Dusan Vlahovic scored the only goal of the match when Juventus recovered from their Champions League exit with a 1-0 win at Lowly Cagliari.
The men of Thiago Motta, who was dumped by PSV by PSV by PSV in the play -off round, brought the men from Thiago an insured version to Sardegna Arena and on another day there would have been much more comfortable winners.
As it was, Vlahovic's eighth career goal against Cagliari was enough to secure all three points and to lift Juve in the fourth and last Champions League spot in the Serie A.
The Serbia International made the breakthrough in the 12th minute when he caught Yerry Mina on the ball, completed goalkeeper Elia Caprile, and grabbed the unguarded goal.
Caprile was quickly out to deny the former Fiorentina-Man one-on-one shortly thereafter and Francisco Concukicao was also held outside of an acute approach.
The low drive of Kenan Yildiz then brought the best of Caprile to the front in a first half of Juve fully checked.
There was noticeably less targetMouth campaign in the second period, but Vlahovic was again one-on-one thwarted with defenders who breathed in his neck with about 10 minutes left.
Cagliari explained some pressure in the final phase, but Yildiz saw the first time beat shot for Juve, who were worth in truth.
50 – Dusan #vlahovic (42 Reti E 8 assist) Ha Toccato Quota 50 Partecipazioni Ative Al Gol in 95 Presze in Serie A Con La Maglia della Juventus. Rapace. #Cagliaraaruve #cagliaraaruventus #seriea pic.twitter.com/ta3m6ffnjc
– OPTAPAOLO (@OPTAPAOLO) 23 February 2025
Debrief data: 50 and counting for Vlahovic
Vlahovic was appointed for the first time since January 29 in Juve's starting line-up and he now has 50 Series A-target involvement for the Bianconeri with 42 goals and eight assists from 95 performances.
In total, the Serbian had three shots, two on goal, seven accents in the opposition area and an XG of 0.79. He now has eight career goals against Cagliari.
Juve has now victories back-to-back after they have defeated Como on the road the last time. Surprisingly, this is the first time they have won successive road, this campaign, which last did with a series of three between December 2023 and January 2024.
The side of Thiago Motta has now achieved four consecutive Serie A wins, so that their best run since January 2024 was marked when he got five on the spider.
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