Juventus looked utterly toothless in this 0-0 draw away to Sampdoria, as the hosts hit the woodwork twice with Mehdi Leris and what was nearly a Dusan Vlahovic own goal.
The Bianconeri won their opening game 3-0 over Sassuolo, but were still missing Federico Chiesa, Angel Di Maria, Paul Pogba, Wojciech Szczesny and Kaio Jorge. Arthur Melo was frozen out pending a transfer and Leonardo Bonucci only fit for the bench, so Daniele Rugani stepped in and Adrien Rabiot returned from suspension after his move to Manchester United broke down. Samp had Manuel De Luca, Andrea Conti and Simone Trimboli on the absentee list after their defeat to Atalanta.
The hosts had a huge opportunity after seven minutes when Abdelhamid Sabiri’s slide-rule pass sent Mehdi Leris clear and Mattia Perin got something on it to push the finish onto the crossbar, glad to see it rebound back into his grateful arms.
Juan Cuadrado pounced on a Tommaso Augello error only to fire straight at Emil Audero, but Vlahovic risked scoring an own goal with his clumsy clearance on a Sabiri corner, scuffing it onto the upright.
A deflected Kostic effort looped up, pushed over by Audero, Dusan Vlahovic hit the side-netting and Manuel Locatelli’s shot was charged down.
Juventus had the ball in the net on 65 minutes when Fabio Miretti robbed Tomas Rincon, threaded through for Vlahovic to lay it off for Rabiot to sweep home from 12 yards. However, it was disallowed using VAR because Vlahovic was in an offside position.
Mattia De Sciglio had to time the interception perfectly to stop Leris going clear on goal from a Fabio Quagliarella pass.
Quagliarella also threatened in the final minute, his flick going inches wide on a Valerio Verre assist.
Deep into stoppages, Kostic thought he’d won it on his full debut, but the volley into the ground on a Moise Kean cross was brilliantly parried by Emil Audero.
Bremer was ready to nod in a corner at the back post, but Kean accidentally took it off him, much to the anger of Allegri.
Sampdoria 0-0 Juventus