Juventus started the month with a hard-fought goalless draw against AS Roma. It was a game of few opportunities, fierce defending, and little offensive quality. In a tense, tactical match, it seemed that Roma had the slightly better chances though Juventus briefly came to life when on-loan Portuguese winger Francisco Conceição came off the bench in the second half.
Next, the Bianconeri traveled to Tuscany to face Empoli. Although the result of this game was the same as the previous one - 0-0 - it was interesting to watch. Goalkeeper Devis Vázquez made an impressive save to prevent captain Federico Gatti's header from going into goal in the first half. Dusan Vlahovic then had a pair of chances early in the second half but Vázquez again did well to save on both occasions.
Final score: 0-0. And then ... goals! Finally! Juventus opened their Champions League campaign with a convincing 3-1 victory over PSV Eindhoven. Kenan Yildiz became the club's youngest Champions League goalscorer (breaking the record of a certain Juventus legend).
With Juventus sat in second place after six games played in Serie A, if the only thing we're complaining about is not scoring enough goals then I'm perfectly fine with that.
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