Series A
Serie A | Juventus 2-1 Cagliari: Defenders do the scoring
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Juventus noticed their clear sheet run finish after 615 minutes, however Gleison Bremer’s header and an odd Daniele Rugani purpose along with his chest allowed them to squeeze previous Cagliari.
The Bianconeri had six consecutive clear sheets, successful all however one attract that run, however Adrien Rabiot, Paul Pogba and Nicolò Fagioli have been suspended, with Timothy Weah, Danilo, Alex Sandro and Mattia De Sciglio injured. Claudio Ranieri’s males had two victories in a row, although Nahitan Nandez, Alessandro Di Pardo, Elio Capradossi and Marko Rog have been nonetheless out of motion.
Gabriele Zappa and Nicolas Viola fired off beam from distance, as did the Federico Chiesa free kick, whereas Alberto Dossena nodded a Viola nook over the bar from six yards.
Moise Kean’s first contact let him down on the Chiesa via ball, then Weston McKennie on the volley turned a Filip Kostic cross simply extensive.
The very first shot on course got here inside seconds of the restart, Chiesa’s effort from distance smothered by Simone Scuffet.
Chiesa additionally volleyed simply over after Kean had hesitated one-on-one with Scuffet, then noticed his tap-in deflected extensive. On the ensuing nook, Federico Gatti’s header skimmed the far high nook.
The impasse was lastly damaged when Kostic floated a free kick into the group, discovering Gleison Bremer unmarked for a exact, looping free header.
Juve scored once more from a nook kick with a defender, this time Kostic discovered Rugani from point-blank vary to deflect it along with his chest onto the crossbar, then bundled it over the road on the second time of asking, once more along with his torso.
Nonetheless, Cagliari bought again into the sport when a Jakub Jankto nook discovered Alberto Dossena to steer the header in on the far submit. This ended a run of six consecutive Serie A clear sheets for the Bianconeri, 615 minutes of soccer.
The Sardinians nearly equalised on 83 minutes with a really related transfer, this time a free kick discovered Dossena’s header and Wojciech Szczesny simply bought a fingertip to push it onto the upright.
Juventus 2-1 Cagliari
Bremer 60 (J), Rugani 70 (J), Dossena 76 (C)
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Cagliari
Participant statistic
Weston McKennie | 57′ | |||
Bremer (Help: Filip Kostic) | 60′ | |||
Daniele Rugani | 70′ | |||
70′ | Zito Luvumbo | |||
75′ | Alberto Dossena (Help: Jakub Jankto) | |||
Filip Kostic | 82′ | |||
Andrea Cambiaso | 87′ |
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