Juventus sporting the grey jersey, are once again fielded by Ferrara in a 4-2-3-1 formation with Trezeguet up in front. Atalanta with the 4-4-2 formation do not want to make it too easy for the bianconeri in Bergamo.
On the 1st minute, however, Giovinco puts pressure on Garics in the area but the defender manages to defend the ball in some manner. One minute later, the ball is put into the Juve area, the defence heads away a first time. Tiribocchi’s shot from the re-bound goes well wide.
The 3rd minute sees a good cross by Caceres into the area with Trezeguet being anticipated. One minute later, Grosso tries a cross into the area but the ball goes wide and out. On the 5th minute there is a ball into the area by Ceravolo but Cannavaro defends well.
It is the 6th minute when a good Caceres cross into the area is cleared by the defence. Two minutes later, there is nice snappy passing by Juventus but the final cross by Giovinco goes wide. On the 9th minute a Camoranesi shot from outside the area forces the keeper to save into corner. From the flag the ball is cleared from the area by the defence but it is put in again and the action is stopped for a foul in attack by Chiellini.
On the 12th minute there is a free-kick for Atalanta: Doni’s shot is cleared into corner by Chiellini: the ball is put into the area but Poulsen heads away. Three minutes later, a Tiribocchi incursion sees the ball go slightly wide. Free-kick for Juve after a foul on Giovinco who is about to enter the area following great footwork on the 16th minute: Diego puts the ball high over the bar.
The 18th minute sees a free-kick from the right for Atalanta: ball put directly beyond the line by Ceravolo. One minute later there is a corner for Juve: ball into the area by Diego is cleared a first time by the defence and a Giovinco shot from re-bound goes high over the bar.
It is the 23rd minute when Ceravolo tries a ball towards goal but Buffon saves easily. Three minutes later, Buffon performs a good sure-footed save on Ceravolo who entered the area.
On the 28th minute, Caceres puts a great ball into the area for Trezeguet who heads home but sees the goal disallowed for offside. Two minutes later, Poulsen clears a ball into corner. The defence liberates the area. On the 33rd minute there is a cross into the Juve area by Garics and Doni’s shot goes wide.
The turning point comes on the 36th minute: beautifully constructed ball into the area by Grosso with Camoranesi who heads home for the opener: 1-0.
Atalanta have hardly time to kcik-off when one minute after the first goal there is a second ball towards Camoranesi by Grosso and second goal by the Italo-Argentine with a shot from the centre of the area: 2-0.
Juve insist on the 39th minute but this time the defence manages to free the area just in time. Four minutes later there is a free-kick for Juve: Diego puts the ball in but it is cleared by the defence. On the 44th minute there is a corner for Juve after a Chiellini shot is deviated and one minute later Buffon saves well on a powerful Ceravolo shot.
In the only minute of stoppage time for the first half Diego is stopped for off-side as he runs towards the area and seconds later. The teams exit the field with Juve leading 0-2.
The second half is indeed a very exciting one with Juve finally having the upper hand after a good reaction by Conte’s men. On the 2nd minute, Poulsen frees the Juve area following an Atalanta initiative and one minute later there is a beautiful touch by Diego into the area and Chiellini’s half-volley is not impacted well.
On the 5th minute, Valdes enters the area following a through ball catches Juve defence cold and puts the ball beyond Buffon and into the net for 2-1. One minute later there is a free-kick for Juve: Diego puts the ball into the area, Cannavaro heads home but the goal is disallowed for off-side.
It is the 8th minute when Buffon saves well after a good Valdes cross into the area. One minute later Juve have a third goal disallowed as Poulsen heads home. Seconds later, however, Melo fires one from outside the area and this time it is 3-1.
On the 11th minute there is a free-kick for Atalanta: good ball into the Juve area but nobody manages to hit it and it goes wide. Two minutes later, Buffon manages to grab the ball after Tiribocchi does not hit the ball well in the area.
It is the quarter of an hour of the second half when a good low ball into the area by Grosso is blocked by a defender. Three minutes later, a Guarente shot from outside the area goes wide. On the 20th minute, a Giovinco cross is too wide to worry the Atalanta defence.
The 21st minute sees a Diego shot from outside the area goes high over the bar and seconds later the Brazilian is stopped as he is about to enter the area while a Poulsen shot is blocked.
The ghosts of the match against Napoli appear on the 25th minute as there is a ball into the Juve area towards Ceravolo who turns well and puts the ball into the net for the 2-3. Seconds after, a dangerous shot by Valdes goes curling just wide of the corner.
Two minutes later, De Ceglie comes on for Giovinco.
On the half hour mark, a Grosso cross is too high. One minute later, Camoranesi bands a ball through into the area for Trezeguet but the flag is up. On the 35th minute Trezeguet does not manage to shoot as a ball is put towards him in the area. Seconds later, there is a free-kick for Juve: Diego puts it in towards Trezeguet but a defender manages to clear.
It is the 36th minute when Buffon cradles the ball anticipating Tiribocchi. Three minutes later, there is a beautiful touch by Diego to beat Consigli for the 4th time after receiving from Camoranesi: 2-4.
Two minutes pass and on the 41st minute, Chiellini puts a low ball into the area and Trezeguet fires home for the 5-2 and the goal which puts him alongside Sivori for the number of goals scored. Trezegol lives up to his nick-name.
Immobile makes his debut as he comes on for Diego on the 43rd minute and he immediately shows his great talent with a couple of beautiful touches. On the 44th minute, Camoranesi puts it in for Immobile whose shot is deviated into corner. From the flag Immobile’s header goes wide. Great play by the Primavera striker.
The referee whistles three times for the end of the match right on the 90th. Juve beat Atalanta in Bergamo by 2-5 in a show of determination and great attacking play.
Serie A 2009/10 12th Match Day
Bergamo, Stadio Atleti Azzurri D’Italia
Saturday 7th November, 2009
ATALANTA – JUVENTUS: 2-5
Scorers: Camoranesi (36th), Camoranesi (37th), Valdes (50th), Felipe Melo (55th), Ceravolo (71st), Diego (85th), Trezeguet (87th).
ATALANTA: Consigli; Garics, Talamonti, Peluso, Bellini; Ceravolo, Paodin, Guarente, Valdes; Doni, Tiribocchi. Reserves: Coppola, Pellegrino, Bianco, Radovanovic, Madonna, Caserta, Tiboni. Coach: Conte.
JUVENTUS: Buffon; Caceres, Cannavaro, Chiellini, Grosso; Poulsen, Felipe Melo; Camoranesi, Diego, Giovinco (Giovinco 72nd); Trezeguet. Reserves: Manninger, Legrottaglie, Grygera, Molinaro, De Ceglie, Tiago, Immobile. Coach: Ferrara.
REFEREE: Morganti from Ascoli Piceno.
Yellow Cards: Padoin (16th), Grosso (18th), Doni (43rd), Guarente (51st), Poulsen (57th), Cannavaro (76th), Bellini (79th), Trezeguet (87th)
This should have been a memorable week for Sebastian Giovinco. He has been playing regularly and well. Today he even scored a goal. Nevertheless, the joy of scoring a goal was not enough for Juventus’ young star. His main feeling after the game against Napoli was far from one of happiness.
“There is anger because we lost in a silly way. I cannot explain how we managed to suffer 3 goals in 20 minutes. We hope not to repeat such a situation again. We knew Napoli had made some good comebacks in their last games, but still we did not pay enough attention. Obviously, one of our main problems was losing concentration during the game – but we must gather ourselves together as soon as possible since we have an important game on Tuesday in the Champions League. At the moment, though, we are still too nervous to talk about today’s game.”
Despite the defeat, Giovinco played a good game: “With regards my performance, I saw a lot of the ball since we tried to play in the part of the pitch were we could be more dangerous and this happened on my side of the pitch on a number of occasions.”
The Partenopei fought back from two goals down in the second half to record an astonishing victory at the Stadio Olimpico…
Juventus threw away a two-goal lead as Napoli won an enthralling contest in Turin. David Trezeguet and Sebastian Giovinco had given the hosts control of the match, but Marek Hamsik scored either side of Jesus Datolo’s strike to give the Partenopei the points. Amauri was sent off late on for the hosts.
Ciro Ferrara retained the 4-2-3-1 formation that worked wonders last time out, although Christian Poulsen replaced Mohamed Sissoko as one of the holding midfielders. Trezeguet also took Amauri’s place as the lone striker. German Denis started ahead of Fabio Quagliarella for the visitors, who also started Paolo Cannavaro, brother of Juventus’ Fabio, in defence.
The hosts started the way they left off against Sampdoria, and Giovinco could have opened the scoring in the first minute but he shot just wide after being played through on goal by Mauro Camoranesi.
While Juventus had the better of the early play, Denis had a golden opportunity to put Napoli in front in the seventh minute. After Ezequiel Lavezzi fired a low ball across the face of the goal, Christian Maggio centred the ball back into the six-yard box but Denis was caught between using his head and his foot, and in the end used neither as the ball flashed past him.
Denis had another opportunity in the 18th minute as he collected another pass from the energetic Lavezzi, but as he was turning he slipped in the penalty area to gift possession back to the hosts. Gianluigi Buffon was called into action minutes later as he did incredibly well to touch over a long-range shot from Salvatore Aronica. From the resulting corner, Matteo Contini’s header floated just wide of the post as Lavezzi tried to connect.
Napoli were in the ascendancy, and had clearly planned a routine from corners. In the 23rd minute, Marek Hamsik’s delivery found Denis, but the Argentine failed to get a good connection on his header.
Juventus were also creating opportunities as Felipe Melo shot just wide following good work by Diego. The game had to be stopped in the 27th minute as Camoranesi went down clutching his head, with blood pouring from a wound. Replays showed that Contini had led with his elbow as the two clashed, but neither the referee nor his assistants had picked up on the challenge.
The winger had to be substituted, with Tiago coming on in his place. It didn’t stop the Bianconeri attacks, and they caught out the Partenopei defence in the 35th minute. As Zdenek Grygera whipped in a cross from the right hand side, David Trezeguet ran in front of his marker to power a header past Morgan De Sanctis.
Contini was belatedly booked as he needlessly went in from behind on Diego in first half injury time, but Fabio Grosso’s shot from the free kick was ballooned over the bar.
Giovinco was nearly played through on goal in the opening minutes of the second half, but Hugo Campagnaro made a superb sliding tackle to avert the danger.
Vesuviani coach Walter Mazzarri was scratching his head on the touchline as his side continued to struggle to break through the Juventus defence, and some shambolic defending led to the hosts’ second goal.
In the 54th minute, Trezeguet’s cross from the left wing looked harmless enough, but Contini inexplicably headed the ball straight to Sebastian Giovinco, who tucked the ball home with ease.
Mazzarri was called into making a change in order to reverse the tide, and brought on Jesus Datolo for Campagnaro. It paid instant dividends, as Datolo sprinted down the left wing and crossed low into the box for Marek Hamsik to finish from close range.
Juventus rallied, and had the ball in the net moments later but Felipe Melo was correctly flagged offside. Trezeguet was then played through on goal, but the Frenchman couldn’t get a shot away before De Sanctis pounced on the ball.
Despite the defensive frailties, Napoli were playing some fluid and incisive football in attack. Amazingly, they found an equaliser in the 64th minute, as Jesus Datolo poked the ball home from close range after Buffon had saved Denis’ initial header.
Napoli were going for the three points, and Mazzarri looked to achieve that by bringing on Fabio Quagliarella for the disappointing Denis with 20 minutes remaining. The hosts, on the other hand, suddenly looked nervous and needed someone to grab hold of the game.
Ferrara changed his side’s system once again as he brought on Amauri for Poulsen in the 77th minute, but it couldn’t stop Napoli from scoring a third a few minutes later. It came from a Juventus corner, with Lavezzi running the length of the pitch to play in Datolo. The substitute sent a cross into the box that could only pick out Tiago, but a weak clearance found an onrushing Hamsik, who struck the ball high into the net to send the visiting fans into raptures.
The home crowd started to voice their discontent as the players’ anxiety became increasingly apparent. The hosts were given five minutes of injury time to find an equaliser, but shot themselves in the foot as Amauri was sent off in the 93rd minute. As De Sanctis looked to collect the ball on the floor, Amauri’s swinging boot caught the ‘keeper in the face, earning him a straight red card. It was the final meaningful act of an action-packed match, but Ferrara will be wondering how his side didn’t collect at least a point.
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