If the good morning starts in the morning, Juventus and Napoli can rest easy, even with the awareness that the journey has just begun and that it is too early to give in to optimism. However, it is certain that the values remain well above the average and this also in August and with the market in full swing. The form of Juventus aroused more than one perplexity, instead the Italian champions, even without particular efforts, did their duty and liquidated Cagliari with a dry 3-0.
However, the Stadium match, rather than for the black and white victory, will go down in history for the first VAR case of our championship: in the 37th minute Maresca awarded a penalty to the Sardinians (foul by Alex Sandro on Cop initially not seen) thanks to the support of technology. It was 1-0 for Juve (12' Mandzukic) and the decision could have changed the match in an important way but Farias, perhaps excited by the historic event, had Buffon's shot badly saved. A few minutes later, the Lady punished such a waste with a splendid action on the Pjanic-Dybala axis: Joya, evidently galvanized by the number 10 shirt, scored behind Cragno thus bringing her team up 2-0 at the interval (45' ). The match essentially ended there and the second half, as well as seeing the debuts of Douglas Costa and Matuidi, served Higuain above all to find the final 3-0 goal (66').
“The boys were good because they all worked together – commented Allegri. – When we play a defensive phase with this attention it is difficult for us to be shot on goal, not like in the pre-season… The VAR? Luckily Buffon is always the best." Immediately after Juve's ring, Napoli's answer arrives, testifying to a duel that could really last for the whole championship. The Azzurri were awaited by a more complicated commitment, at least on paper: because then, on balance, the Bentegodi match turned out to be more or less a walk in the park, in which Sarri's team showed all its potential and this despite a turnover that he even touched someone like Mertens, evidently saved for the fundamental trip to Nice on Tuesday.
To unlock the match, however, a little luck was also needed: Souprayen's own goal that broke the balance (32') in fact, should be cataloged under the heading "good luck". It must be said that Napoli had in any case made themselves dangerous several times and that the goal seemed to be only a matter of minutes, with an Insigne in the evening of grace ready to serve chocolates to all the attacking teammates. In the 39th minute Lorenzinho offered Milik the ball to double the goal and the Pole, starting in place of Mertens, didn't have to be asked, finding a thoughtful goal for the team but also for him. In the second half, Verona tried to reopen the match but after coming close to scoring which could have done so, Ghoulam's 3-0 (62') closed everything. And even Pazzini's penalty (83', foul by Hysaj sent off) in fact served only for the scoresheet, testifying to total supremacy, just like that of Juve. The Scudetto race is still long but the Bianconeri and Azzurri have already decided to go rather fast.
