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Played
November 27, 2010 7:45 PM GMT
Stadio Olimpico di Torino — Torino
Referee: P. Valeri
Attendance: 21740
November 27, 2010 7:45 PM GMT
Stadio Olimpico di Torino — Torino
Referee: P. Valeri
Attendance: 21740
82′
Simone Pepe
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| Juventus | 1.62 | 3.80 | 0.00 | 1.62 | 10.00 |
| Draw | 3.40 | 1.36 | 0.00 | 3.60 | 3.30 |
| Fiorentina | 6.50 | 15.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 1.44 |
Serie A Preview: Juventus - Fiorentina
This is one of Italy's biggest rivalries and this time Turin is the host city...
By Subhankar Mondal
Rejuvenated And Resurrected
Juventus were on the verge of being in shambles at the start of the season and there were talks of yet another disappointing campaign. The arrival of Luigi Del Neri as the coach was hailed as a brilliant decision on the part of the Bianconeri board but initial results threatened to further wither the Old Lady.
However, Del Neri has repaired the damage and rejuvenated Juventus, who are currently perched on the fourth spot in the league standings and have mustered 23 points from 13 matches. Even more encouragingly perhaps, the Fidanzata d'Italia have not lost a competitive fixture since late September and defeated Genoa 2-0 last weekend.
With just six points separating them from league leaders Milan, Juventus have returned to the Scudetto race but they have to continue to improve. The Turin-based side are trying to temper talks of winning the Serie A title but they must be keen to launch a rally especially given that the likes of Inter and Lazio are dropping points while Roma are recovering from early season slow pace.
Resuming The Hate
Fiorentina love to hate Juventus and the Viola fans consider Italy's most successful club as their most fierce rivals. Interestingly, the Juve supporters do not reciprocate the same feelings of hate but that doesn't stop the Florentines to stop loathing them.
Indeed, on Saturday evening the Gigliati supporters will resume their hatred of Juve and will pass it on to their players. The match is massively important historically but is equally significant in terms of the current league standings. Sinisa Mihajlovic's side have recovered from a poor run of results in the beginning of the campaign and are now four points above the relegation zone in 13th place with 15 points.
Winning in Turin would be tough for the former Italian champions as they have yet to register an away victory in the league in 2010-11. Fiorentina have taken just two points from their six matches on the road and have also lost their last two on the trot away from the Artemio Franchi. But this is a game in which the players will be fired up and it could just click for the former European Cup finalists.
Juventus
Buffon, Legrottaglie, Rinaudo, Grygera, De Ceglie, Martinez and Amauri are out of the fixture because of injuries. Del Neri will deploy his favoured 4-4-2 formation that will have Iaquinta and Quagliarella as the two strikers. Sissoko and Felipe Melo will be the two defensive midfielders in a double-pivot system.
Fiorentina
Frey, Montolivo, Jovetic, Zanetti, Mutu and Natali will miss the trip to Turin as they are injured while Kroldrup and Gulan are suspended. Gilardino will be the lone striker upfront in a 4-2-3-1 system.
Juventus were on the verge of being in shambles at the start of the season and there were talks of yet another disappointing campaign. The arrival of Luigi Del Neri as the coach was hailed as a brilliant decision on the part of the Bianconeri board but initial results threatened to further wither the Old Lady.
However, Del Neri has repaired the damage and rejuvenated Juventus, who are currently perched on the fourth spot in the league standings and have mustered 23 points from 13 matches. Even more encouragingly perhaps, the Fidanzata d'Italia have not lost a competitive fixture since late September and defeated Genoa 2-0 last weekend.
With just six points separating them from league leaders Milan, Juventus have returned to the Scudetto race but they have to continue to improve. The Turin-based side are trying to temper talks of winning the Serie A title but they must be keen to launch a rally especially given that the likes of Inter and Lazio are dropping points while Roma are recovering from early season slow pace.
Resuming The Hate
Fiorentina love to hate Juventus and the Viola fans consider Italy's most successful club as their most fierce rivals. Interestingly, the Juve supporters do not reciprocate the same feelings of hate but that doesn't stop the Florentines to stop loathing them.
Indeed, on Saturday evening the Gigliati supporters will resume their hatred of Juve and will pass it on to their players. The match is massively important historically but is equally significant in terms of the current league standings. Sinisa Mihajlovic's side have recovered from a poor run of results in the beginning of the campaign and are now four points above the relegation zone in 13th place with 15 points.
Winning in Turin would be tough for the former Italian champions as they have yet to register an away victory in the league in 2010-11. Fiorentina have taken just two points from their six matches on the road and have also lost their last two on the trot away from the Artemio Franchi. But this is a game in which the players will be fired up and it could just click for the former European Cup finalists.
Juventus
Buffon, Legrottaglie, Rinaudo, Grygera, De Ceglie, Martinez and Amauri are out of the fixture because of injuries. Del Neri will deploy his favoured 4-4-2 formation that will have Iaquinta and Quagliarella as the two strikers. Sissoko and Felipe Melo will be the two defensive midfielders in a double-pivot system.
Fiorentina
Frey, Montolivo, Jovetic, Zanetti, Mutu and Natali will miss the trip to Turin as they are injured while Kroldrup and Gulan are suspended. Gilardino will be the lone striker upfront in a 4-2-3-1 system.
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Field Report
Reader's Predictions
Top 3 Predictions
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Juventus 2-0 Fiorentina
- 32.75 %
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Juventus 3-1 Fiorentina
- 14.93 %
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Juventus 2-1 Fiorentina
- 14.77 %
| Italy - Serie A (ITA1) | Feb 9, 2013 | Juventus 2 - Fiorentina 0 |
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| Italy - Serie A (ITA1) | Sep 25, 2012 | Fiorentina 0 - Juventus 0 |
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| Italy - Serie A (ITA1) | Mar 17, 2012 | Fiorentina 0 - Juventus 5 |
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| Italy - Serie A (ITA1) | Oct 25, 2011 | Juventus 2 - Fiorentina 1 |
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| Italy - Serie A (ITA1) | Apr 17, 2011 | Fiorentina 0 - Juventus 0 |
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Juventus
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| May 18, 2013 | Sampdoria 3 - Juventus 2 | ITA1 |
| May 11, 2013 | Juventus 1 - Cagliari 1 | ITA1 |
| May 8, 2013 | Atalanta 0 - Juventus 1 | ITA1 |
| May 5, 2013 | Juventus 1 - Palermo 0 | ITA1 |
| Apr 28, 2013 | Torino 0 - Juventus 2 | ITA1 |
Fiorentina
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| May 19, 2013 | Pescara 1 - Fiorentina 5 | ITA1 |
| May 12, 2013 | Fiorentina 1 - Palermo 0 | ITA1 |
| May 8, 2013 | Siena 0 - Fiorentina 1 | ITA1 |
| May 4, 2013 | Fiorentina 0 - Roma 1 | ITA1 |
| Apr 28, 2013 | Sampdoria 0 - Fiorentina 3 | ITA1 |
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| 30 | Marco Storari | Goalkeeper |
| - | Marco Motta | Defender |
| 3 | Giorgio Chiellini | Defender |
| 19 | Leonardo Bonucci | Defender |
| 11 | Fabio Grosso | Defender |
| 27 | Milos Krasic | Midfielder |
| 10 | Felipe Melo | Midfielder |
| 10 | Alberto Aquilani | Midfielder |
| 8 | Claudio Marchisio | Midfielder |
| 7 | Alessandro Del Piero | Striker |
| 27 | Fabio Quagliarella | Striker |
| 21 | Alexander Manninger | Goalkeeper |
| 43 | Frederik Sorensen | Defender |
| 3 | Armand Traoré | Defender |
| - | Mohamed Lamine Sissoko | Midfielder |
| - | Davide Lanzafame | Midfielder |
| 7 | Simone Pepe | Midfielder |
| - | Vincenzo Iaquinta | Striker |
| 31 | Artur Boruc | Goalkeeper |
| 23 | Manuel Pasqual | Defender |
| 16 | Gianluca Comotto | Defender |
| 31 | Michele Camporese | Defender |
| 55 | Alessandro Gamberini | Defender |
| 7 | Mario Alberto Santana | Midfielder |
| - | Gaetano D'Agostino | Midfielder |
| 22 | Adem Ljajic | Striker |
| 4 | Marco Donadel | Midfielder |
| 8 | J. Vargas | Defender |
| 82 | Alberto Gilardino | Striker |
| 25 | Vlada Avramov | Goalkeeper |
| 19 | Lorenzo De Silvestri | Defender |
| 18 | Mario Bolatti | Midfielder |
| 11 | Alessio Cerci | Midfielder |
| - | Khouma Babacar | Striker |
| 32 | Marco Marchionni | Midfielder |
| 21 | Felipe | Defender |
| Milos Krasic | |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Squad Number: | 27 |
| Games | Goals | YC | RC |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Milos Krasic scored one of the best individual goals against Genoa last weekend and the Serbia international will once again be the key player for the Old Lady. Krasic is gradually becoming the 'New Pavel Nedved' for Juventus and his runs, pace and trickery down the right flank will be crucial.
| J. Vargas | |
| Position: | Defender |
| Squad Number: | 8 |
| Games | Goals | YC | RC |
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| 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Juan Manuel Vargas will be Fiorentina's Milos Krasic as his work down the flank will help stretch the Juventus defence. Del Neri's fullbacks are average at best and given Vargas' pace and shooting abilities as well as his calibre to drill in accurate crosses, the Peruvian will be significant in ripping apart the Juve backline.
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82 Juventus are unbeaten for weeks now and have also looked strong at home. Even though this will be a very fierce match, the Bianconeri will be the favourites as they have a superior squad. However, Juve have shown vulnerability at the back and are likely to concede a goal.
Results
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Top Scorers
| Player | Goals | Penalties | |
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Edinson Cavani Striker Napoli |
29 | 7 |
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Antonio Di Natale Striker Udinese |
23 | 4 |
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Pablo Daniel Osvaldo Striker Roma |
16 | 2 |
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Stephan El Shaarawy Midfielder Milan |
16 | 0 |
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Germán Denis Striker Atalanta |
15 | 5 |
