Juventus 2-0 Cagliari: Kean and Bernardeschi help Juve close gap on top four

Massimiliano
Allegri’s
men
had
defeated
Cagliari
in
nine
of
their
previous
10
league
meetings
but
were
unable
able
to
seriously
assert
their
authority
and
were
nearly
made
to
pay
before
killing
off
the
game
late
on.

Having
earlier
gone
close
with
a
header
against
the
post,
Moise
Kean
opened
the
scoring
for
Juve
five
minutes
before
half-time
in
their
final
match
of
a
disappointing
2021.

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Juve
survived
a
couple
of
big
scares
in
the
second
half
before
Bernardeschi,
who
created
Kean’s
opener,
struck
in
the
83rd
minute
to
seal
a
win
that
moves
the
Bianconeri
within
four
points
of
fourth-placed
Atalanta,
who
drew
0-0
with
Genoa
elsewhere
on
Tuesday.

RESULTS
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FIXTURES

Kean
headed
Juan
Cuadrado’s
right-sided
cross
against
the
upright
with
a
thumping
header
10
minutes
into
what
proved
a
frustrating
first
half
for
the
hosts.

However,
the
breakthrough
duly
arrived
shortly
before
the
interval
when
Kean
adjusted
his
body
to
guide
Bernardeschi’s
deflected
cross
past
Alessio
Cragno.

Cagliari,
who
have
now
conceded
in
23
successive
away
league
meetings
with
Juve,
wasted
a
big
chance
to
equalise
before
the
hour
as
Dalbert
steered
wide
from
seven
yards.

Joao
Pedro
did
at
least
manage
to
test
Wojciech
Szczesny
eight
minutes
later
with
a
header
down
the
middle
that
the
Juve
keeper
tipped
over.

But
Juve
made
certain
of
the
points
through
Bernardeschi’s
angled
drive
at
the
end
of
a
counter,
the
winger
ending
a
run
of
513
days
without
a
goal
in
Serie
A.