Ronaldo and Juventus are back in the groove

Cristiano Ronaldo and Paulo Dybala scored early as Juventus put Italian Cup woes behind them with a 2-0 win over Bologna to move four points clear of Lazio atop Serie A.

Ronaldo missed a penalty in the cup semi-final against AC Milan and drew a blank in the final, which Juventus lost 4-2 on penalties to Napoli.

But Ronaldo, 35, made no mistake in Juventus' first league game since beating Inter Milan 2-0 on March 8. He converted a spot-kick on 23 minutes for his 26th goal for the Turin club in all competitions this season.

Dybala curled in the second on 36 minutes off a Federico Bernardeschi back-heel flick. "We need confidence and this victory helped," said Dybala. "If we'd won the cup final everyone would have complimented us because on a tactical level we had a great game."

Elsewhere, AC Milan swept past Lecce 4-1 to keep alive a bid for European football next season.