Juventus 3-2 AS Roma
Tevez pens 27, 45+3 (J), Totti pen 32 (R), Iturbe 44 (R), Bonucci 86 (J)
Serie A – Week 6 [5th October 2014] – Juventus Stadium
After an unfortunate midweek loss in Madrid in the Champions League, Juventus found themselves going head-to-head against a Roma side that has been absolutely brilliant starting off the new season. With Rudi Garcia in his second term as Manager of the Giallorossi, he makes another visit to Turin, this time facing Massimiliano Allegri, but again falls short of earning any points in the fortress that is Juventus Stadium.
In a match filled with controversial decisions, poor defending at times, missed chances and even a bench-clearing brawl in the dying minutes, it was certainly a game without any lack of entertainment; a typical game of calcio between Italy’s two best teams.
The match started out very high pressure from Roma, making it difficult for the Bianconeri to make something out of anything, but Juventus held firm in possession and would eventually break the deadlock around the half-hour mark through a questionable penalty decision by the referee in which Carlitos “El Apache” Tevez would beat Skorupski to make it 1-0. It only took five minutes for Roma to answer back, again, on another questionable penalty decision from the referee as Lichtsteiner made contact with Francesco Totti inside the area as the Swiss-engine was marking Totti, defending a Giallorossi corner. It was the number 10 of Roma to step up to the penalty spot as he put the ball past Buffon and into the back of the net, immediately celebrating in front of Juventus fans, causing more tension to an already very intense match.
If the two controversial calls weren’t enough to add to the drama, it was Gervinho who found Juan Iturbe–formerly linked with Juventus this past summer–to beat Buffon brilliantly (the first goal Juventus conceded from open play this Serie a campaign) and make it 1-2 for the visitors. As if the home supporters weren’t aggravated enough at Francesco Totti’s goal, (who is no fan favorite of Juventini) the Ultras began their negative chants and songs against Juan Iturbe, who had quite the transfer-saga last summer, seen as a traitor in many eyes of Juventini.
The hatred towards Iturbe quickly faded as fans began to sing “Non mollare mai”, or “never give up.” It was perfect timing from the fans and from Paul Pogba who skipped his way past the Roman defense and earned himself a second Juventus penalty, again a questionable decision from Rocchi. It was very difficult to see where exactly the foul had occurred, but the ruling stood and Tevez banged another penalty past the Polish keeper and made it 2-2 without celebrating, right before the end of the first half.
After an eventful and exciting first half of football, it did not take long for Allegri to take off a struggling Fernando Llorente, who after 7 official games is yet to find the back of the net. Being replaced by fellow countryman, Alvaro Morata, Llorente walked off the pitch noticeably disappointed in himself not to make an impact on what would’ve been the perfect opportunity to do so.
When Morata stepped on the pitch, he was making runs everywhere, playing off of Tevez and causing a lot of trouble for Roma defender, Kostas Manolas, who played brilliantly before ultimately being sent-off along with Morata in the confrontation they had at the end of the game. During the confrontation it seemed as though Morata was innocent after being head-butted by the Greek defender. Although, it is not unusual for a Roma player to have an excellent performance upon being sent off; Roma’s eternal captain is Francesco Totti, after all.
After skimming the crossbar along with his quick and darting runs around the area, Morata had nearly broken the 2-2 deadlock very late in the match, but it was not until Juventus won a corner late in the 85th minute when everything changed. It was a beautiful ball sent in from the corner, eventually finding Leonardo Bonucci’s strong-foot to be miraculously volleyed to Skorupski’s right side and into the bottom corner. Celebrations roared across the Juventus Stadium and again, Francesco Totti and the rest of his wolves failed to return to the Capital city with any points as Garcia watched from the stands upon being sent-off after his violin-gestures towards Rocchi after Juventus’ controversial penalty.
A game filled with heat and no shortage of drama was no unusual one for these two sides, a strong Derby in the making as Italy’s two best teams seem to be here making an impact on calcio in the long run. With all credit to Roma and a great deal of respect for a club with an immense amount of hunger; they were unlucky to go home without points, but Allegri’s men held strong against the terrifyingly fast attacks from Iturbe and Gervinho down the flanks, and the number of corners and set pieces the Gobbi were forced to defend.
Juventus moves on to face their next challenge as they travel southeast of Turin to challenge the many familiar faces of Sassuolo at the Mapei Stadium on October 18th!
The three points have been won and Juventus can hold their heads high, after 90 minutes the better team won and we look forward to the return game at the Stadio Olimpico!
Statistics
Man of the Match: | Carlos Tevez |
Corners | 5 | Total Shots: | 20 | |||
Flop of the Match: | Fernando Llorente |
Pass Accuracy: | 85% | Ball Possession: | 44% | |||
Fouls: | 14 | Shots on Target: | 5 | Formation: | 3-5-2 |
Formation:
Lineups:
Juventus: Buffon; Caceres (Ogbonna 46), Bonucci, Chiellini; Lichtsteiner, Pogba, Pirlo (Vidal 79), Marchisio, Asamoah; Tevez, Llorente (Morata 59)
Roma: Skorupski; Maicon, Manolas, Yanga-Mbiwa, Holebas; Pjanic (Paredes 85), Keita, Nainggolan; Iturbe (Florenzi 66), Totti (Destro 74), Gervinho
Ref: Rocchi
First and from Christian Vieri today:
‘Quand ça arrive à la Juve, c’est qu’ils achètent les arbitres. Quand j’étais à l’Inter et qu’on obtenait des faux penaltys, personne ne disait rien’.
“When this happens to Juve, it is that they bought the refs. When I was at Inter and we would get all these fake penalties, nobody said anything.”
LOL
This guy is the best. Hes always trolling i***r
Many players who played at Inter say they are a shit club. Ibra has said something similiar in his book. I think he said the atmosphere is terrible at Inter.
Nice!..
https://imgur.com/7gqiqaD.jpg
rekt.
Napoli smells like shit, too.
Idk about anyone else, but I hope Balotelli flops at Liverpool. If he does, he will either come to us, or go to Napoli, and I wouldnt mind him coming to us. Id give up Llorente + cash for Balotelli. Not much cash, but a little, given the age difference.
Forget Balotelli, too bad we didn’t snatched up Divock Origi
Hehe I was so amazed how good he was at the World Cup, even for Belgian ratings he played at a mediocre club and he was almost pushing Lukaku out of the first XI
As he should!
i question his lack of work on the pitch…..he really piss me off sometimes…but when he produce that magic he got locked away….he makes it look so easy.
Ya, but if he flops at Liverpool, he will officially be damaged goods. Nobody will want to deal with him, and he knows that. Napoli would further his terrible image, but Juve could save him. Having his national teammates around him, at a club that doesnt settle for losing, and puts teamwork before all, would pull him out of his childish ways.
if he can repeat more of 2012 euro’s performance’s im in dude!!
I highly doubt Balotelli will join us. While I agree that Llorente has to go, I don’t see Balotelli being useful for us at all. I’d rather have him stay with Liverpool. But that’s just my opinion.
Why should Llorente go?
Has he scored at all this season? Llorente is in bad form. Just sell the guy and use the money to buy someone who can score.
Not in a game that mattered (in friendlies only) but a striker is more than goals, his hold-ups have allowed Tevez and others to bang in some goals, he’s just not selfish enough to take his own chances.
Plus he’s a big guy and diverts a lot of attention away from Tevez, cause he can make it count too
He’s been in bad form for awhile. We should get rid of him or give others a chance.
I don’t think he needs to go, unless there is a good financial reason behind it. Start someone else for now, sure. But selling him just to be rid of him, nah, he still has things to offer
If we still had Conte, I would agree with you. With his attitude he would chew Balotelli up, and perhaps make a decent player out of him. Balotelli would only cause us headaches right now. Besides, I don’t think his national teammates like him.
I dont think Conte even wants to bother with him.
You can’t really expect him. If I recall correctly, Conte said something about how Balotelli’s behavior affect his call up. That’s all Conte has to do, if Balotelli changes for the better, he will be called up for the national team, otherwise he won’t.
He would have flopped at City, Milan and Liverpool, why would we give him a try?
His time at Milan was far from a flop, he was also great at city but there were many other top strikers there and with his ‘anticts’ he didn’t play as much as for Liverpool a few games hardly makes him a flop however if he does, it’s liverpools fault not his, you don’t buy balotelli and expect him to play as a hard working, lone striker.. It’s just simple logic
New rumors saying the board is willing to let Vidal go for 35m. Surely just media rumors, 35m is far too low for a player like Vidal. I wouldnt consider offers less than 50m, 60m seems reasonable for him.
Yep, just rumors. Obviously if Juve wanted to sell him, they would ask for a lot more than 35 mil.
If Juve would sell him for 35 mil, he would have been at United now.
Chiellini scored a hat trick against Azerbaijan!! …Too bad one of the goals was an own goal. Haha well done, sir.
Does it matter that Vidal may or may not have been offside after Bonucci’s goal?
No. He didnt affect the play. Was not in the keepers vision, was not in the way of the ball, did not touch the ball, did not affect the keepers ability to get to the ball, nor was he a larger impairment than yanga mbiwa. Who was a foot in front of Vidal.
Ok because the Roma fans were saying that he was offside.
not only Roma fans, but Inter fans and other haters 🙂
True 🙂
see the stats of Juve vs Roma.. Juve had more possession and changes and shots on goal
Heard a funny one today.
Mata to juve for 23m
mata and $ to juve for vidal
lol. these press try hard
Really?
It seems the Vidal exit rumours are hard to exterminate, I’ve also seen this. Others mentions swap deals for Verratti or Shaqiri
IF Vidal goes to utd, I’d take mata + 30-35m. Use half that money to buy Allan, and we’d be in better shape than we are now.
Who do you guys think should replace Llorente?
In form Llorente
Llorente isn’t in form at all.
I know, that’s why I said it. “In form Llorente” could and should replace “current Llorente”.
Morata or coman.
They need to give Coman more playing time. After his performance, I’m surprised they didn’t pick him again.
https://giant.gfycat.com/PlayfulFarawayIrishwolfhound.gif
The only good part from that awful game 😀
incredible skill
Do you think Juve will buy Mata if Vidal leaves?
He would more than likely be included in any deal from utd for Vidal. They’ve spent too much to buy Vidal outright. Mata is the “1” allegri wants for his 4-3-1-2. He won’t replace Vidal though. We will need to buy someone to replace Vidal immediately, because pirlo is getting old and won’t play every game, and Asa/romulo/padoin aren’t starting caliber players.
I don’t follow English football, is Mata good?
Ya, he’s really good.
Is he worth as much as Vidal?
No. I’d say close to half.
The important thing is that we buy good players for the Champions League. Maybe we should get Marcelo, since he said he wants to play for Juve.
I value Vidal at 60m+. Mata at 30-35m.
Mata is a great player, but there are many players like him. Vidal is the best of few.
Marcelo recently stated in an interview that he wants to play for juve in the near future. He would be a great in the lwb role
So since there’s no worthy football for a while now, what are you guys’ favorite tv shows? Mine has got to be Breaking Bad. I mean, this scene is practically a sum of how epic the show is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWfK5JyD2bA
I don’t really watch TV, so I can’t name anything, but I just have to bash Breaking Bad a bit, since I just finished it few weeks ago…
Some spoilers coming, if you haven’t seen it yet, skip my comment.
Started out as an interesting, well written thing, until the lawyer guy got involved. From that point, the whole series is just about
One main character: “OMG We are in danger, we could get caught / killed / whatever! What shall we do?”
Some other main character: “Better call Saul!!”
Lawyer guy just pops up with his magic wand: “I know a guy” and problem solved, or not, either way, the story turns from the dead end to somewhere.
The worst thing was the “pay some money that you have already earned, and you can just get out and forget it any time you want” card. This shit just killed it for me.
Overall it’s decent, but I don’t understand the hype around it.
You obviously don’t know many good lawyers. There are ones around that would, and could do the things Saul does. Every single day in the US lawyers like him get people out of trouble.
You are right, I have never had to get a lawyer, or watch one working. I still dislike how the writers used his character.
(continued spoilers)
It’s not the getting out of detention (whatever is the right word) part that annoys me most, but the helping part. There are good lawyers, sure, but how many of them would offer their help in crime?
Saul instantly offers to join the business, gives them contacts and all that. How handy. I mean, he is an awesome lawyer, but he offers his help. For all he
knows, they could be undercovered cops as well. Background check I
guess….
But wait, there’s more in the pack:
You need some musclehead? I know a guy. You need to sell drugs? Call me. You need to track down someone? No problem. Money laundering? My middle name. And so on.
If you knew someone who could make you millions, and you were just a sleazy lawyer who dealt with poor people to make quick money, wouldnt you take the big money, too? I mean, if you were a lawyer, youd certainly know how to get away with it…
I guess it could work that way.. Still, his character is a simple tool in the hands of the writers. He simplifies situations where I think it would have been more interesting to see how Walt deals with them. For example:
(Spoilers)
I liked the scenes when Walt first met Jesse, and asked him to help him getting into it. When Walt met Tuco, and risked his life for the deal. Not the best scenes overall, but some very important ones in my opinion. All this was cut down when the lawyer showed up.
Later in the series Jesse pretty much sums it up, when he says something like “whatever you plan, it always goes in Walt’s favor”. The whole series went Walt’s way ever since Saul showed up. I wasn’t worried for Walt, because I know, he WILL go to his lawyer and together, somehow they will fix it. I think it could have been darker if the writers make him more miserable and lonely. I mean, its a drama about a teacher getting hopeless and starts cooking meth, and somehow it feels to be a bigger deal to see his wife cheating on him…
Not really. Saul was an escape ticket for Walt but there were complications. In fact, the scene above is Walt not having money to change his identity with the guy Saul recommended.
I agree. Although there are some badass scenes, i still dont rate breaking bad that high. I prefer full house to it :p overall, its a really good show, but i too dont understand the hype around it. Maybe its because im just not a fan of amc
It’s one of those shows that you either love or just don’t like. I’d say if you aren’t tied in after the first episode then don’t bother.
Hell on wheels and walking dead arent bad, kind of slow, but same channel as breaking bad. If you like cartoons, watch rick and morty, it’s an adult cartoon. Big Bang theory is funny too.
Ever read TWD comics?
read all of them. IMO they are better than the show
Much better. So you’re all caught up.. Nice. I don’t get across many people who are.
Hell On Wheels is probably my favorite show right now, so amazing.
I met the executive producers dad on saturday. He showed me the pics he took with Brian Cranston and some other old guy and the guy that plays Mike. I had to pretend to be into the show lol.
POKEMON…
jk, kind of. Although my true favorite shows are Supernatural, Friends, and Scrubs. The Middle, Modern family and Rules of Engagment get honorable mentions.
But recently, Abc family shows are what ive been watching on netflix. Switched at Birth and Pretty Little Liars to be exact :p and i just got all caught up. Switched at Birth is meh; its just a bunch of drama, but Pretty little Liars is really good, despite how lame the title sounds.
I saw the first season of Breaking Bad, and never really got back into it, but did end up seeing a lot of the last season when there was a marathon on amc and it was pretty bad ass.
Btw do you have any recommendations for netflix or hulu plus. Theres so much variety, that im overwhelmed and cant make up my mind on what to watch :p
The Walking Dead: Great great show. It will tie you in the moment you start and will keep you watching for sure.
Veronica Mars: Really nice detective drama kind of story. Just finished watching it and its left me sad that they were forced to cancel it. It did have a fan funded movie made last year though.
Sherlock: Beautiful show each episode is like a movie. This is a must watch. Great acting, great story, great everything.
Gotham: New series pretty cool if you like the Batman series
Brooklyn Nine Nine: hilarious must watch since you like comedy it seems
Hannibal: Started it and it seems pretty cool.
Prison Break: epic first and third season bad ending
Lost: included this because it started well but I lost interest
Suits: drama with some funny parts
Game of Thrones: didn’t get into it though
Bolded ones are a must watch IMO. Brooklyn Nine Nine should be first on your list because you watch a lot of comedy.
I have seen 1 and 3 quarter episodes of Breaking Bad. I wanna see the rest, but i haven’t gotten the chance to. I don’t wanna watch it on my laptop 🙁
I started watching The Walking Dead again since the new season started yesterday, i’m in season 5 of Dexter right now and i freaking love that show. I love watching the main character over the show itself though.
I watch a show called Utopia every weekday, it’s dutch, although it has an American version since recently. I don’t like it much anymore. I used to, but it started to suck. It’s not a series though.
I watch around 1 to 3 anime episodes every day, unless i have no time at all. That’s not on tv though since they don’t really show them in Holland, or if they do they voice over them in dutch. Freaking bastards.
Oh and like John said: POKEMON. 😀
Hmm heard of Utopia and was actually on my list of shows to check out
It actually started promising in Holland. There was this guy who decided to live on the streets a couple of years ago because he doesn’t like society. He actually wanted to live there from natural stuff only. Make food themselves, live without money. No one joined him and it became annoying. I’m still watching though. I watched youtube vids of the American one, they were talking about killing the cows for food. (they were offered a few cows for milk xD)
Yeah Breaking Bad is one of those shows that you can’t miss. You should really find time for it. The ending made me feel terrible because the show was finished.
What anime episodes do you watch? I’ve watched Code Geass and Death Note before. Both great shows. I’m currently watching Naruto since it’s one of those animes that stuck with me from when I’m young and I just want to see how it ends.
Breaking Bad left me in a state of shock when it ended, one of the best shows ever.
Game of thrones.. Love it, I have never found myself shouting at a tv, swearing revenge on a character before that show. I will destroy house frey root and stem! lol
lol they asked a ref even haha
https://www.espnfc.com/video/espn-fc-tv/86/video/2076865
Pelle wins it for Italy. Eredivisie rules 😀
Doesnt he play for an english club:p
He does. He plays for Southampton, under Ronald Koeman, who he followed to that club after being succesful under him at Feyenoord last season 🙂
Hey I got to upvote that twice, had to because it was a wonderful comment by a wonderful person to another wonderful person
I guess so you wonderful person, you.
Juve supposedly closed a ”partnership deal” with ADO Den Haag today. Juve wants to offload some talents to gain experience and they think the Eredivisie is the right place for them to develop. I guess the fans friendship between Juve and Den Haag brought them to ADO. I can’t wait to see some Juve talents in the eredivisie. They already have 2 players playing at FC Den Bosch in the 2nd division in Holland. One of them is called Ceria, i’m hearing good things from dutch people and dutch commentators about him.
First player, Padoin.
Surely a player who won 3 championships doesn’t need more experience. Perhaps maybe at Avellino, I think that club suits him perfectly
Haha. Knowing the level of the eredivisie, he would actually be a good fit there. Den Haag is in like 15th place, so yeah bring him.