And it is immediately Gonzalo Higuain! Il Pipita wasted no time, indeed he even decided to optimize it: it was known that he could be decisive, that he could do it in less than 10 minutes, moreover with a physical condition still far from the top, maybe not. But fate evidently wanted him, the most expensive purchase in Juventus history, to decide Juventus-Fiorentina, a luxury advance of this first day of the championship, and so he acted accordingly. With the Italian champions stuck at 1-1 and a game ending that promised to be complicated, he ensured that he got the right ball, the one that only great forwards always manage to find on their feet, for the goal 2-1 final.
“It wasn't easy to score like that but on the other hand this is his art – commented Allegri. – I also want to congratulate the other boys, playing against Fiorentina is never easy and we managed to win by playing well”. Juve the one seen yesterday at the Stadium is convincing at times, on the other hand these days it's unthinkable to already be in top physical condition. Furthermore, Allegri was forced to give up Pjanic ("I didn't want to risk it, the three-day competition period will soon begin") and, at least at the start, a Higuain still in the running-in phase: in short, heavy absences, yet in the first time the car traveled at its usual high speed. After the break, however, the Lady, who took the lead thanks to Khedira's goal (3'), lowered the pace allowing a far from transcendental Fiorentina to stay alive. And so in the 37th minute, at the first useful opportunity, Kalinic found the 70-1 goal that could really change the history of the match. But then Higuain took care of it with a paw from him (1 ') to put things right and give Juventus the first 75 points of the season.
Rome's practice is simpler, capable of regulating Udinese with a 4-0 that does not allow for replies. But woe to think it was a walk in the park: Perotti's 1-0 in fact only arrived in the 65th minute, moreover from a penalty kick. Up until that moment, the Friulians had kept the field in order and, after all, there could have been a draw. After the goal, however, everything changed and the Giallorossi managed to spread with a real binge: Perotti again (75', another penalty), then Dzeko (82'), finally Salah (84') sent the fragile Udinese to the archive by Iachini, author of a truly terrible start to the season. “They were good at blocking us in the first half – Spalletti's analysis. – But afterwards we improved both in speed and in precision and another match came out”. Now Roma will be able to concentrate definitively on Porto, expected on Tuesday at the Olimpico for the return of the Champions League preliminary round. A decisive match, to be faced in the best possible way both on a technical and mental level: and a good poker, in this sense, can only do you good.
