Moise Kean, Federico Chiesa and Matthijs De Ligt all scored as Juventus returned to a 3-2 win after falling 2-1.
Critics had called for Juventus to put their younger players up to speed during a terrible start to Serie A and they needed to be appeased after Moise Kean, Federico Chiesa and Matthijs De Ligt each won 3-2 in Spezia for the first series the Bianconeri had hit a win of the season on Wednesday. (Other football news)
De Ligt scored the winning goal in the 72nd minute, making a comeback after Juventus fell behind four minutes after the break. The 22-year-old De Ligt played in place of Juventus captain Giorgio Chiellini and coolly deflected a loose ball that was knocked over after a corner.
The 23-year-old Chiesa had six minutes earlier with a typical goal for the Italian Winger equalized: He dribbled through the legs of a defender directly on goal, but then came just barely in the direction of the ball.
The 21-year-old Kean – like coach Massimiliano Allegri in his second appearance at Juventus – had the guests took an early lead with a long-range shot after Adrien Rabiot had thrown a ball from Leonardo Bonucci over the top.
Spezia had hit back with goals at half time, the first with a solo by Emmanuel Gyasi, that of Danilo dribbled on the left and shot a long shot into the far corner. Gyasi, like Cristiano Ronaldo, celebrated his idol and the recently deceased Juventus player by jumping in the air and pressing his arms down.
Janis Antiste, a 19-year-old French striker, gave Spezia the lead by De Ligt defeated on a counterattack with his shot deflected by Bonucci. Spezia almost made it 3-1, but another attempt minutes later was cleared from the line by Manuel Locatelli. Juventus are eight points behind leaders Inter Milan and AC Milan.
Substitute Theo Hernandez prepared a goal and then scored himself to give Milan a 2-0 win against newly promoted Venezia at San Siro and the unbeaten Extend the start of the Rossoneri. Brahim Diaz scored Milan’s first goal by deflecting a Hernandez cross with his own volley.
Hellas Verona have four points from two games since signing Igor Tudor to coach Eusebio Di Francesco after three straight defeats replace to open the season. Nikola Kalinic scored two goals in the 2-2 draw at newly promoted Salernitana three days after Verona Jose Mourinho missed his first defeat as Roma coach.
Mamadou Coulibaly equalized for Salernitana in the middle of the second half. Empoli also beat Cagliari 2-0 with goals from Federico Di Francesco and Leo Stulac.
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