Published 16:04 IST, October 2nd 2019
UEFA Champions League: Juventus bag easy win against Bayer Leverkusen
UEFA Champions League: Juventus had a comfortable 3-0 victory against Bayer Leverkusen in Turin in their second clash of the UEFA Champions League group stage.
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Current Serie A title holders, Juventus, h a comfortable 3-0 victory against Bayer Leverkusen in Turin on matchday two of UEFA Champions League 2019-20 season. Gonzalo Higuain, Federico Bernardeschi and Cristia Ronaldo were on target to put Juventus in cruise control. Gonzalo Higuain provided a clean finish in 17th minute to put his side ahe and assisted Federico Bernardeschi to double Juve’s le in 61st minute. Juventus manr Maurizio Sarri will be happy to see an in-form Higuain, who was criticised for his difficult 2018-19 season. Cristia Ronaldo me it 3-0 and gave Juventus a comfortable win.
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UEFA Champions League: Juventus vs Bayer Leverkusen match report
Gonzalo Higuain scored opening goal of match. Leverkusen goalkeeper Lukas Hrecky denied Higuain a second goal with a counter move as Argentine forward fired from left side of penalty area. In second half, Juventus fans were seen celebrating again as Bernardeschi scored second goal as Higuain showed great effort with his assist. In 83rd minute, Paulo Dybala came on as a substitute for Higuain and set up third goal for Juventus and Cristia Ronaldo’s first for night.
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Cristia Ronaldo, former Real Mrid forward, registered a new record of scoring against 33 different teams in UEFA Champions League, levelling Raul's record. Juventus are currently on top of Group D with four points, levelling with Atletico Mrid, who h a 0-2 win over Lokomotiv Moscow. Juventus will be facing Inter Milan in Serie A action on Sunday, October 6, 2019. On or hand, Bayer Leverkusen will host RB Leipzig in Bundesliga on Saturday.
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13:28 IST, October 2nd 2019