaigns in Serie A
  • They made a bright start here, though, as they look to push up the table this year 

Juventus cruised past Sassuolo as a Dusan Vlahovic double, including a penalty, led the Turin club to a 3-0 home win at the start of their Serie A campaign on Monday.

Juve opened the scoring in the 26th minute through Angel Di Maria, who volleyed Alex Sandro’s cross into the ground with the bounce taking it over stranded goalkeeper Andrea Consigli.

Vlahovic doubled Juve’s lead with a penalty in the 43rd minute, awarded after Gian Marco Ferrari prevented the Serbia international from scoring by holding him back with both arms.

Dusan Vlahovic celebrates after scoring twice in Juventus’ opening match of the season

Angel Di Maria also got off the mark at Juventus as he scored a debut goal against Sassuolo

Juventus (4-3-3): Perin; Danilo, Bonucci, Bremer, Sandro (De Sciglio 61); Zakaria, Locatelli (Rovella 76), McKennie (Soule 76); Cuadrado (Kostic 61), Di Maria (Miretti 66), Vlahovic

Goals: Vlahovic (2), Di Maria

Booked: Locatelli

Manager: Massimiliano Allegri

Sassuolo (4-3-3): Consigli; Muldur (Toljan 7), Ayhan, Ferrari, Rogerio; Henrique, Frattesi (Ceide 80), Thorstvedt (Harroui 80); Berardi, Kyriakopoulos (Pinamonti 59), Defrel (Raspadori 46)

Booked: Thorstvedt, Ferrari, Henrique

Manager: Alessio Dionisi 

 

It was his 10th goal for Juve since joining the club in January from Fiorentina, having earlier fired wide of the post.

Vlahovic got his second in the 51st when he pounced to score from an assist by Di Maria, who had to come off in the 66th minute with a groin problem and was replaced by Fabio Miretti.

The 34-year-old Argentine forward joined Juventus as a free agent in July on a one-year deal after leaving Paris St Germain at the end of last season.

Vlahovic said it was an ‘incredible feeling’ to play alongside Di Maria on Monday evening

“How do I feel playing with Di Maria? It is an incredible feeling, it is a great pleasure to play with such champions, I thank him for the assist,” Vlahovic told reporters.

“What matters is being available for the team and win. He played an extraordinary match.”

Vlahovic almost capped his performance with a hat-trick in the 86th but his attempt was deflected wide of the post.

Juventus travel to Sampdoria next Monday after Sassuolo host newly-promoted Lecce on Saturday.




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