Juve Closing Found in On Second Spot Found in Serie A
12 April, 2021
Serie A
Result: Juventus 3-1 Genoa
Date: 11 April 2021
Venue: Allianz Stadium
Juventus moved within a spot second-place AC Milan with a 3-1 victory over Genoa in Serie A good action on Sunday afternoon.
Leonardo Bonucci and Federico Bernardeschi remain out due to Covid-19 protocols, while Wojciech Szczesny returned between the sticks as Gianluigi Buffon dropped to the bench.
The hosts got the breakthrough as soon as the seventh minute, with the returning Dejan Kulusevski locating the back of the web with a excellent curling strike.
Juventus continued to dominate due to the first half continued and bagged a second target on 22 when Alvaro Morata had the simple task of tapping home after Ronaldo strike the upright and Federico Chiesa was denied by Perin.
Genoa, meanwhile, had to wait until the 45th minute because of their first real opening at goal, but Szczesny showed great reflexes to preserve out Gianluca Scamacca's work.
Scamacca had not been to be denied soon after the break when he sent a company header history Szczesny to lessen the deficit for Genoa after getting together with a corner from Nicolo Rovella.
Pirlo threw on a good double modification thereafter as Paulo Dybala and Weston McKennie were thrown on for the ultimate 20 minutes.
The changes paid immediately as McKennie got his brand on the scoresheet with a neat finish from close range after being picked out by Danilo.
There were a couple later chances simply because Ronaldo looked to enter on the act, but 3-1 was the way the face as Pirlo's men nowadays turn to close in about second spot just as league leaders Inter Milan are edging nearer to the title.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za