Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo scored three (hat-trick) goals to lead Juventus to sweep Cagliari 4-0 on Monday and regain the top of the Italian Football League.
In another match, the veteran Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his first appearance with his new team Milan, but he did not manage to lead him to victory, so that the team would have a negative tie with its guest Sampdoria in the eighteenth round of Calcio.
Juventus raised its score to 45 points in the lead, three points behind its closest opponents, Inter Milan, who will be able to regain the summit if they beat Napoli later in the day.
At Allianz Stadium, Ronaldo took on the triple starring role for Juventus, raising his balance of goals to 13 goals, to jump to second place in the competition's top scorer behind the scorer of Lazio Shiro Imobili (19 goals).
Ronaldo advanced with a goal in the 49th minute and then returned and scored the second goal for him and his team from a penalty kick in the 67th minute.
Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuain made his mark by scoring three goals for Juventus in the 81st minute, and one minute later Ronaldo won the hat-trick by scoring his third goal.