Juventus scores late winner at Cremonese to continue winning run

Juventus earned a free kick one minute into stoppage time, with Milik sending it over the wall and into the bottom-right corner as Cremonese keeper Marco Carnesecchi got a hand to the ball but could not stop it from going in.

Juventus’ Arkadiusz Milik celebrates after scoring. | Photo Credit: AP

Arkadiusz Milik scored a stoppage-time free kick to earn Juventus a 1-0 Serie A win at Cremonese on Wednesday in an engrossing game with several chances for both sides.

Juventus earned a free kick one minute into stoppage time, with Milik sending it over the wall and into the bottom-right corner as Cremonese keeper Marco Carnesecchi got a hand to the ball but could not stop it from going in.

The win, Juventus’ seventh in a row without conceding a goal, left them third in the table on 34 points, while Cremonese are second bottom and still without a league victory this season.

Cremonese seemed to be in control in the first half, denying Juventus chances inside the box and taking advantage of defensive mistakes.

They had the first chance after two minutes when David Okereke got into the box after a counter-attack, but his shot lacked power and direction. Cremonese’s Emanuele Valeri headed the ball over Juventus keeper Wojciech Szczesny and into the net after 15 minutes, but the offside flag was up. Matias Soule went close to giving Juventus the lead after 20 minutes, but keeper Carnesecchi saved his curled shot from outside the box.

Three minutes later, Soule managed to get free outside the penalty area and tried to steer the ball into the bottom-right corner, but Carnesecchi pushed his effort away.

The game heated up as both sides went looking for a winner, with Cremonese hitting the post through Cyriel Dessers’ powerful shot from inside the box after 69 minutes.