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Turin. Allianz Stadium
Juventus – Sampdoria 3: 0
Goals: Kulusevski 13, Bonucci 78, Cristiano Ronaldo 89
“Juventus“: Schesny, Bonucci, Chiellini (Demiral 83), Danilo, Cuadrado (Bentancourt 78), Rabio, McKenny, Frabuta (De Sciglio 67), Ramsey, Kulushevski (D. Costa 82), Cristiano Ronaldo
“Sampdoria“: Audero, Bereshinski, Tonelli (Yoshida 46), O. Colli, Augello, Depaoli (Ramirez 46), Torsby (Damsgaard 70), Ekdal, Leris (Quagliarella 46), Yankto, Bonazzoli (Verre 70)
Warnings: Frabotta 54 – Tonelli 4
Andrea Pirlo’s cadence at Juventus and the road to the 10th consecutive Scudetto has begun. It is symbolic that the match against Sampdoria, which contributed the ninth. The coach with the 400 Serie A match was opposed by the coach with the former, who only recently received the PRO license. Unsurprisingly, no one could tell exactly what to expect from a debut mentor. Pirlo himself declared that he does not stop at a tactical scheme, but sees the main things as intensity, speed, movement. We already saw all this in the first game. However, especially in the first half.
Pirlo surprised many. Left back from Primavera Frabotta instead of the injured Sandro and marching to Genoa Luca Pellegrini, winger Danilo in the three centrals, McKenny in midfield and Ramsey under the orders of forwards Ronaldo and Kulushevski. I was also surprised by the change of schemes from 3-4-1-2 to 4-4-2 during the game. Sometimes even the mobile Ramsey, which played a great first half, was at the forefront. And Ronaldo made frantic sprints from the depths. I was also surprised by the considerable number of long casts. This is how Juventus contributed intensity.
However, in the first half, “Juve” only hit seven shots on goal and scored only once. Ronaldo broke the one-on-one with the goalkeeper, but pushed him, also broke in and incorrectly closed a Ramsey cross from the left. He pushed his way through, hit the defender, the ball bounced towards newcomer Kulushevski, and the Swede, not the Portuguese, gently fired the bottom line from the penalty line. It broke and almost broke the posture. Perhaps KP7 just got tired and lost concentration at the end of such sprints. And the team played at an erratic pace, then calmed down, then furiously accelerated. That allowed the opponent to rest.
“Doria” finished the previous season well. In fact, in ten of their last games, they scored more points than Juventus. And in the last eight years, the second most victories over this rival in the league (4). He finished the first half well today and started the second after a triple change. Bonazzoli almost got into the goal from the center of the area, almost closed the shot / center of Ramírez. Audero stood his ground in the game, repelled Frabotta’s blow. He kept them and Ronaldo, also absent from the center of the penalty area. That is, the game as a whole was already more or less equal. And slow.
Only in the last quarter of the match, the champion began to act more responsibly. Pressed the opponent to his goal. De Chiglio’s side almost twisted from a distance into a corner. And during a corner kick after a serious error by Bereshinski and McKenny’s blow to Audero Bonucci finished off. Just in time. Because soon Shchesny had to drag a rebound from him on the goal line. And Quagliarella had to hit on the counter. But the last word stayed with Ronaldo. After a cool pass to Ramsey, he put the ball under the far post.
So the champion’s first half was the one Pirlo and the fans want to see. He smelled fresh air, new Juventus. In the hardest second, the team scored more. Cristiano Ronaldo scored for the first time in the first round of Serie A. McKenny and Kulushevski made a great debut. The defense did not fail. Instead, the rival was a team that had conceded 19 goals in the last six away games and had lost everything. And he had a chance to score. Also “Juve” needs to tighten the implementation.
Well, everything has just begun.
