Ronaldo nets 24th goal of the season as Juve draw away to Verona
Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 24th goal of the season but Juventus were held to a 1-1 draw away to Verona to slip further behind in the title race on Saturday night.
HT | ⏱ | Even in Verona at the half ⚪️⚫️#VeronaJuve #FinoAllaFine #ForzaJuve pic.twitter.com/yPig6q3EwV
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It was a lively start to the game with Aaron Ramsey and Federico Chiesa going close while the home side had the best opportunity with Davide Faraoni’s header tipped onto the post by Wojciech Szczęsny.
When they say: "𝖂𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖊 𝖆𝖗𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖔𝖚, 𝕮𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖎𝖆𝖓𝖔?"#VeronaJuve #FinoAllaFine #ForzaJuve pic.twitter.com/fpZGEVFnLt
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But as the half wore on Andrea Pirlo’s side, missing a number of players through injury, were unable to break down a well organised Verona defence.
They had to wait until the 49th minute for the breakthrough with Chiesa setting up Ronaldo who tucked in a first-time strike from around 12 yards for his 19th goal in Serie A this season.
FT | ⏱ | Full-time at the Bentegodi.#VeronaJuve #FinoAllaFine #ForzaJuve pic.twitter.com/YBUoISGVJy
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Verona made five substitutions in the second half and their gamble paid off with Darko Lazovic’s cross headed into the top corner by Antonin Barak.
The result leaves Pirlo’s side seven points behind leaders Inter Milan while Verona remain in ninth place.