Italian Serie A

FT Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Fiorentina LDLWL 2
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Juventus LWWDL 3
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FIO112
JUV213
Allianz Stadium · 37,503 att.

Match Report

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Juventus edge Fiorentina but made to wait for Serie A title

Juventus recovered to beat fierce rivals Fiorentina 3-2 in Turin but they will have to wait a little longer to claim the Serie A title.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
11
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
7
9
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
0
49.4
Possession
50.6
13
SHOTS
12
2
ON GOAL
5
0.2
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
0
2
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
383
Accurate Passes
395
455
Passes
472
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
5
22
Crosses
17
0.2
Cross %
0.3
43
Long Balls
58
21
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
6
11
Effective Tackles
20
15
Tackles
24
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
23
Effective Clearances
23
23
Clearances
23

Head to Head

JUV leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

JUV · 4-3-1-2

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 3Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  3. 15Andrea BarzagliCD-R
  4. 33Patrice EvraLB
  5. 26Stephan LichtsteinerRB
  6. 10Carlos TevezM
  7. 21Andrea PirloCM
  8. 37Roberto PereyraAM
  9. 27Stefano SturaroLM
  10. 8Claudio MarchisioRM
  11. 14Fernando LlorenteCF-R

FIO · 3-5-2

  1. 1NetoG
  2. 2Gonzalo RodríguezCD
  3. 19José BasantaCD-L
  4. 15Stefan SavicCD-R
  5. 14Matías FernándezCM-L
  6. 10Alberto AquilaniCM-R
  7. 5Milan BadeljAM
  8. 28Marcos AlonsoLM
  9. 17JoaquínRM
  10. 74Mohamed SalahCF-L
  11. 33Mario GómezCF-R

Timeline

  1. 33' Goal! Juventus 0, Fiorentina 1. Gonzalo Rodríguez (Fiorentina) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  2. 34' Neto (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 36' Goal! Juventus 1, Fiorentina 1. Fernando Llorente (Juventus) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andrea Pirlo with a cross following a set piece situation.
  4. 38' Gonzalo Rodríguez (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 45'+1' Goal! Juventus 2, Fiorentina 1. Carlos Tévez (Juventus) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Patrice Evra with a through ball.
  6. 49' Patrice Evra (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 56' Substitution, Juventus. Arturo Vidal replaces Andrea Pirlo.
  8. 67' Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Gonzalo Rodríguez (Fiorentina) right footed shot is close, but misses to the right. Gonzalo Rodríguez should be disappointed.
  9. 70' Goal! Juventus 3, Fiorentina 1. Carlos Tévez (Juventus) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Claudio Marchisio with a through ball.
  10. 71' Substitution, Juventus. Angelo Ogbonna replaces Roberto Pereyra.
  11. 72' Substitution, Fiorentina. Alberto Gilardino replaces Mario Gomez.
  12. 76' Alberto Aquilani (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 76' Substitution, Fiorentina. Borja Valero replaces Matías Fernández.
  14. 77' Substitution, Juventus. Simone Padoin replaces Stefano Sturaro.
  15. 81' Substitution, Fiorentina. Josip Ilicic replaces Mohamed Salah.
  16. 90' Goal! Juventus 3, Fiorentina 2. Josip Ilicic (Fiorentina) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the high centre of the goal.

Serie A News

All news
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