HT: Szczesny rescues Juventus

It’s inexplicably goalless at the fracture in Cagliari, as Juventus hit the woodwork twice and Wojciech Szczesny done two aesthetic saves.

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The Bianconeri needed a victory to withhold up the tempo with leaders Napoli and reduce loose even extra from the chasing pack, as Inter drew and Roma misplaced. Max Allegri had to make without injured Gigi Buffon, Juan Cuadrado, Mattia De Sciglio and Benedikt Howedes, but gave Federico Bernardeschi a uncommon birth. The Sardinians ended 2017 with a shock steal away to Atalanta, but had Senna Miangue and Joao Pedro suspended.

Cagliari haven’t beaten Juventus since a 2-zero house victory in November 2009, a game in which Coach Diego Lopez started. On the opposite hand, Juve like dominated this fixture since, a success 12 of their last 15 conferences, the last three with a 9-zero mixture ranking.

Paulo Dybala went very terminate to an opener after 9 minutes, as his free kick dipped over the wall and bounced off the crossbar.

Juve rattled the woodwork for the 2d time, as a Bernardeschi roller from a tight angle hit the inner of the a ways submit and ricocheted out again.

Cagliari replied, Leonardo Pavoletti nodding a Paolo Faragò defective no longer a ways off beam, whereas Medhi Benatia build the ball within the procure from a long Miralem Pjanic free kick, but easiest after he’d been flagged offside.

Wojciech Szczesny done a magnificent reaction build on Pavoletti’s header from a corner, great extra importantly scrambling the loose ball away with one hand to quit a tap-in.

Diego Farias stole the ball off Pjanic and burst forward, closed down with genuine trouble within the field, then correct sooner than half of-time there used to be one other determined Szczesny one-handed build to turn the Farias terminate on to the magnificent from terminate differ.

Cagliari zero-zero Juventus (1/2-Time)

Cagliari: Rafael; Romagna, Ceppitelli, Pisacane; Faragò, Ionita, Cigarini, Barella, Padoin; Farias, Pavoletti

Juventus: Szczesny; Barzagli, Benatia, Chiellini, Alex Sandro; Khedira, Pjanic, Matuidi; Bernardeschi, Higuain, Dybala

Ref: Calvarese