Dusan Vlahovic scored twice as Juventus made it two convincing wins to start the Serie A season with a 3-0 victory at Verona on Monday.
Juventus defeated Verona 3-0 on Monday to make it two consecutive comfortable victories to begin the Serie A season, thanks to two goals from Dusan Vlahovic. After two games, Thiago Motta’s club is the only one with a perfect record—they defeated Como 3-0 to start the campaign—and they lead the early standings. Juventus intends to contend for the Scudetto for the first time since 2019–20. Following Massimiliano Allegri’s dismissal due to his outburst following their May victory in the Italian Cup final, Motta assumed the role of head coach.
Even though it was their best result in four years, Juventus managed to sneak into third place in Serie A last season.
Just before the half-hour mark, Vlahovic handed The Old Lady the lead at Verona.
Before halftime, Nicolo Savona, a 21-year-old defender making his debut for the team, headed in Samuel Mbangula’s cross for Juve’s second goal.
After being promoted from the youth levels, Belgian Mbangula has already scored a goal and provided two assists in his first two games for the senior club.
Eight minutes into the second half, Vlahovic’s penalty secured the points.
Regarding new coach Motta, Vlahovic told DAZN, “He is definitely working hard on our aggression and our attitude.”
“Everyone knows that the key to everything is our attitude; everything functions better when we have the correct mindset.
“We play for each other, but also there are tactical changes that we know about.”
When Juventus hosts Roma on Sunday, it will probably be their toughest test of the first few weeks of the season.
Earlier, in a 1-1 draw against Cagliari, Como overcame a deficit to earn their first Serie A point since 2003, due to a second-half equalizer by former AC Milan attacker Patrick Cutrone.
“I am happy, because this is a difficult place to play, but at the same time we need to improve and as soon as possible get used to the Serie A tempo,” Cesc Fabregas, the coach of Como, remarked.
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