Carlos Tevez and Claudio Marchisio gave Juventus a 2-0 victory, though Udinese were denied by a very tight offside call.

Max Allegri had his first game in Turin as Juve boss against Andrea Stramaccioni, who as Coach of Inter was the first opponent ever to win at the Juventus Stadium. Tevez started despite a muscular problem, while Patrice Evra got his Serie A debut and Roberto Pereyra faced his former teammates. The Friulani missed Gabriel Silva, Maurizio Domizzi and Simone Scuffet, but Panagiotis Kone was given a surprise start.

Juve started strong and broke through after just eight minutes when Stephan Lichtsteiner pulled back from the by-line for Tevez to side-foot home from 12 yards. It was his 20th Serie A goal in just 36 games.

A Juve free kick training ground exercise went very wrong when the referee accidentally got in the way, sparking a dangerous Luis Muriel counter-attack.

Silvan Widmer also had an effort charged down and Pereyra blasted over from a Fernando Llorente assist, while Angelo Ogbonna got just enough of a touch to a Muriel cross to prevent Antonio Di Natale’s free header.

Tevez fired over and Lichtsteiner scuffed his finish following a give-and-go with Llorente, while Paul Pogba tried to place his shot rather than blast it, allowing Orestis Karnezis to recover. The French midfielder did put his boot through the laces soon after, but this time it was too central.

Llorente got on the end of a Pereyra assist at the back post, but it bounced awkwardly and he couldn’t control it.

After the restart Pogba’s free kick was palmed away, but Udinese finally came out of their shell on the hour mark.

First a corner bounced off Llorente just wide of Gigi Buffon’s upright, then Igor Bubnjic was flagged marginally offside when he redirected a Danilo cross-shot into the net. Replays show it was an extremely tight decision.

Tevez forced Karnezis into a save at the near post and Apache set up Juve’s second goal just as they were starting to come under pressure. He rolled across for Claudio Marchisio’s screamer from outside the box that beat Karnezis at the near bottom corner.

There was even time for Alvaro Morata to get his Serie A debut, having suffered an injury in his first Juventus training session. He almost scored, spinning in the box to force Karnezis into a tough one-handed save.