Cristiano concludes eventful week with hat-trick vs Cagliari
The Portuguese striker bagged three first half goals in Sardinia to see his Juventus side move to third in the Serie A table.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a perfect hat-trick inside 32 minutes as Juventus bounced back from their midweek Champions League exit by beating Cagliari 3-1 away in Serie A on Sunday.
The 36-year-old striker found the net with a header, a right-footed penalty and a left-foot shot and celebrated by pointing to his ear in an apparent response to recent criticism.
The Italian champions and their Portuguese talisman were under pressure to perform after suffering a disappointing European elimination against Porto on Tuesday.
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They enjoyed a comfortable win despite Giovanni Simeone's second half strike for the hosts and are now third with 55 points, 10 behind leaders Inter Milan with a game in hand.
It was Cagliari coach Leonardo Semplici’s first defeat since taking over in February and left his side in 17th place on 22 points, two clear of the relegation zone.
- 28 Alessio Cragno
- 2 Godín
- 23 Ceppitelli (69')
- 24 Daniele Rugani (79')
- 32 Duncan (79')
- 8 Razvan Marin
- 18 Nahitan Nández
- 4 Nainggolan
- 25 Gabriele Zappa (68')
- 10 João Pedro
- 9 Giovanni Simeone (79')
- Substitutes
- 20 Gastón Pereiro (79')
- 42 Gianluca Contini
- 44 Andrea Carboni
- 19 Asamoah (68')
- 1 Aresti
- 31 Guglielmo Vicario
- 3 Alessandro Tripadelli
- 27 Alberto Cerri (79')
- 16 Calabresi
- 40 Sebastian Walukiewicz
- 14 Alessandro Deiola (79')
- 15 Klavan (69')
- 1 Szczesny
- 12 Alex Sandro (33')
- 3 Chiellini (69')
- 4 Matthijs de Ligt
- 16 Cuadrado (82')
- 13 Danilo
- 44 Dejan Kulusevski
- 22 Federico Chiesa (82')
- 25 Rabiot
- 7 Cristiano x3
- 9 Morata (69')
- Substitutes
- 36 Alessandro Di Pardo
- 19 Bonucci (69')
- 42 Giovanni Gabriele Garofani
- 37 Radu Drăgușin
- 38 Gianluca Frabotta (82')
- 31 Pinsoglio
- 33 Bernardeschi (33')
- 41 Nicolo Fagioli
- 5 Arthur Melo (82')
- 14 Weston McKennie (69')
Substitutions
F. Bernardeschi (33', Alex Sandro), K. Asamoah (68', G. Zappa), R. Klavan (69', L. Ceppitelli), W. Mckennie (69', Á. Morata), L. Bonucci (69', G. Chiellini), A. Deiola (79', A. Duncan), A. Cerri (79', G. Simeone), G. Pereiro (79', D. Rugani), G. Frabotta (82', J. Cuadrado), Arthur (82', F. Chiesa)
Goals
0-1, 9': Cristiano, 0-2, 24': Cristiano, 0-3, 31': Cristiano, 1-3, 60': Giovanni Simeone
Cards
Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese
VAR Referee: Daniele Chiffi, Mauro Galetto
Cristiano (13',Yellow), Cuadrado (17',Yellow)
