Italian Serie A – full time review: Genoa versus Juventus
The match kicked off in spicy fashion as Genoa adopted an aggressive approach. In the 14th minute of the encounter, Milos Krasic was brought down by Genoa’s left back Criscito. The referee spotted the offense and
rightly booked the Italian national who was indeed unhappy with the decision of referee showing him a yellow card for one his first fouls in the game.
In the 17th minute of the match, Juventus took the lead as they capitalized on their early dominance of the goal. It was Marchisio who let out a powerful drive from outside the Genoa penalty area. However, the Italian
nationals strike was deflected off Dainelli. The deflection took it towards the post and then the ball hit Eduardo, the Genoa goalkeeper on the head before trickling into the back of the net. It was really a bizarre goal which knocked the stuffing out of Genoa,
who looked completely distraught at the manner in which they conceded the goal which was finally attributed to Dainelli as an own goal.
Genoa were dealt another blow in the 22nd minute as Juventus rushed forward yet again. This time it was Krasic who took on Kakha Kaladze in Genoa’s defence. The Serbian winger had no trouble getting past the defender
and then he unleashed an accurate shot which Eduardo did get a hand to but the touch wasn’t enough to keep it out as Juventus went two goals up. Krasic was shown a yellow card by the referee as he took off his shirt in the post goal celebrations.
In the 26th minute, Genoa almost pulled a goal back as their left back Criscito let loose a brilliantly executed volley from a corner kick. The shot thumped against the bar and then went out for the Juventus goal
kick as the former Italian champions were let off the hook. In the 32nd minute, it was Kakha Kaladze who was cautioned by the referee with a yellow card as he fouled Iaquinta inside his teams own half. It was a bad foul which merited
a booking at least.
In the 37th minute of the first half, Krasic was in action yet again as he burst into life inside the Genoa penalty area, the Serbian crossed for Iaquinta who barely got a touch on the ball. His weak touch was not
enough to get the ball into the Genoa goal as the ball rolled out for a goal kick for the home side. The first half concluded with the score line at 0-2 in favour of the away side, Juventus. The second half kicked off with Juventus in the ascendency once again
as Aquilani tried his luck from outside the Genoa penalty area. The Italian national failed to hit the target with his shot which was some way off the mark.
In the 61st minute of the match, Grosso was cautioned on the Juventus side after he had fouled Rafinha. It was a poor tackle by the former Italian international footballer who was rightly shown a yellow card as
a result. In the 63rd minute, Rafinha also went into the referee’s book as he tackled Quagliarella. Rafinha was once again in the thick of the things at the 66th minute mark as he crossed into the Juventus box
for Luca Toni, who headed the ball over the goal as Juventus maintained their two goal lead.
In the 73rd minute, Kharja tried his luck from distance on the Juventus goal but his shot was deflected off Momo Sissoko. As a result the trajectory of the shot changed and thus Storari had to tip the ball over
the bar as the Juventus goalkeeper played it safe. In the 77th minute, Luca Toni and Detro combined in the Juventus penalty area in one of the few moments of brilliance from the Genoa’s front men. However, Detro’s ensuing shot was well
wide of the mark. The match eventually ended with the score line at 0-2 to Juventus as the Italian giants gained another vital three points on the road.
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