Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, February 15, 2015
Juventus WWWDW 2
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Cesena LLWWL 2
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Orogel Stadium - Dino Manuzzi · 23,661 att.

Match Report

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Cesena surprise Juventus, hold Serie A leaders to 2-2 draw

Struggling Cesena showed the sort of spirit they will need if they are to avoid the drop in Serie A as they held league leaders Juventus to a 2-2 draw on Sunday.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
2
61.7
Possession
38.3
15
SHOTS
12
4
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
445
Accurate Passes
237
539
Passes
331
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
6
25
Crosses
19
0.2
Cross %
0.3
88
Long Balls
68
62
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
1
12
Effective Tackles
22
15
Tackles
24
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
22
Effective Clearances
39
22
Clearances
39

Head to Head

JUV leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

CES

  1. 1Nicola LealiG
  2. 15Luka KrajncD
  3. 6Stefano LucchiniD
  4. 33Francesco RenzettiD
  5. 24Gabriele PericoD
  6. 11Franco BrienzaM
  7. 5Luigi GiorgiM
  8. 77Zé EduardoM
  9. 8Giuseppe De FeudisM
  10. 18Milan DjuricF
  11. 92Grégoire DefrelF

JUV

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 33Patrice EvraD
  3. 19Leonardo BonucciD
  4. 5Angelo OgbonnaD
  5. 26Stephan LichtsteinerD
  6. 21Andrea PirloM
  7. 8Claudio MarchisioM
  8. 6Paul PogbaM
  9. 23Arturo VidalM
  10. 14Fernando LlorenteF
  11. 9Álvaro MorataF

Timeline

  1. 17' Goal! Cesena 1, Juventus 0. Milan Djuric (Cesena) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gregoire Defrel.
  2. 20' Gabriele Perico (Cesena) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 27' Goal! Cesena 1, Juventus 1. Álvaro Morata (Juventus) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Paul Pogba with a cross.
  4. 33' Goal! Cesena 1, Juventus 2. Claudio Marchisio (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Álvaro Morata with a headed pass.
  5. 41' Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 60' Substitution, Cesena. Constantin Nica replaces Gabriele Perico.
  7. 69' Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 70' Goal! Cesena 2, Juventus 2. Franco Brienza (Cesena) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Milan Djuric with a headed pass.
  9. 75' Substitution, Juventus. Roberto Pereyra replaces Paul Pogba.
  10. 82' Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Arturo Vidal (Juventus) right footed shot is close, but misses to the left. Arturo Vidal should be disappointed.
  11. 83' Substitution, Cesena. Alejandro Rodriguez replaces Milan Djuric.
  12. 83' Substitution, Cesena. Carlos Carbonero replaces Luigi Giorgi.
  13. 88' Constantin Nica (Cesena) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 88' Substitution, Juventus. Kingsley Coman replaces Arturo Vidal.
  15. 88' Substitution, Juventus. Simone Pepe replaces Fernando Llorente.

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