Juventus eased away with a convincing 2-0 victory over
Udinese at the Juventus Stadium to underscore their perfect start to the
2014/15 Serie A campaign.
The Bianconeri drew first blood as early as the 8th
minute when Stephan Lichtsteiner cut back from the right to thread a cross
finding Carlos Tevez who beautifully slotted home for the opener.
Soon after was a smoke of controversy when Patrice Evra
was brought down in the box by Panagiotis Kone-
The referee was not interested.
The home side continued to dominate play with Paul Pogba
showing his "classical" technique mixing it with power thereby
stamping his authority in midfield.
Udinese slowly found their rhythm when Italian Nigerian's
Angelo Ogbonna got enough touch to divert Di Natale's headed effort wide.
Di Natale continued to trouble the Juventus back line but
in the 29th minute, Martin Caceres made a headed clearance to deny Di Natale an
equalizer yet again.
Stephan Lichtsteiner almost got on the score sheet but
his shot on the 37th minute went wide after some fancy passes in the
opposition's danger zone. A 40th minute Paul Pogba shot was easily saved by Karnezis only because the Frenchman couldn't connect with
the ball. But when he did in the 44th minute, the powerful shot proved too
central.
Udinese had some joy in the second half but not before
the home side attacking from the blast of the whistle. Patrice Evra made an
attacking run down the left to find Fernando Llorente but the ball went behind
the Sparniard and he couldn't control it.
The game didn't lack some drama to spice things up when
on the 66th minute, Udinese's Igor Bubnjic was flagged for offside after
netting from close range. It was a tight call indeed for the match officials.
Juventus finally put the game beyond reach in the 75th
minute courtesy of a Claudio Marchisio rocket from outside the box. The two
former Manchester United players, Evra and Tevez, started the move and the
Argentine released Marchisio to finish things off with a beautiful screamer.
There was time for Alvaro Morata to make his much
anticipated debut as the Sparniard came on for his fellow country man, Llorente
in the 89th minute and immediately squandered a chance saved by Karnezis off a
low shot.
This records Massimiliano Allegri's impressive start to
the new season as coach of Juventus.
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