Not exactly the best start to the new year, and the worst thing was I couldn't watch it live, so I heard about the shocking loss before I saw it! Juve didn't start with the usual intensity that we are so used to seeing, they were rather sluggish to start, bur I thought that with a numerical advantage for over an hour they could win with relative ease.
Yet that was not the case and after the second half internal Samp came out all guns blazing and were looking to upset the balance of power. And the sure did, on 52 minutes Mauri Icardi hit the ball more in hope then anything else, but Gigi Buffon made a rare mistake and it found its way nestling in the back of the net. Buffon took responsibility for this mistake, but I don't believe it's his fault as the team had ample time to double the lead, and they couldn't against a 10 man Sampdoria side??
It got even worse for them when Icardi scored again, this time there was no luck evolved as Icardi smashed it in the top left hand corner from a very acute angle. This was Juve third defeat this season and the second in the new stadium. Juve did wake up near the end, but by then it was too late, and to make things even worse Marchisio collapsed in a heap and had to be stretchered off. Although we know now that the injury was not too serious, but I doubt he'll be ready to play against Milan in the Coppa Italia, a Milan team that won their game at the weekend.
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