Clinical Ronaldo Revives Juve's Title Chances
23 February, 2021
Serie A
Result: Juventus 3-0 Crotone
Date: 22 February 2021
Venue: Allianz Stadium
Cristiano Ronaldo moved to the very best of the Serie A Golden Boot chart after bagging a brace in Juventus' 3-0 make an impression on Crotone on Monday nights.
Gianluigi Buffon, Merih Demiral and Aaron Ramsey were recalled to the Juventus line-up, as Wojciech Szczesny, Giorgio Chiellini and Adrien Rabiot dropped to the bench.
Ramsey should've marked his go back to the side with a goal on 20 mins after being played found in by Danilo but he sent his effort wide of the tag, before squandering an identical chance four minutes soon after.
The hosts ongoing to dominate however the frustration ongoing as Ramsey got about the finish of Federico Chiesa's cross but was only in a position to steer his header onto the crossbar found on 38 minutes.
Even so, Juventus got their reward two a few minutes soon after when Alex Sandro picked out the work of Ronaldo, who dispatched a fine header previous Crotone shot-stopper Alex Cordaz to put his side ahead.
The Portuguese superstar added another goal on the stroke of halftime with a close-range finish off Ramsey's cross at hand the defending Italian champions a two-goal cushion at the break.
The home side picked up from where they kept off in the first half, as Weston McKennie got his brand on the scoresheet following the hour tag with a thumping finish into the roof of the web.
With Juventus comfortably leading, Andrea Pirlo could withdraw famous brands Rodrigo Bentancur and Dejan Kulusevski for the final 20 a few minutes, as Nicolo Fagioli and Alvaro Morata were introduced.
The Old Lady had a couple more openings in the latter stages of the second stanza, but Federico Bernardeschi and Morata were not able to convert as the three goals were more than enough to send Pirlo's men up to third spot.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za