Moise Kean followed up his two goals for Italy with the winner for Juventus as they beat Empoli 1-0 in Serie A.
Match Events
14' CHANCE! Matuidi's shot wide out
Bernardeschi clips a testing ball into the box from the right, but Matuidi fails to direct his back-post effort on target.
31' CLOSE! Mandzukic's header saved
Juventus have their first clear chance as Matuidi's deep cross is met by the rising head of Mandzukic, but his effort is kept out by Dragowski who stooped low to make the save.
72' GOAL! Juventus 1-0 Empoli (Kean)
Chiellini launches a long ball forward from his own half which Mandzukic then flicks into the path of Kean and the substitute half-volleys it into the bottom left-hand corner from just inside the box.
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Teenage sensation Moise Kean scored his third goal in as many Serie A matches to help Juventus bounce back from their first defeat of the season with a 1-0 win over battling Empoli.
It took Massimiliano Allegri's men 72 minutes to break down their determined visitors in a game made all the more difficult for the hosts by an injury to Paulo Dybala, who pulled up with a thigh problem during the warm-up.
Line-ups
Juventus XI: B. Matuidi, W. Szczęsny, Chiellini, M. Mandžukić, Pjanic, A.Sandro, E.Can, Cancelo, Rugani, Bernardeschi, R. Bentancur
Subs: Bonucci, M. Cáceres, Carlo Pinsoglio, M. Perin, De Sciglio, Spinazzola, M.Kean, H. Nicolussi
Empoli XI: F. Caputo, Maietta, Farias, F. Veseli, G. Di Lorenzo, Marko Pajac, R. Krunić, Bartlomiej Dragowski, C. Dell'Orco, I. Bennacer, H. Traorè
Subs: M. Pasqual, Matteo Brighi, Antonelli, Acquah, Salih Ucan, Capezzi, F. Perucchini, I. Provedel, Dimitris Nikolaou, Dimitri Oberlin
Amanda-
297
Allegri is absolutely dumb. He always play this defensive kinda game that won’t work vs Ajax. Please stop playing Mandzukic he’s old, slow , unskillful and he doesn’t score goals. So what’s the point in playing him ? Give kean and spinazola more playing times. Juventus vs Ajax must be all attacking soccer and our best 11 no mistake.
AngelBhusalBarçafan
229
Score his debut goal for Italy and now scored a winner in 3 minutes as a substitute. He is a really good finisher that Italy needed.
Madrista_forever
147
Juventus are very weak without Cristiano,I seriously doubt thier chances in UCL I know he will be there for them but the team should not be over dependent on a single person to score them all the goals
hundred
124
Giving Kean more time to play. We don't need to buy Mbappe, we already have our future star!
siheiknprs
79
These stupid about Juventus depending on Ronaldo is becoming mundane. It's almost as if they are two separate entities. Get over it Ronaldo is part of Juventus now. They are his employers now, not Real anymore. And he's expected to deliver and bring the quality to the team that only he can offer. He is their best player for he's the best in the world. Obviously he cannot play every game and his presence is noticeable. But Juventus has been a powerful mechanism before Ronaldo's addition with regulars in the long absent Costa& Cuadrado to supplement Dybala, Manzukic & Higuain upfront. The team characteristics have changed very much this year to centre around the presence of Ronaldo. That is why his absence will always call for a different game plan. So, when he is not there don't cry foul.
Amanda-
47
I m reading a lots of stupid comments here about Juventus over depending on Ronaldo. That’s not true , Juventus over the years have played well without Ronaldo. The problem Juventus is facing now in tames of quality soccer is cus by Allegri and Mandzukic. As for Allegri, he keeps playing old , slow , unskillful Mandzukic, Mandzukic hardly scores goals and haven’t scored a goal this year, yet he keeps playing him . Allegri also play defensively and lack confidence in players like kean and spinazola . Ronaldo or no Ronaldo, Juventus better attack vs Ajax or else things may go bad than what Ronaldo can fix . Allegri is the problem. He’s not improving Juventus and must go .