Juventus Thrash Palermo To Keep Up The Pace

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Juventus Thrash Palermo To Keep Up The Pace

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Juventus Thrash Palermo To Keep Up The Pace

Juventus 5 – 0 Palermo

A very convincing performance by the Bianconeri allowed them to obtain three precious points against a disappointing Palermo side which failed to trouble their opponents at all in a one-sided game.

The Old Lady needed a win keep up with Inter and Roma following their respective victories on Saturday, whereas Palermo arrived at this game with six unbeaten games behind them, albeit with just the one win.

But there was only one side in it. Juventus dominated Palermo from the opening minutes, creating myriad chances in the process, while the Rosanero failed to trouble Gigi Buffon at all in the first half.

Claudio Ranieri opted to field Vincenzo Iaquinta instead of Alessandro Del Piero, and in the end this proved a good choice. The Bianconeri started out strongly, and in the 4th minute Iaquinta almost opened the scoring thanks to a free-kick 23 metres away from goal, but Agliardi managed to deflect it away for a corner.

Two minutes later it was David Trezeguet who tried his luck from 12 metres, but the ball went out. Another direct free-kick by Iaquinta saw Agliardi save in corner yet again, but in the 29th minute, the Palermo goalkeeper was unable to stop Trezeguet from putting Juventus ahead as the Frenchman turned towards goal an assist by Nicola Legrottaglie following a corner kick by Mauro German Camoranesi.

In the 33rd minute Pavel Nedved almost scored the second goal for the Old Lady, but his shot from 17 metres was blocked by Barzagli with Agliardi out of position. Eight minutes later, though, Iaquinta made it 2-0 to the Bianconeri as he managed to react quickly after falling down in the penalty area, shooting from close range past the Rosanero keeper.

Colantuono decided to send Cavani onto the field at the start of the second half and Palermo started lurking around the penalty area of Buffon, even though Juventus remained in control of the game.

Nedved tried to lob a header over the goalkeeper in the 48th minute, but the ball went just over the bar. In the 52nd minute, Palermo had their first shot on goal when Zaccardo fired towards the net following a Brienza cross, but Buffon saved his effort.

In the 58th minute it was Palermo again who went close, but Amauri's header went just inches wide on the right hand side of Bufffon. From then onwards it was just Juventus as Del Piero substituted Iaquinta in the 68th minute; three minutes later Pinturiccho scored a wonderfully struck free-kick which left Agliardi petrified.

The Same situation occurred a few minutes later as Marchionni replaced Camoranesi in the 72nd minute, and in the 75th minute the former Parma winger scored. It came after a good move on the right hand side which saw him dribble past Agliardi and deposit the ball in goal for the 4-0.

Not much happened in the final minutes, apart from Nedved's personal battle with Agliardi. The Czech player tried to score yet again in 80th minute, but this time, despite the ball going towards the back of the net, it was well saved by the Palermo keeper.

However in the final minute, Nedved won a penalty, generously awarded by the referee, which Del Piero converted without too much problem to seal the result 5-0 in favour of the Old Lady.

In the end it was a well-deserved win for Juventus who matched the pace of the teams ahead of them and will now travel to San Siro next weekend with more confidence as they prepare to clash with Milan.

This was a bad slip-up by Palermo and Colantuono will have a difficult job making his team forget this defeat and getting them back on the right track.

Starting Line-ups:

Juventus (4-4-2): Buffon; Zebina, Legrottaglie, Criscito, Molinaro; Camoranesi, Nocerino, C.Zanetti, Nedved; Iaquinta, Trezeguet

Palermo (3-5-1-1): Agliardi; Zaccardo, Barzagli, Biava; Diana, Simplicio, Guana, Caserta, Pisano; Brienza; Amauri
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Was a good game to watch. Great skill by Pavel that forced the defender to bring him down for the penalty that resulted in the 5th goal. A great flick over the defenders feet.
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saw some highlights and saw ADP give one of his players a mouthful. What was that about as the highlights didn't show incident?
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Great performance, we never stopped attacking and gave Palermo nothing in return. Tops goals from Trez, Del Piero and Marchionni. The defence is vcery solid now after that extremely shaky start to the season.
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