Serie A - by Filip Kapica on Sunday, March 2, 2008 18:44 - 0 Comments

Match Report: Juventus 2 - 3 Fiorentina

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Football drama at the Stadio Olimpico. Juventus conceded a goal in the last minute and Fiorentina got the three points in the most interesting game of the week after a 2-3 win in Turin.

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Juventus players can only blame themselves, because the referee Stefano Farina didn’t make any bad decisions against the Bianconeri this time. At the third minute of added time, Fiorentina scored a goal which gave them very important points. Now, the club from Florence is just a point behind Juventus on fourth place in Serie A. It is quite a sensational win, because Cesare Prandeli’s lads were playing without their biggest star Adrian Mutu.

Nobody expected such an emotional finish. Fiorentina opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Martin Jorgensen provided a great ball to Massimo Gobbi who was one-on-one with Gianluigi Buffon and he scored. Ten minutes after the first goal, Juventus equalised with Mohamed Sissoko’s strike. The Mali international scored his first goal for the club with a beautiful bicycle kick.

In the second half, Juve had a chance to grab the lead and in the 57th minute Mauro Camoranesi showed his class. Cristian Molinaro crossed the ball into Sebastian Frey’s penalty box and after missing all the defenders, Camoranesi found the net. Then, Juventus tried to defend their lead and it was a bad idea. Claudio Ranieri decided to take off Alessandro Del Piero and the scorer of the second goal - Mauro Camoranesi, while Prandeli was thinking about offensive tactics.

At the 75th minute, Fiorentina luckily scored after Juventus defenders committed terrible mistakes. The ball somehow found Waigo Papa Ndiaye, who scored the second goal after having just entered the pitch a few minutes earlier. But the biggest hero came in the form of Pablo Daniel Osvaldo, the next player who came in from the bench.

In the last minute, Osvaldo put Fiorentina ahead with a header and after his huge celebration he was sent off. The Vecchia Signora’s defence was awful and they should forget about it as quick as they can. Words cannot describe the dissapointment of Juve players and fans, but the show must go on. They were beaten by today’s opponents, but the Bianconeri have to think about the next away game against FC Genoa, while Fiorentina will face AC Siena at next Sunday. Claudio Ranieri’s future is now doubtful.



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