Juventus has booked a tight victory in Serie A on Sunday evening. Visiting Udinese it looked like for a long time that the team of trainer Andrea Pirlo would go down with 1-0, but thanks to a used penalty and a striking header from Cristiano Ronaldo, they took off. the visitors at the longest end: 1-2. Thanks to the victory, Juventus climbs to third place in the rankings, where it is level with number two Atalanta and number four AC Milan in points (69).
The club from Turin started as dethroned champion in the game with Udinese. Due to the slip of Atalanta visiting Sassuolo (1-1), Internazionale can no longer be traced by the competition. La Vecchia Signora is in a fierce battle for a Champions League ticket and saw competitor Napoli spill points against Cagliari (1-1) earlier in the day. Juventus did not have the best start in Udine, however, as it was already after ten minutes behind on the scoreboard.
The defense of Juventus was surprised by a quick free kick by Rodrigo De Paul, while referee Daniele Chiffi was still making an appearance. Nahuel Molina took advantage of the space and shot the opening goal against the ropes from within the penalty area, despite goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny still touching the ball: 1-0. After half an hour of play, Weston McKennie had an excellent opportunity to level the score, but the midfielder did not capitalize on the free header opportunity from about five meters.
Seven minutes after the break, Udinese showed up again. Stefano Okaka kept Leonardo Bonucci off the ball and then served Tolgay Arslan, who was able to lash out at close range but did so impure. Ten minutes later, Jens Stryger Larsen made a contribution on behalf of the home team; his placed shot, however, also went wide. Although Juventus hardly became dangerous due to a lack of creativity, the team reached the same level more than seven minutes before the end. Ronaldo, who so far could not stand out positively, shot a free kick into Rodrigo De Paul’s arm. Referee Daniele Chiffi gave the visitors a penalty kick, which was fired in by the Portuguese.
Cristiano Ronaldo is completely on fire after a 1-0 deficit by Juventus.
Posted by football zone on Sunday, May 2, 2021
In the last minute of the official playing time, Ronaldo decided the game by heading from a cross by Adrien Rabiot: 1-2. Thanks to the double hit, Ronaldo (27 goals) passes Lionel Messi (26) again on the list of top scorers of the largest five European competitions. Robert Lewandowski leads the top scorers list with 36 hits.
Matthijs de Ligt played the entire game as usual. At Udinese, Bram Nuytinck could count on a basic spot, while Thomas Ouwejan and Marvin Zeegelaar had to settle for a place on the reserve bench; Jayden Braaf was not part of the match selection due to an injury i Bianconeri.
| No. | Team | M. | W. | G. | V. | +/- | Pnt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internazionale | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 45 | 82 |
| 2 | Atalanta | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 39 | 69 |
| 3 | Juventus | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 69 |
| 4 | AC Milan | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 69 |
| 5 | Napoli | 34 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 36 | 67 |
| 6 | Lazio | 33 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 64 |
| 7 | AS Roma | 33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 55 |
| 8 | Sassuolo | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 53 |
| 9 | Sampdoria | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | -4 | 42 |
| 10 | Hellas Verona | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | -1 | 42 |
| 11 | Udinese | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | -7 | 39 |
| 12 | Bologna | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 39 |
| 13 | Genoa | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | -12 | 36 |
| 14 | Fiorentina | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | -12 | 35 |
| 15 | Spezia | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | -20 | 34 |
| 16 | Cagliari | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | -17 | 32 |
| 17 | Torino | 32 | 6 | 13 | 13 | -10 | 31 |
| 18 | Benevento | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -31 | 31 |
| 19 | Parma | 33 | 3 | 11 | 19 | -34 | 20 |
| 20 | Crotone | 34 | 5 | 3 | 26 | -43 | 18 |