The black record of five unsuccessful games in all competitions (2 draws – 3 defeats) that had cast dark clouds over the Juventus camp is now a thing of the past. Their top-class strikers made sure of that on Sunday evening (October 2nd). Filip Kostic, Dusan Vlahovic and Arkadiusz Milik scored superbly to guide Massimo Allegri’s side to a comfortable 3-0 win over Bologna Serie A on Matchday 8.

It is noted that this was the Bianconeri’s first win since 31 August and their 29th success in their last 39 league games against Bologna, with the Rossoblu managing just one success in that period in February 2011.

The match

Although they didn’t meet high standards of performance and limited themselves to just a few stages in front of goal, Juventus outperformed their opponents and found the target they were looking for to put them in the driver’s seat. That happened in the 24th minute when Vlahovic advanced into Bologna space and played a pass past him to Kostic, while his Serbia international teammate Skorupski rounded off the lead with his first goal in the black and white jersey to make it 1-0.

Allegri’s side had the lead but knew they had to move up further in the second half to ‘secure’ the coveted three points and they did just that, with the hosts putting pressure on Thiago Motta’s side (Lykogiannis was key, he played throughout). game) and find two more goals. The first came in the 59th minute when the ball went several yards past McKenney, who rolled in a cross from the right and headed in Vlahovic to make it 2-0.

Three minutes later, Milik assuaged the Juventus fans’ fear of the final outcome of the game after gaining possession in the opponent’s penalty area and wasting time with an unimaginable left-footed shot Skorupski reacted to make it 3-0.

In the sequel, Juventus missed chances of at least one more goal and Bologna advanced but failed to find a consolation goal. In the final, Torino advanced to 7th place and looked to the future with greater optimism, albeit only with -7 from pioneers Napoli and Atalanta.

JUVENTUS: Cesni, Danilo, Bonucci, Bremer, Sandro, McKenney (60′ Cuadrado), Locatelli (77′ Miretti), Rabiot (77′ De Scillo), Kostic (60′ Paredes), Milik (81′ Ken), Vlahovic

BOLOGNA: Skorupski, De Silvestri (61′ Campiazo), Sosa, Bonifazzi, Lycogiannis, Suten (77′ Ebisser), Dominguez (61′ Medel), Orsolini, Soriano (77′ Ferguson), Sansone (61′ Vignato), Arnautovic

The results of the 8th round:

Saturday October 1st

• Naples – Turin 3-1 (6′ 12′ Angisa, 37′ Kvaratthelia / 43′ Sanabria)
• Inter-Roma 1-2 (30′ Dimarco / 39′ Dybala, 75′ Smalling)
• Empoli – Milan 1-3 (90+2′ Bayrami / 79′ Rebic, 90+4′ Ballo-Toure, 90+7′ Leao)

Sunday October 2nd

• Lazio – Spezia 4-0 (12′ Tzakani, 24′ Romagnoli, 61′ 90+1′ Milinkovic-Savic)
• Sassuolo-Salernitana 5-0 (12′ Lauriente, 39′ Pen. Pinamonti, 53′ Thorstvedt, 76′ Arui, 90+2′ Antiste)
• Lecce – Cremonese 1-1 (42’Stfetsa / 19’Tsofani)
• Samdoria-Monza 0-3 (11′ Pessina, 67′ Caprari, 90+5′ Sensi)
• Atalanta – Florence 1-0 (59′ Luqman)
• Juventus-Bologna 3-0 (24′ Kostic, 59′ Vlahovic, 62′ Milik)

Monday October 3rd

• Verona – Udinese 21:45

The best phases

Napoli – Torino 3-1

Inter – Roma 1-2

Empoli – Milan 1-3

Sassuolo-Salernitana 5-0

Samdoria – Monza 0-3

Lecce – Cremonese 1-1

The table of the series A:

The game plan for the 9th matchday:

• 08/10 16:00 Sassuolo – Inter
• 08/10 19:00 Milan – Juventus
• 08/10 21:45 Bologna – Samdoria
• 09/10 13:30 Torino – Empoli
• 09/10 16:00 Udinese – Atalanta
• 09/10 16:00 Monza – Spezia
• 09/10 16:00 Salernitana Verona
• 09/10 19:00 Cremonese – Naples
• 09/10 21:45 Rome – Lecce
• 10.10. 21:45 Florence – Lazio