02/22/2021 19:25
Clarín.com
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Updated 02/22/2021 7:25 PM
With Cristiano Ronaldo as the protagonist, Juventus beat Crotone the match corresponding to date 23 of Serie A 3-0 in Turin.
In this way, it reached the fourth position and was waiting for the leaders to lose points to continue climbing positions.
Although in terms of names, budget and game, the Vecchia Signora is far superior to the humble Crotone,
the record showed that two games ago they could not beat him
.
In fact, in the match for the first round of this championship, on date 4, they tied 1-1.
But this time he was not going to have the same luck.
In the first half, although Juve was the team that had the clearest scoring chances,
the whole of the Calabria region offered a tough resistance
to the constant attacks from the premises and even surprised when they had their moments of good play and even It caused some danger to Gianluigi Buffon's bow.
Goal by Cristiano Ronaldo with a header.
Juventus wins.
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But at the end, the defense of Crotone (in which the Argentine Lisandro Magallán appears), could not with the hierarchy of Cristiano Ronaldo.
The striker hit a cross tailored to the Brazilian side Alex Sandro and with a precise header opened the scoring.
Seconds later, Cristiano with a header again placed the ball next to the post and converted the second of his team.
In the second half the air complications did not stop in the visiting team.
After a corner kick and a series of rebounds, American Weston McKennie sealed it 3-0.
Goal by Cristiano Ronaldo.
Doublet.
Tireless The Bug.
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The match continued with a clear dominance by Bianconeri that could increase the result but goalkeeper Cordaz prevented it.
Cristiano Ronaldo was left with the thorn of not getting his hat-trick that he has not achieved since January 6, 2020 when he did it against Cagliari.
In any case, with the two goals
the Portuguese reached 18 goals this season and surpassed the Belgian Romelu Lukaku becoming the only leader in the scorers' table
.
The double competition will be exhausting for Juventus, who will have to face the next commitments both in the local league and in the Champions League with total concentration because they must come back in both competitions.
In the championship, they will have to catch up with Inter with eight points difference and in the Champions League they will seek to reverse the 2-1 suffered against Porto in the first leg of the round of 16.
On Crotone's side, his reality is clearly different.
His permanence in the first division of Italy depends on a miracle as he is in last place with only 12 points.