Zaragoza vs Juventus : 2-1

Friendly: Juve lose Real test
Friday 7 September, 2007

Juventus fell to a 2-1 defeat at the hands of La Liga side Real Zaragoza at La Romareda in an entertaining Friday night friendly.

The match was held to mark the Blanquillos’ 75th anniversary, but was played in a competitive spirit and at a fast pace.

The hosts could have taken the lead after just six minutes through Sergio Garcia, but French stopper Jean-Alain Boumsong closed him down.

The Bianconeri’s first chance came after 13 minutes when Vincenzo Iaquinta fed Ruben Olivera, but he panicked and shot wide.

It was a poor piece of goalkeeping that caused the opening goal as a weak Diego Milito strike squirmed past Juve ‘keeper Emanuele Belardi.

Worryingly, young star Antonio Nocerino limped off early after receiving a blow to his ankle and Sergio Almiron took his place.

It was Almiron’s free-kick that led to the equaliser as his delivery was met by Iaquinta and steered past Lopez Valleyo.

Zaragoza were nearly ahead again on 39 minutes as Gabi rolled the ball across the box and only a last minute intervention by the impressive Boumsong prevented Milito beating Belardi.

The Spaniards’ did go 2-1 up courtesy of a counter-attack on the stroke of half-time as Sergio Garcia burst clear and picked out Milito to slot home for his brace.

Boumsong limped off and was replaced by Lorenzo Ariaudo and the stream of substitutions came on both sides.

The ryththm of the game was lost and one of few chances in the second period saw Iaquinta spurn a chance from an Olivera assist.

It ended 2-1 and Claudio Ranieri will come away satisfied, but must hope that injuries to Boumsong and Nocerino aren’t serious.


Real Zaragoza 2-1 Juventus
Scorers: D Milito 18, 43 (Z), Iaquinta 34 (J)

Real Zaragoza: Lopez Valleyo (Miguel 72); Ayala (Sergio 45), Diogo (Chus Herrero 59), Juanfran (Oscar 72), Pavon; Luccin, Aimar (Oliveira 45), Gabi (Celades 59), Generelo; Sergio Garcia (Cuartero 62), D Milito (D'Alessandro 45

Juventus: Belardi; Birindelli, Boumsong (Ariaudo 44), Legrottaglie, Molinaro; Zanetti, Nocerino (Almiron 69), Nedved (Dante 76); Iaquinta (Castiglia 76), Palladino (Esposito 45), Olivera (Rink De Camargo 63)

Ref: Cros (ESP)

Goodbye Luciano, black-and-white heart

Pavarotti penyanyi tenor terkenal dr Italia selama ini dikenal sbg salah satu tifosi setia Juventus, telah meninggal dunia! dlm situs resmi Juventus di tuliskan ttg berita ini sekaligus ucapan bela sungkawa dr Juventus!

RIP Luciano!!!!

Goodbye Luciano, black-and-white heart

The opera world is in mourning: tenor Luciano Pavarotti died at 5 am this morning, at his home in Modena. He was 71. The Maestro was an icon of Italy and of music, known all over the world, but he was also a dedicated football fan and his love for Juventus was never a secret. Significantly, he made his last appearance at the Stadium where the Bianconeri play, the Olimpico in Turin, on the 10th of February 2006, when he sang at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony.

Everyone at Juventus joins in the pain of his family and in the world-wide emotion for the Maestro's passing.

(juventus.com)

Player Call (Friendly match against Zaragoza)

pemain2 yg di siapkan :

2 - Alessandro Birindelli
5 - Jonathan Zebina
4 - Sergio Bernardo Almiron
6 - Cristiano Zanetti
9 - Vincenzo Iaquinta
11 - Pavel Nedved
12 - Emanuele Belardi
18 - Jean Alain Boumsong
20 - Raffaele Palladino
22 - Jess Vanstrattan
23 - Antonio Nocerino
24 - Ruben Olivera
28 - Cristian Molinaro
31 - Cristiano Novembre
33 - Nicola Legrottaglie

*plus beberapa nama dr tim primavera spt, giovani Castiglia, Esposito dan Ariaudo

Del Piero's golden moment

Juventus captain Alessandro Del Piero became the fifth winner of the Golden Foot award, FORZA Alex!!!!!

Zebina in trouble....

Pertandingan melawan Cagliari memang memunculkan banyak moment, salah satunya adalah insiden antara Zebina dgn seorg Kameramen di pinggir lapangan, sesaat setelah Zebi di kartu merah oleh wasit yg memimpin pertandingan krn melakukan protes keras atas pemberian pinalti kpd Cagliari,

Insiden ini sendiri hingga saat ini msh dlm penyelidikan pihak terkait, yg jelas tindakan ini akan membuat Zebi terkena sanksi, baik oleh FIGC maupun dr pihak Juventus sendiri...

Bravo Gigi Buffon

ada sebuah moment menarik di partai tandang Juve kmrn melawan Cagliari, selain penyelamatan super gemilang, Gigi tertangkap kamera sedang memejamkan matanya, entah apa yg dia pikirkan tp moment ini terlihat sangat unik, huehuehuehue

Ranieri: “Everybody played well”

Ranieri: “Everybody played well”

Two wins in two games: Ranieri is ending his week of memories on a high. The Manager earned two important victories in Parma Wednesday, and today in Cagliari, but most of all he is now more aware than ever of the real strength of his team. This strength certainly comes from the star players' skill, but also from character, something that Juventus have never lacked.

“This team's character is renowned throughout the world - Ranieri confirmed after the game -, Juve never give up, they never accept defeat. On top of this, the new players are starting to show the same mentality as the old ones. I know that we still have to work hard. The last results haven't made me change my mind on this, just like when we played the friendlies this summer”.

And finally a comment on the match against his old team Cagliari: “It was tough; Cagliari are very determined and they're hard to play against. They made us run around like nobody had done until now. We suffered particularly in the first half, then when Camoranesi came on we stepped up a gear. Buffon showed again that he's the best keeper in the world and he gave the team strength when we were struggling. I'd like to praise both of them, alongside all the other lads, for this victory”.

(juventus.com)