Juve 4-0 Lecce: CR7 Goal & 2 Assists Help Sarri Men Extend Gap On Lazio to 7 Pts

It turned into a comfortable evening for Juventus, for who Paulo Dybala, Cristiano Ronaldo and Gonzalo Higuain were on target versus Lecce.

Match Reports

Paulo Dybala, Cristiano Ronaldo and Gonzalo Higuain helped Juventus move seven points clear at the top of Serie A with a resounding 4-0 win over 10-man Lecce at the Allianz Stadium.

Fabio Lucioni’s first-half dismissal left lowly Lecce, who had started brightly, facing a daunting task yet it needed a moment of brilliance from Dybala to open the scoring after 53 minutes.

Ronaldo and Federico Bernardeschi were guilty of woeful misses in the opening period but the former lashed home his 23rd Serie A goal of the campaign from the penalty spot before excellently setting up Higuain.

Serie A Standings

Match Events

31′ Red Card! Lecce’s Lucioni is sent off

Lecce have played out from the back smartly, but a poor Lucioni touch proves so costly. He is 40 yards from goal but allows Bentancur to steal in and then go over a hanging leg. The defender is the last man and, despite his protests, is sent off.

53′ GOAL! Juventus 1-0 Lecce (Dybala)

There’s the opener and it’s a beauty! 1-0 Juve! Dybala picks his spot from the edge of the area, lifting a lovely curling left-footed effort past Gabriel into the top-right corner. Juve needed a moment of magic and they have it through their number 10.

62′ GOAL! Juventus 2-0 Lecce (Ronaldo)

Ronaldo makes no mistake! 2-0 Juve! Having won the penalty himself, the forward drills his second spot-kick of the week straight down the middle of the goal.

83′ GOAL! Juventus 3-0 Lecce (Higuain)

The substitute finishes smartly, lifting a shot over Gabriel, but this goal owes so much to Ronaldo for a wonderful assist, carrying the ball from halfway before cutting inside and backheeling through to his strike partner with the aid of a deflection.

85′ GOAL! Juventus 4-0 Lecce (De Ligt)

It’s 4-0, a scoreline which is arguably both deserved for Juve and harsh on Lecce. The 10 men are clearly tired as they are slow to get out to a short corner, allowing Costa to send a wicked centre bouncing through the box to De Ligt, who nods in from a couple of yards out.