The Juventus B-Team made its historic Serie C debut with a 2-1 home defeat to Alessandria.
This is the first season in which top flight clubs are allowed to enter their reserve sides into another level of domestic competition.
It is a way of helping Under-23 players, mainly Italians, to develop without going out on loan.
Juve are the only club to have registered their B-Team so far and it wasn’t an auspicious debut, as they lost 2-1 at home to Alessandria.
The Juventus B-Team made its historic Serie C debut with a 2-1 home defeat to Alessandria.
This is the first season in which top flight clubs are allowed to enter their reserve sides into another level of domestic competition.
It is a way of helping Under-23 players, mainly Italians, to develop without going out on loan.
Juve are the only club to have registered their B-Team so far and it wasn’t an auspicious debut, as they lost 2-1 at home to Alessandria.
Sartore pounced on the rebound from a Del Favero save on Maltese to give the visitors the lead on 16 minutes.
Alessandria then received a penalty on the hour mark for the Kastanos sliding tackle on Sartore, with De Luca converting successfully.
Juventus also received a penalty late on, which Pereira saw parried by Cucchietti, but Zappa turned in the rebound.