FC Aesch tournament in Basel (Primavera):
Fabio Grosso’s men enjoy a positive pre-season tournament in Switzerland, falling at the final hurdle on penalties
Juventus’ Primavera gave an excellent account of themselves this weekend at a pre-season competition hosted by FC Aesch in Basel.
On their way to an unfortunate penalty shootout reverse at the hands of the hosts, the Bianconeri had impressed with wins over Red Bull Salzburg (2-1), Fulham (1-0) and Real Madrid (4-0).
Despite succumbing to Basel 9-8 on penalties in the tournament’s final, Fabio Grosso will take his side back to Turin with plenty of positives on which to build for the coming season.
Facing top class opposition in excellent facilities, this weekend’s experience will stand the Primavera in good stead for the challenges to come.
Having emerged from their four-team group containing Fulham, Salzburg and Basel over the course of Friday and Saturday, Juve’s young guns set up a semi-final meeting with Real Madrid.
The performance and ensuing 4-0 victory would be the highlight of the weekend. Goals from Grigoris Kastanos and Nicolo Pozzebon either side of a brace from King Udoh crowned a stellar display by Grosso’s boys.
Group Stage
Juventus 2-1 Red Bull Salzburg
Juventus 1-0 Fulham
Basel 2-2 Juventus
Semi-final
JUVENTUS-REAL MADRID 4-0
Marcatori: 14' pt. Kastanos (J), 29' pt. Udoh (J), 4' st. Udoh (J), 24' st. Pozzebon (J).
Juventus: Del Favero, Lirola (13' st. Severin), Zappa, Coccolo (13' st. Bove - 20' st. Arras), Vogliacco, Romagna (13' st. Eleuteri), Udoh, Sakor (20' st. Pellini), Muratore, Kastanos (20' st. Morselli), Pozzebon (26' st. Cassata).
A disposizione: Vitali, Consol, Beruatto, Pellizzari, Favilli.
Real Madrid: Zidane, Fernandez, Navarro, Hernando Riol, Sena Arbona, Grau Ciscar, Hlal, Rodriguez Arnal, Sanchez, Rubio Serna, Rodriguez Ruiz.
A disposizione: Hakim, Barbero Alvarez, Herrera Serrano, Martin Valemon, Fernandez, Villanueva, Marrero, Buces Lopez, Fernandez, Duque, Becerra.
Final
BASILEA-JUVENTUS 9-8 d.c.r.
Marcatori: 6' st. Liechei (B), 10' st. Favilli rig. (J)
Sequenza calci di rigore: Pellini (J) gol, Cumart (B) gol, Bove (J) parato, Mushkolas (B) parato, Pozzebon (J) gol, Pacheco (B) gol, Sakor (J) gol, Pepsi (B) gol, Kastanos (J) gol, Liechei (B) gol, Romagna (J) gol, Adamcyk (B) gol, Severin (J) gol, Vogrig (B) gol, Beruatto (J) gol, Pululu (B) gol, Udoh (J) parato, Conus (B) gol.
Juventus: Vitali, Lirola (10' st. Eleuteri), Zappa (10' st. Beruatto), Pellizzari (19' st. Severin), Vogliacco (34' st. Bove), Romagna, Cassata (34' st. Pellini), Sakor, Favilli (34' st. Udoh), Kastanos, Muratore (10' st. Pozzebon).
A disposizione: Del Favero, Consol, Coccolo, Morselli, Arras.
Allenatore: Fabio Grosso.
Basilea: Ghande, Petretta, Cumart, Pacheco,Uruejoma, Liechei, Pululu, Adamcyk, Vogrig, Rashiti, Schmid.
A disposizione: Kranzle, Pepsi, Conus, Kaiser, Schmidt, Zenuni, Kotlar, Zunig, Riccio, Tausch, Heric, Mushkolas, Micelli.