Juventus 4-2 Sampdoria: Adrien Rabiot nets twice after Gleison Bremer’s early opener as Massimiliano Allegri’s side return to winning ways in Serie A despite Dusan Vlahovic’s penalty miss
- Juventus took the lead through Gleison Bremer before Adrien Rabiot doubled it
- Sampdoria fought back with quick goals by Tommaso Augello and Filip Duricic
Adrien Rabiot scored twice as Juventus returned to winning way in a five-goal thriller
Juventus took the lead on the 10-minute mark thanks Gleison Bremer’s header
Gleison Bremer put Juve ahead with a header after 11 minutes when he outjumped the Sampdoria defence.
Rabiot doubled the lead with another header after 26 minutes when he met Fabio Miretti’s cross from the right.
The visitors then scored twice in 72 seconds just after the half-hour when Tommaso Augello tapped in a deflected shot before Filip Djuricic sent the Allianz Stadium into a shocked silence when he took a pass from the byline and fired into the corner.
Sampdoria chased another goal but to no avail and Juve’s players went in at halftime with loud boos from the stands.
‘I think the team must improve in game management,’ Allegri added. ‘We were leading 2-0, we had to close up the spaces and go on the counter-attack.
‘The older defenders should have told off the younger ones and got them back into position. These are situations you get when players havenât had many games for Juventus.’
Rabiot became the hero of the night for the home supporters when he scored his second goal of the match after 64 minutes with a volley from the edge of the box.
‘He (Rabiot) is a player you enjoy watching, he has a different engine to the others. My idea today was to give Rabiot 60 minutes and Pogba 30, but then he got injured,’ said Allegri.
Rabiot doubled the lead with his header of his own in the 26th minute
Sampdoria got one back in the 31st minute through Tommaso Augello’s half volley
Filip Djuricic took a pass from the byline and fired into the corner just one minute later
The drama continued when Dusan Vlahovic missed a penalty for the hosts after Juan Cuadrado was tripped by Augello.
The constant pressure in the last part of the match paid off for Juve though when Matias Soule headed in the rebound after a save by Sampdoria’s Martin Turk four minutes into stoppage time.
The defeat leaves the Genoa club bottom with 12 points from 26 matches, 12 points adrift of the safety zone and at risk of ending their 11-year streak in the top flight.
Rabiot became the hero of the night for the home supporters though when he scored his second of the match after 64 minutes with a volley from the edge of the box.
The constant pressure in the last part of the match paid off for Juve when Matias Soule headed home the rebound after a save by Sampdoria’s Martin Turk four minutes into stoppage time.
The defeat leaves the Genoa club bottom with 12 points from 26 matches, 12 points adrift of the safety zone.
