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Juventus vs Cagliari, final score 1-1: Think of the children

Today in Turin, Juventus and Cagliari played out a draw that mattered to no one, not even other Serie A sides. But hey, there were cute kids!

So this is a match that happened. And if you aren’t a fan of either Cagliari or Juventus, you probably didn’t even notice that they were playing out the early Serie A game. We all know the Old Lady already bagged the scudetto, so their only interest was in keeping their noses clean. As for Cagliari, their 43 points and 12th place position made them perfectly safe, and they had no incentive to really break down the champions.

But hey, at least we were treated to the sight of the Juventus players walking out accompanied by their own adorable children. How do footballers produce such beautiful little creations? Alas, it was unfortunate that no childless player decided to grab Seba and use him as a stand-in. Click here for more jokes that I shamelessly steal and use as my own.

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Juventus: Marco Storari, Andrea Barzagli (Martín Cáceres 14), Leonardo Bonucci, Giorgio Chiellini, Mauricio Isla, Arturo Vidal, Luca Marrone, Claudio Marchisio, Emanuele Giaccherini, Sebastian Giovinco (Mirko Vucinic 52), Alessandro Matri (Fabio Quagliarella 71)

Cagliari: Michael Agazzi, Gabriele Perico (Andrea Cossu 53), Luca Rossettini, Davide Astori (Sebastian Eriksson 65), Nicola Murru, Daniele Dessena, Daniele Conti, Radja Nainggolan, Albin Ekdal, Mauricio Pinilla, Victor Ibarbo

Goals: Ibarbo 12 (C); Vucinic 61 (J)

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