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Juventus beat Udinese 4-1 on Sunday on Matchday 15 of the Italian Football League. Cristiano Ronaldo achieved his sixth double of the season in the league.
After a goal canceled to Rodrigo De Paul following the intervention of the VAR for a hand fault (14th), Juventus took the advantage thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo (31st).
Ronaldo turned into a passer to offer Federico Chiesa the ball for the second goal at the start of the second period (49th). VAR intervened again three minutes later, to cancel a goal from Aaron Ramsey. The crossbar repelled a header from Jens Stryger Larsen (57th).
Served by Rodrigo Bentancur, Ronaldo was going to score the third goal (70th). Thanks to this sixth double in the league this season, the Portuguese brought his tally to 14 goals, taking the lead in the Serie A scorers alone with two goals ahead of Romelu Lukaku, scorer in the afternoon against Crotone (6-2).
Udinese were still unlucky in the 73rd minute when the crossbar saved Wojciech Szczesny on a strike from Marvin Zeegelaar. The Dutchman finally reduced the gap at the end of the game (90th + 1). Juventus scored a fourth goal thanks to Paulo Dybala (90th + 4).
With 27 points (and one game behind), Juventus, who remained on a heavy 0-3 defeat against Fiorentina, occupy fifth place in Serie A, 10 lengths behind AC Milan, their opponent on Wednesday in the match at the top of the 16th day.
Udinese (15 points) is in thirteenth position.
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