Juventus crush Udinese 4-1

IANS  |  Turin (Italy) 

Juventus cruised to a 4-1 victory over Udinese in a warm-up for the Bianconeri's decisive clash next week with Atletico Madrid.

Two other starters, and Joao Cancelo, missed the game due to suspension, but will be available for the Champions round-of-16 second leg in against Atletico, who prevailed 2-0 at home in the first leg.

In the absence of Juve's big guns, 19-year-old notched a brace for the hosts and drew a penalty to set up a third goal.

Juventus boosted their record to 24 wins and three draws for a total of 75 points, making the side a virtual lock to win an eighth consecutive title.

Paired with up front, Kean opened the scoring in the 11th minute with his first goal, getting an assist from

The youngster's second goal came on a brilliant individual effort in the 39th minute, when he cut off a ball from Udinese's Seko Fofana in midfield, raced 30 yards and caught the visiting off to make it 2-0 for Juve.

Kean forced a penalty in the 67th minute and Emre Can converted to increase Juve's lead to 3-0. made it 4-0 in the 71st, heading in a cross from

Udinese's scored a consolation goal for the visitors in the 85th minute.

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First Published: Sat, March 09 2019. 12:44 IST