{"id":18565,"date":"2018-08-18T16:51:21","date_gmt":"2018-08-18T20:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonsoccer.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=18565"},"modified":"2018-08-18T16:51:21","modified_gmt":"2018-08-18T20:51:21","slug":"juventus-cristiano-ronaldo-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2018\/08\/18\/juventus-cristiano-ronaldo-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Chievo 2-3 Juventus: Ronaldo debut in the Serie A dream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>(August 18, 2018)<\/strong> &#8211; Chievo Verona made Juventus feel uncomfortable in the Serie A kickoff on Saturday despite the Italian Champions won 3-2 with a stoppage-time goal. In the end, the Christiano Ronaldo debut for Juventus was a dream.<\/p>\n<h2>Chievo 2-3 Juventus: Ronaldo debut in the Serie A dream<\/h2>\n<p>Cristiano Ronaldo had a sweet Serie A debut even though he did not score. However, the five-time Ballon d&#8217;Or winner helped his team all game long.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian giants struggled to beat a relegate candidate team but eventually, they earned their first three points of the season.<\/p>\n<h3>Bittersweet first half<\/h3>\n<p>Sami Khedira&#8217;s opener in just three minutes gave Juventus total control of the game.<\/p>\n<p>However, Juventus had all the opportunities to close out the game in the first half but were unlucky, and suddenly Chievo&#8217;s Mariusz St\u0119pi\u0144ski tied the game with a header in the 38th minute in his side&#8217;s first shot on target.<\/p>\n<h3>Strong second half<\/h3>\n<p>Emanuele Giaccherini scored a penalty in the 55th to put Chievo 2-1 ahead against the super favorites Juventus. Leonardo Bonucci came back to Juve with a goal in the 75th minute to even the match after a cornet. He played last season with AC Milan.<\/p>\n<p>It seems Juventus would have another chance to win, and Federico Bernardeshi confirmed so with a goal in the stoppage time to give Juventus the 3-2 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Paulo Dybala and Douglas Costa haven&#8217;t had a good performance, that&#8217;s why Mario Mandzukic entered in the second half, and the Croatian almost become the game changer in the 86th after a header that crossed the goal line but a Ronaldo&#8217;s foul on Chievo&#8217;s goalkeeper Stefano Sorrentino annulated the score.<\/p>\n<h3>Ronaldo Performance<\/h3>\n<p>The Portuguese tried to reach the net intensively but the victory was all he wanted.<\/p>\n<p>Moments later after Khedira&#8217;s opener Ronaldo had a right-footed shot that went close to the goal line and a left-footed shot that passed above the crossbar.<\/p>\n<p>In the second half, Ronaldo also had a header in the 60th, a shot from outside the box in the 65th and a free kick in the 77th all saved by Sorrentino.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"yIrqTr8hQD1sDRxvUPSKEQ\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1018933074\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'yIrqTr8hQD1sDRxvUPSKEQ',sig:'ge4wJCH2Ei9PmkFrAwkDuncpOJxbXaABUnpSGsmnsG8=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1018933074',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(August 18, 2018) &#8211; Chievo Verona made Juventus feel uncomfortable in the Serie A kickoff on Saturday despite the Italian Champions won 3-2 with a stoppage-time goal. 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