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Serie A - Week 6 - 29-9-2012 (8:45 p.m.) 4 - 1 Andrea Pirlo (11′) Arturo Vidal (16' - PG) Alessandro Matri (19′) Osvaldo (69′ - PG) Sebastian Giovinco (90′) Juventus Stadium - Turin Referee: Nicola Rizzoli Attendance: 39221 Four-star Juve humiliate Roma Juventus utterly humiliated Roma with a perfect first half performance in a confident 4-1 victory. Sep 29, 2012 This has always been a bitter grudge match, but was stepped up a few notches due to the presence of Zdenek Zeman, who has long run campaigns against Juve’s power and prompted an investigation into their use of medication. As a result, the number of stewards around the visitor’s bench was trebled due to safety concerns. Mirko Vucinic faced his former club with Alessandro Matri, Paolo De Ceglie and Martin Caceres stepping in. Pablo Daniel Osvaldo returned from injury to complete the trident with Francesco Totti and Erik Lamela, but Miralem Pjanic and Michael Bradley were sidelined. Juve had the first real chance when a Caceres low ball went right across the face of the six-yard box, but Matri and then Claudio Marchisio were just unable to get the final touch. Straight away there was controversy after 10 minutes when Marchisio ran on to a long ball and was clear on goal, but Rodrigo Taddei clipped his heels on the very edge of the box. The referee opted for a yellow card, as Marchisio had not actually trapped the ball yet. It proved a decisive moment anyway, as Andrea Pirlo kept the free kick low and powerful to split the massive defensive wall, beating Maarten Stekelenburg at the base of the near post. There was absolute chaos moments later, as Stekelenburg came tearing out to anticipate Marchisio, then the Matri follow-up was charged down by Leandro Castan’s arm. The referee spotted it and awarded a penalty, booking the defender. Arturo Vidal stepped up and converted successfully by firing it over Stekelenburg, putting Juve 2-0 up after just 16 minutes. Lamela got behind Giorgio Chiellini, but volleyed wide from a very promising position on Francesco Totti’s long cross. Just 30 seconds later Matri sprung the offside trap to go totally clear on goal from a Vidal pass over the top, all the time to chest it down and fire in despite Stek getting a knee to it. It was Matri’s first Juventus goal since February against Milan. The Roma defence was a complete shambles and Marchisio got down the left undisturbed for a rising strike on to the crossbar! Another concern for Zeman was that after 27 minutes all four Giallorossi defenders had already been booked. Totti tried to dribble through the entire Juve back line, but Giorgio Chiellini stood firm. Vidal was found unmarked down the right, but ballooned over the bar. Roma replaced Federico Balzaretti with Marquinhos, as the former Palermo full-back was suffering from flu and running a temperature. Matri again sprung the offside trap and rolled back for Vucinic to smack the crossbar from the D. Roma created a chance after 38 minutes with Lamela’s ball across for Alessandro Florenzi intercepted by Leonardo Bonucci. The defender got into an argument with Florenzi, but then an even bigger row with teammate Vucinic, who was trying to calm him down. Osvaldo’s turn was charged down in the box. In first half stoppages, Gigi Buffon comfortably smothered a Lamela header from six yards. All of 27 seconds into the second half, Vucinic’s screamer forced Stekelenburg to palm it out of the top corner. Pirlo’s chipped pass freed Matri, but again Stek rushed out to flap away the lob. Vucinic went on the counter and threaded through for Matri, but Stekelenburg smothered at his feet. A Nicolas Burdisso sliding tackle then proved crucial to stop Vucinic. Panagiotis Tachtsidis drilled wide with a half-volley, as Roma were no longer as completely under the kosh as in the first half. Zeman surprised by replacing Totti and Tachtsidis for Mattia Destro and Simone Perrotta. The ex-Siena striker had a good chance just over the bar on the volley. Roma were awarded a penalty for Bonucci’s nudge on Destro as he was completing a give-and go with Osvaldo. The Italian-Argentine took spot-kick duties with Totti off the field and rolled it slowly into the net, sending Buffon the wrong way. Marchisio’s daisy-cutter skimmed the back stick by a matter of inches, while Stekelenburg flew to beat away a Vucinic snapshot. Bonucci had the ball in the net from a corner, but was offside as he tapped in from a yard. Osvaldo tested Buffon with an angled drive that squirmed between two defenders, then Lamela’s misplaced pass allowed Buffon to get away with a poor clearance. Osvaldo blasted over and substitute Paul Pogba curled just wide. However, in stoppages Roma were caught out again on the counter from their own free kick, as Andrea Barzagli threaded through for Sebastian Giovinco to go round Stekelenburg and roll in from the tightest of angles. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JUVENTUS: Buffon; Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini; Caceres, Vidal, Pirlo, Marchisio (Asamoah 76), De Ceglie (Pogba 84); Matri (Giovinco 76), Vucinic ROMA: Stekelenburg; Taddei, Burdisso, Castan, Balzaretti (Marquinhos 34); Tachtsidis (Perrotta 64), Florenzi, De Rossi; Lamela, Osvaldo, Totti (Destro 64) Ref: Rizzoli http://www.soccerway.com/national/italy/serie-a/20122013/regular-season/

Serie A - Week 6 - 29-9-2012 (8:45 p.m.) 4 - 1 Andrea Pirlo (11′) Arturo Vidal (16' - PG) Alessandro Matri (19′) Osvaldo (69′ - PG) Sebastian Giovinco (90′) Juventus Stadium - Turin Referee: Nicola Rizzoli Attendance: 39221‎ Disjointed Giallorossi undone by early Bianconeri blitz Pirlo, Vidal, Matri and Giovinco all scored to take full advantage of a shambolic defensive display from the visitors, with Osvaldo's penalty nothing more than bitter consolation. Sep 29, 2012 Juventus romped to a 45th Serie A game unbeaten with a resounding 4-1 victory over Roma in Turin on Saturday night. Fans at the Juventus Arena were in full voice long before kick-off, but they could never have predicted the start that their side would make to the match, as they raced into a three-goal lead after 19 minutes. Andrea Pirlo drilled home the opener in the 11th minute directly from a free-kick, before an Artuo Vidal penalty and a further goal from Alessandro Matri put the hosts out of sight against an overrun Roma side, who simply had no answer to wave after wave of attacks. The Giallorossi would manage to claw their way back into contention during an improved second-half display, and a spot-kick from Osvaldo in the 69th minute gave Zdenek Zeman's men the faintest of hopes. But there was nothing more to come from the visitors, who could not recover from their first-half fallacies as Sebastian Giovinco finished off a terrific late counterattack to move Juventus three points clear at the top of the table. Matri was one of five changes for the Bianconeri from the 0-0 draw with Fiorentina in midweek, with Mirko Vucinic also handed a place in the starting XI at the expense of Fabio Quagliarella. Meanwhile, Roma saw captain Daniele De Rossi return to the starting line-up after coming on as a substitute during the 1-1 draw with Sampdoria, while Mattia Destro was dropped in favour of Osvaldo. There were warning signs of things to come for Roma inside the opening 10 minutes, as Claudio Marchisio came within inches of turning home a dangerous cross at the far post, moments before he was clumsily fouled on the edge of the box by Rodrigo Taddei, who was lucky to escape with a yellow card. However, that would not be the end of the Brazilian’s woes, as his sloppy positioning in the wall allowed Pirlo to drill home a low free-kick into the corner from 20 yards out. Five minutes later, a shambolic piece of defending on a cross forced Leandro Castan to concede a penalty for handball as he attempted to block a shot from Matri, and Vidal stepped up to confidently bury the resulting spot-kick. Erik Lamela had an instant chance to reduce the arrears, but after ghosting in unmarked at the back post to meet a cross, he side-footed wide from a few yards out. Vidal would turn provider moments later, slipping in Matri past a collapsing Roma defence for a deflected finish after an unconvincing attempt to save by Maarten Stekelenburg. Roma were awful in every area of the pitch, but their defending was especially shambolic as Juve had chance after chance to score again. Stekelenburg spilled a routine shot that was almost pounced upon by Vucinic and seconds later, Marchisio smashed against the crossbar after breaking free yet again of the visitors’ backline. The woodwork would come to Roma’s rescue once again, as Vucinic’s dipping shot from just inside the area cannoned off the top of the bar, after he was left completely unmarked. Lamela seemed to be at the end of what little the Giallorossi could offer in the attacking third, first seeing a dangerous cross blocked from danger, before sending a close-range header into Gianluigi Buffon’s arms with one of the last kicks of the half. The pattern seemed set to continue after the break, as a stinging drive from Vucinic seemed to be heading for the top corner, but for the fingertips of Stekelenburg. However, Juve, despite their continued dominance, did not display the cutthroat intensity of the opening period, as they seemed content to sit on their three-goal advantage. That invited Roma back into the match, but the visitors, despite an improved display, were unable to penetrate the defence of the Bianconeri, who were only too happy to sit deep and break on the counter. However, Roma were handed a lifeline in the 69th minute, after a careless barge by Leonardo Bonucci into Mattia Destro conceded a penalty, from which Osvaldo coolly sent Buffon the wrong way. Osvaldo would nearly come up with the goods again, with a snap-shot from inside the area that brought the very best out of Buffon, as the visitors looked to press forward in numbers late on. However, time was not on Roma’s side, and Giovinco finished matters after rounding Stekelenburg on a late counterattack to put the icing on the cake of Juventus' fifth win from six Serie A outings so far this season. http://www.soccerway.com/national/italy/serie-a/20122013/regular-season/

Ottimo contropiede di Barzagli.

4-1 Sebastian Giovinco

Vucinic ne sbatte a terra due e becca il giallo.

Ecco perché Pirlo lo chiamiamo professore.

Roma per niente pericolosa.

Brutta entrata del piccoletto.

Florenzi é bravo.

Pirlo tranquillissimo.

Asamoah per Marchisio.

Zio Antonio fa entrare Sebino Giovinco.

Potevamo fare una decina di goal stasera.

Bonucci era fuorigioco.

Marchisio di poco fuori.

Matri ammonito.

Rigore paa maggica.

Carrera perché non fai riposare Vucinic?

Esce er gladiatore ...

Lamela fa davvero pena.

Altra grande azione della Juve.

Anche De Rossi sbaglia

É vero.

Stekelenburg salva di nuovo il quarto.