JuventusFootball_Cl 4 - 1 Soccer (381945884)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 13083 at Juventus Stadium today. Mickaël Portail was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Themis Grafopoulos and Ionut Ion. A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for JuventusFootball_Cl. The following players took the field: Komorna - Fratini, Chapelle - Gout, Pristajko, Moce, Jesus, Bakmaz - Bodzás, Terzis, Mahmud.

Soccer had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Cocito - Lăcătusu, Simões, Metcalf - Bandirali, Castro, Littomericzky, Wegner, Candotto - Nowak, Suli.

Soccer saw most attack opportunities on the wings. N. Gout caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 7 minutes. This gave JuventusFootball_Cl the 1 - 0 lead. 16 minutes into the game, C. Jesus had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came M. Teixeira. Content with how the game was proceeding, the JuventusFootball_Cl coach let H. Cunat replace Z. Pristajko after 20 minutes. Soccer had to manage with a reduced squad after 26 minutes, as M. Suli got sent off for a needless foul away from the game's action. Soccer had to make a substitution after 31 minutes. F. Candotto limped off the field and was replaced by M. Siruela. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave L. Terzis from JuventusFootball_Cl a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 33 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Coming from the right, B. Mahmud almost managed to score another goal for JuventusFootball_Cl, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. JuventusFootball_Cl enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 60 percent of possession.

A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in JuventusFootball_Cl's K. Bodzás increasing the lead to 2 - 0. A well placed corner kick from N. Gout was followed by M. Teixeira's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for JuventusFootball_Cl, the score now 3 - 0. JuventusFootball_Cl's N. Gout struck his penalty well enough to beat the goalkeeper and extend the home team's lead to 4 - 0 after 65 minutes. At this point, it was obvious that the players of JuventusFootball_Cl lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Unsportsmanlike behaviour by L. Terzis rendered him his second booking of the match, and JuventusFootball_Cl had to finish the game with a reduced squad. Soccer caught their opponents out with a clever counterattack down the right wing 85 minutes into the match. A. Nowak was able to finish off the move - 4 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to JuventusFootball_Cl, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

JuventusFootball_Cl's top performer was clearly B. Mahmud. On the other hand, S. Fratini's play was disheartening. A. Nowak performed admirably for Soccer. E. Cocito turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 4 - 1.