Juventus 3-1 Bologna: Ruthless Bianconeri crush brave Rossoblu

Date: 4th October 2015 at 7:56pm
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Bologna 3-1 at the Juventus Stadium on Sunday evening.

Bologna surged into an early lead through Anthony Mounier, only to be pegged back by Alvaro Morata. Paulo Dybala’s penalty put Juventus ahead before Sami Khedira added some gloss to the scoreline.

The Juventus Stadium was silenced after just five minutes when Mounier burst free of the Bianconeri offside trap to volley a fantastic through ball from Adam Masina through a flailing Gianluigi Buffon.

The goal did not affect the pattern of the game, with the hosts continuing to flood forward, Juan Cuadrado being particularly influential in the early stages. For all the Colombian’s efforts, he found a Rossoblu defence in stubborn mood, and with repeated crosses headed clear, the hosts were restricted to shots from outside the penalty area.

That changed just after the half hour mark, when Khedira found himself in space in the right hand side of the penalty area. The German international floated a ball onto the head of Morata, who nodded home the equaliser from close range.

Juventus dominated play for the rest of the first half, but with only a dangerous Morata effort deflected well over to show for it.

The Bianconeri continued where they had left off immediately after the break but after Cuadrado broke through and fed Morata, the Spaniard poked an easy chance wide. The pressure eventually told on Bologna. Alex Ferrari pulled Morata down in the box and Dybala slotted home the resultant penalty to give Juventus the lead.

Maximiliano Allegri’s side continued to push forward throughout the second period, and Khedira deftly nodded a third with a header from a Morata cross to complete the scoring in an eventually dominant display.

The defeat roots Bologna to the bottom of the table, while Juventus go into the international break in 12th spot.

 

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