Ronaldo sets scoring record but Juventus fall in Verona

 Cristia Ronaldo on Saturday became first Juventus player to score in 10 successive Serie A games but champions fell 2-1 at Hellas Verona to leave an opening to ir title rivals. Ronaldo -- who turned 35 this week -- broke through after 65 minutes, to hit his 15th goal in 10 games and take his league tally to 20.

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five-time Ballon d'Or winner is closing in on all-time Serie A record of scoring in 11 consecutive games held by Gabriel Batistuta and Fabio Quagliarella.
But Juventus paid for defensive errors with Fabio Borini pulling Verona level with a quarter of an hour to go before veteran striker Giampaolo Pazzini won match for promoted side from penalty spot four minutes from time following a Leonardo Bonucci handball. Juventus are three points ahe of Inter Milan, who have a chance to pull level when y take on Zlatan Ibrahimovic's AC Milan in Sunday's derby clash at San Siro.

Lazio are four points behind leers in third before y travel to Parma.
defeat was third this season for Maurizio Sarri's side but second in three games after losing 2-1 at Napoli just two weeks ago.

"We have to understand that winning is t a foregone conclusion," blasted Sarri.

"We need to get it into our hes that we can't have lapses in concentration as happened this evening.

"We dropped points through carelessness." Verona meanwhile are up to sixth after extending ir unbeaten run to eight games days after earning a creditable goalless draw at Lazio, who can pull to within a point of Juve with a win at Parma on Sunday.

"We've created a group of hungry kids," said Verona coach Ivan Juric.

"Heart played a big role, ls were tired but y gave it everything."
 

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 Atalanta consolidate fourth place 

Earlier Atalanta consolidated fourth place with a 2-1 win at Fiorentina that ended Bergamo side's 27-year away winless run against Tuscan club. Federico Chiesa's scorcher just after half an hour gave mid-table Fiorentina hope of ar win over Atalanta, whom y eliminated from Italian Cup at ir Stio Artemio Franchi last month.
But Duvan Zapata tapped in four minutes after break to level scores before Ruslan Malivsky came off bench to seal victory with 18 minutes left, giving Atalanta ir first win away at 'Viola' since 1993.

Gian Piero Gasperini's side pull three points clear of fifth-placed Roma in race for Champions League following capital club's 3-2 home defeat to Bologna on Friday, but are still eight points behind Lazio."se are three very important, key points. We haven't won here for 27 years, and we were up a against an in-form team," said Gasperini.
Atalanta host Roma next weekend before y play at home against Valencia in Champions League last-16, having qualified for competition for first time this season.
"We have to exploit Roma's difficulties and our home vant in next match," ded Zapata.

"If we do well against 'Giallorossi' it will set us up for Champions League match against Valencia." More Longo started his reign as Tori coach with a 3-1 home defeat to Sampdoria, with struggling Gea club's goals coming in a nine-minute second-half spell. Tori, in 12th, have w lost four games in a row, conceding 16 goals, and could fall furr off Europa League pace by end of weekend. Claudio Ranieri's Sampdoria are w 16th, seven points clear of relegation zone.