Serie A: Arthur Nets First Juventus Goal In 2-0 Win Over Bologna | Football News
Arthur opened the scoring for Juventus by means of a giant deflection.© AFP
Brazilian midfielder Arthur scored his first aim for champions Juventus in a 2-0 win over Bologna on Sunday to pile the stress on the Milan groups. Andrea Pirlo’s aspect bounced again from last weekend’s 2-0 league defeat by Inter Milan, and adopted on from their morale-boosting Italian Super Cup triumph over Napoli midweek.
AC Milan held top spot in Serie A on Saturday despite falling 3-0 at home against Atalanta after second-placed Inter have been held to a goalless draw at Udinese.
Roma are third after a 4-3 win over Spezia on Saturday with Juventus shifting fourth forward of Atalanta into the Champions League berths, seven factors behind AC Milan with a recreation in hand.
Juventus dominated Thirteenth-placed Bologna in Turin with Arthur breaking by means of after quarter of an hour with a shot that took a giant deflection off Bologna defender Jerdy Schouten.
It was the primary aim for the ex-Barcelona participant in 19 appearances since becoming a member of Juventus final summer season from the Liga aspect in a switch value as much as 82 million euros ($99 million).
US midfielder Weston McKennie bought the second on 71 minutes nodding in off a nook.
Bologna might have suffered extra however for goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski.
The Pole saved out a quick-fire double within the first half from Cristiano Ronaldo and Federico Bernardeschi off the rebound.
Juan Cuadrado despatched over after half an hour with Skorupski getting a hand to a Weston McKennie effort three minuets earlier than the break.
Dutch defender Matthijs de Ligt returned from coronaivrus, coming off the bench for the final quarter of an hour.
As Juventus pushed for a 3rd, Skorupski denied two extra off Adrien Rabiot and Ronaldo within the last minutes.
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Napoli can overtake Juventus once they play at Hellas Verona later Sunday.
Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen returns for the southerners for the primary time since November 8 after recovering from a shoulder damage and coronavirus.
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