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Agence France-Presse

Cristiano Ronaldo came off the bench to score a brace on his return from coronavirus as Juventus got back to winning ways in Serie A with a 4-1 victory against promoted Spezia on Sunday.
The champions ended a run of three consecutive draws to move third in Serie A, four points behind leaders AC Milan, who beat Udinese 2-1 earlier in the day thanks to a spectacular late winner from Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Ronaldo replaced Paulo Dybala in the 56th minute in Cesena with the match level after Tommaso Pobega had cancelled out Alvaro Morata’s opener for Juventus.
But the Portuguese striker put Juve in front just three minutes later.
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Adrien Rabiot grabbed a third on 68 minutes, with Ronaldo scoring a second from the penalty spot with 15 minutes to go for his fifth goal in three league games this season.
“Cristiano is back. This is the important thing,” said Ronaldo, who had been furious at missing Juventus’ Champions League 2-0 defeat in midweek by Lionel Messi’s Barcelona.

“I was stopped for a long time even though I had no symptoms and felt good. Today I got back to doing what I like, playing football.”
Ronaldo had been Covid-positive for 19 days after a test while on national duty with Portugal, missing four games.
Cristiano Ronaldo returns to Italy to finish isolating after testing positive for coronavirus
The nine-time defending champions had won their opener against Sampdoria in September, their only league victory on the pitch, before three draws.
Between those matches they were awarded a 3-0 victory after Napoli refused to travel to Turin on October 4 because of coronavirus cases.
Before Ronaldo took to the pitch, Juventus had laboured against top-flight newcomers Spezia.
Morata netted after quarter of an hour from Weston McKennie’s cross, but after seeing three goals disallowed for offside against Barca, he had another one ruled out nine minutes later.
But Pobega’s deflected shot past Gianluigi Buffon pulled Spezia level after half an hour.
Ronaldo ran onto Morata’s through ball before rounding the goalkeeper and tapping home to put Juve back in front.
Rabiot also came off the bench to score, with a foul on Federico Chiesa giving Ronaldo his chance for a second goal on 75 minutes.
“In the second half we were well placed on the pitch with the desire to win and Ronaldo gave us a hand,” said coach Andrea Pirlo.


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(201102) -- CESENA, Nov. 2, 2020 (Xinhua) -- FC Juventus's Cristiano Ronaldo is in action during a Serie A football match between Spezia and FC Juventus in Cesena, Italy, Nov. 1, 2020. (Photo by Federico Tardito/Xinhua)

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epa08740603 (FILE) - Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo reacts during the UEFA Nations League match at Friends Arena, in Stockholm, Sweden, 08 September 2020 (re-issued on 13 October 2020). On 13 October 2020 the Portuguese Football Federation announced that Cristiano Ronaldo tested positive for COVID-19 coronavirus. Ronaldo is isolated and asymptomatic. The player will miss the UEFA Nations League soccer match against Sweden on 14 October 2020. EPA-EFE/MARIO CRUZ *** Local Caption *** 56328121

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Ronaldo needed just 34 minutes on the pitch to make his mark after 19 days recovering from Covid-19


Ronaldo needed just 34 minutes on the pitch to make his mark after 19 days recovering from Covid-19.


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Cristiano Ronaldo marks returns from Covid-19 with a double in Juventus win

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;}Ronaldo needed just 34 minutes on the pitch to make his mark after 19 days recovering from Covid-19

Ronaldo needed just 34 minutes on the pitch to make his mark after 19 days recovering from Covid-19