Juventus made easy work of Como on Monday with a 3-0 win on Thiago Motta’s Serie A launching with the Turin titans, while Atalanta dismissed move turmoil with a 4-0 clunk of Lecce.
Impressive first-half strikes from encouraging young person Samuel Mbangula, a shock starter on the left flank, and Timothy Weah prior to a clunk Andrea Cambiaso surface in deduction time provided Juve and Motta a best beginning versus advertised Como, that were playing their initial top-flight suit in over 20 years.
“Como are a good team and we had the right attitude tonight, when we had the ball we did really well all throughout the match,” claimed Motta to DAZN.
Juve might have conveniently won by a bigger margin at the Allianz Stadium as the hosts produced a collection of opportunities versus Como that were beat on the evening.
Dusan Vlahovic had an especially unfortunate night in advance for Juve as he struck the woodwork in each fifty percent and had what appeared like a flawlessly excellent headed objective dismissed following half-time.
The Serbia demonstrator was frustrated regarding why his strike was liquid chalked off however Cambiaso had actually wandered off offside previously in the step, rejecting him an objective.
Motta, that got here in the close period after assisting Bologna to the Champions League, currently has Juve playing a brand name of football which is much easier on the eye than was played under his precursor Massimiliano Allegri.
That is in spite of Juve being an operate in development as a clutch of Allegri’s favourites, consisting of Italy ahead Federico Chiesa, have actually been sidelined in order to make area for gamers regarded a lot more fit to Motta’s design of play.
Cesc Fabregas‘s Como, an enthusiastic club backed by cigarette titan Djarum energetic in the summer season transfer home window, will certainly obtain a far better indicator of their opportunities of remaining in the department in their following 2 components at Cagliari and Udinese.
“Today was a reality check. We need to be better,” claimed Fabregas to DAZN.
“What I sure was a difference in quality… They were devastating when they took the ball off us and we gave away too many easy balls. That’s not tactics, that’s down to individual quality.”
– ‘Perfect’ Atalanta debuts –
New kids Marco Brescianini and Mateo Retegui provided Europa League owners Atalanta an extremely excellent beginning at Lecce after stormy summer season which has actually included long-lasting injuries and star gamers upseting for transfers.
Brescianini, that just got here from delegated Frosinone on Friday, opened up the racking up on the rebound 10 mins prior to half-time and with confidence rolled home the 4th in the 66th min.
The 24-year old’s strikes covered and trailed a near-perfect away efficiency as Italy demonstrator Retegui netted with a bullet header on the stroke of half-time prior to winning and afterwards racking up a charge right before the hour mark.
“It’s better than even I could have imagined,” claimed Brescianini, that is from simply outdoors Bergamo, where Atalanta are based.
“I’m really happy to be wearing this jersey and I hope to repay the faith the club and fans have shown in me.”
Atalanta have actually considering that been struck with severe injuries to both Gianluca Scamacca and celebrity protector Giorgio Scalvini, with a clutch of various other gamers additionally sidelined.
Meanwhile train Gian Piero Gasperini lacked Teun Koopmeiners and Europa League last hat-trick hero Ademola Lookman, both went down as they attempt to leave prior to completion of the summer season transfer home window.
“No-one expected to be in this situation,” Gasperini informed Sky Sport.
“I have to play it by ear right now… I don’t know what’s going to happen in the coming 10 days but our job is to build as much as we can.”
However prior to kick-off Atalanta CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Luca Percassi left the door open for settlement with the want-away set, with Paris Saint-Germain supposedly curious about finalizing Nigeria ahead Lookman.
“Our idea is that for the first time in our history to not let our big players go,” Percassi informed Sky Sport.
“We can’t wait for this transfer window to close.”
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