Serie A - Juventus held to frustrating goalless stalemate at Sampdoria as away side drop first points

Juventus endured a frustrating night at Luigi Ferraris Stadium on Monday night as Sampdoria held them to a goalless draw. Sampdoria failed to make the most of an incredibly sloppy opening 45 minutes from Juventus, where the visitors struggled to get forward and supply starved frontman Dusan Vlahovic with any sort of service.

Ad The best chance of the half fell to Sampdoria’s Mehdi Leris when he was played in by Abdelhamid Sabiri, but his close-range effort was denied by the legs of Mattia Perin before the ricochet crashed off the bar. TransfersMan Utd pursue Casemiro with Rabiot deal now highly unlikely — reports16/08/2022 AT 19:19 Juventus thought they had broken the deadlock in the second half through Adrien Rabiot, but it was quickly ruled out by VAR.

Vlahovic, who was involved in the build-up, had strayed a yard offside before he received the ball to square for the oncoming Rabiot, who finished smartly beyond Emil Audero. Vlahovic and Juventus looked like they were going to get more joy towards the latter stages of the second half, but the hosts kept them at bay to hold on for a deserved point.

Serie A table Serie A fixtures / results Serie A top scorers TALKING POINT — JUVE STARVED OF CREATIVITY WITHOUT CHIESA, DI MARIA That would have been one of Dusan Vlahovic’s least favourite games of football in his career. He was starved of any service throughout, especially in the first half when he only touched the ball three times (and one of those was kicking off the game).

Two players Juventus rely on heavily for creativity are sidelined, and without them, they really struggled. Federico Chiesa is out with an ACL injury, but after Angel Di Maria’s impressive debut last week against Sassuolo, it gave Juventus hope that he