After a good
2010–11 season,
Vidal was linked with various clubs, including Bayer's
Bundesliga rivals
Bayern Munich.[10] On 22 July
2011, he joined
Serie A club
Juventus for €
10.5 million on a five-year contract.[11] He made his competitive debut in the opening league game of the season against
Parma, coming on as a second-half substitute for
Alessandro Del Piero; he marked his first appearance with a goal six minutes after his introduction in Juventus'
4–1 win.[12] It was initially speculated that he would compete with
Claudio Marchisio for a spot alongside
Andrea Pirlo but Conte instead played all three effectively in a three-man midfield. Vidal was an integral part of the 2011–12 Scudetto-winning side that went undefeated the entire season. He contributed seven league goals and three assists, including crucial goals against
Napoli and a double against
Roma.
On
19 September 2012, Vidal scored his first
UEFA Champions League goal in the group stage match away against current holders
Chelsea. It was a crucial equaliser as
Juve finished the game
2–2 after going two goals down in the first half.[13] After helping the club to a second consecutive Serie A title, he was voted "
Player of the Year" by registered users on the club website juventus.com.[14]
On
27 November 2013, Vidal scored a hat-trick against
F.C. Copenhagen in the group stage of the
Champions League, two penalties and a header. It was his first career hat-trick,[15] and made him the first Juventus player to score three goals in a match in the Champions League since former Juventus player
Filippo Inzaghi against
Hamburg in
2000.[16] He later renewed his contract with Juventus, keeping him at the club until 2017.[17] On
27 February 2014, Vidal scored his first goal in the
Europa League with Juventus, opening the scoring in a 2–0 win over Trabzonspor, in the second leg of the round of 16, and helping Juventus to the semi-finals of the competition.[18] Vidal's offensive contribution increased that season, as he managed 11 goals in Serie A, and 7 in
European competitions, and he was one of the protagonists of Juventus's season as they won their third consecutive league title.[19] His season finished prematurely, however, as he sustained a knee injury.[20]
In his fourth season with Juventus, under manager
Massimiliano Allegri, Vidal began to play a more advanced role; in addition to his midfield box-to-box role in a 3–5–2 or
4–3–3 formation, Vidal was deployed as an attacking midfielder, supporting the strikers in Allegri's 4–3–
1–2 formation, and occasionally as a wide midfielder in a
4–4–2 formation.[21] Vidal scored his first goals of the season by managing a brace in a 3–0 win over
Cesena on
24 September 2014
.[22] On
30 November, in the
Derby della Mole against local rivals
Torino, Vidal opened the scoring from a penalty, and later assisted Juventus's second goal in a
2–1 win.[23] On 14
April 2015, in the first leg of the quarter-finals in the
2014-15 UEFA Champions League, Vidal converted a penalty as Juventus defeated
Monaco 1–0 at the
Juventus Stadium.[24]
On 2 May
2015, Vidal scored the only goal of a 1–0 win at Sampdoria, confirming
La Vecchia Signora as Serie A champions for the fourth consecutive season.[25] On 20 May, he appeared in Juventus's 2–1 win over
Lazio in the
2015 Coppa Italia Final, as Juventus captured a domestic double and their tenth
Coppa Italia title.[26] On 6 June 2015, Vidal started for Juventus in the
2015 UEFA Champions League Final as La Vecchia Signora was defeated
3–1 by
FC Barcelona at
Berlin's
Olympiastadion.[27]
On 15 July 2015, Vidal was named to the 10-man shortlist for the 2015
UEFA Best Player in Europe Award.[28]
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