Serie A Week 3: Juventus Lose Diego But Win War Against Lazio
September 14th 2009 03:53
Italian footballers have always been accused as being the biggest divers in the game. Although that reputation certainly has its part of truth, it's hard to blame those players after witnessing a game as physical as Saturday's encounter between Lazio and Juventus.
There's not really much to say about this game since it looked more like all-out war than the usual managerial chess match. The first half was a goaltending duel as both Muslera and Buffon denied opposing forwards with excellent saves. The Lazio goalkeeper had more work than his counterpart but still managed to keep the game scoreless.
While goalkeepers shined at both ends of the pitch, the middle of the pitch was battlefield with tackles flying everywhere despite the numerous warnings by the referee. One of the casualties of this tackle-fest was Juventus midfielder Diego who was unable to finish the first half after picking up a thigh injury. The Brazilian has been Juventus' shining star in previous games and his loss was definitely a blow for the bianconeri.
Still, the Old Lady marched on and it was defender Martin Caceres who opened the score for the home side in the 71st minute. Once they got that precious first goal behind them, Juventus slowly took control of the game until Trezeguet killed the game with his first goal of the season in the 93rd minute.
The win puts Juventus firmly in second place ahead of their main rivals. If they continue to play like that, I don't think that anyone will doubt the return of the Old Lady at the top of the Serie A.
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Juventus line-up: Gianluigi Buffon; Martin Caceres, Nicola Legrottaglie, Giorgio Chiellini, Fabio Grosso; Mauro Camoranesi (Tiago, 68th), Felipe Melo, Diego (Sebastian Giovinco, 44th), Claudio Marchisio; Amauri, David Trezeguet.
There's not really much to say about this game since it looked more like all-out war than the usual managerial chess match. The first half was a goaltending duel as both Muslera and Buffon denied opposing forwards with excellent saves. The Lazio goalkeeper had more work than his counterpart but still managed to keep the game scoreless.
While goalkeepers shined at both ends of the pitch, the middle of the pitch was battlefield with tackles flying everywhere despite the numerous warnings by the referee. One of the casualties of this tackle-fest was Juventus midfielder Diego who was unable to finish the first half after picking up a thigh injury. The Brazilian has been Juventus' shining star in previous games and his loss was definitely a blow for the bianconeri.
Still, the Old Lady marched on and it was defender Martin Caceres who opened the score for the home side in the 71st minute. Once they got that precious first goal behind them, Juventus slowly took control of the game until Trezeguet killed the game with his first goal of the season in the 93rd minute.
The win puts Juventus firmly in second place ahead of their main rivals. If they continue to play like that, I don't think that anyone will doubt the return of the Old Lady at the top of the Serie A.
Watch More Football Videos at MySoccerPlace.net
Juventus line-up: Gianluigi Buffon; Martin Caceres, Nicola Legrottaglie, Giorgio Chiellini, Fabio Grosso; Mauro Camoranesi (Tiago, 68th), Felipe Melo, Diego (Sebastian Giovinco, 44th), Claudio Marchisio; Amauri, David Trezeguet.
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