Juve to the last assault: Ronaldo takes care of it

TORINO – A victory at the last breath, against a well organized Genoa. Juventus win in recovery thanks to a penalty that Ronaldo gets and coldly transforms. Three points that serve to recapture the top of the standings, sending Inter back (26 against 25) and preparing for the derby with Torino, scheduled for Saturday night.

BONUCCI GOL – Juve immediately takes command of the game, but Genoa version Thiago Motta is in confidence after the victory over Brescia. He defends himself with order, has the leader of the midfield in Schone and a pair in Kouame-Pinamonti that holds the defense in apprehension, where Rugani makes his season debut. Among the absences the Bianconeri are more aware of Pjanic than Higuain, also because Bentancur is unable to ensure the same quality and quantity in the construction of the game. Dybala, instead, confirms the good moment, committing Radu with a left-footer from the edge directed under the crossbar, sent in a corner by the Rossoblu goalkeeper. The same Argentinian is the protagonist shortly after a personal action in the area: he sows a couple of opponents and concludes a left-footed shot, without too much angular and exalting the reflection of Radu. It is the action that anticipates the 1-0, which materializes at 36 ', when Bonucci stands head over corner, taking the goalkeeper's time for the first goal of the season.

DOUBLE EJECTION – But, as happened in Lecce, Juventus cannot maintain the advantage. Accomplice in a disengagement carried out lightly by Alex Sandro and on which the genoans rush to the edge of the area: the ball arrives in the area to Kouame, good and lucky. He concludes with a right nocking in the left leg, for a detour that deceives Buffon. At the beginning of the second half, possible turn of the game, with the expulsion for a double warning by Cassata. But Juve, who included Rabiot and Ramsey for Matuidi and Khedira, did not exploit numerical superiority: the push is not continuous and Genoa is good at contracting, only to start a counterattack. The best opportunity in the 21st minute, when first Dybala concludes centrally then Radu blocks the ball before it crosses the line on a header by a Ronaldo undertone. Not even the entrance of Douglas Costa shakes up the bianconeri, who in turn find themselves in ten due to Rabiot's double admonition

THINES CHRISTIAN – In the final, however, the assault you don't expect, led by a suddenly alive CR7. At 47 'goes on goal from the right of Cuadrado, but being in an offside position, with the Var to correct Giua. The referee has no doubts two minutes later, when Sanabria extends the Portuguese: a penalty that Ronaldo transforms with a dry low shot, on which Radu stretches but without getting there. It is the return to victory after the 1.1 from Lecce, for the fifth 2-1 of the season in Serie A.