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Serie A: New signings Vlahovic and Zakaria star for Juventus

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Dušan Vlahovic made a dream debut for Juventus, scoring the opening purpose in a 2-0 win over Verona within the Italian league.
The coveted striker accomplished a 70-million-euro ($80-million) switch from Fiorentina on January 28 on his twenty second birthday. At his new membership, he wears the No. 7 shirt vacated by Ronaldo.

Vlahovic, a Serbia worldwide, scored with a scientific end, lobbing onrushing Verona goalkeeper Lorenzo Montipo within the thirteenth minute.
He’s joint prime of the Serie A scoring charts, together with Lazio’s Ciro Immobile with 18 objectives.
Another new signing for Juventus, Switzerland midfielder Denis Zakaria, who joined from Bundesliga’s Borussia Mönchengladbach, doubled the lead with a low shot previous Montipo within the second half.
Juventus moved to fourth within the standings with 45 factors, Verona is ninth with 33.
Wearing a protecting masks, striker Victor Osimhen scored on his first begin since November as Napoli beat 10-man Venezia 2-0 to maneuver stage on factors with second-place AC Milan.

Napoli and Milan path Serie A frontrunner Inter Milan by one level after Milan rallied late to beat its metropolis rival 2-1 on Saturday. Inter has a recreation in hand.

The 23-year-old Osimhen, who suffered a critical harm in a conflict of heads with Inter’s Milan Skriniar in November, headed within the opening purpose within the 58th minute. It was the sixth Serie A purpose for the Nigeria worldwide this season and tenth in all competitions. He returned to the squad from harm final month.
In a vigorous end, defender Tyronne Ebuehi acquired a straight pink card following a VAR evaluation for a excessive sort out on Dries Mertens 5 minutes into stoppage time earlier than substitute Andrea Petagna made it 2-0 one other 5 minutes later.
Earlier within the recreation, Ebuehi and referee Maurizio Mariani wanted each remedy after colliding on the pitch.
Venezia is 18th within the standings.
Udinese additionally relied on harm time objectives to beat Torino 2-0.

In one other late drama, Torino’s Rolando Mandragora acquired his second yellow within the second minute of stoppage time for tackling Mato Jajalo.
Substitute Nahuel Molina curled within the free kick earlier than one other substitute, Ignacio Pussetto, transformed from the spot for Udinese’s second.
Udinese is 14th whereas Torino is tenth.
Another relegation-threatened crew, Cagliari, gained three necessary factors after a 2-1 upset victory at 10-man Atalanta to maneuver to seventeenth. Atalanta dropped to fifth.
In a recreation between groups hit by COVID-19, suspensions and accidents, Gaston Pereiro scored each objectives for Cagliari within the fiftieth and 68th minutes.

Just two minutes after Pereiro’s first purpose, Atalanta goalkeeper Juan Musso downed Pereiro simply exterior the penalty space following a defensive blunder and was despatched off.

The hosts nonetheless managed to equalize by way of Jose Palomino’s header earlier than Pereiro collected an ideal cross from Raoul Bellanova on the far put up to stun Atalanta together with his second.
In Genoa, Stefano Sensi scored for Sampdoria in a 4-0 rout of Sassuolo on his debut after becoming a member of the crew on mortgage from Inter in January.

Francesco Caputo opened the scoring 5 minutes into the match towards his former membership, with Sensi stretching the lead two minutes later. Andrea Conti made it 3-0 within the second half earlier than Antonio Candreva completed it off in harm time from the penalty spot.
Host Bologna drew 0-0 towards Empoli.