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December 22, 2009, Tuesday
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JUVENTUS miserable form continued on Sunday when substitute Mariano Izco's late goal condemned the Turin side to a 1-2 home defeat by Serie A strugglers Catania.
Bosnian midfielder Hasan Salihamidzic had fired the hosts level in the 66th minute to cancel out Jorge Martinez's 23rd-minute spot kick for the Sicilian visitors.
Elsewhere, Samuel Eto'o scored an early goal to give Inter Milan a 1-0 win at home to Lazio and extend its Serie A lead to eight points going into the winter break.
Eto'o struck in the 14th minute after meeting Dejan Stankovic's cross from the right. The Cameroon striker's header was stopped by Muslera, but Eto'o reacted quickest to score his eighth goal of the season.
Inter leads the standings with 39 points, while AC Milan is second on 31. Juventus remains third with 30 points from 17 games.
Milan's visit to Fiorentina on Saturday was one of four of this weekend's fixtures to be postponed by heavy snow.
AS Roma beat Parma 2-0 at home to join the promoted side in joint fourth thanks to second-half goals by Nicolas Burdisso and Matteo Brighi.
The pressure on Juventus coach Ciro Ferrara now risks becoming intolerable after his men lost 1-3 at Bari last weekend and exited the Champions League with a 1-4 drubbing from Bayern Munich but he said he had no intention of quitting.
"Our ship is in the middle of a storm and the only way out is staying united," Ferrara told La Gazzetta dello Sport's Website. "The thought of quitting has not crossed my mind. If there were just one problem we'd have probably solved it.
"There are a series of things that aren't right. We know that we haven't done as well in the last three months as at the start of the season.
"But the solution is not on the transfer market."
The Turin club's president Jean Claude Blanc reiterated that the former Italy and Juventus defender's job was safe. "We have confidence in Ciro and his staff," Blanc said.
The team got a hostile reception from some of their supporters on Sunday. The team bus was hit by an egg on its way to the ground. Some fans stood with their backs to the pitch during the game and media reported that racist chants could be heard from the stands.
Uruguayan Martinez had to take the penalty, awarded for a tug by Tiago on Nicolas Spolli, twice after the referee ordered it be repeated for players entering the box.
Juventus was at sea for a while, its troubles exemplified by Brazilian midfielder Felipe Melo, a disappointment since moving from Fiorentina in a big-money close-season deal, being replaced by Salihamidzic on 32 minutes. Catania now shares the bottom spot with Siena, which lost 0-1 at Palermo.
Bosnian midfielder Hasan Salihamidzic had fired the hosts level in the 66th minute to cancel out Jorge Martinez's 23rd-minute spot kick for the Sicilian visitors.
Elsewhere, Samuel Eto'o scored an early goal to give Inter Milan a 1-0 win at home to Lazio and extend its Serie A lead to eight points going into the winter break.
Eto'o struck in the 14th minute after meeting Dejan Stankovic's cross from the right. The Cameroon striker's header was stopped by Muslera, but Eto'o reacted quickest to score his eighth goal of the season.
Inter leads the standings with 39 points, while AC Milan is second on 31. Juventus remains third with 30 points from 17 games.
Milan's visit to Fiorentina on Saturday was one of four of this weekend's fixtures to be postponed by heavy snow.
AS Roma beat Parma 2-0 at home to join the promoted side in joint fourth thanks to second-half goals by Nicolas Burdisso and Matteo Brighi.
The pressure on Juventus coach Ciro Ferrara now risks becoming intolerable after his men lost 1-3 at Bari last weekend and exited the Champions League with a 1-4 drubbing from Bayern Munich but he said he had no intention of quitting.
"Our ship is in the middle of a storm and the only way out is staying united," Ferrara told La Gazzetta dello Sport's Website. "The thought of quitting has not crossed my mind. If there were just one problem we'd have probably solved it.
"There are a series of things that aren't right. We know that we haven't done as well in the last three months as at the start of the season.
"But the solution is not on the transfer market."
The Turin club's president Jean Claude Blanc reiterated that the former Italy and Juventus defender's job was safe. "We have confidence in Ciro and his staff," Blanc said.
The team got a hostile reception from some of their supporters on Sunday. The team bus was hit by an egg on its way to the ground. Some fans stood with their backs to the pitch during the game and media reported that racist chants could be heard from the stands.
Uruguayan Martinez had to take the penalty, awarded for a tug by Tiago on Nicolas Spolli, twice after the referee ordered it be repeated for players entering the box.
Juventus was at sea for a while, its troubles exemplified by Brazilian midfielder Felipe Melo, a disappointment since moving from Fiorentina in a big-money close-season deal, being replaced by Salihamidzic on 32 minutes. Catania now shares the bottom spot with Siena, which lost 0-1 at Palermo.
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