The stage was set, the anticipation had been reaching an all time high, and what better time to score your first goal in the new stadium, than now? Alessandro Del Piero scored his first Serie A goal in the second half and what an important goal?? The fans were tremendous and made themselves heard- and seen! With rather cheeky banners!
The first half was a little scary to watch, I must admit, yet for the neutrals amongst us, it was a very open and entertaining first half with chances and both ends, yet it was Inter and Diego Milito that did have the better of the chances which caused Gianluigi Buffon to make some excellent saves. During the first half there was a peculiar moment where it looked as though Mirku Vucinic took the ball off Claudio Marchisio- his teammate! Antonio Conte has to keep an eye on incidents like this as it seemed that Marchisio was in a better shooting position before the ball was taken away from him and he was barged out of the way. The first 45 minutes didn't see the best out of Alessandro Matri and Simone Pepe, and they were ultimately subbed. Leonardo Bonnuci came on for Pepe and Alex Del Piero came on for Matri, Antonio Conte saw things were not working out and tinkered the system unlike the " tinkerman", Ranieri who stuck with his system and didn't move forward in the game, they actually started to seem rather tired and out of ideas.
Juve find themselves again just 4 points behind Milan, yet with Milan playing Catania next week and Juve playing against Napoli, one can hardley rest! The Old Lady is looking on the up though, with their 19 shots 12 were on target forcing the keeper to make 10 saves, which tells me they have been doing more target practice and reading my blog! On the other hand, Milan will be without their "rock" at the back, Thiago Silva for 3-4 weeks, a huge blow for Milan and could even tip the title back in Juventus' favour! Who knows what will happen, all you can say with absolute certainty is that, ITALIAN FOOTBALL IS FAR FROM BEING BORING!
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