Juventus 5-0 Cremonese: 5 different scorers on the sheet as hosts cruise to win

Juventus declared their Scudetto ambitions after demolishing Cremonese 5-0 to catch Roma and Napoli, including another Jonathan David goal and impressive Weston McKennie.

Match Report

The Bianconeri crushed Sassuolo 3-0 in the midweek round, as Jonathan David found the net to shake off the missed penalty in their 1-1 draw with Lecce. Francisco Conceicao, Dusan Vlahovic, Federico Gatti, Daniele Rugani and Arek Milik were still out of action, but Lloyd Kelly returned to defence, with Fabio Miretti again used as a trequartista. Jamie Vardy spearheaded the Cremonese attack just days after his 39th birthday, missing Martin Payero with flu symptoms after the team fumbled a 2-0 lead to draw with Genoa midweek.

David almost opened the scoring after six minutes when he intercepted a disastrous Dennis Johnsen back-pass, but Emil Audero did enough to steer him wide and his finish could only hit the near post.

Andrea Cambiaso returned the favour at the other end with Alessio Zerbin reading his weak pass back, but Michele Di Gregorio rushed out to smother the danger.

Audero used his legs to parry a Weston McKennie angled drive, but Juve took the lead in bizarre circumstances.

A free kick was cleared to the edge of the area, where Miretti’s ferocious volley seemed to be going off target, until it hit Bremer on the head and completely wrong-footed Audero. The two teammates had a good laugh about the goal, as Bremer didn’t seem to know much about it.

Cremonese poured forward seeking an equaliser, but instead left themselves open to the Khephren Thuram counter-attack from his own half, laying it off for David down the left to take a touch and sweep past the on-rushing goalkeeper.

Cremonese were awarded a penalty when Johnsen had a very heavy first touch in the box and Manuel Locatelli went sliding in, but following the VAR review, the referee noted the Juventus midfielder got the ball first. It infuriated Cremonese coach Davide Nicola, who was sent off for dissent.

He wasn’t there to protest an even more controversial decision, because the Bianconeri did receive a penalty for handball even though the Thuram shot hit Federico Baschirotto on the leg and completely changed direction to ricochet onto the raised arm. Kenan Yildiz stepped up and his penalty bounced off the base of the upright, but as it grazed Audero’s hand, the Juve man was allowed to turn in the rebound.

Yildiz tested Audero again at the near post after a strong run from the left shrugging off defenders, but the Bianconeri did double their lead straight after the restart.

Miretti was again involved, his inspired through ball sending McKennie through the middle, dribbling around Audero and squeezing in the finish from the tightest of angles, despite Filippo Terracciano’s desperate attempt to clear off the line, which is why it was credited as an own goal.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

6' Match Event for Juventus vs Cremonese

12' GOAL! Juventus 1-0 Cremonese (Bremer)

15' GOAL! Juventus 2-0 Cremonese (Jonathan David)

26' Highlight from Juventus vs Cremonese

28' Red Card! Sent Off

35' GOAL! Juventus 3-0 Cremonese (Kenan Yıldız)

41' Match Event for Juventus vs Cremonese

47' GOAL! Juventus 4-0 Cremonese

53' Highlight from Juventus vs Cremonese

54' Highlight from Juventus vs Cremonese

64' GOAL! Juventus 5-0 Cremonese (Weston McKennie)

72' Highlight from Juventus vs Cremonese

75' Match Event for Juventus vs Cremonese

76' Match Event for Juventus vs Cremonese

Line-ups

Juventus XI: Locatelli, Di Gregorio, Gleison, Lloyd Kelly, McKennie, Jonathan David, Khéphren Thuram, Kalulu, Andrea Cambiaso, Fabio Miretti, Yıldız

Subs: Pinsoglio, Perin, Kostic, Koopmeiners, Openda, Edon Zhegrova, João Mário, Cabal, Rouhi, Adzic, Pedro Felipe

Cremonese XI: Vardy, Bianchetti, A.Grassi, Bonazzoli, Emil Audero, Federico Baschirotto, Dennis Johnsen, Pezzella, Alessio Zerbin, Warren Bondo, Terracciano

Subs: Vazquez, Silvestri, Ceccherini, Valoti, Sanabria, Jari Vandeputte, Michele Collocolo, Faris Moumbagna, Tommaso Barbieri, Mikayil Faye, Romano Floriani Mussolini, Lapo Nava, Francesco Folino, Dachi Lordkipanidze