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With two goals from its great star Cristiano Ronaldo, the Italian hegemon Juventus defeated Cagliari 2-0 in a match of the eighth round of Serie A, played in Turin.
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner scored at 38 and 43 minutes, which put an end to the dispute in the first half. Thus, the Portuguese became the first player of the “Bianconeri” of the 1994/95 season, who scored in his first five games at Calcio. In addition, Ronaldo already has 60 goals and 12 assists in 69 games at Calcio.
With the victory, Juve added 16 points and climbed to 2nd place in the standings, just one point for the leader Milan, who will visit Napoli tomorrow (14 points). Cagliari remains in eleventh place with 10. In the next round, Turin host rookie Benevento, but first they have a match with Ferencvaros in the Champions League. The Sardinians are the hosts of Verona.
Home team coach Andrea Pirlo was forced to completely renew his defense due to injuries to Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci. Matthias de Licht made his season debut. In August, the Dutchman underwent shoulder surgery and was in hospital. He played for the first time with Merich Demiral. Before the game, the two had exactly 19 minutes side by side on the field.
The recovered Federico Chiesa and Paulo Dybala sat on the bench at the expense of Deyan Kulushevski and Álvaro Morata, who are in excellent shape. The Cagliari attack was led by Giovanni Simeone. Behind him was Joao Pedro, who scored in each of the team’s last five calcium games.
In the first half of the champions, I completely controlled the game and in the 11th minute Federico Bernardeschi scored. However, the goal was disallowed due to the performance of Álvaro Morata’s brand during the season, an ambush with millimeters. So twice Deyan Kulushevski was able to find the result.
In the first situation, the Swede fell, but did not get his bearings quickly and his shot was blocked. Then Juan Cuadrado found Kulushevski, who looked for the left corner, but millimeters from goal. The pressure of the “Old Lady” was crowned with success in the 38th minute. Cristiano Ronaldo with two deceptive movements overcame the Cagliari defense and with a shot in the far corner he beat Alessio Cranho by 1: 0!
In the 43rd minute, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner doubled Juve’s lead. Cuadrado crosses from a corner, Merich Demiral took Ronaldo, who with an attractive performance from the air beat the goalkeeper by 2: 0! This was the eighth goal of the season at Calcio for Cristiano, who tied for the top of the standings with Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
After the break, things did not change on the field and Demiral hit the crossbar after a corner. So Bernardeschi could have turned Juve’s advantage into a classic, but his shot was not good and Cranio scored. In minute 65 Berna found Morata, who did not hit the door from a clear position.
180 seconds later, Ragnar Clavan scored for Cagliari, but the goal was disallowed by an ambush as he passed the central defender. A quarter of an hour before the end, Cranio saved a shot from Paulo Dybala, and Kulushevski’s shot was blocked in extra time. No new goals were scored until the end and Juventus won 2-0.
Juventus – Cagliari 2: 0
Goal scorer: 2: 0 Ronaldo (38, 43)
Juventus: Buffon, Cuadrado, Demiral, De Licht, Danilo (85-Sandro), Kulushevski (85-Chieza), Arthur (85-Bentancourt), Rabio (69-McKenna), Bernardeschi, Morata (69-Dibala), Ronaldo
Coach: Andrea Pirlo
Cagliari: Cranjo, Pisacane, Klavan (70-Carboni), Valukiewicz, Tripaldeli (46-Sotil), Marin (71-Caligara), Rog, Dzapa, Pedro, Unas (81-Oliva), Simeone (80-Pavoleti)
Coach: Eusebio Di Francesco
Turin, st: “Allianz Stadium”
Judge: Fabio Maresca
Yellow cards: Rabio, Danilo, Arthur (Ûventus); Tripadeli, Sotil (Cagliari)
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