Juventus V Parma.. A game that just had disaster written all over it. Within the first three minutes, Fabio Quagliarella was down with what looked like a very painful hamstring injury, I know all the supporters will hope that it's not as serious as it looks because that would just be disastrous for Juves' title hopes. But one wonder how and why Juve players are so prone to these kind of injuries and questions have to be asked about their training programs.
Quagliarella's injury was the first blow but thing were set to get worse for the Bianconeri as Felipe Melo was sent off in the 17 minute for kicking a Parma player in the face. I had hoped that the days of the Brazilian lashing out at players were long gone as he had made a positive start to the campaign- minus this! Juve then had to play the game with 10 men, and they did well to hold off the attack that was until the 41 minute, when pint sized Giovinco( a former Juve man) scored the opener. We all had to admit that it was coming and with Parma keeping 62% of the possession with 20 shots on goal by the end of the game, you had to admit, they deserved the lead.
More devastation was yet to come, when soon after the restart the "Atomic Ant" struck again. You could now see the Juve players were shell shocked and all hope seemed to be lost but then from a set piece on the other end, Juve cut the deficit, when an unmarked Nicolas Leggrotaglie got his head to the ball to score a thumping header. But this was not destined to last very long, as Parma went straight back on the attack and Herman Crespo was brought down by the evergreen Chiellini. In my opinion, it was the faintest of touches but Crespo made a meal of it and scored from the resulting penalty.
The final nail in the coffin came in the 90th minute when Raffael Palladino another former Juve player made it 4-1. Not a great start for The Old Lady, some injuries and one very volatile player to try and keep under control!!
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