Socrates

Cosmi fuori di testa

Genialata di Pirlo. I compagni non capiscono.

Lecce quasi in B grazie al vantaggio del Genoa e il pareggio della Fiorentina.

La leggenda al posto di Vucinic.

Serie A Week 36 - 2-5-2012 (8:45 p.m.) - Juventus Stadium - Turin Referee: Paolo Valeri HT: Marchisio sends Juve on way May 2, 2012 Claudio Marchisio has given Juventus a 1-0 half-time lead over Lecce on their route to the Scudetto. The Bianconeri hoped to move closer to the Scudetto, having already set a new all-time Serie A record by going 35 games unbeaten in the same season. On the hunt for a ninth consecutive victory, only Simone Pepe was absent due to an ankle problem, as Alessandro Matri returned from suspension to sit on the bench. Serse Cosmi won his appeal against a touchline ban, so was on the bench cheering on a Lecce side desperately trying to avoid relegation. Massimo Oddo, Daniele Corvia and Julio Sergio were sidelined with Andrea Esposito suspended, but 20-year-old Haris Seferovic was surprisingly picked ahead of Luis Muriel. Bad news for Juve straight away, as Paolo De Ceglie pulled up with a muscular problem and had to make way for the versatile Martin Caceres. Gigi Buffon showed his confidence by dribbling to avoid a David Di Michele challenge. Juventus opened the scoring with Claudio Marchisio’s ninth goal of the season. The midfielder got his cushioned header on to an Andrea Pirlo cross and steered it across the goalkeeper into the far bottom corner. Massimiliano Benassi flapped at a cross, but Arturo Vidal’s follow-up was charged down. Moris Carrozzieri almost scored an own goal by deflecting Vucinic’s cross inches past the far post. Fabio Quagliarella was stopped for an incorrect offside flag when running clear into the final third, then Marchisio set up Vidal for an angled drive that shaved a coat of paint off the base of the upright. Benassi fingertipped a Marchisio blockbuster round the post. Juventus 1-0 Lecce (Half-Time) Scorers: Marchisio 8 (J) Juventus:Buffon; Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini; Lichtsteiner, Vidal, Pirlo, Marchisio, De Ceglie (Caceres 7); Quagliarella, Vucinic Lecce: Benassi; Tomovic, Carrozzieri, Miglionico; Cuadrado, Blasi, Obodo, Delvecchio, Brivio; Di Michele, Seferovic Ref: Valeri http://www.soccerway...regular-season/

Serie A Week 36 - 2-5-2012 (8:45 p.m.) - Juventus Stadium - Turin Referee: Paolo Valeri Line-ups: Juventus-Lecce May 2, 2012 Juventus have a tough task and look to Mirko Vucinic against his former club, as Serse Cosmi’s desperate Lecce come to Turin ready to cause an upset. The Bianconeri are still unbeaten this season, setting an all-time Serie A record, and with a three-point lead at the top of the table are close to the Scudetto celebrations. Simone Pepe is the only absentee, as Alessandro Matri returns from suspension, but only gets a place on the bench. Instead Fabio Quagliarella is picked to partner ex-Lecce star Vucinic, who started his Serie A career with the Salentini. Antonio Conte has opted for a three-man defence with Stephan Lichtsteiner and Paolo De Ceglie in more advanced roles. Lecce are only one point adrift of the safety zone, but have slowed down their remarkable ascent recently and Cosmi hopes this atmosphere can shake up the squad. He also welcomes back Juan Cuadrado from suspension, but Andrea Esposito is banned with Massimo Oddo, Daniele Corvia and Julio Sergio injured. Udinese-owned Luis Muriel is surprisingly dropped after losing form recently, so 20-year-old ex-Fiorentina youngster Haris Seferovic starts with veteran David Di Michele. Juventus: Buffon; Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini; Lichtsteiner, Vidal, Pirlo, Marchisio, De Ceglie; Quagliarella, Vucinic Juventus bench: Storari, Caceres, Padoin, Giaccherini, Del Piero, Borriello, Matri Lecce: Benassi; Tomovic, Carrozzieri, Miglionico; Cuadrado, Blasi, Obodo, Delvecchio, Brivio; Di Michele, Seferovic Lecce bench: Petrachi, Di Matteo, Giandonato, Giacomazzi, Bertolacci, Muriel, Bojinov http://www.soccerway...regular-season/

Serie A Week 36 - 2-5-2012 (8:45 p.m.) - Juventus Stadium - Turin Referee: Paolo Valeri Quagliarella and Vucinic lead the line for Juventus against Lecce Antonio Conte makes two changes from the weekend's 4-0 win at Novara as the former Udinese forward is rewarded for his contract extension with a place in attack. May 2, 2012 Fabio Quagliarella has been handed a starting berth in the Juventus frontline alongside Mirko Vucinic in tonight's Serie A clash with Lecce, as two changes are made from the 4-0 victory over Novara. The 29-year-old recently renewed his stay with the Old Lady for a further two years to take him until 2015 and he has been chosen ahead of Marco Borriello in attack for the visit of the Giallorossi, despite the Roma loanee scoring in two consecutive games. The other alteration is seen in midfield as Paolo De Ceglie returns to the lineup at the expense of Emanuele Giaccherini on the left-hand side of midfield. Meanwhile for Lecce, five changes have been made by Serse Cosmi from the disappointing 2-1 defeat to Parma. The suspended Andrea Esposito, Luca Di Matteo, Guillermo Giacomazzi, Andrea Bertolacci and Luis Muriel have all been replaced by Moris Carrozzieri, Christian Obodo, Davide Brivio, Haris Seferovic and the in-form Juan Cuadrado. The teams are as follows: Juventus (3-5-2): Buffon; Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini; Lichtsteiner, Vidal, Pirlo, Marchisio, De Ceglie; Quagliarella, Vucinic Subs: Storari, Caceres, Giaccherini, Padoin, Del Piero, Borriello, Matri Lecce (3-5-2): Benassi; Tomovic, Carrozzieri, Miglionico; Cuadrado, Blasi, Obodo, Delvecchio, Brivio; Di Michele, Seferovic Subs: Petrachi, Di Matteo, Giandonato, Giacomazzi, Bertolacci, Muriel, Bojinov http://www.soccerway...regular-season/

Serie A Week 36 - 2-5-2012 (8:45 p.m.) - Juventus Stadium - Turin Referee: Paolo Valeri Pirlo key to Juventus' revival, claims Conte The Italy international was surprisingly released by AC Milan last summer but has proven his worth this season by inspiring the Bianconeri to a surprise Scudetto challenge. May 2, 2012 Juventus boss Antonio Conte has put the club's revival this season down to the players, singling out midfielder Andrea Pirlo for special praise. After successive seventh-placed finishes in Serie A, not much was expected of the Bianconeri this season and yet, ahead of Wednesday evening's meeting with Lecce, they stand within two victories of the title. Conte, who only returned to Turin last summer, has been lauded for Juve's remarkable transformation into Scudetto challengers, but he insists that the plaudits should go to the players, and in particular, Pirlo. "Our style of play comes from the desire to take the game to the opposition and it’s much easier to do this with players like Pirlo," he told reporters at a press conference on Tuesday. "We’ve worked intensely on our game but it’s the players’ commitment which has made it possible to make everything click." Meanwhile, Conte revealed that with the return of Alessandro Matri from suspension, he has a near full-strength squad to choose from ahead of the visit of Lecce. However, he has yet to decide if Simone Pepe will feature. “Del Piero has recovered from muscular fatigue and Quagliarella is on his way back," he explained. "Pepe trained separately yesterday [Monday]. He’s got great desire and enthusiasm to be involved, but the championship doesn’t finish tomorrow [Wednesday] and it’s important to make sensible assessments. "I’ll speak with my players - it’s an important moment and it’s right to consult them." Undefeated Juve go into the game with relegation-threatened Lecce three points clear of second-placed Milan. http://www.soccerway...regular-season/

Serie A Week 36 - 2-5-2012 (8:45 p.m.) - Juventus Stadium - Turin Referee: Paolo Valeri Vucinic on Lecce reunion May 2, 2012 Mirko Vucinic will take on his past this evening when Juventus entertain former club Lecce in Serie A. The striker spent six years at the Via Del Mare, scoring 34 League goals in the process, before his August 2006 switch to Roma. “The Lecce tie will be a special one for me,” the Montenegro international centre-forward commented. “However, we have to remain concentrated until the end because we want to gift ourselves a special dream.” The Old Lady are three points clear of Milan at the top of the League with three games left to play this season. The Bianconeri will face Cagliari and Atalanta next. Milan’s last three games of the campaign are against Atalanta, Inter and Novara. http://www.soccerway...regular-season/

Serie A Week 36 - 2-5-2012 (8:45 p.m.) - Juventus Stadium - Turin Referee: Paolo Valeri Cosmi wins Juventus appeal May 1, 2012 Serse Cosmi has won his appeal against a touchline ban, so he will be on the bench for tomorrow evening’s Juventus-Lecce match. The Salentini Coach was suspended, but the ban has been reduced on appeal to the Federal Court. Instead it will become a warning with €10,000 fine. Lecce are in a battle with Genoa to avoid relegation, while Juventus are top of the Serie A table. http://www.soccerway...regular-season/

Serie A Week 36 - 2-5-2012 (8:45 p.m.) - Juventus Stadium - Turin Referee: Paolo Valeri Cosmi anticipates tough Juve May 1, 2012 Serse Cosmi still believes Lecce have what it takes to avoid relegation from Serie A, even if he admits that Wednesday’s trip to Juventus will be difficult. The Salentini arrive in Turin hoping for a result against a Bianconeri side that have won their last League games and who remain undefeated for the season. Sat in 18th place and arriving off the back of two defeats suffered, Lecce are in for a test to take anything from the game, admits Cosmi. “We know we’ll face a team that has conceded just one goal in the last eight games,” he told his Press conference on Tuesday. “Juventus are having a superb championship, for the results they’re achieving and the quality of their play. “I don’t know how much chance we have of getting a result in Turin, but with the right attitude we could give them a game. “We’ll require players who don’t surrender and are able to find the strength to give even more than they have done up until now. “It’s clear we squandered a great opportunity against Parma, but I still believe we can stay up.” http://www.soccerway...regular-season/

Serie A Week 36 - 2-5-2012 (8:45 p.m.) - Juventus Stadium - Turin Referee: Paolo Valeri Conte: Juve like Verona May 1, 2012 Antonio Conte believes that should Juventus win the Scudetto this season, then it is a comparable achievement to Hellas Verona’s 1985 title. The Gialloblu famously won the Italian League that season against all the odds, something that Bianconero Coach Conte says holds similar truth in reflection in 2012 to his Juve side. The comparison, though, was made after he was pushed for an answer to another subject, the future of strikers Alessandro Del Piero and Marco Borriello at the club beyond the summer. “Look, we are thinking in the present, their help has given us the opportunity to something incredible this year, something incredible and unthinkable earlier this season, ” deflected the 42-year-old tactician to the assembled media on Tuesday. “And if we win, I think this is comparable to the League championship of Hellas Verona’s, lest we forget where we have come from. “So we are thinking about this, let’s concentrate on doing something extraordinary in the League. “We are building on what we’ve already built that is important, but let’s not lose sight of the goal, because it has not yet been achieved. “Other things are secondary, they are things we will face when the time comes.” The Coach went further on this final point, by insisting that Wednesday opponents Lecce, Conte’s home-town club that he also once played for, would need Juve’s full concentration. “We can’t say Lecce are the final hurdle, because as the previous two games have taught us, we have found teams with the greatest motivation to get a result, as it should be. “So we will encounter a Lecce who like us have an important goal . We strive for something beautiful, magical, whilst they are after survival. It will be a nice challenge between two teams that still have the greatest motivation. “We absolutely have to think about us only, though, as I always say, partly because we have nothing in our hands at the moment, except for Champions League qualification and the Coppa Italia final. “We are looking before we speak, I was taught that you must win before you talk.” Conte was also asked about the Bianconeri’s possession statistics through the season, where they have averaged the third highest possession in League football across all of Europe. “The focus on possession was a well-defined concept from day one, that we want to take the game to the opponents and to do so we needed the ball at our feet. “We have facilitated this task through the players…[Andrea] Pirlo who is great for playing this style of play and allows the team to have peace of mind from this point of view. “We’ve worked hard on an idea for how to play, how to make the game, to want to keep the ball and all this has been possible thanks to the players.” http://www.soccerway...regular-season/

Obodo ci fa perdere tempo

Si sta scaldando

Matri si scalda

Lecce in asfissia

La Juve gioca come l'Olanda di Cruijff degli anni 70. Vero calcio totale.

Marchisio gladiatore

Il centrocampo Juve in azione

ARTURO VIDAL GRANDISSIMO

Marchisio in versione gladiatore

Grande azione Juve. Vidal calcia fuori di pochissimo.

Giacomazzi si scalda

Quagliarella non in fuorigioco

Una Juve ubriacante ....