Andrea Pirlo has explained his decision to start Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench for Juventus' win against Lazio on Saturday.
Juve ran out 3-1 winners at the Allianz Stadium thanks to an Alvaro Morata double and Adrien Rabiot goal to move back to within seven points of Serie A leaders Inter.
The competition's top scorer only made a twenty-minute cameo appearance as a substitute, with Pirlo claiming that Ronaldo agreed to take a rest after leading the line for so many games in a row.
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What's been said?
The Juve boss told a post-match press conference: "It came from eight or nine consecutive games, we reached an agreement during the week.