Victory For Juventus Over Sampdoria But Allegri Counts His Losses
Written by Dare Solomon
Juventus labored to a 3-2 over Sampdoria earning their first win at the Alian Stadium this season.
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The victory also left the Old ladies with a big loss as Paulo Dybala left the pitch in tears due to a muscular injury and Alvaro Morata came off with a suspected thigh injury.
Dybala opened the scoring ten minutes into the game and Juventus, rather than extending the lead, saw Dybala who was visibly distressed forced off with an injury, and Dejan Kulusevski replaced him to join Alvaro Morata in attack.
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With a minute to the end of first half, Maya Yoshida’s header gave Sampdoria a 2-1 cushion after Leonardo Bonucci scored from the spot in the 43rd minute.
Manuel Locatelli on the half hour mark restored Juventus’ two goal lead however Antonio Candreva in the 83rd minute, scored Sampdoria’s second goal which was enough to scare the Bianconeri in front of their fans.
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Juventus coach Maximiliano Allegri confirms Paulo Dybala and Alvaro Morata will ‘certainly’ miss Chelsea and Torino games after the win on Sunday afternoon.
“Dybala and Morata certainly won’t play against Chelsea or Torino. That is for certain. We can only hope that we get them back after the break for international duty.
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“This is part of the game, we have to keep going.” The coach revealed.
Juventus 3-2 win also exposes the team’s defensive flaws as the Old Ladies have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 20 games and Allegri wants his defenders to focus more.
“Clean sheets are pretty rare nowadays anyway, I saw yesterday 2-2 and 3-3 results. On the corner, there was a distraction in the marking and we needed to be more focused.
“We man-mark on set plays. Bonucci realised there was danger and went to get Yoshida, but he’d lost his man before the corner was even taken.”
Allegri now has worries in the attack with Dybala and Morata’s injury which manager confirmed the two will be out of action against ‘Chelsea or Torino.’
“Dybala and Morata certainly won’t play against Chelsea or Torino. That is for certain. We can only hope that we get them back after the break for international duty.”
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