Paul Pogba and Juventus agree to terminate contract
Paul Pogba and Juventus have mutually agreed to part ways as the French midfielder faces an 18-month ban from football.
Post Juventus’ 2-1 win over Roma in their Serie A clash at the Stadio Olimpico, manager Maurizio Sarri expressed his happiness on getting three crucial points in a “very difficult” match.
“We are happy because we scored three points on a very difficult field, putting in a good performance for good stretches,” said Sarri as quoted by the official website of Juventus FC.
“We played well for 60 minutes. It was necessary to take into account a little suffering when playing here against a team that has pace, acceleration and technique. It was almost inevitable,” added the manager.
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On Sunday, Cristiano Ronaldo and Merih Demiral scored goals as Juventus edged past Roma. Meanwhile, the win also saw Juve retaining the number 1 spot in Italy’s top-flight competition.
Within three minutes of the starting of the match, Juventus drew the first blood courtesy Merih Demiral. Paulo Dybala delivered in a free-kick into the box which met Demiral at the far post, who tapped the ball into the back of the net from close range to make it 1-0.
Star striker Ronaldo then doubled the lead in the 10th minute after the referee awarded a penalty for a foul on Dybala inside the box. Ronaldo took the spot-kick sending Roma shot-stopper Pau Lopez in the wrong direction and making the scoreline 2-0.
However, in the second half, Roma bounced back in the match with the goal of Diego Perotti, but failed to find an equaliser till the final whistle and Juventus bagged the much-needed 3 points to lead the league table, surpassing Inter Milan.
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