Italy Roundup: Juventus snatches draw against Bologna, Napoli wins again

Juventus wanted Dušan Vlahović’s late aim to rescue a 1-1 draw at house to Bologna in Serie A on Sunday.

Lewis Ferguson had given Bologna the lead within the twenty fourth minute and the Bianconeri had been booed off the sphere at halftime. But Vlahović, who earlier had a aim dominated out for offside, headed within the equalizer with 10 minutes remaining.

Defending champion Napoli made it two wins out of two after beating 10-man Sassuolo 2-0. Last yr’s runner-up Lazio surprisingly misplaced 1-0 at house to newly promoted Genoa.

After a tough time final season, Juventus kicked off the brand new marketing campaign with a 3-0 win at Udinese. It was a second tough take a look at for Bologna, which misplaced to AC Milan in its opener.

The guests took the lead after Joshua Zirkzee drew two defenders in direction of him and managed to knock the ball ahead to Ferguson, who had time to manage and hearth into the far backside nook.

After the jeers at halftime, Juventus appeared to have extra impetus within the second interval and thought it had taken the lead seven minutes after the break however Vlahović’s strike was dominated out as Adrien Rabiot was in an offside place.

Bologna reckoned it ought to have had a penalty within the seventieth minute when ahead Dan Ndoye collided with Juventus winger Samuel Iling-Junior however the referee waved away their protests. Bologna coach Thiago Motta was booked for dissent whereas one among his employees was despatched off.

Iling-Junior was concerned within the equalizer 10 minutes later with a cross from the appropriate that Vlahović headed into the underside proper nook.

KVARADONA’S BACK

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia made his season debut and took simply three minutes to provide a second of magic.

The Napoli winger, final season’s revelation and nicknamed “Kvaradona,” got here on in its place within the 61st minute. Shortly afterward he despatched a pleasant by ball to place Giovanni Di Lorenzo clear on aim for a easy end and Napoli’s second aim.

Kvaratskhelia missed final weekend’s win at Frosinone with a muscular downside.

Napoli virtually bought its first house match of the season off to the right begin however Giacomo Raspadori’s effort from point-blank vary got here off the appropriate publish within the opening minute.

It took the lead within the sixteenth minute when Victor Osimhen transformed a penalty after Daniel Boloca fouled Matteo Politano.

Sassuolo’s probabilities of getting one thing from the match diminished six minutes into the second half when midfielder Maxime Lopez was proven a pink card for one thing he mentioned to the referee – repeatedly.

Napoli ought to have doubled its lead on the hour mark however Raspadori clipped the crossbar with a spot kick following a handball by Sassuolo defender Jeremy Toljan.

RETEGUI OFF THE MARK

Mateo Retegui headed in his first Serie A aim to provide Genoa an enormous win on the Stadio Olimpico.

The 24-year-old Retegui had netted twice within the Italian Cup earlier this month. The Argentina-born ahead, who has Italian citizenship by his maternal grandmother, additionally scored in his first two matches for Italy in March.

Lazio has zero factors after surprisingly dropping at Lecce of their opener final weekend after the opposition scored two late objectives.

Lecce adopted that up by getting back from two objectives down to attract 2-2 at Fiorentina on Sunday.