Serie B: Juventus vs Genoa [21/4/2007] (1 Viewer)

The Arif

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Jan 31, 2004
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Juventus 3-1 Genoa
Juventus extended their lead to seven points after this comfortable triumph over second-placed Genoa. It was a real showdown between the top two teams in Serie B and Napoli were watching attentively to sneak into one of the automatic promotion spots. Juve hit the back of the net after three minutes, but the Del Piero goal was correctly disallowed for a offside position. Moments later Genoa also had a strike ruled out, but in this case Gasparetto appeared to be level. Both sides had penalty appeals for a Chiellini push on Gasparetto and Masiello’s handling offence.
The visitors had a very aggressive start, but it was Nedved who opened the scoring, although much of the credit goes to Del Piero. The captain performed some tricky footwork at the byline to shrug off defenders and cut back for Nedved to side-foot in from seven yards. Birindelli ballooned a good chance over, but Trezeguet incredibly managed two misses of the season in the space of five seconds. He sprung the offside trap in midfield and was clear on goal, but his lob was too weak and Rubinho batted it away. Del Piero picked up the loose ball and was shooting in front of a totally open goal when Trezeguet snatched it off his foot and fired wide! Del Piero did not disguise his irritation at this moment of selfishness from the Frenchman.
The Bianconeri went 2-0 up soon after, as Chiellini came from the back for a powerful free header, ignored by the Genoa defence. Genoa were in shock, but picked their heads up before the break to pull one back. Buffon managed to parry Rossi’s point-blank cutback, but could do nothing on former Juventus star Di Vaio’s finish under the bar.
Zebina risked a dismissal as he reacted furiously to a yellow card, slamming the ball into the ground and shouting at the referee. The French defender made up for the error by creating a fine goal for fellow countryman Trezeguet. Zebina ran between three players and rolled a pass through for Trez to slide in the finish. Birindelli and Camoranesi went off with injuries, then Buffon fingertipped a Di Vaio drive over the bar.
Scorers: Nedved 19 (J), Chiellini 38 (J), Di Vaio 45 (G), Trezeguet 66 (J)
Juventus: Buffon; Birindelli (Boumsong 59), Zebina, Legrottaglie, Chiellini; Camoranesi (Marchionni 67), Marchisio, Giannichedda, Nedved; Trezeguet, Del Piero (Zalayeta 91)
Genoa: Rubinho; Masiello, Stellini, Criscito; Juric, Milanetto (Galeoto 76), Botta (Coppola 41), Fabiano; Rossi (Leon 49), Gasparetto, Di Vaio
Ref: Morganti
 

juventino12

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Jan 20, 2007
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good game by juve. we were a bit lucky that genoas goal was disallowed but it really wouldnt have mattered since the final was 3-1. Nedved, del piero and chiellini played really good and trez also did well. Criscito was playing LB and he played really solid for genoa. He looks like a good pickup for juve.
 

Mark

The Informer
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Dec 19, 2003
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Criscito was solid, nobody could pass him. That's why went attacked on ex-Juve Masiello's side. :p

I was happy for Legrottaglie, great game!

Marchisio was much better in the 2nd half.
 

Cuti

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Jul 30, 2006
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Juve were lucky as Genoa's disallowed goal was supposed to be a goal, and we were lucky not to have a penalty given against us, as Chiellini fouled Gasparetto when we were still 0-0 and was a blatant push as he was going for the ball
 

Meow

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Juventus 3-1 Genoa
Birindelli ballooned a good chance over, but Trezeguet incredibly managed two misses of the season in the space of five seconds. He sprung the offside trap in midfield and was clear on goal, but his lob was too weak and Rubinho batted it away. Del Piero picked up the loose ball and was shooting in front of a totally open goal when Trezeguet snatched it off his foot and fired wide! Del Piero did not disguise his irritation at this moment of selfishness from the Frenchman.

:disagree:

:tdown:
 

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