Diego, first goal in black and white

Diego, first goal in black and white

The second day of Juventus in Pinzolo was a very intense one, which started early in the morning with the first of the two training sessions. The bianconeri were already on the field of the Centro Sportivo Pineta at 09:30hrs. After a warm-up and stretching, Ferrara divided the group into two: the defenders worked under his and Maddaloni’s direction working on one-on-one defensive movements. Dodo Sormani took charge of the midfielders and the attackers . Hasan Salihamidzic joined the defence. The same was repeated in the afternoon session. The bianconeri returned on the field at 17:30hrs and after a warm-up under the eyes of Massimo Neri, the attackers were busy with triangulisations and shots on goal, whereas the defenders took care of the movements and the cross. After the work in groups, the team played the first mini-match of the season on a partially reduced field to the joy of over 2,000 spectators.

The two teams were fielded in two different formations: on one side a 4-4-2 formation made up of Chimenti in goal, Bamba, Grygera, Ariaudo and Salihamidzic as defence, Esposito, Sissoko, Poulsen and Daud as midfielders and Del Piero and Amauri as forwards. Wearing blue bibs was the other team in a 4-3-1-2 formation with Manninger defending the goal, Zebina, Alcibiade, Marrone and Serini as defence, Bianco, Zanetti and Tiago as midfielders, Diego as playmaker and Trezeguet and Immobile as strikers. The “family” match ended in a 2-1 score for captain Del Piero’s team, with the captain immediately in great shape. Alex illuminated the game play and set-up the second goal of the “whites” scored by Daus, while the first goal was scored by Amauri. The cherry on the cake came in the dying minutes: the first goal of Diego Ribas da Cunha who won himself a penalty scoring it with a great right shot.

The training sessions were not the only big event of the day in Pinzolo: after the morning session the journalists following the team were welcomed by Trentino, the director general of the Atp of Madonna di Campiglio, Pinzolo, Val Rendena, Delio Picciani, after which they followed the press conference given by Jonathan Zebina. At the end of the afternoon session the stage of the Summer Village hosted Amauri and Daud who inaugurated the series of encounters between the Juve champions and the supporters.

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