Left Behind, Matthijs De Ligt And Dusan Vlahovic Ensure Juventus Won Three Points At Home To Cagliari

Juventus players celebrate Matthijs de Ligt's goal in the Italian League match against Cagliari at the Sardegna Arena/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - Juventus won three points when they beat Cagliari 2-1 after falling behind in the match of Week 32 of the Italian League at the Sardegna Arena, Sunday 10 April WIB. Cagliari had taken the lead through Joao Pedro's goal before Juventus took the lead thanks to goals by Matthijs de Ligt and Dusan Vlahovic, according to the official Serie A website. The win did not change Juventus' position in fourth place with 62 points from 32 matches. They are four points behind Napoli and Inter Milan in third and fourth place, but five points clear of AC Milan at the top of the table. Cagliari took the lead in the 10th minute through Joao Pedro's goal, which saw a cross from Razvan Marin make it 1-0. for the hosts. Cagliari's lead lasted until the 45th minute, where Matthijs de Ligt managed to use Juan Cuadrado's cross to make it 1-1 and close the first half at the same time. The first half ended in a draw with the score 1-1. Until this point, it is not known who will come out victorious. One minute after the second half started, Juventus scored the second goal. The direction of Paulo Dybala's shot could be deflected by Giorgio Chiellini into the goal, but the goal was disallowed because Chiellini was caught offside. Two minutes later, it was Chiellini's turn to provide a pass for Dybala. However, the Argentine's volley still bounced over the net. Juventus finally turned things around in the 75th minute, Dybala sending a through ball into a tightly-marked Vlahovic. However, he was still able to make the ball nest in the Cagliari goal. The position is 2-1.

After the goal, Massimiliano Allegri's squad played defensively and relied on counter attacks. Meanwhile, Cagliari started to play openly and tried to catch up. No additional goals were created until the match was finished and the score remained 2-1 for Juventus' victory. Line-ups: Cagliari (3-5-2): Alessio Cragno; Andrea Carboni, Matteo Lovato, Giorgio Altare; Raoul Bellanova, Alessandro Deiola (Keita Balde Diao 79'), Razvan Marin, Charalampos Lykogiannis (Adam Obert 79'), Dalbert (Marko Rog 58'); Leonardo Pavoletti (Gaston Pereiro 67'), Joao Pedro.Juventus (4-4-2): Wojciech Szczesny; Danilo, Matthijs De Ligt, Giorgio Chiellini (Leonardo Bonucci 86'), Luca Pellegrini; Juan Cuadrado, Denis Zakaria, Arthur, Adrien Rabiot (Federico Bernardeschi 68'); Paulo Dybala (Moise Kean 81'), Dusan Vlahovic.