A year later, nothing has changed. Juventus made their league debut with a win, Milan with a defeat. And if the success of the Italian champions against Sampdoria was predictable after all, the defeat of the Rossoneri in Verona makes noise, a lot of noise. As in the dreams of all Juventus fans, who loved him from the first moment, Marassi's match was decided by Carlos Tevez, with his second goal in as many official matches. A heavy goal that of the Apache, able to unlock a match up to there rather tignant, also because it was conditioned by the Genoese storm. Marchisio apart from the injury, Conte confirms the starting XI of the Super Cup but this time the impact on the match is different. Opposite is a Sampdoria not inclined to show and very concrete, in perfect Delio Rossi style.
As previously mentioned, the blucerchiati have a very special ally in the rain, which falls so hard as to force the spectators in the front rows to move and question the stability of the pitch. Despite this, however, the first half was intense and also gave some chances: for Juve Pirlo and Asamoah came close to scoring, while Gabbiadini gave the Juventus rearguard chills with a couple of great plays. Up front, however, there is a lack of bite, because Tevez works a lot for the team and Vucinic is the usual Vucinic, handsome and inconclusive. However, all of Juve are struggling, also thanks to the excellent defensive organization of Sampdoria. To unlock the match, an individual play is needed, but the black and whites do more and in the 58th minute they build an action to be applauded: Vucinic for Vidal who first opens for the onrushing Pogba, ball in the middle that Tevez, very good like the French to understand the insertion times, it only needs to support the network. It's the play that decides the match, because Sampdoria (goal disallowed due to just offside by Costa aside) are no longer able to react. “Carlos is a champion – commented Antonio Conte with a smile. – He gives us quality and character. He has already scored two goals, but above all he moves as I say. I had heard a lot about him, but instead I discovered a champion even off the pitch. Congratulations also to Pogba, he has made incredible progress in the last year. He has everything to become the best midfielder in the world, he just has to keep his feet on the ground."
The words of Massimiliano Allegri towards his Milan are decidedly less sugary. The defeat at Bentegodi immediately puts a season uphill that began well with the draw in Eindhoven, but which on Wednesday (return match with PSV) will already see the first appointment from inside or outside. It would have been better to get there with a victory over Verona, which at a certain point seemed almost obvious. In fact, the Diavolo only needed 14 minutes to take the lead, thanks to a great play on the Balotelli - Poli axis, with the former in the unprecedented role of assist man for the latter. Up by a goal at the start of the match against a newly promoted team, what more could you want? Instead Hellas, spring-loaded by a Bombonera-style Bentegodi, finds the strength to react thanks to Luca Toni, the new hero of the city of Romeo and Juliet. The "old" goal wolf finds the equalizer in the 30th minute with a header, with the kind collaboration of all the AC Milan defence. Then, not happy, he blows up Bentegodi in the 53rd minute by scoring the lead again with a header, this time "thanks" to the tender Zapata.
Milan? Not received, apart from two shots from distance from Montolivo and Balotelli (very nervous, he also got a yellow card for a blatant protest against the referee Calvarese) and a few flushes from Robinho. Bad luck for Allegri's men, who in fact at the press conference certainly didn't send them to say about him: “We played team football badly, except only for the first few minutes until Poli's goal. Then we tried to keep playing, but we mishandled the ball. Verona deserved to win, we have a completely wrong attitude. Toni fought like a lion, seeing a 36-year-old fight like this should set an example for our kids (that's exactly what he says, ed), you need to play more aggressively. In fact, this way you're not going anywhere and, while waiting for the market to offer some more certainty (not so much up front as in defense), Allegri will have a lot to do to prepare for the Champions League match. From there will pass the fate of Milan and, fatally, his too.
