(Football news) Juventus got back to winning ways as they outclassed Salernitana 3-0 on Tuesday in Serie A. Two goals and one assist from star striker Dusan Vlahovic helped the visitors move up to 10th place in the Serie A standings. The game also marked a return to form for Vlahovic, who has recently struggled with injuries this season, but he made his first league start since October. Juventus got off to a perfect start when a penalty was awarded after 26 minutes when Hans Nicolussi fouled Manuel Locatelli inside the box as Vlahovic calmly converted the penalty.
Vlahovic almost scored a second goal in the 37th minute, but his shot from an tight angle at the edge of the box went wide of the post. Filip Kostic made sure he doubled the lead on the stroke of half-time when he simply tapped the ball in after Vlahovic’s initial shot bounced into his path, which provided him an unintended assist. Juventus could have scored a third also in the last seconds as Locatelli made a run unmarked into the box, but Salernitana’s new keeper Guillermo Ochoa parried his attempted lob.
Vlahovic finally got his second goal of the match 80 seconds into the second half when he ran through in the box and then smashed the ball into the right corner. Salernitana were going to pull one goal back in the 51st minute but Junior Sambia cross went through almost everyone in the box as forward Boulaye Dia was unable to guide the ball into the open net. Juve could have added a fourth goal but were denied by the woodwork when Angel Di Maria hit the crossbar after 53 minutes and Moise Kean also hit the post late on.The result meant that Juventus moved on to 26 points from 21 matches, while Salernitana are 16th with 21 points.
“You can see physically, he just moves better, looks sharper, he also played well on a technical level today. The team gave a strong response, we had a good 60 minutes, but got a bit complacent after going 3-0 up and allowed too many shots on goal. We were static in our positions, didn’t move around enough and the players know we must absolutely do better,” Allegri said. ”The first 10 minutes we tended to pass it too much down the right, so we need to improve our passing, be smoother and keep it simple.”
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