Wednesday, April 22, 2009
All About Juventus-Lazio
The moment of Juventus-Lazio has arrived. Juventus.com presents all the information to live the match at the Olimpico to the max. Many are the previous Coppa Italia encounters between the two rivals. One in particular is remembered by the bianconeri. In 1995, after having eliminated the capitolini in the semi-finals Juventus won their 9th national trophy.
LAZIO-JUVENTUS IN THE FIRST LEG
The first leg of the semi-final had two sides. In the first half Ranieri’s team dominated for most of the time reaching the half-time with a 1-0 advantage thanks to the goal scored by Marchionni and a goal unjustly disallowed by Iaquinta.
In the second half, Pandev and Rocchi managed to turn round the result. The match details show that the two teams were equal in ball possession and in the percentage of successful passes. The referee, Mr. Tagliavento - protagonist of the goal disallowed for the striker from Calabria who was clearly on-side – whistled 21 fouled against Juventus and 12 against the home team.
The number of balls sent into the opposing penalty area is equal: 30 each. Lazio made the difference when it came to concluding with 21 shots at goal 10 of which on target, whereas our manoeuvre produced 11 shots at goal with only 2 (all in the first half) reaching the target.
THE THIRD COPPPA MATCH AT THE OLIMPICO
It is the third time that Juventus will play at home in the 2008/09 edition of the Coppa Italia. The first match on a knock-out basis was during the final 16 against Catania. The bianconeri registered a 3-0 victory which could have been even larger when one considers the great number of goal scoring opportunities created. The goals were scored by Marchionni in the initial minutes of the match, Giovinco and Del Piero in the second half.
The match between Juventus and Napoli was much more balanced and decided by penalties after the match ended in a goalless draw after 120 minutes of play. The sequence of penalties was very exciting with Nedved missing first followed by Lavezzi, Sissoko and Contini. Six penalties each were necessary to determine the victor: Legrottaglie’s goal was followed by a shot which went very high above the post by Gargano, which saw Juventus gain access to the semi-finals.
THE MOST FAITHFUL
There are 5 Juventus players who took part in all 3 Coppa Italia encounters this year: Zdenek Grygera, Marco Marchionni (who is the team’s top-scorer with 2 goals), Olof Mellberg, Christian Poulsen e Mohamed Sissoko. Out of these only the player from Mali will not be able to continue in the series due to injury but also due to the suspension received at the end of the first leg.
PREVIOUS MATCHES
There are 8 previous encounters between Juventus and Lazio which were played in Turin for the Coppa Italia. Statistics show 4 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. The series of encounters began on the 27th of September 1942 with a 2-3 in favour of the biancocelesti and leading to the elimination of Juventus in the final 16.
On the 18th June 1960 Juventus-Lazio is for a place in the final, just like today, and it is the bianconeri who make it through with a 3-0 victory thanks to goals scored by Cervato, Lojodice and Charles. The same result is repeated in 1974 with Roberto Bettega scoring twice and Franco Causio adding to the score.
After a 0-0 draw in 1987, Juve return to victory with a 2-1 end result in 1995: the coincidence with the present is thorough, having been also the second leg of a semi-final (and it is also the last Coppa Italia won by the bianconeri). The scorers on that night were Marocchi and Roberto Baggio who turned round the result after having gone under with a own goal by Paulo Sousa.
In 1988 Juventus-Lazio was once again a semi-final and this time it was decided by a goal by Boksic, former bianconero who at the time played for the team coached by Sven Goran Eriksson. In 2000 the match is a really exciting one with a 3-2 final result: it is a two-sided match with the first 45 minutes decided by the goals of Zidane, Conte and Kovacevic and the second half seeing the reply with goals scored by Ravanelli and Mancini.
Finally, in 2004, Juventus-Lazio is the second leg of the final. Marcello Lippi’s bianconeri must come back from a 2-0 defeat in Rime. The come-back is successful thanks to goals scored by Trezeguet and Del Piero but the goals scored by Corradi and Fiore hand the trophy to the capitolini: the fourth in their history (the others were won by Lazio in 1958, 1998 and 2000).
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