Serie A | Genoa 0-1 Juventus: Outcast Vlahovic decisive yet again

Juventus thought they simply had to score on 41 minutes when Kenan Yildiz rolled across from the left for Federico Gatti to sweep first-time from 10 yards, but Nicola Leali made an astonishing one-handed reaction save at the near post.

Moments later, Leali got down incredibly quickly for another great save on the Kenan Yildiz angled drive, but Jonathan David fired the rebound over from seven yards.

Ellertsson first got away from Joao Mario, but when he had to cut back to avoid Gleison Bremer, it allowed the new signing time to throw himself in the way of the finish.

Thuram surged forward through the centre and had better options, but scuffed a shot wide from outside the area, then Johan Vasquez crucially tackled Joao Mario on another dangerous counter-attack.

Genoa threatened too, as Ellertsson escaped from Joao Mario only for desperate Pierre Kalulu and Manuel Locatelli blocks to deny both Stanciu and Lorenzo Colombo.

It was Juventus who eventually broke the deadlock with transfer rebel Vlahovic, who again came off the bench to score a crucial goal. He was allowed a free header from six yards on the Filip Kostic corner, as Genoa’s zonal marking system failed.

Vlahovic threatened another with his scorcher charged down by Patrizio Masini inside the penalty area, Kostic blasting the rebound over.

Nico Gonzalez was introduced for a late swansong, as he is heading to Atletico Madrid, but Genoa were unlucky as Morten Thorsby just failed to connect with the fantastic Brooke Norton-Cuffy ball across the six-yard box.

Genoa had two huge opportunities to equalise deep into stoppages, as first Di Gregorio got down for a sensational one-handed save to palm the Caleb Ekuban curler round the base of the far post, then on the resulting corner Masini’s header bounced off the crossbar, the goalkeeper punching away the rebound.

Genoa 0-1 Juventus

Vlahovic 73 (J)

31-08-2025 17:30 MatchDay 2 Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Genoa

Juventus 0 - 1

Player statistic

1st half

19'

João Mário

2nd half

Leo Östigard		67'
		73'

Dusan Vlahovic (Assist: Filip Kostic)     82'

Teun Koopmeiners

Match statistic

44 Possession % 56 10 Total shots 13 1 Shots on target 3 6 Shots off target 4 3 Blocked shots 6 3 Corners 4 0 Offsides 2 14 Fouls 15 Genoa Juventus

Starting lineups

1 Nicola Leali Goalkeeper 3

Aarón Martín Defender 15 Brooke Norton-Cuffy Defender 22

Johan Vásquez Defender 5

Leo Östigard Defender 32 Morten Frendrup Midfielder 77' 8

Nicolae Stanciu Midfielder 65' 73 Patrizio Masini Midfielder 23 Valentín Carboni Midfielder 65' 29 Lorenzo Colombo Attacker 78' 77 Mikael Egill Ellertsson Attacker 77' 16 Michele Di Gregorio Goalkeeper 3

Bremer Defender 4 Federico Gatti Defender 25 João Mário Defender 62' 6

Lloyd Kelly Defender 15 Pierre Kalulu Defender 19

Khéphren Thuram Midfielder 5

Manuel Locatelli Midfielder 62' 7 Francisco Conceição Attacker 83' 30

Jonathan David Attacker 62' 10 Kenan Yıldız Attacker

90'

Substitutes

20

Stefano Sabelli Defender 10

Junior Messias Attacker 39 Daniele Sommariva Goalkeeper 31

Benjamin Siegrist Goalkeeper 11 Albert Grønbaek Midfielder 40 Seydou Fini Attacker 27 Alessandro Marcandalli Defender 30 Hugo Cuenca Midfielder 76 Lorenzo Venturino Attacker 2

Morten Thorsby Midfielder 65' 17

Ruslan Malinovskyi Midfielder 65' 9 Vitinha Attacker 77' 21 Jeff Ekhator Attacker 77' 18

Caleb Ekuban Attacker 78' 23

Carlo Pinsoglio Goalkeeper 24

Daniele Rugani Defender 17 Vasilije Adžić Midfielder 43

Matteo Fuscaldo Goalkeeper 9

Dusan Vlahovic Attacker 62' 8

Teun Koopmeiners Midfielder 62' 18

Filip Kostic Midfielder 62' 11

Nico González Attacker 83' 22

Weston McKennie Midfielder

90'