Juventus were made to work hard for a 2-1 win at Parma that maintains their perfect start to the Serie A season.
2018/2019 Serie A
1-2
Match Events
2' GOAL! Parma 0-1 Juventus (Mandzukic)
Goal! Parma 0, Juventus 1. Mario Mandzukic (Juventus) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
14' OFF THE BAR! Stulac almost scores
33' GOAL! Parma 1-1 Juventus (Gervinho)
Goal! Parma 1, Juventus 1. Gervinho (Parma) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
40' Yellow Card! Bernardeschi booked
58' GOAL! Parma 1-2 Juventus (Matuidi)
Goal! Parma 1, Juventus 2. Blaise Matuidi (Juventus) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Mario Mandzukic.
Match Report
The champions looked on course for a comfortable evening when Mario Mandzukic netted after two minutes, but Parma made life difficult for their esteemed guests until the former Croatia international intervened again to tee up Blaise Matuidi's winner.
Gervinho had drawn Parma level on his full debut and the hosts could have led at the interval, before their momentum waned following the restart.
There was still no breakthrough for Juve new boy Cristiano Ronaldo, though, as his barren start to life in Italy continues beyond an international break during which he will miss action for Portugal.
Line-ups
Parma XI: M.Gobbi, A. Barillà, Bruno Alves, Gervinho, S. Iacoponi, Rigoni, Luigi Sepe, Inglese, A. Di Gaudio, Leo Stulac, R. Gagliolo
Subs: Gazzola, F. Ceravolo, P. Frattali, Mattia Sprocati, Federico Dimarco, Deiola, Alessio Da Cruz, Francisco Sierralta, F. Bagheria
Juventus XI: Cristiano Ronaldo, B. Matuidi, Bonucci, S. Khedira, W. Szczęsny, Chiellini, M. Mandžukić, Pjanic, Juan Cuadrado, A.Sandro, Bernardeschi
Subs: Barzagli, M. Benatia, Douglas Costa, Carlo Pinsoglio, M. Perin, De Sciglio, E.Can, Cancelo, Rugani, P. Dybala, R. Bentancur, M.Kean