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Juventus 2-0 Palermo ![palermo]()
Juventus 2-0 Palermo 
Vidal 32 (J), Llorente 64 (J)
Serie A – Week 8 [26th October 2014] – Juventus Stadium
After a disappointing night in Athens, Greece that saw The Old Lady fail to bring any points back to Turin after their loss to defensively-firm Olympiacos, Allegri had a few days to recuperate and prepare for what would be a very important fixture against Sicilian-based U.S. Palermo. With Roma drawing a very strong Sampdoria on Saturday, this match would deem very important for the Bianconeri to reopen the gap they created by beating Roma earlier this month. With a few switches in Allegri’s XI which would see Pirlo stepping in for Lichtsteiner, Pereyra slotting into the right flank and Llorente back in his starting role, the Mister did not take any chances against newly-promoted Palermo, which would prove to be a great success.
The Rosaneri of Sicily were persistent in defense, but not very threatening when attacking; in the first half hour it seemed as though this would be another match where Juventus were in total control, but would have a very difficult time breaking a defense of eleven-men, something that is not unusual for a provincial side to implement against the defending champions of Italy. It was not long after the half-hour mark, however, when Roberto Pereyra would win the ball and send a beautiful pass to Tevez who slotted it to his left to find Arturo Vidal who eventually put the ball behind Stefano Sorrentino and into the back of the net, breaking the deadlock at the 32 minute mark. It was a goal that not only put Juventus ahead, but also one that would silence Vidal’s critics–for now–and boost confidence for the Gobbi supporters after a tough Champions League loss.
Arturo Vidal’s goal would remain the only one at the end of the first 45 minutes and Allegri’s men could go into the locker room with their heads held high and the fans singing loudly, but more work was to be done and changes were still to be made as Pereyra would make his way for Lichtsteiner at the 53rd minute for a more defensive-minded wide-man.
Juventus came out in the second half still in total control, without any real threats to Gigi Buffon or his defense, but surely a second goal was needed to secure the 3 points.
Fernando Llorente, who was picked over fellow Spaniard, Alvaro Morata, has had a difficult start to the season, still failing to have had his name on the scoresheet. Allegri and Fernando must have felt as though today would be the day to change that because the Mister’s decision certainly paid off. It took a little more than an hour of a somewhat frustrating performance from the Juventus target-man, but on the 64 minute mark Juventus won a corner. Pirlo stepped-up and sent in a beautiful ball to find the towering Fernando Llorente’s magical header that skipped past Sorrentino’s right-hand-side and created no shortage of joy and celebration from the World Cup-winning Fernando Llorente and from the Juventus faithful. With a score of 2-0 and the Bianconeri in complete control, the 3 points seemed inevitable.
Pirlo was taken off to a standing ovation right after his assist to Llorente and made way for Paul “Mr. 2019” Pogba, who showed his allegiance to Juve by extending his contract for 4 more years with the club!
As the game ran its course, The Old Lady remained flying higher than The Eagles of Sicily and Allegri would make one last switch to bring on little Sebastian Giovinco. The home-grown man has had a very interesting career between being labeled as “The new Del Piero” to comparing himself to a young Pavel Nedved to bossing the Serie A at Parma and now has struggled immensely for the Gobbi. “The Atom Ant” would, however, get a chance to make his mark in the last 10 minutes as he replaced Carlitos Tevez in the 80th minute. Giovinco was immediately making darting runs off of Pogba and Llorente and miraculously took a shot to beat Sorrentino, but would be stopped by the woodwork, something that has seemingly happened a number of times to Giovinco of recent. While he was unable to make it 3-0, he showed Allegri and his teammates that he is still capable of making a difference; depth will prove key to this Juventus side and thankfully, we seem to have to shortage of it.
Although the defense was not tested thanks to an incredible showing of possession from the Juventus midfield, but when it was, Angelo Ogbonna was especially brilliant. His recent form is that of his time at Torino, where he was brilliant and there are nothing but good signs showing for the Italian no-nonsense defender.
With another 3 points won and a 3 point gap between first and second, Juventus must now think of their next challenge which comes on October 29th at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris against Gasperini’s Genoa.
Marchisio: “It was important to win today and stop any potential beginning of a crisis after our draw to Sassuolo and our loss in Athens.”
Marchisio: “Palermo are a decent side and gave us a few problems on the counter.”
Allegri: “I’m happy that Fernando scored, he repaid the faith we have in him and above all, his own self confidence.”
Allegri: “I wanted to rest Lichtsteiner, but Roberto Pereyra had a hip problem.”
Allegri: “Andrea [Pirlo] did very well in building play today and he is getting back into shape. Playing 60 to 65 minutes at a good level.”
Allegri: “When I was at Milan, someone needed to be blamed and I was labelled the bad guy.”
Statistics
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Man of the Match: | Arturo Vidal |
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Corners | 6 |  |
Total Shots: | 20 |
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Flop of the Match: | N/A |  |
Pass Accuracy: | 86% |  |
Ball Possession: | 66% |
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Fouls: | 8 |  |
Shots on Target: | 9 |  |
Formation: | 3-5-2 |
Formation:
Lineups:
Juventus: Buffon; Ogbonna, Bonucci, Chiellini; Pereyra (Lichtsteiner 52), Vidal, Pirlo (Pogba 65), Marchisio, Asamoah; Llorente, Tevez (Giovinco 79)
Palermo: Sorrentino; Munoz, Gonzalez, Andelkovic; Pisano, Bolzoni, Rigoni (Maresca 74), Barreto (Belotti 59), Feddal; Vazquez (Quaison 80), Dybala
Ref: Calvarese
Video Highlights:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLSV0zf87ds
Allegri: “When I was at Milan, someone needed to be blamed and I was labelled the bad guy.”
Now you are at Juventus and when we need someone to blame, you will be the bad guy.
Also, maybe its cuz i’m not english, but why is Allegri called Mister?
Honestly though, at Milan, Allegri was the bad guy cuz he was just doing terrible, but Berlusconi is also to blame for not putting money in the club and Galliani for letting Zlatan and Thiago Silva and others walk away much too easy.
Mister is italian for coach
I thought something like that.. Doesn’t sound Italian though, more like english xD
allenatore is italian for coach. mister is a nickname given to coaches or people in positions of power.
Well if there was/is someone to blame, it’s him so what’s the problem :p
Blame for what we haven’t changed at all since last season. We were failing in Europe and doing well in Serie A last season and we’re failing in Europe and doing well in Serie A this season.
Blame for what? exactly what you mention, he isn’t adapting where necessary. Allegris tactics are easier than childs play. At Milan its no Ibrahimovic, no points.
Now its no Tevez, no points.
He’s useless
Conte never adapted for shit. We were probably the only team in Europe who kept our formation the EXACT SAME despite failing when it mattered.
Why change to Conte, I thought this was about Allegri? Conte build a team that at least dominates Serie A, whatever the results in Europe. Its because of him we even play CL. Allegri hasnt done shit for this team, while h’s just as stubborn. We dont have the superior teamwork we had under Conte anymore, its all about Tevez doing well. If Tevez isnt brilliant enough to save us, Allegri just throws on more attackers, he’s tactically far worse than Conte
Conte brought us up to becoming loc greats but failed in Europe. Allegri is doing the same. What has he brought to the team? Less dependancy on Pirlo.
Dude youre extremely blinded by hate its funny. You say he’s tactically worse but he’s doing the same exact thing as Conte. You say we had superior teamwork. Based on what? On how you see the team. I actually can’t tell a difference how we play.
You act as if Conte wouldve changed the formation had he stayed. He would’ve been playing the same way the past 3 years.
Allegri throws on attackers when were failing? Guess what Conte does? Throws on Padoin. I clearly remember last season people complaining about Conte’s sub choices.
What dependance on Pirlo, under Conte it was hard teamwork that was the key to our style. Conte had such average strikers and still booked results, against Chelsea, hard away games against Celtic and Donetsk, Allegri has now lost twice and only beaten Malmo.
I’d say thats worse than beating Chelsea 3-0.
Not saying Conte was doing it all right, I didn’t even mention Conte though. Under Allegri its just hoping Tevez bails us out, there simply is no plan.
Are you really claiming Allegri is a good coach for Juve?
Actually i think we were doing better in europe last season. We just showed more. Results are the same, but Allegri can’t motivate them like Conte could.
What do you mean we were doing better in Europe last season? The results are the same, therefore we’re the same if not better. If you’re talking about our playstyle that’s completely subjective and since you have that blind hate for Allegro you’re obviously going to think we arent playing as well.
He looks like a bad guy.
More like a bad guys spazy servant.
Ho hum … We beat Palermo.
Genoa match will be much more interesting
Yes
Does anyone know the titles of the 2 songs that play during the halftime highlighs in Serie A? I really would like to know.
Do yo have a video of the highlights with the songs?
Unfortunately, no. I wish I did.
like a ghost town. few people here unlike before.