Today, Italian football finally returned to the stadiums. The country's champion, Turin's "Juventus," began defending the title in the very first match, where they welcomed "Cagliari" footballers in front of their own fans. The fact that they were the best "Serie A" team last season, the "bianconeri" started demonstrating from the very beginning, and the first goal of the match came in the 12th minute. Then, after a pass from Stephano Lichtsteiner, Mario Mandžukič scored from the edge. Although "Juve" almost did not let the opponents touch the ball, they managed to create a few dangerous attacks. After playing more than half an hour, Paolo Pancrazio failed to capitalize on a great opportunity at the beginning, and in the 38th minute, Alex Sandro committed a foul, allowing the opponents to take an 11-meter penalty. However, Diego Fariaso's shot was saved by the legendary goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, and Massimiliano Allegri's players increased their lead thanks to a goal from Paulo Dybala. After the break, the game became a bit calmer, but "Juventus," although allowing several opportunities for "Cagliari," further advanced and calmly secured three points. Gonzalo Higuain also managed to add his name to the list of goal scorers. Later in the evening, there was a match between the returning Verona's "Hellas" and last year's bronze medalist, "Napoli." As expected, the Southern Italian club players were dominant from the beginning. Although the statistics did not show a significant advantage for Maurizio Sarri's players, they built a lead of two goals before halftime. After playing a little over half an hour, Samuel Souprayen scored an own goal, and in the 39th minute, Arkadiusz Milik started his season with a great shot after a pass from Lorenzo Insigne. After the break, there were no doubts about the outcome of the match, and the third goal came again after a pass from Insigne. The Italian immediately assisted Dries Mertens, whose shot was saved by the opponents' goalkeeper, but Faouzi Ghoulam was quick to follow up. However, the victory of "Napoli" was slightly marred by incidents at the end of the match when Elseid Hysaj was sent off for pulling the opponent's jersey out of the field. Not only that, he committed a foul in the penalty area, allowing Giampaolo Pazzini to reduce "Hellas"'s deficit. Results: "Juventus" 3 - 0 "Cagliari" [1-0] 12' Mario Mandžukič 39' Diego Farias ("Cagliari") missed 11-meter penalty [2-0] 45' Paulo Dybala [3-0] 66' Gonzalo Higuain "Hellas" 1 - 3 "Napoli" [0-1] 32' Samuel Souprayen (own goal) [0-2] 39' Arkadiusz Milik [0-3] 62' Faouzi Ghoulam 82' Elseid Hysaj (sent off field) [1-3] 83' Giampaolo Pazzini
