Sami Khedira’s second goal in as many games secured Juventus a 1-0 Serie A triumph at Lazio on Saturday despite new signing Gonzalo Higuain starting on the bench once again. The German midfielder Sami Khedira scored for the second successive week with a low drive in the second half.
Gonzalo Higuain, signed for £75.3m in the summer, came off the bench moments before Khedira’s goal.
Despite netting the winning goal in Juve’s 2-1 defeat of Fiorentina last time out, the Argentina star was still was not fit enough to start, but that ultimately mattered little, as Khedira scored just a few moments after the striker’s 65th-minute introduction.
But the second period started with an instant improvement as Juve took the game to their hosts, with Mario Mandzukic, Paulo Dybala and Khedira all going close in a frenetic four-minute spell.
The German was not to be denied twice, though, as he fired across Federico Marchetti 24 minutes from time to put victory in the visitors’ sights.
