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Join us for all the build-up and action as it happens from today’s final two Serie A Week 1 games, as Atalanta visit Lecce and Juventus face Cesc Fabregas’ Como.
We begin at 17.30 UK time (16.30 GMT) at the Stadio Via del Mare, where an Atalanta side decimated by injuries and transfer rebels take on Lecce.
At 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT), Juventus make their competitive debut under new coach Thiago Motta and welcome a Como side working under Fabregas with quite a few familiar faces.
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It ain’t happening for Vlahovic! He’s offside anyway, but also fired straight at Reina one-on-one.
Douglas Luiz shot from outside the box takes a big deflection to loop up and Reina has to scramble back to flap it away from the open goal!
Visibly exhausted he might be, but he still scores! Cuts inside from the right and bends a left-footed finish into the far bottom corner from the edge of the area!
Cambiaso is visibly exhausted and that is probably the reason for his clumsy tackle on Sala, leading to a yellow card.
Yildiz cross for Cambiaso at the back post, but he struggles to get that under control.
Strefezza drills just wide from the edge of the box with his left foot!
A good passing move from Como, but Strefezza runs into Cabal at the end of it.
Locatelli off, perhaps for his own good, and Douglas Luiz on for his debut.
Locatelli raises an arm to Alberto Moreno, Como want a second yellow, but Goldaniga is instead booked for dissent. It would’ve been extremely harsh to get sent off for that.
Juventus have penalty appeals for handball, as the Como defender makes a mess of the control and it bounces off his foot onto his hand. It’s clearly on his wrist, but the rules allow that if it is kicked onto his hand off another part of the body that is ‘valid’ – so no penalty.
Verdi booked for going through the back of Savona.
Play resumes
It’s a warm August night in Turin.
Yildiz corner, Cabal header over the bar.
Juve trying everything to set Vlahovic up for a goal, but Barba does well to intercept the cross for a corner.
Fagioli on for Juventus, Khephren Thuram off, watched by dad Lilian in the stands.
Vlahovic goes down far too easily in the penalty area, referee saw it all and waved play on.
Abdilgaard is understandably very upset, this is his Serie A debut and it lasted six minutes thanks to a clumsy Locatelli lunge.
Abdilgaard off along with Cutrone, Verdi and Cerri on
Alberto Moreno with a terrible back-pass, Cambiaso fires wide rather than gifting Vlahovic the tap-in.
Abdilgaard is down again. Poor Como.
Play finally resumes, Abdilgaard was quite hurt by that tackle on his ankle.
Locatelli booked for a late tackle on Abdilgaard.
Belotti and Da Cunha off, Gabrielloni and Abildgaard on for Como.
Also Braunoder getting patched up for a knock to the head.
It was Cambiaso at the very start of the move down the right flank. It still counted because Juve never lost possession after that.