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Ronaldo hits 600th club goal as Juventus hold Inter Milan

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6 years ago

April 28, 2019

Cristiano Ronaldo scored the 600th goal of his club career to earn Italian champions Juventus a 1 – 1 draw away to Inter Milan in the Serie A on Saturday .

The Turin club wrapped up an eighth successive league title last weekend but found themselves behind early on to a wonder – strike from Inter midfielder Radja Nainggolan .

However , the Portuguese responded with a powerful finish in the second half to make it 20 league goals for the season .
The goal moved Ronaldo within two strikes of Serie A ’ s leading scorer , Fabio Quagliarella of Sampdoria , in the process .
Inter remain in third place on 62 points , four ahead of AS Roma who are below them .
Juventus, who dropped points for just the sixth time in 34 games this season , moved up to 88 points .
This fixture , known as the “ Derby d ’ Italia ’’ , is one of the country’ s fiercest rivalries.
The home fans taunted the visitors with a pre – match mosaic of placards featuring the UEFA Champions League trophy alongside the words ‘ Game Over ’ .

It was in reference to Juve ’ s quarter – final exit to Ajax Amsterdam in April .
The home support were left delighted just seven minutes in , when Nainggolan latched onto Matteo Politano’ s dipping pass and unleashed a swerving volley from 25 yards out .
It flew past Juve goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny.
Ronaldo drew Juventus level after 62 minutes , exchanging passes with Miralem Pjanic before drilling a left – footed finish into the bottom corner .

It was the 600th goal of the 34 – year – old ’ s club career , with 450 having come at Real Madrid , 118 at Manchester United , 27 at Juventus and five at Sporting Lisbon .
The Portugal international is narrowly ahead of Lionel Messi, who scored his 598th goal for FC Barcelona on Saturday.

The goal helped them win the Spanish La Liga title with a 1 – 0 win over Levante .
( NAN)