Serie A: Juventus lose at residence to Empoli in first sport after Ronaldo

Juventus slumped to a 1-0 loss at residence to promoted Empoli in its first match with out Cristiano Ronaldo on Saturday.
Leonardo Mancuso’s first-half objective was sufficient for the guests to assert a shock victory and depart Juventus ready for its first Italian league win of the season after two video games. Juve opened with a disappointing 2-2 draw at Udinese final weekend.
Ronaldo secured his return to Manchester United on Friday _ a day after telling Juventus he not needed to play for the membership. The Portugal star was prime scorer in Serie A for the final two seasons and scored 101 targets in 134 appearances.
Juventus may have performed with him towards Empoli, which solely secured its return to Italy’s prime flight final season.
Mancuso scored within the twenty first, firing residence from shut vary after Nedim Bajrami’s preliminary effort was deflected into his path. The guests refused to take a seat again after the objective.
Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri reacted to a disappointing first half from his workforce by bringing on Alvaro Morata, a ahead, for American midfielder Weston McKennie on the break.
Federico Bernardeschi got here on for fellow midfielder Adrien Rabiot shortly afterward, however the guests stored pushing.
Paulo Dybala had a few shut efforts as Juve confirmed indicators of enchancment, however too usually the house workforce’s strikes broke down on the closing move, prompting a livid outburst from Allegri on the sideline.
Juventus’ gamers had been incensed when quite a lot of calls went towards them, together with when Manuel Locatelli’s ball for Morata was deflected out by an Empoli defender however no nook was awarded.

IMMOBILE’S HAT TRICK
Italy striker Ciro Immobile scored a first-half hat trick and noticed his penalty saved as Lazio routed Spezia 6-1 to construct on its opening victory.
The 31-year-old Immobile additionally scored in Lazio’s 3-1 win at Empoli to begin the season final weekend.
Spezia ahead Daniele Verde shocked residence followers on the Stadio Olimpico when he scored on a rebound within the fourth minute, however Immobile equalized with a superb end a minute later.
Immobile tucked away his second objective contained in the left put up within the fifteenth, however had a penalty saved in first-half harm time when Dutch goalkeeper Jeroen Zoet turned the ball away for a nook. That was all Immobile wanted, nonetheless, as he scored with a header from Luis Alberto’s nook.
Brazilian ahead Felipe Anderson made it 4-1 after the interval, and it bought worse within the 54th for the guests when Kelvin Amian was despatched off for hauling again Anderson as he was on one other assault.
Elseid Hysaj bought the fifth objective within the seventieth earlier than Luis Alberto wrapped up the scoring within the eighty fifth for Maurizio Sarri’s workforce.
Also Saturday, Atalanta missed a bunch of probabilities because it drew with Bologna 0-0.
Fiorentina beat Torino 2-1 at residence.