Serie A, Juve and Napoli win immediately. Controversy in Florence for the VAR

ROME – The championship of Serie A is back with a bang. New league but old habits. Juventus and Napoli restarted with a victory but, as in the Italian tradition, there have been many controversies over the refereeing decisions and the use of the VAR. Juve won in Parma, but protested for a goal disallowed by Cristiano Ronaldo for a millimeter offside. In Florence, Napoli protested for a penalty awarded to Fiorentina for a touch with Zielinski's arm while the viola were literally furious with the referee for a penalty awarded to Napoli for a non-existent foul by Castrovilli on Mertens. In the final part of the game, there were still protests from the viola due to an intervention by Hysaj on Ribery that was not sanctioned either with punishment or with rigor.

Juve made their debut with a measurable victory on the field of Parma even without his new coach Maurizio Sarri, who was forced home by a bad pneumonia. The match was decided by a goal by Giorgio Chiellini at 20 'of the first half. The bianconeri's central defender scored the first goal of this new season with a close touch on Alex Sandro's cross shot.

Juve could have won with a bigger gap but Cristiano Ronaldo has devoured some comfortable scoring opportunities. And not only that, on the 33 ′ Cr7 the net of the possible two to zero has been canceled for an offside position of a few cm. Its irregular position was not visible to the nud eye but was detected by the VAR. Sarri's intuition to start with a trident composed of Cristiano Ronaldo, Higuain and Douglas Costa was promoted with flying colors.

The Argentine striker, who returned from loan to Chelsea, moved very well and showed an excellent understanding with Cr7. The new Juventus pair missed only the goal but some assists by Higuain for Cristiano Ronaldo bode well for the future.

Napoli won in Florence at the end of a crazy game full of emotions. The hosts started at a thousand per hour and went ahead thanks to a penalty awarded by Massa, with the help of the VAR, for a touch with Zielinski's arm on a play with Castrovilli's knee.

Pulgar didn't make a mistake from eleven meters. Napoli did not skid and drew the score at 37 'with a shot by Mertens that surprised Dragowski. At 39 'the referee decided not to consult the VAR and assigned a non-existent penalty to Napoli for a non-foul contact between Castrovilli and Mertens. From the eleven meters he has marked Insigne.

In the second half, the defenses went on vacation and the two teams scored repeatedly. At 51 ', Milenkovic equalized the top scores but four minutes later Napoli took the lead again with a nice diagonal Callejon. Then Boateng entered and scored three by three but Napoli went back ahead shortly after with a header from Insigne on Callejon's invention. The bells have started with a victory but must change their defensive phase if they want to fight for the championship.

Serie A, Fiorentina-Napoli 3-4, goals: Pulgar on penalty at 8 ', Mertens on 37', Insigne on penalty at 42 ', Milenkovic on 51', Callejon on 55 ', Boateng on 64', Insigne on 67 ' '.

At 6 ', suffered an action from slow motion. The referee Massa went to the VAR, after a long silent check, to make a decision on a touch with Zielinski's arm on a play by Castrovilli in the penalty area of ​​Napoli. After consulting the VAR, the referee decided to assign the penalty to Fiorentina. From eleven meters, Pulgar didn't make a mistake. The former Bologna footballer has displaced Meret at 8 '.

At 18 ', Allan was warned for having stopped a dangerous restart of Sottil. At 30 ', Koulibaly kicked with power on the development of a corner kick in favor of Napoli but his bolide was deflected in the corner of Fiorentina's defense. At 37 ', Napoli equalized with a shot by Mertens that was touched but not rejected by Dragowski.

At 39 ', the referee Massa awarded a penalty to Napoli for a contrast between Mertens and Castrovilli in the penalty area of ​​the viola. This time Massa did not go to see the VAR monitor and trusted his collaborators' opinion. From eleven meters, Insigne did not make a mistake, leading Napoli to 42 ′. The first half ended with a score of two to one for Napoli.

At 51 ', Fiorentina equalized with Milenkovic. Fiorentina's central defender scored ahead of a corner kick in favor of the viola. At 55 ', Napoli went ahead again with Callejon. The Spanish striker, served by Lorenzo Insigne, kicked first with the right, finding the winning corner to the right of Dragowski.

At 64 ', Fiorentina equalized with Kevin Prince Boateng. The former Barcelona striker kicked with the right, from the penalty area of ​​Napoli, scoring with the edge of the post and blowing the joy of the purple fans. At 67 ', Napoli went ahead again with Insigne. Napoli striker scored on Callejon's cross from the right.

At 76 ', Ribery made his debut in Serie A on the field in place of Sottil. At 93 ', the Viola protested for a long time with the referee for an intervention by Hysaj on Ribery that was not sanctioned either with a punishment or with a penalty. It's over, Napoli won 4-3 in Florence.

Serie A, Parma-Juventus 0-1, goal: Chiellini at 20 '.

Juventus restarts with the same line-up as last year where the only news, so to speak, is the use of the returning from Chelsea Higuain paired with Cristiano Ronaldo. The Argentine striker was preferred to Dybala thanks to a great preseason with a lot of goals at Tottenham in ICC. In Parma, there is curiosity for the use from the first minute of Kulusevski, a very talented young man who came on loan from Atalanta.

The first chance to score was created by Juventus in the third minute. Douglas Costa has centered himself from the right and has suddenly started a powerful conclusion with his left that has come out of a breath. In the tenth, Cristiano Ronaldo went very close to scoring. The Portuguese hit his head in a sure shot but did not find Parma's goal. At the thirteenth, Parma tried. The English episode was rejected laterally by Szczesny.

Juventus unlocks the game at 20 '. On Alex Sandro's cross shot, Chiellini is the quickest of all to take the ball and beat Sepe with a close touch. At 30 ', Cristiano Ronaldo freed himself well from Bruno Alves but kicked out in front of Sepe mistaking a rather sensational goal. At 33 ', the VAR canceled the goal of the possible doubling to Cristiano Ronaldo.

Douglas Costa served Cristiano Ronaldo who beat Sepe with a great right diagonal. Bruno Alves failed to stop his goal conclusion. The referee wanted to review the action at the VAR and sanctioned the offside position of Cristiano Ronaldo . Reviewing the images shows how Cr7 is very little in front of Bruno Alves. Let's talk about centimeters. The first half ended with a score of one to zero for Juventus.

At 59 ', Juventus went close to doubling. Douglas Costa served Higuain, the Argentinian striker kicked with his right but his shot was deflected for a corner by Parma.

At 62 ', Rabiot made his debut with the Juventus shirt entering the field in place of Sami Khedira. At 71 ', Cristiano Ronaldo had the opportunity to close the game but his diagonal left was saved by Sepe. It's over, Juventus has started its championship with a narrow victory on the field of Parma, decisive Chiellini.

PARMA (4-3-3): Sepe; Laurini, Iacoponi, Bruno Alves, Gagliolo; Hernani, Brugman (77 ′ Grassi), Barillà (85 ′ Karamoh); Kulusevski (57 ′ Siligardi), English, Gervinho. Coach: D'Aversa.

JUVENTUS (4-3-3): Szczesny; De Sciglio, Bonucci, Chiellini, Alex Sandro; Khedira (63 ′ Rabiot), Pjanic, Matuidi; Douglas Costa (71 ′ Cuadrado), Higuain (82 ′ Bernardeschi), Cristiano Ronaldo. Coach: Sarri (on the bench Martusciello).

Booked: Kulusevski (P), Hernani (P), Khedira (J), Bernardeschi (J), Pjanic (J).

First day of the championship, the complete program.

The other matches of the first day of the Italian Serie A soccer championship
Cagliari-Brescia, Hellas Verona-Bologna, Roma-Genoa, Sampdoria-Lazio Spal-Atalanta, Turin-Sassuolo and Udinese-Milan, will be played on Sunday at 8.45 pm less than the challenge between Friuli and the Rossoneri that will be played at 18. first round of the championship will be closed by the postponement of Monday between Inter and Lecce.

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