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The top five players of Serie A Matchday 1
It took just eight minutes to the Pipita to score his first Juventus goal. The Old Lady’s new € 90 million signing had been mocked during the summer for his poor fitness, but he proved his detractors wrong at his first shot at the J Stadium.
4. Dries Mertens
The guy who always comes out from the bench has turned Napoli’s fortunes around. New Serie A boys Pescara were leading 2-0 before the Belgium International entered the pitch. His brace was vital for Maurizio Sarri’s side to secure a draw in their fists league game of the season
3. Valter Birsa The former AC Milan man punishes Inter scoring a brace that condemns Franck De Boer’s inter. Birsa’s second goal is a beauty from outside the danger area which is also one of the best goals of the week-end.
2. Gianluigi Donnarumma
The 17-year-old goalkeeper saved a penalty in the last minute of AC Milan-Torino securing the rossoneri’s win. Donnarumma denied Andrea Belotti’s attempt from the spot, preventing his mentor Sinisa Mihajlovic to take one point out of his first official game in charge of Torino.
1. Carlos Bacca
AC Milan’s hat-trick hero. The Colombian striker has been linked with leaving the club all summer long, but his performance was absolutely brilliant in terms of accuracy. Three goals for him and three points for AC Milan in the first game of the season, even if Vincenzo Montella’s party could have been spoiled if Gianluign Donnarumma wouldn’t have saved Belotti’s penalty kick.
