Serie A: Cristiano Ronaldo’s rocket powers Juventus to 3-1 win at Genoa

Cristiano Ronaldo scored with a long-range rocket on an evening when every Juventus purpose was extra spectacular than the opposite in a 3-1 win at relegation-threatened Genoa. Chasing a record-extending ninth straight Serie A title, the victory restored Juventus’ four-point lead over Lazio, which received 2-1 at Torino earlier Tuesday. Since dropping the Italian Cup remaining to Napoli in a penalty shootout, Juventus has received all three of its league matches within the restart.

“We produced a ton of chances and we scored three beautiful goals,” Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri mentioned. “That shows that our physical condition is improving.”

Paulo Dybala opened the scoring shortly after the break by evading three defenders earlier than firing in a low shot that Genoa goalkeeper Mattia Perin, who’s on mortgage from Juventus, may solely get a weak hand on.

Seven minutes later it was Ronaldo’s flip. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner gathered a cross close to midfield, charged towards the purpose and unleashed a blistering effort from 22 yards (meters) into the highest nook previous the outstretched Perin.

It was Ronaldo’s first purpose in open play of the restart after changing penalties in his earlier two matches, and it raised his complete to 24 in 25 Serie A matches this season.

Not to be outdone, substitute Douglas Costa made it 3-Zero by curling in a shot from past the world contained in the far submit as Genoa’s protection regarded on helplessly.

Andrea Pinamonti then pulled one again for Genoa from a good angle.

Dybala and Ronaldo had scored whereas taking part in collectively solely as soon as earlier than the break for the coronavirus pandemic. Since the restart, they’ve scored collectively in three out of three video games.

“They’re looking for each other more and they’ve realized that by helping each other they can both become much more productive,” Sarri mentioned.

LAZIO COMEBACK

Three days after coming again to beat Fiorentina 2-1, Lazio did it once more to beat Torino by the identical rating.

Ciro Immobile and Marco Parolo scored second-half objectives to cancel out an early penalty from Andrea Bellotti.

A handball from Immobile led to Bellotti’s penalty and means the striker will miss Saturday’s recreation in opposition to AC Milan with a suspension.

But Immobile made up for his error with an skilled end shortly after the break to boost his complete to 29 objectives in 29 video games — on tempo to interrupt Gonzalo Higuain’s Serie A report of 36 objectives in 2015-16.

Immobile additionally matched his private greatest for a Serie A season set two years in the past.

Parolo scored the winner with a deflected shot from simply past the world.

Torino is 14th, six factors above the drop zone.