Juve's Euro dreams take a hit
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May 11, 2011, Wednesday
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JUVENTUS conceded two goals in a minute to see its outside hopes of reaching the Champions League all but end in a 2-2 home draw with Chievo on Monday.
The seventh-placed Turin side lies five points behind Udinese, which is in the fourth and final Champions League qualifying spot with two games left, and Juventus is not even assured of playing Europa League football next term in its as yet unnamed new stadium.
The point means mid-table Chievo is now safe from relegation.
Once mighty Juventus was cruising after Alessandro Del Piero celebrated his new one-year contract with a 13th minute penalty before strike partner Alessandro Matri exposed poor defending to make it 2-0 early in the second half.
But such is the twice European champion's brittle confidence after two seasons of woe that few fans in the nervous Stadio Olimpico were surprised when the visitors retaliated.
Chievo pulled one back on 68 minutes when Fernando Uribe bundled the ball home and it equalized almost immediately when Gennaro Sardo calmly finished from the edge of the area after Sergio Pellissier had struck the post. The Verona-based side could easily have won in the closing stages after Juve keeper Gianluigi Buffon charged out of goal but the hosts also hit the post through Luca Toni.
The seventh-placed Turin side lies five points behind Udinese, which is in the fourth and final Champions League qualifying spot with two games left, and Juventus is not even assured of playing Europa League football next term in its as yet unnamed new stadium.
The point means mid-table Chievo is now safe from relegation.
Once mighty Juventus was cruising after Alessandro Del Piero celebrated his new one-year contract with a 13th minute penalty before strike partner Alessandro Matri exposed poor defending to make it 2-0 early in the second half.
But such is the twice European champion's brittle confidence after two seasons of woe that few fans in the nervous Stadio Olimpico were surprised when the visitors retaliated.
Chievo pulled one back on 68 minutes when Fernando Uribe bundled the ball home and it equalized almost immediately when Gennaro Sardo calmly finished from the edge of the area after Sergio Pellissier had struck the post. The Verona-based side could easily have won in the closing stages after Juve keeper Gianluigi Buffon charged out of goal but the hosts also hit the post through Luca Toni.
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