Juventus Troubleshoot Beat Sassuolo 3-1

Federico Bernardeschi and Cristiano Ronaldo celebrate Juventus' win over Sasuolo (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Juventus must work hard to win a 3-1 victory over Sassuolo's guest, in the Italian League match played at the Allianz Stadium, Turin, on Sunday or Monday morning WIB.

The victory keeps Juve in fourth place in the Italian League standings with a collection of 33 points. Meanwhile, Sassuolo, dropped to seventh place with 29 points.

Launched Antara, Andrea Pirlo's troops tried to attack from the start. Cristiano Ronaldo gore a ball that landed only at the top of the net, then Gianluca Frabotta's shot was deflected after receiving a Weston McKennie heel pass.

McKennie had to be pulled off the pitch with a minor injury, and Vlad Chiriches made a vital block to thwart Ronaldo's chances.

Ahead of halftime, Sassuolo had to lose one player due to Pedro Obiang making a late tackle on Federico Chiesa. A foul for which he was rewarded a red card.

Juve broke the deadlock in the 50th minute. A bad sweep from the Sassuolo defender saw the ball go down only 20 meters, the ball was then caught by Danilo who fired a hard shot into the far corner of the visitors' net.

𝐀𝐋𝐋 of us rn: #JuveSassuolo #FinoAllaFine #ForzaJuve pic.twitter.com/1nqXYoYyiu

- JuventusFC (@juventusfcen) January 10, 2021

But Sassuolo didn't take long to equalize. In the 58th minute, Sassuolo's neat partnership led to Hamed Junior Traore's breakthrough bait aimed at Gregoire Defrel to be converted into a goal.

After the goal, the game changed, Sassuolo didn't look like a team with ten players.

Ronaldo was looking for feedback from Ramsey, but when he collided with goalkeeper Andrea Consigli, the referee did not point to the spot.

Juventus was only able to restore its advantage in the 82nd minute. Gianluca Frabotta lurched from the left, and sent a tug of bait past two Sassuolo defenders, only to be struck by Ramsey.

𝚁𝙰𝙼𝙶⚽️𝙰𝙻! #JuveSassuolo #FinoAllaFine #ForzaJuve pic.twitter.com/nTU2E2iH3F

- JuventusFC (@juventusfcen) January 10, 2021

Sassuolo continued to press until the end, but Juve added to their third with the final kick of the match.

Danilo sent a long ball from his own penalty box, which Ronaldo then accepted and the Portuguese player resolved himself to be a goal.

FT | ⏱ | THREE GOALS AND A BIG THREE POINTS! ⚽⚽⚽ # JuveSassuolo #FinoAllaFine #ForzaJuve pic.twitter.com/gjcgF5XfNE

- JuventusFC (@juventusfcen) January 10, 2021

The composition of players according to the official Italian League page:

Juventus (4-4-2): Wojciech Wojciech Szczesny, Danilo, Leonardo Bonucci, Merih Demiral, Gianluca Frabotta, Arthur, Weston McKennie (Aaron Ramsey 19 '(Alvaro Morata 86'), Federico Chiesa (Federico Bernardeschi 86 '), Rodrigo Bentancur (Adrien Rabiot 46 '), Paulo Dybala (Dejan Kulusevski 42'), Cristiano Ronaldo

Coach: Andrea Pirlo

Sassuolo (4-2-3-1): Andrea Consigli, Mert Muldur (Brian Oddei 73 '), Vlad Chiriches (Kaan Ayhan 87'), Gian Marco Ferrari, Giorgos Kyriakopoulos, Pedro Obiang, Manuel Locatelli, Gregoire Defrel (Jeremie Boga67 '), Filip Djuricic (Maxime Lopez 46'), Hamed Traore, Francesco Caputo (Jeremy Toljan 46 ')

Coach: Roberto De Zerbi