Cristiano Ronaldo reveals delight after finally opening Juventus goal-scoring account

Sport360 staff 23:43 16/09/2018
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  • Cristiano Ronaldo looked “absolutely desperate” to open his account for Juventus after failing to find the target in his opening three Serie A games, according to head coach Massimiliano Allegri.

    Ronaldo scored twice as his club beat Sassuolo at the Allianz Stadium in a game which saw Juve’s Douglas Costa sent off for spitting.

    The summer signing from Real Madrid got off the mark for his new team in the 50th minute with a close-range finish and slotted in his second 15 minutes later.

    The 33-year-old Portugal forward had two great chances to add to the brace, but shot off-target on each occasion.

    Sassuolo pulled a goal back in stoppage time through Khouma Babacar before Costa sent off for spitting in the face of Federico Di Francesco after the intervention of the video assistant referee.

    Allegri told the club’s official website: “He came very close in his first three games.

    “I think he rushed a couple of chances today – it looked like he was absolutely desperate to score.

    “Football has a way of evening things out and that was the story of the first goal, with the ball bouncing off the post and sitting up for him. The second goal was brilliant. I’m happy for him.

    It took Ronaldo 320 minutes to bag his first Juventus goal.

    It took Ronaldo 320 minutes to bag his first Juventus goal.

    Ronaldo was delighted to get off the mark for his new club.

    “Sassuolo played well, but we showed good intensity and created a lot of chances,” he added.

    “I wanted to score, but the most important thing is to perform well and win matches.

    “Of course there was a lot of attention on my move to Turin, but that’s life. I’m happy, I’m working hard and my team-mates are really helping me to adapt to this league.”

    On Costa’s offence, Allegri added: “These things shouldn’t happen. We could have scored a third goal, but instead we started to play as individuals, we tried to dribble past everyone, this wound up the opposition, who then reacted badly and then you get situations like Douglas Costa.

    “Maybe he was irritated at a foul before, but it doesn’t matter, because these things should absolutely not happen.”

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