A Quickfire-Double of new signing by Randal Kolo Muani inspired Juventus on a Comeback 4-1 home win on Empoli in Serie A on Sunday, making the pressure on head coach Thiago Motta facilitated.
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Match report
The Meek Champions League League on Wednesday against Benfica had seen Motta attract a further investigation, in which the former midfielder had also assigned 13 draws in 22 league games.
Visiting Empoli threatened to deepen his misery when after four minutes they took a shock a lead by defender Mattia de Sciglio, who nodded home after a corner, before Kolo Muani reached close by in the 61st minute.
The attacker of France, who came on loan last month from Paris Saint-Germain, posted the Bianciconeri three minutes later, although there was a hint of fortune about the goal when Timothy Wah's Drive ricoched from the striker and flew in the bottom corner.
Replacers Dusan Vlahovic and Francisco Conukicao completed the routes, the first crashed a 20 -meter strike in the roof of the net before the latter raced on goal to add further shine to the score.
For the time being, Juventus moved to the fourth in the table at 40 points, a point above the fifth Lazio placed, who will go to Cagliari on Monday.
Empoli is 17th on 21 points, a free of Parma that takes last place in the relegation zone.
Data Debrief: Kolo Muani's Flying Start
In the era of three points-for-one-wins, only two Juventus players scored on their first two performances for the club in the Serie A.
Carlos Tevez did this in August 2013 after participating from Manchester City, and Kolo Muani replicated that performance by doing twice here.
This is the first time he scored in back-to-back competitions in Europe's top five competitions, within the same season, since February 2023, when he did this for Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga.
Line-ups
Juventus XI: Locatelli, Koopmeiners, Di Gregorio, N. Gonzalez, Muani, McKennie, Timothy Weah, Nicolò Savona, Gatti, Yıldız, Renato Veiga
Subs: Pinsoglio, Perin, Vlahovic, Douglas Luiz, Fagioli, Khéphren Thuram, Francisco Conceição, Mbangula, Rouhi, Alberto Costa, Adzic
Empoli XI: De Sciglio, Liam Henderson, Emmanuel Gyasi, Devis Vásquez, Ardian Ismajli, Youssef Maleh, Liberato Cacace, Anjorin, Lorenzo Colombo, Esposito, Luca Mariucci
Subs: Silvestri, Sambia, Szykon żurkowski, Jacopo Fazzini, Saba Goglichidze, Jacopo Seghetti, Jacopo Bacci, Ismael Konate, Lorenzo Tosto, Dawid Bembnista, Brayan, Brayan
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