Juventus won 4-0 over the relegation zone occupants, Lecce, in the Week 28 Italian League match at Juventus Stadium on Saturday (6/27).
Bianconerri star I, Cristiano Ronaldo, scored one goal and two assists to win over Lecce. The opening goal of the Old Lady’s victory was presented by Paulo Dybala assist from Cristiano Ronaldo in the 53rd minute. Next, Ronaldo scored with a penalty in the 62nd minute. As many as two more goals scored by Gonzalo Higuain and Matthijs de Ligt.
In the first half, Juventus and Lecce exchanged attacks. The host threatened Lecce with nine attempts, but only one that led to the goal. While Lecce gave a reply as many as seven times the test kick with two kicks toward the goal. Lecce had a golden opportunity to take the lead in the 16th minute with Marco Mancosu’s right-footed shot from inside the Juventus penalty box.
Utilizing the error of bait from Juan Cuadrado, Yevhen Shakhov immediately gave a short pass to Mancosu who was right in front of him. With a single control, Mancosu fired a shot, but his efforts can still be secured by Juventus goalkeeper, Wojciech Szczesny. In the 31st minute, disaster came for the visitors, after Lucioni got a straight red card after breaking violently Rodrigo Bentancur who tried to grab the ball from his feet. Until halftime, Juventus are still stuck and share the score 0-0 with Lecce.
Entered in the second 45 minutes, Juventus took over the game and felt the advantage against 10 players. Juventus continued to launch attacks on the Lecce defense. Their efforts were successful in the 53rd minute.
Paulo Dybala wins the Lecce goal after receiving a pass from Cristiano Ronaldo.
It’s Ronaldo’s turn to score. The Portuguese player successfully executed the penalty after Lecce’s Luca Rossettini dropped him in the penalty box.
Juventus continue to carry out attacks despite being 2-0 ahead of Lecce. Ronaldo and his friends confined the visitors’ defense.
The Old Lady added a 3-0 advantage over Lecce through Gonzalo Higuain’s goal in the 83rd minute. Assisted again presented by Ronaldo.
Just three minutes later, Juventus added another score to 4-0 through Matthijs de Ligt assist from Douglas Costa. Score 4-0 for Juventus last until the game ends.
Juventus lead the standings of Serie A, the highest caste of the Italian League, with 69 points and make a distance of seven points from Lazio which is right below it.
