Juventus boss, Andrea Pirlo has explained his decision to bench his talisman, Cristiano Ronaldo against Lazio on Saturday.
The Old Ladies ran out 3-1 winners at the Allianz Stadium, Alvaro Morata double and Adrien Rabiot goal to move back to within seven points of Serie A leaders Inter Milan.
According to Pirlo, Ronaldo agreed to take a rest after leading the line for so many games in a row.
He said in his post-match press conference: "It came from eight or nine consecutive games, we reached an agreement during the week. It was already scheduled.
"Cristiano is an added value, the boys have done what they had to do. Cristiano has already scored 20 goals, it was normal that they also scored the others.
"When you give the ball to him something can always happen and often you start 1-0 up. He is fine.
"This rest was agreed during the week because he had played so many consecutive games and needed to rest."
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