Juventus begin defence of Serie A with win........ The investment over the summer in a new striker paid off immediately for Juventus as new boy Carlos Tevez scored on his league debut to give the defending champions a 1-0 win on the road at Sampdoria. Juve had lost both home and away to Sampdoria last season, so the result will go down as a positive one for the players and their manager Antonio Conte, who is bidding to win a third-straight Scudetto with the Bianconeri. Tevez started alongside Mirko Vucinic up front and posed a stiff challenge for the Samp defenders all evening. The goal came courtesy of some excellent build-up play from Arturo Vidal and Paul Pogba as they opened up the Sampdoria defence to play Tevez in for an easy finish. In a double boost for Juventus, rivals AC Milan were rocked as they lost to newly promoted side Verona thanks to a Luca Toni brace. Andrea Poli opened the scoring early for Milan in the 14th minute, but Verona battled back to first level the match, and then take the lead through Toni. Milan were playing the game with close to 10 of their regulars unavailable through either suspension or injury, including the likes of Kevin-Prince Boateng, Nigel de Jong and Giampaolo Pazzini.
Posted on: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 05:54:31 +0000
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