KOMPAS.com – Juventus beat Inter Milan 3-2 in the match Italian League full of drama on Saturday (15/5/2021) evening WIB.
The goals came from two first-half penalties completed by Cristiano Ronaldo and Romelu Lukaku.
Juan Cuadrado’s rocket kicks on injury time The first half gave Juventus a 2-1 lead at halftime.
In the second half, Cuadrado scored Juve’s winner after Inter had equalized through Giorgio Chiellini’s own goal.
Both teams had to play with 10 men after Rodrigo Bentancur was shown a red card in the 55th minute and Marcelo Brozovic on injury time second round.
The first half saw two VAR incidents and two penalties from referee Giampaolo Calverese.
First, Juventus got a penalty after Matteo Darmian was deemed to have pulled Giorgio Chiellini in a corner kick in the 22nd minute.
Cristiano Ronaldo advanced as executor. Even though CR7’s effort was blocked by goalkeeper Samir Handanovic, the ball vomited immediately fell to his feet in front of an empty goal.
Ronaldo also scored his 29th goal this season.
In the 34th minute, it was Inter who got a penalty after a VAR check.
This time, Juventus defender Matthijs De Ligt is considered to be stepping on achilles Lautaro Martinez.
Penalties were awarded to Inter Milan.
Romelu Lukaku advanced as executor and the most expensive purchase in Inter Milan’s history beat Szczesny who jumped in the opposite direction with the ball.
Lukaku netted his 23rd goal of the season in 34 games.
Opta notes this is the first time a match between Inter and Juve has seen two first-half penalties since they recorded the data in 2004-2005.
The first half match almost ended as strong as 1-1. However, Juventus managed to excel through Juan Cuadrado’s rocket fire.
The Colombian winger scored his first goal of the season with a rocket shot from the edge of the penalty area.
The ball was hit by a bounce before beating goalkeeper Samir Handanovic.
Both teams halted with Juventus winning 2-1.
SECOND ROUND
Antonio Conte made the first substitution of the match. He pulled out Matteo Darmian and brought in a player with more offensive instincts, Ivan Perisic.
About 10 minutes after the second half started, Juventus had to play with one less person.
Rodrigo Bentancur is deemed to have committed a foul on Lukaku who deserves a second yellow card.
The Uruguayan midfielder received a yellow card in the first half for pulling Lautaro Martinez in an Inter counter-attacking situation.
Playing with 10 players, Andrea Pirlo reacted immediately by pulling the tandem of Cristiano Ronaldo, Dejan Kulusevski, and entering midfielder Weston McKennie.
Kulusevski himself played on the ice after he also received a yellow card in the first half.
After that, Inter took control with Juventus defending deeper.
Pirlo then made two big changes with 20 minutes remaining.
He pulled Cristiano Ronaldo to enter Alvaro Morata while Merih Demiral also came on to replace Federico Chiesa.
In the 73rd minute, De Ligt intervenes brilliantly to prevent Lautaro from attacking the ball inside Juve’s six-yard box.
Lautaro even had to receive a yellow card because he violated the Dutch defender when he tried to kick the ball.
Alessandro Bastoni then picked up a yellow card in the 76th minute after fouling Cuadrado in the middle of the field.
Juventus managed to maintain excellence well.
Goalkeeper Szczesny didn’t need to make a save until the 81st minute when he had to brush off substitute Matias Vecino’s close-range header.
Inter then scored an equalizer in the 82nd minute. Lukaku looks like he hits the ball from close range from a cross.
However, VAR immediately checks to see if the goal is valid. Romelu Lukaku and Chiellini were involved in the duel in the goal process.
However, the decision that came after the referee saw VAR was that the goal was valid and Chiellini received a yellow card for being considered to have pulled Lukaku’s shirt.
Match officials finally gave the goal to Chiellini’s own goal.
However, a minute later, Juventus got another penalty after Cuadrado was fouled by Perisic.
Referee Calverese immediately pointed to the spot and Cuadrado, who advanced to the spot, did his job well.
Marcelo Brozovic then received a yellow card for excessive protests regarding the penalty.
In the 90th minute, it was Cuadrado who got a yellow card after being deemed to have committed a foul to Barella.
However, Inter also had to play with 10 personnel after Marcelo Brozovic received a second yellow card for violating Cuadrado who was again on a counter attack.
This dramatic match ended 3-2 for Juventus.
Line Up Juventus and Inter Milan
JUVENTUS vs INTER MIlan 3-2 (Ronaldo 24’pen, Cuadrado 45 + 2, 88’pen / Lukaku 35’pen, Chiellini 83’bd)
JUVENTUS (4-4-2): 1-Szczesny, 13-Danilo, 4-De Ligt, 3-Chiellini, 12-Alex Sandro; 16-Cuadrado, 30-Bentancur, 25-Rabiot, 22-Chiesa (28-Demiral 70 ‘); 7-Ronaldo (9-Morata 70 ‘), 44-Kulusevski (14-McKennie 58’).
Proposal: 77-Buffon, 19-Bonucci, 31-Pinsoglio, 5-Arthur, 33-Bernardeschi, 8-Ramsey,, 10-Dybala, 53-Correia.
INTER MILAN (3-5-2): 1-Handanovic; 37-Skriniar, 6-De Vrij, 95-Bastoni (8-Vecino 79 ‘); 5-Hakimi, 23-Barella, 77-Brozovic, 24-Eriksen (12-Sensi 73 ‘), 36-Darmian (14-Perisic 46’); 10-Lautaro, 9-Lukaku.
Proposal: 97-Radu, 99-Pinamonti, 27-Padelli, 33-D’Ambrosio, 23-Ranocchia, 5-Gagliardini, 15-Young.
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