Juve takes its first flight on Motta's wings: hat-trick against Como, Mbangula's fairytale

Dream debut for the new black and white era: goal from the starting winger as a surprise, Weah doubles, Cambiaso closes in the final minutes

"I believe that the sufferings of the present time cannot be compared to the future glory that will be revealed to us". This is how Samuel Mbangula introduces himself, biblical, on Instagram, while on the pitch he shows up with a goal on his debut with the first team that he will remember for the rest of his life, as the Juventus fans will remember him for a long time. Motta starts with a victory that is the result of his conviction and the choices, even painful ones, made together with Giuntoli: Chiesa out of the squad and the twenty-year-old from Next Gen to play left wing and come back on the right, placing the flat shot that unlocks the challenge with Como and catapults him into a new dimension, that of a resource for the First Team. Then comes the joy strangled by the pain of Weah for the final 2-0, triggered by a great play by the new Juventus number 10 Kenan Yildiz embellished by the foil of Vlahovic , to complete an evening of celebration for the Stadium.

Motta's wings make Juve fly

This is not a Juve for old men, the new era: there is not a single player over 27 on the pitch, something never seen in living memory in a league match. And Weah 's problem - just before scoring the second goal - with the twenty-one year old Savona taking his place, will lower the average age of a record-breaking team even further in the second half. The tactical clarity of the tasks reassures and also enlightens the shadowy Vlahovic of last season: the Serbian scores two posts and a goal disallowed for an offside bordering on the laughable seen only in Lissone, which evaluates the millimetres of a graphic reconstruction that is not - we must always remember - perfectly adherent to the centimetre to reality . Sure, it's three points against a newly promoted team, but it's a championship that still has to make the hierarchies clear and - see Napoli in Verona - especially with the small teams at the start of the tournament every match can turn into a trap.

What a difference a coach made

It seems like a century has passed since Allegri's reloaded Juve : the Bianconeri were masters of the field and proactive, as precise in their maneuvers as they were ruthless in hurting the first time Como tried to launch themselves at speed, leaving spaces. Mbangula's goal that unlocked the match came just like that, with a lucid restart finalized by the Belgian winger in the 23rd minute, but he was the spearhead of a team that already seemed like a well-oiled machine: Cambiaso was everywhere and made every action breathe, Locatelli was reborn and attracted balls - his was the recovery that led to Vlahovic's near post -, Gatti and Bremer sealed Di Gregorio's goal, who didn't make a save . The doubling came before the interval, with a precise left-footed shot from Weah that the American didn't celebrate due to the injury he had suffered shortly before and which forced him to leave the field.

Fagioli and Douglas Luiz before Cambiaso's hat trick

The second half did not change the score: Juve dominated the field without any surprises, scoring the 3-0 which was then disallowed and hitting another post, again with the centre forward. Motta called on Thuram and his physicality to insert quality into Fagioli's dribbling, the minutes passed with just one flash from Strefezza who whistled near the Bianconeri goal before the final hat-trick, signed by the best player on the field together with a monumental Locatelli until the moment of leaving ten minutes earlier to give Douglas Luiz a taste of the Stadium : Cambiaso took advantage of the assist from an inexhaustible Mbangula and made the Juventus house explode once again in the 90th minute with a delicious and powerful left-footed curler. Ahead of them there was a long season and many pitfalls, but the first wedding night between Motta and Juve could not have had a better outcome.