At last! Cristiano Ronaldo broke his curse with Juventus by scoring his first direct free-kick goal since wearing the 'bianconera' shirt. The Portuguese has required 43 attempts to see the door, but the derby against Torino beat Salvatore Sirigu to finalize his blocking in fouls since he landed two seasons ago in Turin.
Cristiano overtook goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu, a former player from Osasuna or Sevilla, among others, with a curved shot from 20 meters and ended with a ‘curse’ that accompanied him since signing with Juventus in July 2018.
It was the goal of the momentary 3-1, after the Argentine Paulo Dybala and the Colombian Juan Guillermo Cuadrado gave Juventus a double advantage and Andrea Belotti, from a penalty on the brink of rest, returned options to Torino.
Before the scored foul, Cristiano had tried in the first half with a free kick that went off without creating danger to goal Sirigu.
CR7 has 25 goals in this league campaign and is four goals from top striker Ciro Immobile, Lazio forward who will not play this Saturday against Milan as he is penalized for accumulating cards.
Juventus momentarily overtakes Lazio by seven points, waiting for what the Roman team will do, with eight days to go before the Serie A is over.