Serie A | Juventus 1-0 Genoa: Yildiz gives Tudor the perfect debut | OneFootball

Igor Tudor had the ideal debut on the Juventus bench, as his quick thinking helped Kenan Yildiz score the decisive goal to beat Genoa 1-0.

The Bianconeri sacked Thiago Motta last weekend after back-to-back defeats to Atalanta and Fiorentina, so Tudor immediately changed to a three-man defence with Dusan Vlahovic preferred to Randal Kolo Muani, missing Douglas Luiz, Andrea Cambiaso, Arek Milik, Gleison Bremer and Juan Cabal. The Grifone had Aaron Martin suspended, plus Maxwel Cornet, Junior Messias, Vitinha, Mattia Bani, Honest Ahanor, Hugo Cuenca and Mario Balotelli injured. They unveiled their fourth edition kit in honour of Boca Juniors and gave Jean Onana his first start.

See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.

Stefano Sabelli made a desperate goal-line clearance on the Kenan Yildiz diving header, but Vlahovic was offside when crossing after a strong run from Nico Gonzalez.

Michele Di Gregorio had to pluck a looping Morten Frendrup volley out from under the bar, while Frendrup also failed to get enough power behind a finish on Onana’s assist and Teun Koopmeiners ballooned over when he should’ve given Khephren Thuram the return pass.

Juventus took the lead with help from Tudor, who acted as a ball boy and got a Koopmeiners throw-in taken quickly, Vlahovic knocked it on for Kenan Yildiz to dribble to the right by-line and fire into the far top corner from the tightest of angles with his right foot.

Federico Gatti went off injured after an earlier Andrea Pinamonti knock to the back of the left ankle, while Vlahovic’s left-foot curler was smothered by Nicola Leali.

TURIN, ITALY – MARCH 29: Dusan Vlahovic of Juventus is challenged by Koni De Winter of Genoa during the Serie A match between Juventus and Genoa at the Allianz Stadium on March 29, 2025 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images)

Genoa went very close to an equaliser after the restart, Pinamonti holding off Lloyd Kelly to volley a Sabelli cross inches wide of the far post.

Alan Matturro cleared in a panic when Vlahovic flicked on a long Wes McKennie throw-in, while Leali got down to palm a Kalulu header away on a corner.

Ruslan Malinovskyi and Lorenzo Venturino had attempts from distance, while Manuel Locatelli stung Leali’s gloves from the edge of the box.

In stoppages, Renato Veiga completely mistimed the header at the back post on a Francisco Conceicao cross.

It should’ve been 2-0 with the last kick of the game when Khephren Thuram ran from his own half and rolled across for Tim Weah, but the finish was scuffed, allowing Leali to smother.

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