Juventus has bypassed a very tough cliff in its pursuit of title proliferation. Number 3 Atalanta Bergamo made a serious attack on the throne while visiting the league leader, but Juventus managed to stay upright in his own house.
Atalanta had won ten of his last eleven Serie A matches and was without a loss of points since the corona stop, Juventus had just suffered his first league loss since February 8 against AC Milan. Both teams continued that line in the opening phase: Atalanta handed out the sheets and took the lead after fifteen minutes. Alejandro Gómez outsmarted Matthijs de Ligt – back from a suspension – and gave a subtle pass, Duván Zapata rounded: 0-1.
The team of Hans Hateboer and Marten de Roon – without Robin Gosens, who had dropped out in the warm-up – continued to dominate and went into the break with a lead. Shortly after the break came the disappointing Old lady with a luck to the 1-1: De Roon got the ball in his arm and Cristiano Ronaldo used his tenth penalty of the season.
The guests from Bergamo were not beaten and hunted for a lead, while Juventus wanted to consolidate the 1-1. The guts of Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini paid off: substitute Ruslan Malinovskiy signed the 1-2 ten minutes before time. The Ukrainian missed a chance at first, saw Ronaldo bump into goalkeeper Pierluigi Gollini on the other side and used his second chance: Wojciech Szczesny had no chance on Malinovskiy’s cone in the short corner.
Juventus did not come to a full-blown final offensive, but received another penalty. Luis Muriel received the ball after a corner against his outstretched hand and Ronaldo kept his nerves under control again: penalty number eleven (!) Of the season and 2-2. The difference between The old lady in The Goddess remains nine points, Juventus has also finished at number 2 SS Lazio, which is eight points. The ninth title in a row therefore seems to be a matter of time.
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