Serie A – A 11 against 10, Juventus ends up cracking Sassuolo

Juventus Turin ended up doing it. This Sunday evening, the Old Lady defeated Sassuolo (3-1), during the 17th day of Serie A. At the Allianz Stadium, Danilo (51st) opened the scoring for the locals, before the men Roberto De Zerbi, outnumbered after the expulsion of Pedro Obiang (45th + 1), did not equalize thanks to Grégoire Defrel (59th). At the end of the game, the Bianconeri regained a definitive advantage, through Aaron Ramsey (82nd) ​​and Cristiano Ronaldo (90th + 2). In the Italian league standings, Juve move up to fourth place, seven lengths behind AC Milan, while the Neroverdi remain seventh.

The turning point of this meeting certainly occurred in the stoppage of play of the first period. After receiving a yellow card, Pedro Obiang finally saw the referee, who himself checked the footage with VAR, send him a red card, after a big foul on Federico Chiesa. The young winger remained long minutes on the ground and Andrea Pirlo almost lost already a third player due to injury, in this meeting. Before him, Weston McKennie (19th) then Paulo Dybala (43rd) had already had to leave their partners prematurely.

In numerical superiority for more than a period, the Bianconeri were quick to take the lead after the locker room. After a bad return from the opposing defense, in the axis, Danilo did not pray to find the flaw, with a nice strike with the right foot (50th, 1-0). But instead of unrolling then, the Turinese were finally surprised by Grégoire Defrel, who equalized, with a cross shot, after having blown Leonardo Bonucci (59th, 1-1). This is the first time since October 2013 that the Old Lady has conceded a goal, in numerical superiority, at home, in Serie A.

In danger on each opposing counter, Juventus, who shot 22 times in this meeting, continued to push before being finally rewarded, in the last ten minutes of regulation time. Entered during the game in the first act, Aaron Ramsey victoriously took over a center from Gianluca Frabotta (82nd, 2-1).

Finally, obviously eager to increase his lead at the top of the ranking of the top scorers in the Italian league, Cristiano Ronaldo has finally found the loophole, right (90th + 2, 3-1). The Portuguese, who clearly did not spare his efforts (71st, 74th), scored his fifteenth goal in this exercise. The score could have been even heavier, but Federico Chiesa saw his attempt hit the post (67th).

For his part, Sassuolo showed all his potential, but outnumbered, it was very difficult to endanger Wojciech Szczesny, who then only had to work on the attempt of Brian Oddei (84th). Mission accomplished for the Old Lady, who will try everything to try to catch up with AC Milan. If Sassuolo will host Parma on Sunday (3 p.m.), the same day, Andrea Pirlo’s men will have a lot to do on the lawn of Inter Milan (8:45 p.m.).