The first game of the TIM cup was of two Serie A giants Milan and Juventus. The length of the game was 45 minutes so it was hard for a team to push ahead. Juve lined up with Storari, Lichtsteiner, Ogbonna, Peluso, Isla, Padoin, Vidal, Asamoah, De Ceglie, Llorente and Tevez. Meanwhile Milan lined up with Abbiati, Antonini, Bonera, Mexes, Constant, Traoré, De Jong, Nocerino, Boateng, Robinho and Niang.
The game which was only 45 minutes long proved hard for any team to push forward and get a goal. However Milan had a great chance when Robinho's penalty was saved by Marco Storari who dived to his left to keep the scores 0-0. The 45 minutes ended 0-0 and the game had to be decided by penalties. Juve's second penalty which was taken by Lichtsteiner was saved by Abbiati to make the scores 2-1. The next 2 rounds of penalties were perfect until Nocerino blasted the ball over the bar to make the scores level once again. Due to Nocerino's miss which would of won Milan the game the penalties went to sudden death where on the seventh round of penalties Padoin's was saved by Abbiati which meant that Milan won the first game of the TIM cup. Next up is Juventus vs Sassuolo, be sure to join us in around 45 minutes where we will have the match review of this game too.
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