JAKARTA - Juventus started their Champions League campaign this season with a 3-0 win over Malmo on Wednesday morning which also forgot about a bad start in the domestic Serie A competition.
Juve entered their Group H opener with just one point from their first three Serie A matches, but Malmo were no match for Massimiliano Allegri's side who won in Sweden thanks to goals from Alex Sandro, Paulo Dybala and Alvaro Morata.
Three goals ️, three points , our #JuveUCL campaign is officially underway! ️⚫️#MFFJuve #ForzaJuve pic.twitter.com/q2hbfn14E2
— JuventusFC (@juventusfcen) September 14, 2021
The big win put Juve at the top of this group equaling all three points collected by European champions Chelsea they will face in Turin in the next two weeks' time.
“Winning games leads to more game wins. On another day we lost an important game because we lost five or six important players, and today we played very well in this important match," Morata told Sky Italia as quoted by Antara.
"We have to change the dynamic and let the other teams know that once there's a chance for points to be won, then Juventus are a tough team to play against."
The stalemate appeared to have come to an end at half-time thanks in large part to Juve's South American players missing the 2-1 loss against Napoli last Saturday having rejoined the team late after a stint to strengthen their country in a World Cup qualifier.
The Brazilian full-back Sandro headed the ball superbly midway through the first half after crossing in from Colombia's Juan Cuadrado's cross.
Argentine Dybala doubled the visitors' lead from the penalty spot just before half-time following a foul by Lasse Nielsen on Morata.
1. Kiss the ball 2. Smash it home ️3. Celebrate! #MFFJuve #JuveUCL #ForzaJuve https://t.co/6oDsT42KC3 pic.twitter.com/1yvnpfomdU
— JuventusFC (@juventusfcen) September 14, 2021
The Spaniard was rewarded for his hard work almost right after when his long shot found Adrien Rabiot whose pass was flicked by Dybala to reach Morata.
The 28-year-old briefly controlled the ball and saw Malmo goalkeeper Ismael Diawara out of the net before sending a fine finish into the net.
The second half looked like a training match for Juve which Malmo rarely bothered with.
Substitute Moise Kean was unlucky to score his first goal since his reunion with Juve when he was caught offside before rounding the Diawara to score with 20 minutes remaining which was ruled out.
Kean created another good chance which was denied by Diawara in the closing moments of the game which gave Juventus a boost ahead of the trip to AC Milan this weekend.
Lineup of both teams: Malmo FF (3-5-2): Ismael Diarra Diawara; Anel Ahmedhodzic, Franz Brorsson, Lasse Nielsen; Jo Inge Berget, Anders Christiansen, Erdal Rakip (Adi Nalic 59'), Bonke Innocent (Sebastian Nanasi 75'), Soren Rieks (Martin Olsson 76'); Antonio Colak, Veljko Birmancevic (Malik Abubakari 59').
Juventus (4-4-2): Wojciech Szczesny; Danilo, Leonardo Bonucci, Matthijs de Ligt (Daniele Rugani 87'), Alex Sandro; Juan Cuadrado (Dejan Kulusevski 83'), Adrien Rabiot, Manuel Locatelli, Rodrigo Bentancur (Weston McKennie 68'), Paulo Dybala (Aaron Ramsey 82'), Alvaro Morata (Moise Kean 68').
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