THE FIRST DAYS OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP

It always is and always will be. The first day of the championship is the most awaited . Since the championship calendar came out, the days have been counted and - generally - expectations are not betrayed.

There are many stories related to the first days of the Italian top flight . The last edition of the tournament saw Dusan Vlahovic score a goal in Juventus ' 3-0 win over Sassuolo . It was August 15th .

THE SPECIALIST

Let's start with who can be considered the specialist of the first days: Roberto Bettega . No one like him, in the history of Juventus, has collected so many goals in the first 90 minutes. There are 13 achievements and it shouldn't be surprising given that the series started immediately, from his Serie A debut in Catania-Juventus in 1970 . In the photo is the winning header which in 1982 inaugurated Juventus-Cesena in the first minute, a tennis match which ended 6-1. Behind him, with 9 goals in the opening rounds , is DavidTrezeguet , another who wasted no time in letting people know what striker he was.

THE OPPOSITE OF THE CESARINI AREA

Long before Roberto Bettega, another player also managed to unlock the first league game in the first minute . And it is curious that what happened in 1931 , in a Juventus-Pro Patria match that finished 4-1, saw the man who "gave his name" to the decisive goals in the final match: Renato Cesarini . Here we see him many years later, in the company of Umberto Agnelli.

THE ALEX SERIES

The first date can only act as a stimulus for the great champions. The player with the most consecutive goals on his debut day is Alessandro Del Piero . From 2000 to 2004 he hit Naples, Venice, Atalanta (in the photo) and Empoli in sequence for a total of 7 goals in 4 matches.

SEVEN NETWORKS TO START

The photo perfectly translates Juventus' desire to score at the start of the 1983/1984 championship. The protagonist is Paolo Rossi , who pounces on the ball until he enters the goal. The opponent is Ascoli and this is the match with the biggest gap recorded at the start of the tournament by the Lady, merciless in putting 7 balls behind goalkeeper Corti. To testify that it is no coincidence, three days later he will produce an identical result in the Cup Winners' Cup against the Poles of Lechia Gdansk.

THE TWO VICTORIES OF UDINE

Udinese-Juventus on Sunday 20 August 2023 will be the fourth occasion in which the Lady will make her debut in Friuli. The first three previous matches were positive , with two wins and a draw . In 1960/1961, a goal by Umberto Colombo was enough to win the whole post. In 1986/1987 , there were two goal differences , one for each half: Sergio Brio (in the photo) opened and Lionello Manfredonia closed . The 2-2 draw ends this special "tradition" .of the 2021/2022 season which sees the bianconeri from Turin go ahead by two goals in the first half (0-2) with the stamps of Juan Cuadrado first and then Paulo Dybala , before being reached in the second half by Pereyra's penalty and by a goal by Deulofeu.