Juventus brought home the first three points of their championship, but what a struggle to beat Chievo! The match seemed to have gone downhill after Khedira's goal in the 3rd minute, but despite an embarrassing superiority Juventus were unable to finish the match, so much so that Chievo equalized with Stepinski's header on their first real shot on goal , who took advantage of Bonucci's position error (booed by the Juventus fans present at the Bentegodi).
In the second half, things got even worse, with Cancelo's foul on Jackets in the area and the penalty converted by the former Juventus player himself. Only at that point did Juventus start playing as they know how, with that nastiness that had been lacking until then. Cristiano Ronaldo himself has shifted gears, with a couple of cues worthy of his name. The draw came after a corner kick, with the ball headed by Bonucci and corrected into the net by Bani from Clive.
Juventus' forcing became more intense: in the 41st minute the black and whites scored the 3-2 goal through Mandzukic, but after consulting with the Var, the referee disallowed the goal due to a previous touch by Ronaldo. On the occasion, the Portuguese also involuntarily hit goalkeeper Sorrentino with a knee to the temple, who was forced to leave after losing consciousness for a few seconds.
Bernardeschi's winning strike arrived in full recovery, giving the Italian champions three precious but hard-earned points: “We lowered our attention a little too much after the first goal – said Allegri -, when we thought we had hand the match. It's a victory that was needed: we immediately enter the championship climate. We have to find the ideal conditions, even if we've only been working together for 7 days. In the first three days of the championship it is important to bring home 9 points”.
And on Ronaldo he declared: “Cristiano held up well in his debut, sorry he didn't score, but he worked well with the team for only being here for 7 days. He shot a lot, moved between the lines, but was not served on several occasions. It shows that he is a different player. I was struck by how simple he was in the team, he was very happy with the victory in the end. He played a good game, then he found Sorrentino up front ”.
Cristiano Ronaldo limited himself to a post on Twitter: "Happy for the first victory with the Juve shirt", complete with a thumbs up. To get an idea of CR7's sequel, just check the amount of likes and retweets to his social message, which garnered almost 19 reactions in the first quarter of an hour.
A painful victory also for Carlo Ancelotti's new Napoli in Rome against Lazio. The hosts took the lead with a great goal from Immobile, who first seated three Azzurri defenders and then turned the left foot at the far post to make it 1-0.
Napoli's reaction was not long in coming. After the goal disallowed by Milik due to a previous foul by Koulibaly, the Pole himself scored the equalizer with a touch from close range at the end of a beautiful action started by Insigne and finished off by Callejon. It was Insigne himself in the second half who gave Napoli the first three points of the championship with a beautiful right-footed shot that ended up in the top corner, before going off with a knee blow.
“Luckily we got up straight away – Ancelotti said after the match -, even if today we were a bit slow in the game. We had little intensity in defense, we always arrived late and were shy in building the game. Then the goal woke us up from our torpor and we started playing with more pace and intensity, in the end we deserved to win."
The coach enjoys his first success, an excellent starting point which he hopes will restore the smiles of the fans who were expecting a decidedly different market: “The team has excellent quality and Naples is a unique place for passion and enthusiasm. We wanted to do well after a complicated summer. The prerequisites for doing well are there, I have a healthy group and we managed to play with quality even in a difficult match."
