Soccer-Juventus bench comes to the rescue in 2-0 win over Parma


Soccer Football - Serie A - Juventus v Parma - Allianz Stadium, Turin, Italy - August 29, 2026 Juventus' Teun Koopmeiners scores their second goal REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini

Aug 29 (Reuters) - ⁠Nico Gonzalez scored for Juventus five minutes after coming ⁠off the bench and fellow sub Teun Koopmeiners added ‌a second late on as their side secured a 2-0 home win over Parma on Saturday, making it two wins from two to kick off the ​new Serie A season.

Luciano Spalletti's side wasted ⁠plenty of decent opportunities before ⁠Gonzalez entered the fray in the 57th minute, and he announced ⁠himself ‌on the hour mark by forcing a superb save from Parma keeper Edoardo Corvi.

Two minutes later the 28-year-old ⁠Gonzalez went even closer, this time beating Corvi ​but hitting the ‌far post with another venomous effort, but he picked up ⁠his own ​rebound and drilled a deflected effort into the net off Parma defender Mariano Troilo to break the deadlock.

A late injury to Andrea Cambiaso ⁠saw Koopmeiners brought off the bench in ​the 87th minute, and a minute later the Dutch midfielder wrapped up the three points by sweeping the ball back across goal ⁠and into the net.

Earlier in the day, newly-promoted Frosinone spoiled Fiorentina's centenary celebrations by hammering them 3-0, with Antonio Raimondo scoring twice for the visitors.

Udinese registered their first win of the new ​season with a 3-2 victory away to ⁠Monza, while Domenico Berardi struck a 78th-minute winner for Sassuolo as ​they beat Torino 2-1.

With 10 teams ‌still to play in the second ​match week, AC Milan and Juventus top the table on six points.

(Reporting by Philip O'Connor, editing by Pritha Sarkar)

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