Juventus got their Serie A season off to a perfect start with Sunday’s 3-0 stroll at Udinese which suggested they will be in the title mix
Juventus got their Serie A season off to a perfect launch with Sunday’s 3- 0 perambulation at Udinese which suggested they will be in the title blend, while Lecce struck doubly late to beat last time’s runners- up Lazio 2- 1. Massimiliano Allegri’s Juve did all the damage in the first half with an early strike from Federico Chiesa, Dusan Vlahovic‘s penalty and a title from Adrien Rabiot just before the break. The down side also sat on their lead and comfortably held out for the palm, and the return to form of injury-prone Chiesa will give Juve a boost as they try to bounce back from last season’s dishonors.
“I wanted to do the knee slide as it had been a long time since I’d last done one,” joked Chiesa, who has suffered a series of knee problems, about his festivity after drilling home his alternate- nanosecond nature.
“Like the director said our end is to get back into the titleholders League, after that we’ll see.”
Points deductions over transfer irregularities led to Juve finishing seventh last term and also a ban from European football by governing body UEFA.
Without international competition and with a fit team Juve have been sloped to challenge for the Scudetto, and on Sunday’s substantiation they will be a tough platoon to beat as they try to move towards a more aggressive, attacking style of play.
“We played veritably well moment, especially in the first half. That is how we need to play, a ultramodern style of football,” added Chiesa.
“We’ve to go out and get after brigades, we can not just sit back and play on the counter.”
With 84 twinkles gone at Lecce, Ciro Immobile‘s 197th Lazio thing sounded to be the decisive strike.
But after the Italy forward had a shot sloped onto the post, Lecce new boy Pontus Almqvist levelled with a superb left- footed finish from the edge of the penalty area.
And seconds latterly Federico Di Francesco transferred the 30,000 home suckers wild with joy when he replied quickest to lash in a low drive which left Ivan Provedel with no chance.
“We were unacceptably bad in the alternate half,” said a visibly angry Lazio trainer Maurizio Sarri.
“We had chances to win the game but it wouldn’t have been merited as there was only one platoon on the pitch.”
Before, Andrea Belotti and Charles De Ketelaere both ended long scoring famines as Roma were held 2- 2 by Salernitana and Atalanta ran out 2- 0 winners at Sassuolo.
Italy forward Belotti scored his first Serie A pretensions for Roma, breaking a league duck which stretched back to May last time when he opened the scoring in the 17th nanosecond at a packed Stadio Olimpico.
And after Antonio Candreva put the down side in the lead with two beautiful strikes either side of half- time, Belotti also forcefully headed Roma position from Leandro Paredes’ corner with eight twinkles remaining.
Roma are looking for a new striker as Tammy Abraham will be out until January but Belotti underscored his desire to battle whoever is brought in as competition.
“All I know is that when I am on the pitch I need to help my platoon to win. Anyhow of who arrives, I will be ready to play,” Belotti told DAZN.
De Ketelaere failed to score a single thing for AC Milan last season after subscribing for 35 million euros from Club Brugge.
But the Belgium transnational got off to the perfect launch as an Atalanta loanee, heading in the opening thing in the 83rd nanosecond before Nadir Zortea lashed in the dominant down platoon’s alternate in cessation time.
“I always want to play as well as possible, and this time is the same as any other. I like our style of play and that is one of the reasons why I came then,” said the 22- time-old.
Sassuolo were without star winger Domenico Berardi whose hoped move to Juve fell through in the week.
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