Related News
Juventus rests Pirlo, still dominates Torino derby
Print Edition
Juventus continued to dominate neighbor Torino yesterday by winning a niggly derby 1-0 with a Paul Pogba goal after resting playmaker Andrea Pirlo.
The Serie A champion completed its ninth match against Torino without conceding a goal, a run stretching back to 2002, and extended its unbeaten run in the fixture to 13.
Inter Milan lost ground on the leaders when it conceded a late goal to draw 1-1 away to homeless Cagliari, Catania beat Chievo 2-0 to clock up its first win of the season and basement club Sassuolo hit back to draw 2-2 with Lazio.
The only goal of the Turin derby came in the 54th minute when Carlos Tevez headed against the crossbar from a corner and Frenchman Pogba reacted quickly to bury the rebound for the visitors, amid suspicions of offside.
“They told me that Tevez was offside leading up to the goal, but we must also say that we were unfortunate before that because Ciro Immobile’s (first half) tackle on Tevez should have been a sending off,” Juventus coach Antonio Conte said.
Juventus remained unbeaten this season with 16 points from six games, level with Napoli, which beat Genoa 2-0 on Saturday. AS Roma, which began the weekend in top spot with 15 points, was at home to Bologna later. Inter is fourth with 14.
Conte has made it clear he will rotate the squad this season and, having rested goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon one week ago, it was 34-year-old Pirlo’s turn yesterday.
The match was predictably intense, with numerous untidy clashes in midfield and few scoring chances.
Torino, which last won the fixture in 1996, left Alessio Cerci alone in attack and Juventus also struggled to create openings with Tevez ineffective against the home defense.
Inter went ahead when Argentine forward Mauro Icardi nodded in Yuto Nagatomo’s cross in the 75th only for Radja Nainggolan to equalize for Cagliari with a deflected shot with two minutes left.
Cagliari was again playing in Trieste, on the Slovenian border and around 1,000 kilometers from its home town, due to a lack of suitable stadiums on Sardinia.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
