Juventus make it four Serie A wins on the bounce with a 2-0 victory over the bottom of the table, Salernitana. After first-half goals from Dybala and Vlahovic wrapped up the win.
However, they should have scored a few more, with both players superbly denied by Sepe in goal. While De Ligt also went close in the second period.
The visitors improved after the break, and Szczesny had to be alert to deny Bonazzoli and Verdi, but ultimately they couldn’t find a way through, and Juve saw the game out.
Starting Lineup:
JUVENTUS (4-4-2): Wojciech Szczesny;
Mattia De Sciglio, Matthijs De Ligt, Giorgio Chiellini, Luca Pellegrini;
Juan Cuadrado, Danilo, Arthur, Adrien Rabiot;
Dusan Vlahovic, Paulo Dybala.
SALERNITANA (4-2-3-1): Luigi Sepe;
Pasquale Mazzocchi, Norbert Gyomber, Federico Fazio, Matteo Ruggeri;
Ivan Radovanovic, Lassana Coulibaly; Nadir Zortea, Federico Bonazzoli, Diego Perotti;
Milan Djuric.
Goals:
JUVE, TAKE THE LEAD! Dybala opens the scoring for the home side after just five minutes! Cuadrado does well down the right-wing and feeds the ball into the feet of Vlahovic, who slides it to Dybala. As a result, he fires his effort past Sepe and into the back of the net. It’s 1-0.
VLAHOVIC MAKES IT 2-0! It’s a lovely quick link-up play in the final third by Juve, and the balls come out to De Sciglio deep down the right-wing, who whips a cross into the penalty area, and Vlahovic rises highest to power his header past Sepe.
Dusan Vlahovic’s game by numbers vs Salernitana:
Goals 1
Assists 1
Shots on target 3
Touches 50
Big chance created 1
So, where else do Juventus and Salernitana go from here?
This win moves Juve just one point behind Inter in third, who they will face next after the international break.
Meanwhile, Salernitana remains bottom and without a win in nine games, and they’ll face Torino next time out.
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