On Sunday evening, Juventus secured a hard-fought victory over Cagliari with Dusan Vlahovic rising as the last word hero.
The Serbian made his return to the beginning lineup after six matches on the bench. Thiago Motta determined to present him the nod on the expense of Randal Kolo Muani who was granted some relaxation. The Serbian obliged by scoring the aim that separated the 2 sides. He latched onto a heavy contact from his previous nemesis Yerry Mina and rounded Elia Caprile earlier than inserting the ball within the empty internet.
After the competition, the official Juventus web site offered us with essentially the most attention-grabbing info and stats registered within the aftermath, and essentially the most compelling one arguably belongs to the 25-year-old bomber.
Since his arrival in Turin again in January 2022, Vlahovic is barely the fifth Serie A participant to succeed in 50 50-goal contributions for a single membership. He now has 42 strikes to his identify and eight assists. He has thus joined an elusive membership that features Lautaro Martinez with Inter Milan (78), Rafael Leao with AC Milan (61), Ademola Lookman with Atalanta (59) and Victor Osimhen with Napoli (54).
Furthermore, no striker has scored extra objectives in opposition to Cagliari for the reason that 2019/20 marketing campaign. He has now discovered the again of the web in opposition to the Sardinian membership on eight events, thus equaling the tally of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lautaro Martinez.
On one other observe, the Bianconeri have now scored objectives of their final 13 Serie A outings. That is their longest run for the reason that one between October 2023 and January 2024 which lasted for 15 fixtures.
Furthermore, Juventus have now prolonged their Serie A successful run to 4 in a row for the primary time since January 2024 after they stretched it to 5 on the trot.