CR7 & Morata Send Juve To UCL Last 16
25 November, 2020
UEFA Champions League
Result: Juventus 2-1 Ferencvaros
Date: 24 November 2020
Venue: Allianz Stadium
Cristiano Ronaldo and Alvaro Morata were on concentrate on for Juventus, who defeated Ferencvaros to qualify for the UEFA Champions Little league last 16.
Ronaldo was joined in the attack by Paulo Dybala and Federico Bernardeschi as Alvaro Morata, who bagged a brace in the reverse fixture, was only named on the bench.
Juve were stunned on 19 minutes due to Ferencvaros opened the scoring through Myrto Uzuni, who volleyed house from close assortment after Matthijs de Ligt was struggling to head clear.
Ronaldo had the ball in the rear of the net in the 33rd minute with a neat finish from close range, however the hit was disallowed for an offside.
However, the hosts had been back on level conditions two minutes later just as Ronaldo gathered a pass from Juan Cuadrado before locating the bottom corner with a left-footed finish.
The early stages of the next half didn't provide any clear-cut openings, which resulted in Andrea Pirlo introducing Morata, Federico Chiesa and Dejan Kulusevski just after the hour mark.
Morata nearly put the house side ahead in the 76th minute following latching onto Chiesa's move, but the Spaniard struck the exterior of the upright from close range.
The hosts threw everything forward in search of an absolute goal, and were rewarded as Morata got the winning goal in second-half stoppage time by nodding home Cuadrado's cross to seal their spot in the next round.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za