Cristiano Ronaldo scored either side of a Fabio Quagliarella penalty to earn Juventus a 2-1 win over Sampdoria as the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) took centre stage in Turin.
The ex-Real Madrid man opened the scoring within three minutes as he cut in from the left and powered an effort past goalkeeper Emil Audero, who is on loan from Juventus. Ronaldo looked rampant and it appeared a question of how many Juve would score as his constant trickery seemed to bamboozle the Samp defence.
However, they were pegged back on 33 minutes when, after consulting with VAR, the referee adjudged midfielder Emre Can to have handled in the box and Fabio Quagliarella stepped up to slot past Juve debutant Mattia Perin.