Juventus started the season with a victory after a narrow 1-0 win over Parma in the first week of the Italian League at the Ennio Tardini Stadium on Saturday (8/24).
In this match, Juventus did not play any of their new players as a starter. Dominating the duel with possession reaching 61% and making 14 shots, Juventus wasted too many chances. Their superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo, made 7 shots and one goal was disallowed by the referee. Juventus only won 1-0 with a goal scored by defender Giorgio Chiellini.
In the 4th minute, Juventus already have a chance through Douglas Costa’s shot which is still wide to the left of Parma’s goal. Two minutes later, Cristiano Ronaldo’s shot from outside the penalty box also missed the target. Parma does not remain silent and has its own opportunities.
Cristiano Ronaldo has the opportunity to open the advantage of Juventus utilizing Sami Khedira’s pass. It’s just that the header is still above the crossbar Parma in the 12th minute.
A minute later Parma replied with a close-range shot from Roberto Inglese that Wojciech Szczesny could still push over.
Juventus captain Giorgio Chiellini finally managed to open the scoring in the 21st minute. Alex Sandro’s kick from outside the penalty box cheated Chiellini who broke into Parma’s goal. Five minutes after scoring a goal, Chiellini had to protect his goal by blocking Inglese’s effort.
Ronaldo again missed the opportunity to put his name on the scoreboard. Being in a good position, Ronaldo’s kick was sideways on the left side of the goal Parma in the 29th minute.
In the 34th minute, Ronaldo was finally able to break into Parma’s goal. But the goal was disallowed by the referee because Ronaldo was already in an offside position when he received a breakthrough bait from Douglas Costa. Towards the end of the first half, another shot from Ronaldo could still be blocked by Parma’s defense.
In the second half, Juventus still dominated the game and Parma only occasionally attacked through a counter-attack scheme. At the beginning of the second half, Parma tried to get up through two successive chances from Riccardo Gagliolo and Bruno Alves.
When the game was an hour old, another Cristiano Ronaldo shot attempt was still bolted towards the goal. Adrien Rabiot came on in the 63rd minute to replace Sami Khedira as Juventus tried to step up the attack to secure victory.
Shortly afterwards, Ronaldo again fired a shot that could still be defeated by Luigi Sepe.
In the 72nd minute, another Ronaldo shot utilizing feedback from Alex Sandro could be dammed by Sepe. At the last minute, Parma who is more visible will score goals. However, Hernani and Inglese’s efforts could be secured so that Juventus successfully kept the score 1-0.
Various efforts including from Ronaldo continue to be done but Luigi Sepe’s brilliant performance prevented Juventus from scoring additional goals until the end of the second half. Score 1-0 for the Bianconeri’s victory did not change until the second half ended.
