Juventus v Chievo Match Report of 21/01/2019, Serie A

Douglas Costa, Emre Can and Daniele Rugani all scored their first goals of the season while Juventus easily won 3-0 in Serie A against struggling Chievo on Monday, despite the penalty avoided for Cristiano Ronaldo .

Mbadimiliano Allegri's men were comfortable in Turin and maintained their strong nine-point lead at the top of Serie A after Napoli's victory over Lazio, although the situation would have been even more complete if Ronaldo had been specific.

Although the visitors started positive, Juve managed to take a quick lead on the Costa, before Can reach 2-0 at the end of half-time – the German international scored for the first time since arriving in Liverpool.

Ronaldo missed the opportunity to extend the advantage in the 52nd minute, but there was never a risk of retaliation as the freefall Flying Donkeys suffered their 11th loss of the season and are now nine points of security. Rugani completed the game late. .

Chievo saved Juve from eclipsing for just 13 minutes, while Costa took charge and raced to the center before poking a left-foot corner in the lower-right corner thirty yards away.

Juve moved up a notch after a lull. Stefano Sorrentino made an unorthodox stop on the right foot to deflect Federico Bernardeschi's goalkeeper.

However, he was powerless against Can just before the break, the German opening his account on Juve with a calm finish coming from inside the box after a decisive pbad for Paulo Dybala.

Juve should have extended their lead early in the second half, but Sorrentino made a nice save to preserve Ronaldo's penalty after Costa's shot was handled by Mattia Bani.

Sorrentino was finally beaten for the third time in the 84th minute, while Rugani met Bernardeschi's free-kick on goal.

What does it mean? Juve still under total control in Serie A

There is often a little extra pressure applied when the league leaders play later than the pursuers, as was the case here, but the Allegri men never had the ## 147 ## Look worried. They were in charge from the start and never threatened to increase the title hopes for the Naples title, Juve restoring their nine-point lead.

Dybala provides the job

The season was tough for Dybala, who scored only two Serie A goals. However, on Monday, he explained why his game was so much more than scoring, since he had scored both Juve goals. .

A day to forget for Ronaldo

Even though it was not really terrible, it was certainly not one of Ronaldo's best performances for Juve. Although he was quite keen, he did not seem to be at his best and he saw a penalty saved. While the Portuguese star has to appear in Madrid court on Tuesday because of alleged tax offenses, you can understand if he was a little distracted.

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– Juventus have scored 56 points in Serie A this season, the highest number of league games after the first 20 matches played.
– Dybala provided two badists in the same Serie A match for the first time since January 2016 (v Udinese).
– Can found the net after a 28-pbad pbad, the highest number of badists in Serie A this season.
– Ronaldo has not managed to register a penalty in league for the first time since November 2017 (v. Malaga).
– Sorrentino has saved four of his last six penalties in Serie A.

And after?

Juve will face a potentially difficult trip to the capital to face Lazio on Sunday, while Chievo will host Fiorentina a few hours earlier.