Serie A: Di Maria scores on debut as Juventus beat Sassuolo 3-0

In the absence of the injured Paul Pogba it was another new signing who starred for Juventus as the Bianconeri kicked off its season with a 30 win over SassuoloAacutengel Di Mariacutea scored the opener and set up the teams third for Dusan Vlahovic who also won and converted a penaltyThe 34yearold Di Mariacuteas impressive performance will only heighten the concern after he walked off in the 66th minute with an apparent injury to his left adductor muscle and a pained expressionBut he always has that face Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri joked He had this little adductor problem a week ago too but I am not worried Well see what the outcome of the tests are tomorrowThere was less fanfare for the arrival of Di Mariacutea than Pogba last month Di Mariacutea joined on a free transfer from Paris SaintGermain just days before Pogba completed his return to JuventusBut Pogba was one of a number of players absent for the opener Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny Federico Chiesa and Kaio Jorge were injured as well while Moise Kean and Adrien Rabiot were suspended Weston McKennie had recovered from injury and started howeverAlso Read Former India footballers react to FIFAs ban on the AIFFIt was a slow start from Juventus with little sign of what was to come as Sassuolo had several chances to take the leadBut it was the Biaonceri who broke the deadlock in the 26th minute when Alex Sandro floated in a cross and Di Mariacuteas scuffed volley went into the ground and looped into the top left cornerJuventus doubled its lead three minutes before halftime as Vlahovic powered a penalty straight down the middle after being brought down by Sassuolo defender Gian Marco FerrariDi Mariacutea almost doubled his tally in stunning fashion shortly after the break when he raced from inside his own half and into the penalty area before curling an effort that went just wide of the left postInstead he set up the third moments later after some poor defending from Sassuolo that saw defender Kaan Ayhan play the ball straight to Di Mariacutea and the Argentina international picked out Vlahovic who turned it in from close rangeThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever