FABIO LUCIONI’S EARLY red card ensured it would be a comfortable night for Serie A leaders Juventus as they stretched their lead at the top to seven points.
Lucioni was shown a straight red shortly after the half-hour mark after he miscontrolled the ball and brought down Rodrigo Bentancur.
Second-half goals from Paulo Dybala, a Cristiano Ronaldo penalty, Gonzalo Higuain and Matthijs de Ligt gave Juve all three points, putting the pressure back on Lazio who host Fiorentina on Saturday night.
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Dybala opened the scoring on 53 minutes with a sweet strike from the edge of the area before Ronaldo won and converted his own penalty nine minutes later, smashing it straight down the middle.
The hosts’ extra man really started to tell in the last 10 minutes as Higuain and then de Ligt added the gloss to the final score.
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Juventus thump 10-man Lecce to go seven points clear in Serie A
Juventus 4-0 Lecce
FABIO LUCIONI’S EARLY red card ensured it would be a comfortable night for Serie A leaders Juventus as they stretched their lead at the top to seven points.
Lucioni was shown a straight red shortly after the half-hour mark after he miscontrolled the ball and brought down Rodrigo Bentancur.
Second-half goals from Paulo Dybala, a Cristiano Ronaldo penalty, Gonzalo Higuain and Matthijs de Ligt gave Juve all three points, putting the pressure back on Lazio who host Fiorentina on Saturday night.
Dybala opened the scoring on 53 minutes with a sweet strike from the edge of the area before Ronaldo won and converted his own penalty nine minutes later, smashing it straight down the middle.
The hosts’ extra man really started to tell in the last 10 minutes as Higuain and then de Ligt added the gloss to the final score.
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Catch Us If You Can Serie A Cristiano Ronaldo Gonzalo Higuain Lecce Matthijs de Ligt Paulo Dybala Juventus