Soccer Football - Serie A - Juventus vs Cagliari - Turin, Italy - August 19, 2017 Juventus’ Gianluigi Buffon and teammates celebrate after the match REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini
MILAN (Reuters) - Juventus began their pursuit of a seventh successive Serie A title with a 3-0 home win over Cagliari on Saturday after the Sardinians missed a penalty awarded with the help of a video replay.
Mario Mandzukic, Paulo Dybala and Gonzalo Higuain scored for the Turin side in the match which kicked off the Serie A season, but the game could have taken a different course if Diego Farias had converted a spot kick for Cagliari when they were 1-0 behind.
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