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ROME – When their scorers hit the mark, everything is easier for Juventus and Inter Milan who regained color on Saturday by beating Genoa (3-0) and Udinese (3-2) respectively thanks to double goals Dusan Vlahovic and Lautaro Martinez.
After six days, Juventus has still not lost or conceded a goal, a first in its history. Above all, it ended a worrying series of three consecutive draws in Serie A.
Dusan Vlahovic opened the scoring from a penalty (48th) in a match played behind closed doors after violent clashes between Genoa fans, Sampdoria ultras and the police in the middle of the week in the Italian Cup.
The Serbian striker doubled the lead with his fourth powerful goal of the season (55th).
In the 89th minute, the Portuguese Francisco Conceicao, served by another summer recruit, the French Khéphren Thuram, scored his first goal in the Bianconero jersey.
“It was a good match, from both the starters and the substitutes, but I believe we could have won more widely,” analyzed Juve coach Thiago Motta.
“Dusan (Vlahovic) is a player who works a lot in training and in matches, never satisfied, he is very important for this team,” he added.
Juve, already leader after the 2nd day, has temporarily regained control of Serie A with twelve points, one more than Torino, who faces Lazio on Sunday.
“Delicate week”
Its two great rivals, Inter and AC Milan, winner of Lecce on Friday (3-0), are on its heels with eleven points.
After a month of waiting, Inter returned to victory at Udinese.
Six days after his defeat in the derby against AC Milan (2-1), the reigning Italian champion wasted no time: it only took him 43 seconds to take the lead thanks to to Davide Frattesi.
Lautaro MartinezUdinese, leader after the 4th day, equalized through Christian Kabasele (35th), before being knocked out. by a double from Lautaro Martinez. The Argentinian, silent until then, restored the advantage to his team in added time of the first period.
The Inter captain brought the score to 3-1 after returning from the locker room (47th) on a cross from Marcus Thuram.
“Winning here is always difficult, we talked a lot this week, we worked well and we achieved an important victory,” rejoiced Martinez at the microphone of the platform DAZN.
“I am very satisfied. It’s a great victory, after a delicate week following our defeat in the derby,” added his coach Simone Inzaghi.
Atalanta Bergamo moved back to 9th place (7 pts), after their draw in the 89th minute in Bologna (1-1), but did not really reassure their fans before facing Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday in the Champions League, while Bologna (10th, 7 pts) will challenge Liverpool the same day.
