Cristiano Ronaldo makes winning start for Juventus

Cristiano Ronaldo failed to score on his Serie A debut but champions Juventus won 32 at Chievo as Carlo Ancelotti began life as Napoli coach with a comefrombehind 21 victory at Lazio in two bruising opening matches of the 20182019 league seasonRonaldo 33 who joined the Turin giants from Real Madrid last month in a deal worth 100 million euros USD 1145 million clenched his fists with delight as his team earned all three points despite his four missed chances Happy for the first victory in the Juve jersey Ronaldo tweeted after the match Italian Federico Bernardeschi scored the winner in injury time minutes after Chievo goalkeeper Stefano Sorrentino was knocked out and later hospitalised after colliding with the Portuguese superstarEveryone was waiting for the goal Its a shame he couldnt score but Sorrentino denied him a couple of times He was happy we got the win anyway said Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri Im happy with what he did and hes happy with his performance Were still getting to know Ronaldo He linked up well with Paulo Dybala today and I was impressed by how easily he slotted into the teamBrazilian leftback Alex Sandro added I feel at ease with him Ronaldo and hes an excellent player We understand each other and we make a perfect team together We have to go on like this The champions were made to work after Germany international Sami Khedira opened the scoring after just three minutes at the Bentegodi Stadium for the seventime defending championsPolish striker Mariusz Stepinski headed in a 37thminute equaliser for Chievo with Emanuele Giaccherini slotting in a penalty after 56 minutes following a foul by new Juventus signing Joao Cancelo But Chievos Mattia Bani turned into his own net after 75 minutes following pressure from returning Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci to pull the champions levelIn a frantic finale substitute Bernardeschi scored the winner after Mario Mandzukic had a goal disallowed as a result of Sorrentinos knock with Ronaldo The Chievo goalie was stretchered off and his replacement Andrea Seculin immediately conceded the decisive goal The 39yearolds wife posted a picture on Instagram with Sorrentino in hospital wearing a neck brace after suffering a suspected broken nose and concussionWe let our focus dip after the first goal we thought we had the match in the bag said Allegri A game like that will only do us good because it makes us realise how tough its going to be to win the league again Ancelotti meanwhile was also relieved to keep a clean sheet as he returned to his native Italy after a successful trophyladen nine years at clubs including Chelsea and Real MadridThe 59yearold took over from Maurizio Sarri in the Napoli hotseat promising to end the clubs 28year wait for a Serie A trophy But the southerners were pushed hard by Lazio with last years Serie A top scorer Ciro Immobile opening for the hosts after 25 minutes at the Stadio OlimpicoPolish striker Arkadiusz Milik equalised just before the break after having a goal disallowed with Lorenzo Insigne scoring the winner after 59 minutes I have a lot of emotion for the return to Italy and even more emotion for how we started the game said Ancelotti Then we conducted it well despite the final suffering Their goal woke us up and we deserved to win It was particularly special for me because the Stadio Olimpico was my home as a player at Roma I won so many games on that pitch Both games were preceded by a minutes silence for the victims of the Genoa bridge disaster with players taking to the pitch wearing black armbandsCatch up on all the latest sports news and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Except for the change in headline the story has been provided ASIS AS AVAILABLE without any verification or editing from our side Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever