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Serie A Week 30 - 1-4-2012 (8:45 p.m.) 3 - 0 Mirko Vučinić (53′) Arturo Vidal Pardo (75′) Fabio Quagliarella (83′) Juventus Stadium - Turin Referee: Daniele Orsato Attendance: 34000‎ Juve sweep Napoli aside! Juventus stepped on the accelerator in the second half and swept Napoli aside 3-0 to take themselves within two points of leaders Milan. Apr 1, 2012 This has always been a huge battle in Serie A, but this time they were going head-to-head for Champions League places. Juve needed to take advantage of Milan’s slip-up to close the gap at the top of the table, while Napoli had to do the same after Lazio and Udinese were beaten in the race for third this weekend. Both sides essentially had full squads to choose from and Antonio Conte mirrored their 3-5-2 system with Stephan Lichtsteiner returning from suspension as a wing-back. Marco Borriello and Mirko Vucinic were picked in attack, hoping to make the most of Napoli’s weakness at defending in the air. Christian Maggio returned from injury to start with the Three Tenors. Andrea Pirlo’s cross to the back post from the left flashed across the face of goal, but Borriello only glanced the header wide from under six yards. Another Borriello header was well off target from Lichtsteiner’s cross. The first Napoli chance was on 13 minutes, but Marek Hamsik’s touch let him down when going past Gigi Buffon and gave away a goal kick. A Pirlo free kick sailed over the bar from distance, but at the other end Leonardo Bonucci was at full stretch to intercept a dangerous Camilo Zuniga cross into the six-yard box. Bad news for Napoli, as Maggio’s comeback lasted only 25 minutes before he limped off again in favour of Andrea Dossena. Arturo Vidal’s glancing header flicked a Pirlo free kick across the face of goal to skim the far post. Hamsik blasted over the bar from distance and the tension got to Lichtsteiner, who was booked for dissent. The first actual shot on target was a Pirlo free kick that Morgan De Sanctis rather comfortably smothered at the near post. Vidal picked up a yellow card for going straight through Hamsik outside the box, but Lavezzi curled the free kick over the bar. Dossena charged down a Vidal volley in the area, but Juve went closer on 44 minutes when De Sanctis got down to palm a curling Pirlo free kick out for a corner at the base of the near post. After the restart Napoli risked an own goal, as Hugo Campagnaro’s header to clear a Pirlo free kick was palmed off the line by De Sanctis. Juventus were piling on the pressure at the dawn of the second half and broke the deadlock from a Pirlo free kick that ricocheted around the box until Mirko Vucinic’s strike from 12 yards took a decisive deflection off Leonardo Bonucci to wrong-foot De Sanctis. Vucinic did get the ball in the net soon after, but was flagged offside in a very tight decision. Goran Pandev replaced Gokhan Inler, moving Hamsik into a deeper role. Fabio Quagliarella replaced the disappointing Borriello to face his former club. De Sanctis parried a long-range Claudio Marchisio strike to spark a Pandev counter, when Marchisio brought him down for a yellow card. Juve doubled their lead with a sensational solo effort from Vidal, who confused Campagnaro with a series of step-overs and smashed it across De Sanctis into the far top corner of the net. It was almost 3-0 moments later, as Vucinic spotted the Napoli goalkeeper off his line and attempted an audacious lob that was just wide. Cavani’s long-range daisy-cutter was off target, while Martin Caceres tested De Sanctis at the near post. Quagliarella got a third and refused to celebrate against his hometown club. Alessandro Del Piero created an assist with practically his first touch, rolling across to Quagliarella for a powerful strike between De Sanctis and the near post. More bad news for Napoli, as Zuniga was sent off for lashing out with an elbow to free himself from Giorgio Chiellini’s embrace. It was right in front of the linesman, who could not fail to see the gesture. Del Piero aimed a couple of efforts off target with solo runs, then a third attempt was well beaten away by De Sanctis. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Juventus: Buffon; Bonucci, Barzagli, Chiellini; Lichtsteiner (Caceres 65), Vidal, Pirlo, Marchisio, De Ceglie; Borriello (Quagliarella 70), Vucinic (Del Piero 82) Napoli: De Sanctis; Campagnaro, Cannavaro, Aronica; Maggio (Dossena 25), Gargano, Inler (Pandev 61), Zuniga; Hamsik (Dzemaili 71), Lavezzi; Cavani Ref: Orsato Sent off: Zuniga 86 (N) http://www.soccerway...regular-season/

Serie A Week 30 - 1-4-2012 (8:45 p.m.) 3 - 0 Mirko Vučinić (53′) Arturo Vidal Pardo (75′) Fabio Quagliarella (83′) Juventus Stadium - Turin Referee: Daniele Orsato Attendance: 34000‎ Turin giants produce strong second-half display and close gap to leaders AC Milan to two points Leonardo Bonucci, Arturo Vidal and Fabio Quagliarella were all on target as the in-form Bianconeri cranked up the pressure on the Rossoneri at the top of the table. Apr 1, 2012 Juventus underlined their title credentials with an ultimately facile 3-0 victory over Napoli in Turin on Sunday night. After a dour first half, the Bianconeri opened the scoring midway through the second period when Leonardo Bonucci deflected a short from Mirko Vucinic past a helpless Morgan De Sanctis. Arturo Vidal scored a sublime second before substitute Fabio Quagliarella completed the rout with a late third. Both sides initially appeared intent on picking up where they left off at the San Paolo in November, treating us to a wonderfully open start to the game. The hosts looked particularly menacing and really should have taken the lead just four minutes in but Marco Borriello – surprisingly recalled to the Juventus starting lineup – inexplicably failed to get his head on the end of the most delicious delivery from Pirlo. Borriello did manage to connect with a Stephan Lichtsteiner cross moments later but the on-loan forward’s header flashed wide. The Partenopei then gave Juve an almighty scare on 13 minutes when Hamsik found himself in on goal after a delightful one-two with Ezequiel Lavezzi but in trying to take the ball around the onrushing Gianluigi Buffon, the Slovakian knocked it too far ahead of himself and it rolled harmlessly out of play. After such a promising opening, the game deteriorated rapidly thereafter, with Juve only threatening sporadically through set-pieces from Pirlo, while Napoli were restricted to nothing more than long-range strikes from the likes of Hamsik. The second half continued in the same vain so the source of the game’s opening goal came as no surprise, Napoli failing to deal with a free-kick from Pirlo from the right-hand side which bobbled around in the box before Bonucci diverted a hopeful effort from Vucinic into the back of the net. The visitors tried to rally but to absolutely no avail and Vidal deservedly doubled the home side’s advantage when he fired home after turning Hugo Campagnaro inside out. The Bianconeri put the seal on a victory which draws them to within points of Serie A leaders AC Milan when De Sanctis somehow allowed a shot from Quagliarella to beat him at his near post. http://www.soccerway...regular-season/

Aspetta l'estate ....

Ma chi canta 'o surdato nnammurato?

I tenori li abbiamo noi.

LEZIONE DI CALCIO AL NAPOLI

FABIO QUAGLIARELLA 3-0

Lo stanno fustigando in Piazza Plebiscito.

LA LEGGENDA!

Cavani non punge

ARTURO VIDAL!

Dzemaili ex granata vero?

Un napoletano esce e uno entra.

De Ceglie vuole fare troppo

Il fratello di Fabio rischia il rosso.

Sta per entrare ó uaglione Quagliarella.

Chiellini spinto in area ... per l'arbitro niente.

Alex vorrebbe entrare ma si scalda Caceres

Fallaccio ignobile di Gargano

Inaccettabile come dice il Milan ....

Noo Vidal

Rigore su Borriello non dato, Goal di Vucinic annullato ingiustamente ... dedicato ad Allegri

Fuorigioco di Vucinic?

GOAL DELLA JUVE!

Serie A Week 30 - 1-4-2012 (8:45 p.m.) - Juventus Stadium - Turin Referee: Daniele Orsato HT: Juve-Napoli stalemate Apr 1, 2012 Andrea Pirlo went close, Marco Borriello and Marek Hamsik wasted changes, but it’s still 0-0 at the break between Juventus and Napoli. This has always been a huge battle in Serie A, but this time they were going head-to-head for Champions League places. Juve needed to take advantage of Milan’s slip-up to close the gap at the top of the table, while Napoli had to do the same after Lazio and Udinese were beaten in the race for third this weekend. Both sides essentially had full squads to choose from and Antonio Conte mirrored their 3-5-2 system with Stephan Lichtsteiner returning from suspension as a wing-back. Marco Borriello and Mirko Vucinic were picked in attack, hoping to make the most of Napoli’s weakness at defending in the air. Christian Maggio returned from injury to start with the Three Tenors. Andrea Pirlo’s cross to the back post from the left flashed across the face of goal, but Borriello only glanced the header wide from under six yards. Another Borriello header was well off target from Lichtsteiner’s cross. The first Napoli chance was on 13 minutes, but Marek Hamsik’s touch let him down when going past Gigi Buffon and gave away a goal kick. A Pirlo free kick sailed over the bar from distance, but at the other end Leonardo Bonucci was at full stretch to intercept a dangerous Camilo Zuniga cross into the six-yard box. Bad news for Napoli, as Maggio’s comeback lasted only 25 minutes before he limped off again in favour of Andrea Dossena. Arturo Vidal’s glancing header flicked a Pirlo free kick across the face of goal to skim the far post. Hamsik blasted over the bar from distance and the tension got to Lichtsteiner, who was booked for dissent. The first actual shot on target was a Pirlo free kick that Morgan De Sanctis rather comfortably smothered at the near post. Vidal picked up a yellow card for going straight through Hamsik outside the box, but Lavezzi curled the free kick over the bar. Dossena charged down a Vidal volley in the area, but Juve went closer on 44 minutes when De Sanctis got down to palm a curling Pirlo free kick out for a corner at the base of the near post. Juventus 0-0 Napoli (Half-Time) Juventus: Buffon; Bonucci, Barzagli, Chiellini; Lichtsteiner, Vidal, Pirlo, Marchisio, De Ceglie; Borriello, Vucinic Napoli: De Sanctis; Campagnaro, Cannavaro, Aronica; Maggio (Dossena 25), Gargano, Inler, Zuniga; Hamsik, Lavezzi; Cavani Ref: Orsato http://www.soccerway...regular-season/