Catania V Juventus

BAGGIO 15 · Post by **BAGGIO 15** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 6:57 am

1 nill to Catania at half time.

BAGGIO 15 · Post by **BAGGIO 15** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:57 am

1 all full time.

late penalty for Juve, Palladino fead Del Piero and he was fouled from behind. Theonly good thing Alex did was get fouled and knock the kick in other then that he was terrible and Trez touched the ball once for the game. One of the worst Juve performances of all time. Catania worked hard but offered little other then a good early goal.

BAGGIO 15 · Post by **BAGGIO 15** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:59 am

Catania 1 - 1 Juventus
Spinesi 16 (C), Del Piero pen 91 (J)
Stadio Massimino

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Alessandro Del Piero's stoppage-time spot-kick prevented Juventus' first defeat at Catania in 43 year after Gionatha Spinesi's splendid volley.

This fixture had not been played in Serie A since a 2-0 away win on November 20, 1983, but a Catania victory stretched even further back - to September 1964! Juventus were hoping to continue that trend and their assault on the Scudetto along with it, but Mauro Camoranesi, Jonathan Zebina and Jorge Andrade remained on the treatment table. Former Bianconeri midfielder Davide Baiocco missed the reunion, sitting out a ban alongside Gennaro Sardo.

It was a very special match for Claudio Ranieri, who played for Catania for two seasons and helped them to promotion in 1983. Curiously, he was playing the last time these two teams met here!

Catania got off to a strong start as Vargas' fierce left-foot strike shook the side-netting, but Nicola Legrottaglie nodded a corner just over the bar too. The Bianconeri had a period of pressure with a series of set plays, but the Sicilians took the lead.

Gionatha Spinesi scored a cracking goal, as he sprung the offside trap to volley in Giuseppe Mascara's cross with the outside of his right foot. There were suspicions of offside, but no doubts about the quality of the finish under the bar from six yards.

Alessandro Del Piero was incorrectly flagged offside when one-on-one with Ciro Polito from David Trezeguet's through ball, then Polito got a hand to another Del Piero effort - this time stopped correctly for offside.

It was a very open game and Biagianti's stop and volley was charged down bravely by Legrottaglie's face. Tension increased before the break when Giorgio Chiellini had penalty appeals for a clash with Vargas as a free kick was floated in.

Tiago Mendes' horrible mistake allowed Spinesi to run on goal and some more brave defending saw the finish deflected over the bar. Trezeguet wasted a good chance to equalise on the stroke of half-time, as he anticipated Pavel Nedved to nod Del Piero's cross wide. Hasan Salihamidzic also turned a header over from a Del Piero free kick.

Marco Marchionni replaced Tiago for the second half, moving Nedved to central midfield. Del Piero combined with Nedved, but the Czech's pass for Marchionni was over-hit.

A spectacular Del Piero overhead kick from Marchionni's cross was not far over the crossbar, but Mascara had a good chance smothered by Buffon. Del Piero aimed a looping header inches past the far post from Cristiano Zanetti's cross, as Juve were laying siege to the Catania net.

Nedved's volley was charged down by Christian Silvestri and another Del Piero header threatened. Catania were under pressure, but introduced star striker Martinez for a trident attack.

Raffaele Palladino replaced Nedved, but he wasted a golden opportunity when Polito missed the ball and the Under-21 international ballooned over the bar.

Vincenzo Iaquinta was the final gamble to get a point from the Stadio Massimino, so Catania striker Mascara turned into a makeshift defender to clear Del Piero's cross off the head of an unmarked Iaquinta.

Trezeguet turned a header into the ground that bounced off target, while at the other end Martinez drilled just wide from distance.

With 30 seconds left of normal time, Palladino sparked a counter and Del Piero was tripped from behind by Biagianti. The referee pointed to the spot. Curiously, last season Polito saved a penalty from Del Piero when he was with Serie B side Pescara. Alex stepped up and sent Polito the wrong way to draw Juventus level.

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Catania: Polito; Silvestri, Terlizzi, Stovini, Vargas; Edusei, Izco, Biagianti; Colucci (Martinez 67), Mascara, Spinesi (Tedesco 88)

Juventus: Buffon; Molinaro, Chiellini, Legrottaglie, Salihamidzic (Iaquinta 81); Nocerino, Tiago (Marchionni 46), Zanetti, Nedved (Palladino 76); Del Piero, Trezeguet

Ref: Rocchi

BAGGIO 15 · Post by **BAGGIO 15** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:04 am

Palladino was great off the bench.

Juventino · Post by **Juventino** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:05 am

We deserved the point, but we must also acknowledge there was an element of luck in obtaining that draw. Ale Del Piero won and converted a 91st minute penalty. Before that we controlled the entire second half but we up against a very compact backline who were content to play 11 behind the ball at some stages. Good on em for doing what they had to to try and hold the lead. Spinesi giving them the lead was the worst thing for us as they were happy to sit back, but it was a good goal from the Catania striker.

If Roma win vs Atalanta we will be 4 points behind, but at least the Scudetto talk will be over once and for all (hopefully) and we can concentrate on the far more realsitic goal of making sure we finish at least 4th.

BAGGIO 15 · Post by **BAGGIO 15** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:25 am

Juventino wrote:We deserved the point, but we must also acknowledge there was an element of luck in obtaining that draw. Ale Del Piero won and converted a 91st minute penalty. Before that we controlled the entire second half but we up against a very compact backline who were content to play 11 behind the ball at some stages. Good on em for doing what they had to to try and hold the lead. Spinesi giving them the lead was the worst thing for us as they were happy to sit back, but it was a good goal from the Catania striker.

If Roma win vs Atalanta we will be 4 points behind, but at least the Scudetto talk will be over once and for all (hopefully) and we can concentrate on the far more realsitic goal of making sure we finish at least 4th.

SPOT ON, TOO MUCH RUBBISH BEING SPOKEN ABOUT.

delfino_1936 · Post by **delfino_1936** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 12:27 pm

Dels this time puts it past Polito unlike last year at the Stadio Adriatico

Good to see Polito is the number one choice at Catania.

Juventino · Post by **Juventino** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 1:26 pm

Rigoni 10 wrote:Dels this time puts it past Polito unlike last year at the Stadio Adriatico

Good to see Polito is the number one choice at Catania.

Haha that is what I was thinking about as he lined up for the penalty.

delfino_1936 · Post by **delfino_1936** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 1:28 pm

Juventino wrote:
Rigoni 10 wrote:Dels this time puts it past Polito unlike last year at the Stadio Adriatico

Good to see Polito is the number one choice at Catania.
Haha that is what I was thinking about as he lined up for the penalty.

good to see that you remembered that magical moment. Probably my best moment of the 06/07 season.

Juventino · Post by **Juventino** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:05 pm

Catania 1-1 Juventus

1-0 Spinesi
http://www.d1g.com/video/show/?id=1683901

1-1 Del Piero
http://www.d1g.com/video/show/1684048

the lorax · Post by **the lorax** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 4:35 pm

BAGGIO 15 wrote:1 all full time.

late penalty for Juve, Palladino fead Del Piero and he was fouled from behind. Theonly good thing Alex did was get fouled and knock the kick in other then that he was terrible and Trez touched the ball once for the game. One of the worst Juve performances of all time. Catania worked hard but offered little other then a good early goal.

didn't c the match, but based on the match report seems ADP did quite a bit - headers missed, scissor kick, etc...
The penalty claim in 37th minute seemed certain as did the off side for catania goal (well that's how it looked from internet replays I saw). No excuses though - if you can't score then you don't win. Can't always rely on officials to turn the game in your favour.

Juventino · Post by **Juventino** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 4:39 pm

I don't think Ale ever got into a rhythm throughout teh 90 minutes. He was continuously frustrated by foul after foul commited on him. It really broke up his game.

BAGGIO 15 · Post by **BAGGIO 15** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 6:03 pm

He should of been subbed in my view. His free kicks finished miles over hit and was haveing an off day.

Juventino · Post by **Juventino** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:37 pm

BAGGIO 15 wrote:He should of been subbed in my view. His free kicks finished miles over hit and was haveing an off day.

I was wondering why it took so long for Ranieri to go to the bench.

BAGGIO 15 · Post by **BAGGIO 15** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:33 pm

Juventino wrote:
BAGGIO 15 wrote:He should of been subbed in my view. His free kicks finished miles over hit and was haveing an off day.
I was wondering why it took so long for Ranieri to go to the bench.

I expected to see Iaquinta introduced earlier

reggina · Post by **reggina** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:07 am

BAGGIO 15 wrote:
Juventino wrote:We deserved the point, but we must also acknowledge there was an element of luck in obtaining that draw. Ale Del Piero won and converted a 91st minute penalty. Before that we controlled the entire second half but we up against a very compact backline who were content to play 11 behind the ball at some stages. Good on em for doing what they had to to try and hold the lead. Spinesi giving them the lead was the worst thing for us as they were happy to sit back, but it was a good goal from the Catania striker.

If Roma win vs Atalanta we will be 4 points behind, but at least the Scudetto talk will be over once and for all (hopefully) and we can concentrate on the far more realsitic goal of making sure we finish at least 4th.

SPOT ON, TOO MUCH RUBBISH BEING SPOKEN ABOUT.

Good to see you guys know where you belong

Juventino · Post by **Juventino** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:09 am

reggina wrote:
BAGGIO 15 wrote:
Juventino wrote:We deserved the point, but we must also acknowledge there was an element of luck in obtaining that draw. Ale Del Piero won and converted a 91st minute penalty. Before that we controlled the entire second half but we up against a very compact backline who were content to play 11 behind the ball at some stages. Good on em for doing what they had to to try and hold the lead. Spinesi giving them the lead was the worst thing for us as they were happy to sit back, but it was a good goal from the Catania striker.

If Roma win vs Atalanta we will be 4 points behind, but at least the Scudetto talk will be over once and for all (hopefully) and we can concentrate on the far more realsitic goal of making sure we finish at least 4th.

SPOT ON, TOO MUCH RUBBISH BEING SPOKEN ABOUT.

Good to see you guys know where you belong

Mabye next seaosn we can give you guys a run for your money but this season the team is simply not good enough to win the title. I just want all the title talk to stop now.

reggina · Post by **reggina** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:10 am

Juventino wrote:
reggina wrote:
BAGGIO 15 wrote:
Juventino wrote:We deserved the point, but we must also acknowledge there was an element of luck in obtaining that draw. Ale Del Piero won and converted a 91st minute penalty. Before that we controlled the entire second half but we up against a very compact backline who were content to play 11 behind the ball at some stages. Good on em for doing what they had to to try and hold the lead. Spinesi giving them the lead was the worst thing for us as they were happy to sit back, but it was a good goal from the Catania striker.

If Roma win vs Atalanta we will be 4 points behind, but at least the Scudetto talk will be over once and for all (hopefully) and we can concentrate on the far more realsitic goal of making sure we finish at least 4th.

SPOT ON, TOO MUCH RUBBISH BEING SPOKEN ABOUT.

Good to see you guys know where you belong
Mabye next seaosn we can give you guys a run for your money but this season the team is simply not good enough to win the title. I just want all the title talk to stop now.

Now you know how i felt following inter for the past 20 years hehe