{"id":17820,"date":"2021-01-04T09:28:08","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T10:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=17820"},"modified":"2021-01-04T10:59:18","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T10:59:18","slug":"ronaldo-shines-again-as-juventus-thump-udinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=17820","title":{"rendered":"Ronaldo shines again as Juventus thump Udinese"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice and created another goal as Juventus got back to winning ways in Serie A with a 4-1 victory over Udinese in Turin on Sunday, moving the champions up to fifth in the standings.<\/p>\n

Ronaldo opened the scoring with a trademark drive, after latching on to Aaron Ramsey\u2019s pass in the 31st minute, before threading a perfect through ball into the path of Federico Chiesa to score Juve\u2019s second goal four minutes into the second half.<\/p>\n

The VAR had a busy evening in Turin. First, the referee was asked to consult the pitch-side monitor before ruling out what Udinese thought was the opener for a handball early on, before Aaron Ramsey suffered the same fate when he was penalised for handball, after a second look.<\/p>\n

Ronaldo\u2019s second goal put the result beyond any doubt as he took his goal tally to 14 league goals for the season — two more than anyone else in Serie A — in the 70th minute, with Marvin Zeegelaar scoring an injury-time consolation for Udinese.<\/p>\n

There was still time for Paulo Dybala to score another goal for Juventus as Andrea Pirlo\u2019s side moved 10 points behind leaders AC Milan, with a game in hand, while Udinese drop to 13th and are without a win in their last four games.<\/p>\n

Pirlo admitted his team had initially struggled to make an impact as the players were still haunted by memories of their shock 3-0 defeat by Fiorentina in their final game before the winter break.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe started frightened after the match against Fiorentina, we were afraid of the depth of the opponents,\u201d Pirlo told Sky Sports.<\/p>\n

\u201cLittle by little we grew up and in the second half we did better. It wasn\u2019t the best Juventus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Juventus thought they had again fallen behind when Rodrigo de Paul fired home from close range.<\/p>\n

Udinese celebrated, but the referee was asked to look again at whether De Paul had handled earlier in the move, before the goal was ruled out.<\/p>\n

Ronaldo then took centre stage with his emphatic first-half finish, an even better pass for Juve\u2019s second and a fine third.<\/p>\n

Welshman Ramsey thought he had scored his first goal of the season in the second half, but again it was ruled out for handball.<\/p>\n

Dybala\u2019s injury-time strike completed a flattering scoreline for Juventus, given Udinese had hit the woodwork twice in the match and missed numerous other chances.<\/p>\n

\u201cDybala … was explosive,\u201d added Pirlo.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe played one of the best games this year, he was more alive and eager and slowly he will find the best form. We need him and he needs us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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