Former Dortmund Bundesliga professional Henrikh Mkhitaryan has initiated a successful Serie A debut for José Mourinho. In the 3-1 (1-0) of AS Roma against AC Florence, the 32-year-old took the lead (26th), which Nikola Milenkovic initially equalized in the second round (60th). Jordan Veretout sealed the successful start of the season for Roma with a double to the final score (64th and 79th).
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For Mourinho, who won his first competitive game with his new team during the week in the Conference League against Turkish first division side Trabzonspor (2-1), it was the second victory in their second appearance. His Roma debut in Serie A was turbulent overall. After 17 minutes, Florence goalkeeper Bartlomiej Dragowski saw the red card because of an emergency brake. From the 52nd minute, the Romans had to get along with one man less. Nicolo Zaniolo saw yellow-red.
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In contrast to Mourinho, successful coach Massimiliano Allegri did not experience a happy ending when he returned to the coaching bench of the dethroned serial champion Juventus Turin. Due to two mistakes by goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, Turin only came 2-2 at Udinese Calcio on Sunday for the Serie A opener despite a 2-0 lead. Substitute superstar Cristiano Ronaldo couldn’t change that either. His supposed winning goal in stoppage time was denied due to offside.
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The Polish Juve goalkeeper Szczesny was completely out of the role. First the 31-year-old caused the penalty for the Undine connecting goal by Roberto Pereyra (51.), then he messed up the ball so that Gerard Deulofeu could score to equalize (83.). Juve had taken an early lead through Paulo Dybala (3rd) and Juan Cuadrado (23rd). In the closing stages, Udine even had a chance for a third goal.
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