Nine into five for Robert
AARON RAMSEY launched his Juventus career in style after starring on his full debut.
The Welshman, whose stay so far in Italy had been blighted by a hamstring injury, took just 30 minutes to open his account for his new club.
And the ex- Arsenal midfielder watched Cristiano Ronaldo grab the 49th-minute winner to end Verona’s resistance.
It capped a dream start for Ramsey, who had to wait until Juve’s Champions League game against Atletico Madrid in midweek before being given his chance. That was a brief cameo but yesterday he scored and impressed before being replaced on the hour.
Underdogs Hellas Verona had scored a surprise opener at the home of the Serie A champions p with Miguel g Veloso ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI scored his ninth goal in five Bundesliga matches as champions Bayern Munich routed Cologne 4-0.
The in-form Pole rounded off a swift passing move as the hosts led after three minutes and the striker doubled his tally with a header shortly after volleying in a superb 25-yard effort moments after Samuel Di Carmine hit the crossbar from both a penalty and the rebound.
Not to be outdone, Ramsey took aim from distance after Ronaldo dug out a pass into h his path before his shot c crept in via a deflection.
Maurizio Sarri’s side w were gifted the win when Ju Juan Cuadrado was hauled d down and Ronaldo scored t the resulting spot-kick.
Verona had defender Marash M Kumbull a dismissed d in added time as Juve, J despite surviving a late l scare, held on with Ramsey R taking the plaudits in Turin. half-time. Ex-Liverpool playmaker Philippe Coutinho scored his first Bayern goal with a retaken penalty after the visitors’ Kingsley Ehizibue was shown a red card.
Substitute Ivan
Perisic then fired low into the corner for his side’s fourth as Bayern top the table.
Elsewhere in Germany, nearest challengers Freiburg were held 1-1 at home by FC Augsburg.
Bayer Leverkusen saw off FC Union Berlin 2-0 while Hertha Berlin won 2-1 against SC Paderborn 07.
Borussia Dortmund head to Eintracht Frankfurt today.