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  1. Juventus scrape past Napoli

    Juventus scrape past Napoli

    Claudio Marchisio's first-half goal gave second-placed Juventus a 1-0 home win over Napoli in Serie A. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Juventus
    • Napoli
    • 90+4 The free kick is poor, straight at Buffon from 40 yards. Napoli hurl everyone forward now but that is the final whistle, Juve scrape the win but it was a poor, poor game.
    • 90+3 Chiellini is booked for a heavy aerial challenge in midfield.
    • 90+2 In four minutes of stoppage time. You want to know how poor this game has been? Juve have managed seven shots all match, Napoli five. Compare that to Arsenal v Fulham, where both sides had three times that.
    • 90' Trezeguet lays it up for Marchionni but his shot from the edge of the box is well wide.
    • 87' Free-kick to Napoli on the left... it's swung far post and Juve make a hash of it, Cannavaro dives in but parried by Buffon AND LAVEZZI WITH THE FINISH but the flag is up! Napoli are furious! Cannavaro was offside though, excellent decision.
    • 85' Cannavaro is playing up front now and flies in with a header but Mellberg gets ahead of him to clear.
    • 82' Good play by Russotto on the right but his cross is blocked. Juventus can counter now as the ball is played to the left, Marchisio slips a ball into Amauri but he fouls Cannavaro.
    • 80' Trezeguet is in on the right and clips a cross for Amauri to meet but he heads it well wide under pressure, it came off the side of his head.
    • 78' NAPOLI SUBS: Aronica and Russuto and on for Vitale and Pazienza.
    • 77' Trezeguet is in, he powers into the box and shapes to shoot but Contini gets across with a perfectly-timed block and it's behind for a corner. First proper chance of the half.
    • 73' JUVE SUB: This is the end for Legrottaglie, who has a knee injury in addition to that crack on the Jon. He is replaced by Olof "the beard" Mellberg.
    • 72' Play starts again but Napoli's corner is awful, about 20 yards in the air and landing that distance again from the box. They still have it though, and win a corner.
    • 71' Legrottaglie is in trouble, looks like he took a blow to the head from his own team-mate Buffon and is flat on his back... He groggily gets up though and should be okay.
    • 70' Free-kick to Napoli, swung high into the box and Buffon flies out to punch clear but he also takes out Legrottaglie!
    • 68' JUVE SUB: Del Piero off for Amauri.
    • 65' A disappointing passage of play as both sides clam up somewhat, with the passing scrappy and lacking any accuracy.
    • 61' Del Piero gets into the area but he's all alone and has to hold it up, which is not one of his strengths, and goes backwards before winning a throw.
    • 60' Blasi with a heavy tackle on Poulsen, Juve free kick... wide to Marchionni who centres for Trezeguet but just over his head!
    • 58' Decent ball in which Hamsik rises to meet but he can only head wide under pressure from Poulsen.
    • 57' Foul by Marchionni on Vitale to halt a Napoli counter, free-kick to the visitors on the left wing...
    • 56' Corner to Napoli on the right which Buffon has to arch to tip away for another.
    • 55' Marchionni crosses from the right but Trezeguet can't connect, it drops to Giovinco on the left but Santacroce blocks his centre for a corner. Foul on Navarro from the corner, free-kick to Napoli.
    • 54' Chiellini is down hurt after over-stretching in trying to defend that Napoli chance.
    • 53' A good attacking move by Napoli culminates in Hamsik half-volleying on goal but it's straight at Buffon.
    • 51' Marchionni finds Grygera on the overlap but he can't reach it despite stretching out a leg and it's back with Navarro.
    • 49' Free-kick to Juve on the right, around 38 yards out but uncharacteristically Del Piero spoons it high, high away for a goal kick.
    • 48' Marchionni goes down like a tonne of bricks on the right and the ref waves him up.
    • 46' Second half underway!
    • 45' Half-time, Juve lead!
    • 44' Giovinco on the left goes inside to Poulsen, he plays it across to Marchisio who has a crack and it takes a huge deflection to wrong-foot Navarro and nestle in the bottom right for 1-0! Juve lead and it's a fluke to be honest.
    • 42' Poulsen with a rough challenge on the left, free-kick but wasted.
    • 40' Trezeguet stretched to get on to a through ball but it zips away from him and back to Navarro.
    • 39' A high ball sends Del Piero in but Navarro flies out to palm it away just as he was about to finish, Marchionni gets the rebound but sends it wide from a tight angle!
    • 38' Lavezzi surges forward on the left, he's in the box and plays a superb backheel to Hamsik who's in but a great block by Buffon at the near post and it's a corner! The angle was tight for Hamsik but Buffon made it very hard for him, as befits the best in the business.
    • 36' Hamsik gets it around 30 yards out and tries a half-volley on the turn but sends it high, wide and handsome.
    • 34' Buffon comes out to claim a high ball. This is pretty uninspiring stuff to be honest.
    • 30' Marchionni on the right, he has lots of space, he moves forward and digs out a hanging far-post cross for Trezeguet but Santacroce nicks it away from him! Corner.
    • 27' Ball over the top springs Napoli's offside trap and plays Giovinco clean through but Navarro comes out to hack it clear. Good keeping.
    • 25' Del Piero and Trezeguet are in but the flag is up for offside.
    • 23' Napoli have had a lot of the ball the last few minutes as they try to ease the pressure on their slightly shaky defence.
    • 19' Marchionni gets in down the right, knocks it past Vitale but Cannavaro is there to clear.
    • 17' Trezeguet is fouled aound 25 yards out, very central, he'll take it... and he curls it over the wall but tipped over in style by Navarro!
    • 15' Del Piero wide right to Marchionni who's in space and puts a near post ball in FOR TREZEGUET WITH THE FINISH BUT A BRILLIANT SAVE BY THE FEET OF NAVARRO AND GIOVINCO COMES IN AND MUST SCORE BUT OVER! Should have been 1-0.
    • 14' Del Piero again on the right, he swings over a cross that Santocroce should deal with but he makes a hash of it and Trezeguet is in but the flag is up! The France striker is called offside - that looked very generous.
    • 13' Juve hold firm at the back after Lavezzi tries to play Hamsik in. The Bianconeri come forward now... Cleared by Napoli though.
    • 11 Del Piero on the right, he cuts inside past the left-back and shoots from the edge of the box but his curling effort is parried by Navarro, who claims the loose ball!
    • 9' Good run from Molinaro, cutting inside from the left two beat two defenders and swing over a low cross but Trezeguet just misses it and Napoli clear.
    • 7' Santacroce with a terrible defensive header from Marchionni's cross that beats Navarro and goes just wide for a corner. A couple of hairy moments arise from that set piece but eventually Napoli bring it clear.
    • 6' Marchisio plays a ball over the top for Trezeguet who is in but the flag goes up! Bad decision, he was level while Del Piero was coming back from offside on the other side of the pitch!
    • 5' Napoli with some good attacking play but Lavezzi can't control Blasi's through ball and Juve clear.
    • 3' Hamsik takes it down in the Juve box but hoofed clear by Chiellini. Decent start for the visitors.
    • 1' Match underway in Turin!
    • - TEAM NEWS: Mauro Camoranesi is out injured for Juve, who can close the gap on leaders Inter to six points if they win tonight.
    • - Hello and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of Juventus v Napoli in Serie A, starting at 19:30 UK time!

  • Team Stats

    Juventus Stats Napoli
    47% Possession 52%
    11 Shots 5
    4 Shots on target 2
    2 Saves 1
    6 Corners 6
    15 Fouls 28
    6 Offsides 4
    2 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    19 Tackles 27
    285 Accurate passes 301
    80 Bad passes 55

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Juventus
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Gianluigi Buffon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
      33 Nicola Legrottaglie 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 12 0 1
      28 Christian Molinaro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 23 3
      21 Zdenek Grygera 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 28 0 1
      3 Giorgio Chiellini 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 18 3 2
      18 Christian Poulsen 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 51 12 3
      19 Claudio Marchisio 1 1 1 5 2 0 0 35 16 4
      32 Marco Marchionni 0 3 0 7 0 1 0 26 10 2
      20 Sebastian Giovinco 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 16 7 1
      17 David Trezeguet 0 2 1 1 0 4 0 17 2 1
      10 Alessandro Del Piero 0 1 1 4 3 1 0 30 3 0
      4 Olof Mellberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Hasan Salihamidzic 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 1
      9 Vincenzo Iaquinta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Tiago Mendes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Carvalho De Oliveira Amauri 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 5 3 0
      22 Mohamed Sissoko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Alexander Manninger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Napoli
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      30 Nicolás Navarro 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 0
      28 Paolo Cannavaro 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 24 4 1
      96 Matteo Contini 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 27 10 3
      13 Fabiano Santacroce 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 32 0 7
      8 Manuele Blasi 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 46 4 3
      3 Luigi Vitale 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 17 11 4
      4 Francesco Montervino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 1
      5 Michele Pazienza 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 23 2 3
      17 Marek Hamsik 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 37 10 1
      9 Germán Denis 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 15 3 0
      7 Ezequiel Lavezzi 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 29 1 2
      15 Jesús Dátolo 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21 10 1
      83 Leandro Rinaudo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      6 Salvatore Aronica 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 1
      70 Luca Bucci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Andrea Russotto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Cristian Maggio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Mariano Bogliacino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 87' Free-kick to Napoli on the left... it's swung far post and Juve make a hash of it, Cannavaro dives in but parried by Buffon AND LAVEZZI WITH THE FINISH but the flag is up! Napoli are furious! Cannavaro was offside though, excellent decision.
    • 77' Trezeguet is in, he powers into the box and shapes to shoot but Contini gets across with a perfectly-timed block and it's behind for a corner. First proper chance of the half.
    • 44' Giovinco on the left goes inside to Poulsen, he plays it across to Marchisio who has a crack and it takes a huge deflection to wrong-foot Navarro and nestle in the bottom right for 1-0! Juve lead and it's a fluke to be honest.
    • 39' A high ball sends Del Piero in but Navarro flies out to palm it away just as he was about to finish, Marchionni gets the rebound but sends it wide from a tight angle!
    • 38' Lavezzi surges forward on the left, he's in the box and plays a superb backheel to Hamsik who's in but a great block by Buffon at the near post and it's a corner! The angle was tight for Hamsik but Buffon made it very hard for him, as befits the best in the business.
    • 17' Trezeguet is fouled aound 25 yards out, very central, he'll take it... and he curls it over the wall but tipped over in style by Navarro!
    • 15' Del Piero wide right to Marchionni who's in space and puts a near post ball in FOR TREZEGUET WITH THE FINISH BUT A BRILLIANT SAVE BY THE FEET OF NAVARRO AND GIOVINCO COMES IN AND MUST SCORE BUT OVER! Should have been 1-0.
    • 11 Del Piero on the right, he cuts inside past the left-back and shoots from the edge of the box but his curling effort is parried by Navarro, who claims the loose ball!
    • - Hello and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of Juventus v Napoli in Serie A, starting at 19:30 UK time!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

  • Juventus

    Captain: Alessandro Del Piero

    Starting line-up

    • G. Buffon
    • Z. Grygera
    • N. Legrottaglie Yellow Card Substitution Out (72′)
    • G. Chiellini Yellow Card
    • C. Molinaro
    • M. Marchionni
    • C. Poulsen
    • C. Marchisio Goal
    • S. Giovinco Substitution Out (63′)
    • D. Trezeguet
    • A. Del Piero Substitution Out (68′)

    Subs

    • O. Mellberg Substitution In72′
    • H. Salihamidzic Substitution In63′
    • A. Manninger
    • V. Iaquinta
    • Tiago
    • Amauri
    • M. Sissoko

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Napoli

    Captain: Paolo Cannavaro

    Starting line-up

    • N. Navarro
    • F. Santacroce
    • M. Contini
    • M. Blasi
    • P. Cannavaro
    • M. Pazienza Substitution Out (78′)
    • F. Montervino
    • L. Vitale Substitution Out (78′)
    • M. Hamsik
    • G. Denis
    • E. Lavezzi

    Subs

    • C. Maggio
    • S. Aronica Substitution In78′
    • L. Bucci
    • M. Bogliacino
    • L. Rinaudo
    • A. Russotto Substitution In78′
    • J. Dátolo

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

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    From kenny f, on Sun 1 Mar 11:43PM

  2. hoi ryan,climb back into your tree house ya nether­ orientated simian .

    From kenny f, on Sun 1 Mar 11:38PM

  3. oi kenny stfu

    From RYAN, on Sun 1 Mar 8:50PM

  4. chelsea? huh! you spent the great majority of the­ second half in your OWN half,like most english premier­ sides,just a bunch of over-paid butt monkeys!

    From kenny f, on Sun 1 Mar 5:45PM

  5. sunderland are @#$% pony

    From papillon soo soo, on Sat 28 Feb 9:36PM

  6. what kinda half-wit was commentating on this game on­ here? you cannot begin to compare the intelligence and­ skill of serie a with the midfield congested hack their­ shins off,and intimididate the officials @#$% that­ passes for footbal skill in the english premiership,­ arsenal & fulham? get real,and get some­ intelligence you sad excuse for an inebriated­ chimpanzee!! lol!

    From kenny f, on Sat 28 Feb 9:34PM

  7. juve will lose against chelsea,chelsea will knock the­ out CHelsea 4 ever!!!!!!1111

    From Osman, on Sat 28 Feb 9:33PM

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  9. "In four minutes of stoppage time. You want to­ know how poor this game has been? Juve have managed­ seven shots all match, Napoli five. Compare that to­ Arsenal v Fulham, where both sides had three times­ that."

    The Arsenal - Fulham game ended­ 0-0....the extra shots on goal in that game didn't­ mean @#$%!!!!!!

    From Marcus P, on Sat 28 Feb 9:22PM

  10. well done. we need to win next mach with chelsea to.

    From vikingu_nowdays, on Sat 28 Feb 9:22PM

  11. Juve need another goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dai­ ragazzi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From Marcus P, on Sat 28 Feb 9:07PM

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    From FoxY, on Sat 28 Feb 8:11PM

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  19. juve to win, del piero to score !!

    From Michelle, on Sat 28 Feb 7:32PM

  20. will JUVENTUS win 2-0 trezeguet first gooooooooool

    From Marko, on Sat 28 Feb 5:59PM
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