Red-Hot Ronaldo Sends Juve Four Points Clear
23 February, 2020
Serie A
Result: SPAL 1-2 Juventus
Date: 22 February 2020
Venue: Stadio Paolo Mazza
Cristiano Ronaldo continued his exceptional form before goal for Juventus, who moved four points clear at the top of Serie A with a 2-1 win over SPAL.
The visitors had the first meaningful opening after 11 minutes when Alex Sandro's cross found Juan Cuadrado, who skewed his volley wide from close range.
Other than the first effort from Cuadrado, chances in the first half were tricky to find at both ends of the pitch until SPAL went close on 34 minute through Andrea Petagna, who headed just wide of the mark.
Five minutes later, Juventus broke the deadlock as Cuadrado turned provider to pick out Ronaldo at the far post, with the Portuguese making no mistake from close range.
It was the 11th successive Serie A casino game where Ronaldo has founding the trunk of the web, equalling the record held by Sampdoria's Fabio Quagliarella.
Maurizio Sarri's men had to wait before the 60th minutes for the next goal, with Aaron Ramsey getting on the score-sheet with a close-range finish after latching onto Paulo Dybala's pass.
SPAL were afforded a lifeline six minutes later after being awarded a penalty after Video Assitant Referee check, which allowed Petagna to slot home and decrease the deficit.
Ronaldo nearly put into the tally with five minutes left in the contest but his free-kick rattled against the crossbar as the encounter ended 2-1 to the defending champions.
Fellow title chasers Lazio and Inter Milan are both doing his thing on Sunday.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za