Paulo Dybala left the sphere in tears shortly after scoring to set Juventus on the way in which to a 3-2 victory over Sampdoria in Serie A on Sunday.
Dybala has endured quite a lot of muscular accidents through the years and it appeared as if he had suffered one other one after pulling up immediately. The Juventus ahead was capable of stroll off and was consoled by his teammates as he did so however it’s unlikely will be capable of function in Wednesday’s Champions League match in opposition to Chelsea.
Leonardo Bonucci transformed a penalty and Manuel Locatelli scored his first purpose for Juventus. Maya Yoshida and Antonio Candreva saved the match alive for Sampdoria.
It was an unconvincing win for Juve and solely its second of the season. It lifted the Bianconeri as much as ninth, eight factors behind Serie A pacesetter AC Milan. Napoli can transfer two factors above Milan if it maintains its excellent report with a win at house to Cagliari.
It’s additionally José Mourinho’s first capital derby later as his Roma aspect visits Lazio.
In Turin, Juventus was eager to construct on its first win midweek and it began brightly.
Dybala gave it the lead with a pleasant strike into the underside proper nook from exterior the realm within the tenth minute and the Bianconeri may have prolonged their lead earlier than the 27-year-old was compelled off after pulling up injured, clutching the again of his leg.
The tempo fell after that however Bonucci drilled a robust penalty into the underside left nook two minutes from the break to double Juve’s lead after a handball from Nicola Murru. It was a primary penalty in Serie A for Bonucci, who has taken spotkicks for Italy.
But Sampdoria pulled one again a minute later. Mattia Perin did effectively to parry Fabio Quagliarella’s effort however the ensuing nook was taken brief and Candreva whipped in a cross for Yoshida to move into the far aspect of the web.
Juventus restored its two-goal benefit 12 minutes into the second half. Locatelli began and completed the transfer after nice work by Federico Chiesa and Dejan Kulusevski.
Candreva scored for Samp seven minutes from time to arrange a nervy finale for Juve.
