Luigi Ferraris Stadium was the place where Juventus visited Sampdoria in a new Serie A match tonight. We got the player ratings for you.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s Juventus visited Luigi Ferraris Stadium tonight to face Sampdoria in a fresh Serie A match. If they won this evening, they could move a little closer to AC Milan at the top of the table. Andrea Pirlo wanted to deliver a positive result for the supporters and he used a potent trident to do so. Cristiano Ronaldo was positioned as a second striker behind Alvaro Morata but today, he performed a playmaker role to perfection.
Although he did have some interesting chances to score his own goal, his creativity ran rampant in his teammates’ favor. On the first goal, Ronaldo opened the ball to the right flank for Morata. The Spanish striker saw Chiesa making the move and assisted him for Juventus’ opening goal during the first half. This scoreline remained until the final minutes of the second half.
Ronaldo sets the stage for Ramsey.
After the break, we got to see a classic defensive Cantenaccio game between Sampdoria and Juventus. Come impressive defensive displays from both sides are a clear sign of the best Italian football’s return to glory. Although there were many missed chances on both sides, Juventus had the most opportunities to score another goal.
It finally came with just minutes left on the clock and Ronaldo working as a playmaker again. He set the ball up for Cuadrado to assist Aaron Ramsey and get those three away points. With this victory, Juventus moves to 39 units and takes third place on the table behind both clubs from Milano. Inter has to win against Benevento if they don’t want their advantage over Juventus to remain in two points.
Player ratings
Sampdoria: Audero (6), Yoshida (4), Barezinsky (6), Colley (5), Augello (6), Silva (6), Candreva (6), Ekdal (5), Thorsby (6), Quagliarella (5), Balde (6).
Bench: Damsgaard (6), Torregosa (6), Ramirez (5), Jankto (5).
Juventus: Szczęsny (6), Bonucci (6), Chiellini (6), Danilo (5), Cuadrado (7), Arthur (8), Bentancur (7), McKennie (7), Ronaldo (8), Chiesa (7), Morata (7).
Bench: Rabiot (6), Bernardeschi (7), Ramsey (7), Sandro (5).
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