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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 25015084" data-attributes="member: 158020">Juventus 3-1 Udinese: Ronaldo stars alongside Dybala and Higuain in comfortable win<img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/12/15/16/22272336-0-image-a-62_1576427931046.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Juventus returned to winning ways in  Serie A, easing to a 3-1 triumph over struggling Udinese on Sunday.Maurizio  Sarri finally fielded Ronaldo, Paulo Dybala and Gonzalo  Higuain  together from the start – and the trio were influential in  helping the  reigning champions record a first victory in three league  outings.The  points were secured by half-time at Allianz Stadium, Ronaldo  getting a  brace as Udinese struggled to cope with a pumped-up home team  eager to  bounce back from a 3-1 loss away to Lazio the previous  weekend.The Portugal  international opened the scoring in the ninth minute,  firing home a  loose ball with an instinctive first-time effort, while  it was Higuain's  well-weighted throughball that set up the second,  finished with his  left foot.Leonardo Bonucci added a third before the interval,  flicking in a  header at a corner from centre-back partner Merih Demiral  via a  deflection off the underside of the crossbar, allowing Juve to  ease up  in the second half.As the tempo dropped, the hosts relied  on Gianluigi Buffon - making his  478th Serie A appearance in place of  the injured Wojciech Szczesny,  drawing him level with Alessandro Del  Piero's club record in the  competition – to keep Udinese at bay.The veteran goalkeeper - guilty of a costly error in the 2-2 draw  against Sassuolo earlier in December - twice made saves from the lively  Kevin Lasagna, while he also turned away Seko Fofana's fierce drive.However,  there was little Buffon could do to stop Ignacio Pussetto  getting a  consolation goal in stoppage time, the substitute's  reactionary  volley preventing the former Italy international from  recording a clean sheet.Ronaldo had been denied a hat-trick by the post prior to that, but Juve  coasted to a result that sends them above Inter, who can quickly reclaim  top spot when they travel to Fiorentina in Sunday's late kick-off.</blockquote>

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