Serie A Tim - 04 Aug 2007 - 6:58 PM
Molinaro saves the day
Thanks to a great Cristian Molinaro goal, Juventus were able to draw their third and last friendly on their tour of England and Germany. The final result was 1-1. The home side went one up with Murphy after 8 minutes, and the Salerno defender equalized in the dying minutes of the match. The team will return to Turin this evening and will begin training again in Vinovo on Tuesday.
The first minutes of the game saw the home side dominating. After 8 minutes, Buffon had to make two incredible saves on McShane and Chopra, but he was helpless against Murphy's close-range tap-in. Juventus went close to scoring for the rest of the half, but the opponents' keeper Fulop was sensational, making at least three decisive saves, in particular a spectacular one on Trezeguet, when he deflected the ball on the crossbar. Salihamidzic, Nedved, Iaquinta and Almiron all tried their luck with shots at goal too, but to no avail. At the end of the half it was still 1-0.
Ranieri changed four players at the start of the second half: Belardi came on for Buffon, Birindelli for Zebina, Molinaro for Grygera and Del Piero for Salihamidzic. Chiellini switched to centre-half and Juve played with three upfront. Other players would also come on as the match progressed: Nocerino, Zanetti, Criscito and Palladino. The Bianconeri came close to scoring especially in the first few minutes, with Del Piero immediately inspired and on the ball. A free kick by the captain was saved well by Ward, who'd taken Fulop’s place in goal. There were several chances, with Iaquinta and Nocerino in particular very lively and always in the thick of the action, but the score didn't change until the 43rd minute, when Del Piero gave a superb ball to Molinaro, who came from behind and scored with a great volley in the top of the net. The end result was 1-1, thanks also to the post saving Belardi on a strike by Stokes. Three defeats (after the ones in Newcastle and Hamburg, which were not entirely deserved) would just not have been right.
SUNDERLAND-JUVENTUS 1-1 (1-0)
GOALS: (first half) 8' Murphy; (second half) 43’ Molinaro
SUNDERLAND: Fulop (1’ s.h. Ward); Halford (40’ s.h. Kay), Nosworthy, McShane (29’ s.h. Anderson), Wallace (24’ s.h. Collins); Miller, Whitehead (15’ s.h. Yorke), Etuhu (15’ s.h. Stokes), Richardson; Murphy (24’ s.h. John), Chopra (15’ s.h. Connolly). Subs not used: Leadbitter, Varga, Donaghue. Manager: Keane.
JUVENTUS: Buffon (1’ s.h. Belardi); Zebina (1’ s.h. Birindelli), Andrade, Grygera (1’ s.h. Molinaro), Chiellini (28’ s.h. Criscito); Salihamidzic (1’ s.h. Del Piero), Almiron (24’ s.h. Zanetti), Tiago (15’ s.h. Nocerino), Nedved; Iaquinta (29’ s.h. Palladino), Trezeguet. Subs not used: Vanstrattan, Novembre, Legrottaglie, Boumsong, Blasi. Manager: Ranieri.
REFEREE: Riley.
NOTES: Etuhu booked.
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Seria A!....Oh yeah!
....Suazo would have been a good addition
...dam Inter!!! 
