epa11818920 Juventus' Kenan Yldiz jubilates after scoring the 0-1 during the Italian Serie A soccer match Torino FC vs Juventus FC at the Olimpico Grande Torino Stadium in Turin, Italy, 11 January 2025. EPA-EFE/Alessandro Di Marco
epa11818920 Juventus' Kenan Yldiz jubilates after scoring the 0-1 during the Italian Serie A soccer match Torino FC vs Juventus FC at the Olimpico Grande Torino Stadium in Turin, Italy, 11 January 2025. EPA-EFE/Alessandro Di Marco

Kenan Yildiz scored Juventus’s only goal during their 1-1 draw with Torino in the Derby della Mole in Serie A on Saturday, and in doing so, became the first player since Cristiano Ronaldo to score in both legs of the fixture in the same season. 

Yildiz double delight in Torino-Juventus

Though Juventus were left disappointed to finish another game level, the 12th time that has happened in Serie A this season already, Yildiz was considered one of, if not the only bright spark in the Bianconeri team. 

epa11804084 Juventus's Kenan Yildiz celebrates after scoring the 1-0 goal during the Supercoppa Italiana semi-final match between Juventus FC and AC Milan, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 03 January 2025. EPA-EFE/STR
Juventus’s Kenan Yildiz celebrates after scoring the 1-0 goal during the Supercoppa Italiana semi-final match between Juventus FC and AC Milan, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 03 January 2025. EPA-EFE/STR

Yildiz had already scored with a header during Juve’s home match against Torino earlier in the season, an eventual 2-0 win on November 9. 

With his goal in the away match against Torino on Saturday, Yildiz became the third-youngest player in history to score in both legs of the Derby della Mole in the same season. 

Saturday’s goal was Yildiz’s fourth in Serie A so far this season, and his sixth across all competitions following his goal in the eventual 2-1 loss to Milan in the Supercoppa Italiana last week. 

The draw against Torino was Juve’s 12th in Serie A this season, which means that Thiago Motta is still unbeaten in Serie A after 19 matches, but the Bianconeri find themselves outside of the Champions League spots in fifth place on 33 points, 11 shy of Napoli at the top of the table. 

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