Cristiano Ronaldo scored two goals in just nine games and finished 12th in just nine games in Serie A Place, as defending champion Juventus on a 4-0 win in Parma on Saturday
Dejan Kulusevski and Alvaro Morata were also on target, although it could have been very different if Juve’s 42-year-old goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon was in the 15th Minute with his legs from close range from Juraj Kucka
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Juventus, who pursued a tenth title in a row, scored 27 points with runner-up Inter Milan, who will host Spezia on Sunday, and one behind leaders AC Milan, who visits Sassuolo
Ronaldo’s brace made the irrepressible Portuguese top scorer in the league The 35-year-old scored two goals ahead of AC Milan’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Internazionale’s Romelu Lukaku when he bounced back from his penalty against Atalanta on Wednesday
Parma got their first real chance when a runaway ended and the ball was played at the far post against Kucka, but his attempt was stopped by Buffon
However, Juve quickly took control and Kulusevski, who played for Parma last season, was given too much space in the penalty area and directed the ball in the 23rd Minute of Alex Sandros pass a
Ronaldo added the second with a towering header three minutes later and Juve were on their way
Leonardo Bonucci missed a third goal from close range just before half-time, but that didn’t matter as Ronaldo hit with an angled drive three minutes into the break
Morata was rewarded fourth for an outstanding performance when he came into play from Federico Bernardeschi’s cross late in the game
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Parma – Juventus
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