MILAN (AP) – Andrea Pirlo his training career with victory when Juventus beat Sampdoria 3-0 in Serie A on Sunday.
Dejan Kulusevski scored at the beginning of his debut and goals in the second half of Leonardo Bonucci and Cristiano Ronaldo sealed the result on a day when fans returned to Serie A stadiums.
It was a positive day for beginners, as Weston McKennie, the first American to play for Juventus, contributed to Bonucci’s purpose and also triggered a move that led Ronaldo to hit the crossbar.
Juventus aspire to their 10th consecutive Serie A title, but has an inexperienced coach in Pirlo. The former midfielder won his first training task last month when he appointed the director of Juventus U-23, who plays in Serie C. He did not control a game before being promoted to upgrade Maurizio Sarri.
Juve played from the start with an intensity that had been lacking for much of last season and advanced in the 13th minute.
Ronaldo burst into the area and stopped through a tackle, but the ball fell on Kulusevski and the former Parma midfielder curved it into the rear left corner.
McKennie almost doubled the Juve advantage in a time before half-time, but fired nearby.
Juventus took 12 minutes to get their second. Sampdoria goalkeeper Emil Audero did well to save McKennie’s effort from a short distance, but Bonucci hid the rebound.
Ronaldo, who scored 31 league purposes last season, controlled to get out of the purpose of this crusade in the final minutes of the game by rushing into Aaron Ramsey’s cross-ball and doing exact training in the back left corner.
FAN REVIEWS
Dries Mertens and Lorenzo Insigne helped Napoli win 2-0 at Parma the previous Sunday in an attack that marked the return of enthusiasts to Serie A stadiums.
Fans were first provided since the reboot of Serie A by the coronavirus pandemic after the government agreed Saturday to allow up to 1,000 stadium enthusiasts.
Fans had to wear masks and respect the rules of social estating, while being controlled by the temperature at the front of the stadium.
They didn’t have much to animate in the first part with a framed photo of singles.
The intensity was higher after the break and Napoli remodeled extra when new signing Victor Osimhen signed in the 61st minute.
The striker worried in the first match two minutes later, when he put tension in the penalty area over Simone Iacoponi del Parma, which led the defender to direct the centre of Hirving Lozano to Mertens, who handed him over in the right back corner.
Osimhen helped Napoli double his lead moments later when his film discovered Insigne, who hit the post.
Insigne scored in the 77th minute and Osimhen back intervened. Parma goalkeeper Luigi Sepe received a centre in Lozano, who headed for the Nigerian striker, but was only able to give it directly to Insigne, who fired a rebound at close range.
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