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Sports Desk: Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 19th goal this campaign but champions Juventus had to settle for a 1-1 draw at Hellas Verona in Serie A on Saturday.<\/p>\nSports Desk: Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 19th goal this campaign but champions Juventus had to settle for a 1-1 draw at Hellas Verona in Serie A on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The draw gives leaders Inter Milan the chance to pull 10 points clear of Juventus when they play mid-table Genoa at the San Siro on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Juventus are third and three points adrift of second-placed AC Milan who travel to Roma, two points behind the champions in fourth, on Sunday.<\/p>\n
“We managed to take the lead, which was the hardest part, it's a pity not being able to hold it,” said Juve coach Andrea Pirlo.<\/p>\n
Pirlo's side paid for their many absences and a redesigned defence with Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini out injured and Danilo suspended.<\/p>\n
Also missing were Juan Cuadrado, Arthur and Paulo Dybala to injury with Alvaro Morata recovering from a viral infection.<\/p>\n
“We lacked experienced players, we had many youngsters on the pitch and there are details that they don't understand,” continued Pirlo.<\/p>\n
“I asked Ronaldo and Alex Sandro to make their voices heard, but it wasn't enough.”<\/p>\n
Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny and the post saved Juventus just minutes into the game at the Stadio Bentegodi following a Davide Faraoni header.<\/p>\n
Ronaldo broke through four minutes after the break connecting with a perfect lay-off from Federico Chiesa to fire in.<\/p>\n
Aaron Ramsey missed a chance for a second before the hour mark after a Dejan Kulusevski pull-back which the Verona defence closed down.<\/p>\n
Antonin Barak headed in an equaliser with quarter of an hour to go and the hosts were denied a late winner with Szczesny deflecting a Darko Lazovic effort onto the crossbar.<\/p>\n
– Immobile penalty miss –<\/p>\n
Lazio's European ambitions took a knock with a 2-0 loss at Bologna, days after a heavy defeat by Bayern Munich in the Champions League.<\/p>\n
Ciro Immobile missed a penalty with goals in either half from Ibrahima Mbaye and Nicola Sansone sealing all three points for Bologna who snapped their 15-match winless league run against the Romans.<\/p>\n
“The missed penalty set the tone for the game,” said Lazio coach Simone Inzaghi.<\/p>\n
Inzaghi's side showed signs of fatigue as they came off a 4-1 Champions League last 16, first leg loss to holders Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n
“We must forget about these two defeats which hurt. An ambitious team like ours needs to roll up our sleeves and do better.”<\/p>\n
Lazio have lost momentum since losing to Inter Milan in the league two weeks ago, and next host Torino before travelling to Juventus.<\/p>\n
Last season's European golden shoe winner Immobile had a chance to score from the spot after Joaquin Correa was tripped in the box with goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski easily holding the striker's weak effort.<\/p>\n
And 11th-placed Bologna got the breakthrough two minutes later when Mbaye tapped in a rebound after Pepe Reina parried a Riccardo Orsolini volley.<\/p>\n
Musa Barrow set up Sansone for the second after 64 minutes as Lazio's 19-game league scoring streak ended, two short of their record run in 1956.<\/p>\n
Lazio stay sixth on 43 points and could also be overtaken by Napoli on Sunday, while European rivals Atalanta travel to Sampdoria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sports Desk: Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 19th goal this campaign but champions Juventus had to settle for a 1-1 draw at Hellas Verona in Serie A on Saturday. The draw gives leaders Inter Milan the chance to pull 10 points clear of Juventus when they play mid-table Genoa at the San Siro on Sunday. Juventus […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":66934,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n