Juventus ended 2009 with a 2-2 friendly draw against Al-Ittihad, as Sebastian Giovinco and Christian Poulsen were on the scoresheet.

The troubled Bianconeri played their last game of the calendar year in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday evening.

Ciro Ferrara fielded a 4-4-2 formation with Alessandro Del Piero and David Trezeguet upfront, as Diego was one of several stars left behind in Turin.

Al-Ittihad took the lead after 11 minutes when Khariri’s sudden snapshot seemed to take Alex Manninger by surprise.

Moments later Giovinco equalised by running on to a Del Piero through ball for his right-foot finish.

Captain Del Piero set up the second goal too, floating a free kick on to the head of midfielder Poulsen.

However, just before half-time the home side made it 2-2 when Aissa finalised a well-worked team move.

Amauri, Fabio Cannavaro, Tiago Mendes and Antonio Chimenti came on for the restart, but Amauri wasted a couple of clear-cut chances.

Giovinco continued to impress in a wide midfield role and went close by forcing the goalkeeper into some tricky saves.

Juventus: Manninger (Chimenti 46); Grygera, Ariaudo, Legrottaglie (Cannavaro 46), Molinaro (Grosso 31); Giovinco (Rossi 73), Poulsen (Tiago 46), Marchisio (Marrone 68), De Ceglie; Trezeguet (Amauri 46), Del Piero (Immobile 68

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