Another victory to maintain Juventus' unbeaten run... but was it the right way. As much as I would have hated them losing the game, I found it slightly distasteful how they won. Juve may have had over 50% possession yet it was Catania who struck first, the ball hit the back of the net in the 25th minute but it was chalked off, wrongly or rightly doesn't matter, what gets to me is the behaviour from the boys in black and white. They were surrounding the ref and complaining, they did not show any class that I would have associated with the club, they were acting like spoilt kids- that behaviour will put you in the same class as Inter.
Before that goal they had an air of entitlement about them and dare I say it.. a touch of arrogance. Juve have become so accustomed to winning that they are starting to believe that they just have to turn up. This kind of behaviour will lead to complacency and will stop them from improving their game. Also they will start to regain the reputation that they have tried hard to get rid off... this notion that the referee is in their pockets. They have done their time in Serie B for the alleged match fixing and they struggled to regain their credibility, I would hate for them to lose it.
What Juve don't want is to be the most hated club in Italy nothing good can come from it. And they will soon discover that the decisions are not going their way and that the opposing players are being a little too aggressive!
Juve had only 8 shots the entire game that troubled the Catania keeper Andujar, which is cause for concern and the mere fact that they only by 1 goal should bring them some sense of humility. Even when Catania went down to 10 me they still had that " bite" about them and showed Juventus that they deserve their respect.
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