Absolute heartbreak....What more can I say, they tried to keep the pace going but they just lacked that cutting edge that was needed, even with Del Piero at half time didn't help. It's week 27, there is no more room for error, and they are facing the in-form Milan, who have plenty of good marksmen that will take the shot when Juve make a mistake and score with absolute precision.
The first half was all Juve they were keeping Bologna in their own half for most of the time. But it.s no good if you cannot put together a decent attack, which Juventus struggled to do with alarming frequency. The end of the first half saw the game become more frantic, more reckless tackle and more " theatrical" fallen was becoming all to apparent. It was a cheap way to get possession back, and most of the time if Iaquinta had stayed on his feet instead of going to ground, they would've held onto the ball long enough to put a good attack together. The longer the game went goal less, the more Bologna grew in confidece, but the first opportunity to open the scoring fell kindly to Iaquinta. It came from a corner and only the woodwork kept it out, had it gone in the outcome may have changed.
The second half saw a more confident Bologna, and it wasn't long before their veteran striker, Marco Di Vaio ( Ex Juve man) found the back of the net. On the 49th the Olmpico was in stun silence as Juve were on the back foot, yet again! Although the contingent of travelling Bologna fan were ecstatic. Juve are guilty of relying on the off side trap, they shout realise that a man of Di Vaio's mature age will be able to get passed it. And while they were waiting for the flag to rise, they were down by one goal.
The Bianconeri did start to make more chances, and the first chance came to Leonaardo Bonucci in the 65th minute, he got on the end of a free kick by Del Piero but didn't have enough intensity to put it in the back of the net. And within a minute Juve were punished for their lack of desire, again Di Vaio got the ball passed Bonnuci and Grygera and beat Storari at the near post.
To Bonocci's credit he was maybe the only player who looked like scoring when his header went inches wide. In the 84th minute Luca Toni had an opportunity to get a consolation goal, but it wasn't meant to be as Portanova cleared it from the goal line and Bologna went back on the counter attack. It ended 2-0 with the home fans visibly frustrated as this was Juve's second 2-0 defeat in a row and they could not handle a third.
Juve stay stuck in seventh and it doesn't look as though Agnelli's speech had helped Juve in any way, it may have actually made things worse!! Juve have lost the thing that had made them special and it breaks my heart to see them this way.
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