Game just started, 7 minutes into it. Lineups: GENOA: Barasso; Bega, De Rosa, Criscito; Botta, Coppola, Longo, Fabiano; Adailton, Juric, Greco Subs: Rubinho, Biasi, Stellini, Lopez, Diogo, Zeytulaev, Forestieri Coach: Gasperini JUVENTUS: Buffon; Birindelli, Kovac, Boumsong, Balzaretti; Camoranesi, Paro, Marchisio, Nedved; Bojinov, Palladino Subs: Mirante, Chiellini, Zebina, De Ceglie, Venitucci, Guzman, Maniero Coach: Deschamps
Game ends 1-1. It was a dramatic one too with Gigi Buffon saving a penalty and Nedved booked with a red card late in the game GOALS: 71' Nedved 74' Juric It wasn't a win, but we did get a point. And I think we can look forward to the return of ADP & Trez next week!
It was expected to be one of our toughest matches. Genoa has had a good season so far and we need to pinch the points off them.
Genoa isn't easy to play on their home ground, so I'm contented with the draw (although it's not really clever to throw away a late 1:0 lead)!
This was an absolute crap game. We are being judged a bit to harsch in this game. The ref had it in for us, if a decision was debatable it would go their way. Not a good game at all, we were never let into playing our game. The penalty that Buffon saved was very lightly given and the palladino goal should have counted.
Palladino played very well in this game. Bojinov was crap. Paro and Marchisio both had an off night for the most part. Both were too slow on the ball. That Manuel Coppola for Genoa is a HELL of a midfielder. He's like a fast bulldog but with tons of skill. I can't believe he's not in Serie A. I've seen a number of his games this year and he always is impressing me. I think he's only 24 and is Romano. Hopefully, a bigger club will give him a chance. This is another fine example of why Serie A has been sucking. This kind of talent should be in Serie A instead of the garbage teams are buying from abroad.