Patience And Maturity Make Juventus The Ruler Of The City Of Turin

Juventus beat city rivals Torino in Serie A. (Photo: Twitter/@JuventusFC)

JAKARTA - Juventus again named themselves as the ruler of the City of Turin. La Vecchia calma beat Torino with a score of 4-2 when the Turin derby at the Allianz Stadium, Wednesday, March 1, early morning WIB.

Juventus' four goals were scored by Juan Cuadrado, Danilo, Gleison Bremer, and Adrien Rabiot, respectively. Meanwhile, Yann Karamoh and Antonio Sanabria scored goals for Torino.

This match will be Paul Pogba's second debut at Juventus since joining the club in June 2022.

Juventus coach, Massimiliano Allegri, admits his team had difficulties in dealing with Torino. However, patience and maturity led them to victory.

"It was a difficult match, it was never easy to face Torino. In the first half, we made a mistake," Allegri told Sky.

"In the second half, we had the patience to wait and attack them at the right time. This is a sign of maturity that we did not have at the beginning of this year," he continued.

This three-point addition leaves Juventus in seventh place in the standings with 35 points. Now, Angel Di Maria and her friends are only six points adrift of Atalanta who are above them.

Meanwhile Torino is in ninth position with 31 points.

Lineup of players

Juventus (3-5-1-1): Wojciech Szczesny; Danilo, Bremer, Alex Sandro; Juan Cuadrado (68' Mattia De Sciglio), Nicolo Fagioli, Enzo Barrenechea (69' Paul Pogba), Adrien Rabiot, Filip Kostic; Angel Di Maria (69' Federico Chiesa); Dusan Vlahovic (86' Moise Kean)

Torino (3-4-2-1): Vanja Milinkovic-Savic; Koffi Djidji (84' Andrew Gravillon), Perr Schuurs, Alessandro Buongiorno; Stephane Singo, Karol Linetty (74' Samuele Ricci), Ivan Ilic, Ricardo Rodriguez (74' Merger Vojvoda); Aleksey Miranchuk, Yann Karamoh (60' Nemanja Radonjic, 74' Demba Seck); Antonio Sanabria