Verona-Juventus 0-3
VERONA (4-2-3-1):
Montipò 6; Tchatchoua 5.5, Dawidowicz 5.5, Coppola 6, Magnani 5.5 (11′ st Frese 6); Belahyane 5.5, Duda 6 (40′ st Silva sv); Livramento 6 (11′ st Alidou 5.5), Suslov 6, Lazovic 5 (19′ st Harroui 6); Mosquera 5.5 (11′ st Tengstedt 6).
On the bench: Berardi, Perilli, Faraoni, Okou, Corradi, Ghilardi, Kastanos, Tavsan, Mitrovic, Cissè.
Trainer: Zanetti 5.5.
JUVENTUS (4-2-3-1):
Di Gregorio 6; Savona 7 (32′ st Kalulu n/a), Gatti 6 (40′ st Danilo n/a), Bremer 6.5, Cabal 6.5 (32′ st Rouhi n/a); Fagioli 6, Locatelli 6.5; Cambiaso 7 (40′ st Anghelè n/a), Yildiz 7, Mbangula 7 (24′ st Luiz 6); Vlahovic 7.5.
On the bench: Perin, Pinsoglio, McKennie.
Trainer: Motta 7.
REFEREE: June 6.5.
NETWORKS: 28′ pt Vlahovic, 39′ pt Savona; 8′ st Vlahovic (pen).
NOTE: Clear evening; playing field in good condition.
Ammonites: Duda, Tchatchoua.
Angles: 4-1 for Verona.
Recovery: 3′; 4′.
Juventus conquers the Bentegodi, defeats Verona 3-0, with a brace from Vlahovic and a goal from Savona, and takes the lead in the Serie A standings alone. The team recently entrusted to the leadership of Thiago Motta is the only one to have full points in the championship after two matchdays. Six points in the bag, six goals scored and no goals conceded. After the devastating impact on his debut, Zanetti promotes Mosquera to the starting lineup, while Thiago Motta confirms Mbangula and launches Savona from the first minute. The young full-back also stands out for his attacks, such as in the 23rd minute, when he collects a pass from Vlahovic on a cross from Locatelli and scores, disallowed for clear offside. All this in a phase in which Juventus is the preferred team, after having tamed the initial resourcefulness of Verona, who implemented an aggressive attitude, also creating some problems for the Bianconeri with Livramento and Mosquera, well closed down by Bremer, but without creating real scoring opportunities.
Juventus then found space centrally and took the lead in the 28th minute: Locatelli recovered the ball from Duda, served Yildiz who in turn passed to Vlahovic, who was able to resist three defenders and beat Montipò. Eleven minutes later, another quick move by the Bianconeri, with Cambiaso passing to Mbangula, who sends in a cross that Savona arrives to seal the doubling. The knockout blow comes at the start of the second half, with the usual Mbangula who skips past Tchatchoua: the Verona defender tries to intervene but ends up tripping his opponent, conceding a penalty converted by Vlahovic. It is the episode that effectively closes the match, as Zanetti’s team seems to have no more energy to react. Harroui tries to rekindle his team with some interesting ideas, but without becoming dangerous, while Di Gregorio closes without problems on Tengstedt’s close-range touch on a cross from Tchatchoua.