Juventus FC once again joins the battle for the Italian top league title after the 2-1 win against Catania last weekend (23rd). With this victory, Juve receives a boost after the failure of the last two games, which had already dropped them from second to third position, putting them in danger of falling far from first position.
The match began with Juve dominating the field and effectively attacking Catania, which saw Vincenzo Iaquinta score his first goal after 11 minutes.
However, Iaquinta had a brief celebration, as in the midst of the euphoria he lifted his shirt, which is considered an infraction, for which the referee showed him the yellow card. Barely a minute later, for a foul committed on an opponent, Iaquinta received another yellow card, immediately followed by a red one that sent him off.
With Iaquinta out, Catania saw the drawback of La Vecchia Signora’s inferior number of players and began to push more and more.
For the start of the second part, Catania took charge of the situation, continually harassing the frame defended by Gianluigi Buffon. And in a dangerous move by not being able to stop the sphere, Gigi was only able to deflect it for a moment, during which she was intercepted by the Japanese Takayuki Morimoto to send it directly to Buffon, who could not catch it. Thus, in the 51st minute, the Rossazzurri equalized the score 1-1.
Determined not to lose any more points that could dash their hopes of a title challenge, the Bianconeri – already looking tired from the pressure – began to fight harder to survive and repel the onslaught of their powerful opponents.
All this caused goalkeeper Gigi Buffon to make an extraordinary display of effort that demonstrated his quality and high level of competitiveness, making him the best player in the game. Another fundamental piece in Juve’s game strategy was the Brazilian striker Amauri, who was constantly looking for a tiebreaker, but without the support of Vicenzo Iaquinta, he was unable to make one of his aggressive plays.
With both teams obviously affected by fatigue, with the certainty that the game would end in a draw, in such a situation, Claudio Ranieri, the Zebras coach, was right, minutes from the end, to replace Tiago with the Danish Chris Poulsen. , who at 92′ stole the ball from the Elephants defender, Christian Terlizzi; Poulsen stopped it and with a powerful blow finished off Albano Bizarri’s net, who couldn’t do anything to catch it.
This conquest gave Juve the opportunity to move from second to third place against AC Milan, since their 1-1 draw against Reggina did not allow them to get enough points to stay in the second best position in Calcio. Juventus with 46 points follows Inter, who remains at the top of the tournament with 53 points.