Juventus beat NEC 5-0 at Allianz Stadium on the first matchday of the Europa League.
Nico González opened the scoring in the eighth minute and Kerim Alajbegovic added a second in the 23rd. Nick Woltemade converted a penalty in the 34th minute to make it 3-0 before the break. Zeki Çelik scored in the 74th minute, and Randal Kolo Muani, who had replaced Alajbegovic in the 70th, completed the scoring in the 81st.
NEC had 52% of the possession to Juventus's 48%, and the shot count was level at 11 each, but Juventus put seven on target to NEC's three. Jamiro Monteiro, on for Almugera Kabar in the 45th minute, was booked in the 51st, and Douglas Luiz was Juventus's only booking, in the 52nd.
Both sides made five changes. Juventus brought on Bremer for Weston McKennie (59th), Francisco Conceição for González and Teun Koopmeiners for Luiz (both 60th), Kolo Muani, and Augusto Owusu for Woltemade (82nd).