In the second game of the TIM Cup the Champions of Serie A took on the Champions of Serie B, Sassuolo. On the back of a defeat from Milan, Juve lined up a slightly different team of Storari, Lichtsteiner, Ogbonna, Peluso, Isla, Padoin, Rossi, Asamoah, De Ceglie, Matri and Vucinic. Meanwhile the champions of Serie B, Sassuolo lined up with Pomini, Gazzola, Antei, Terranova, Longhi, Kurtic, Magnanelli, Missiroli, Berardi, Zaza and Alexe.Once again the 45 minute game didn't give enough time for either team to really make an impact.
In the first 10 minutes Sassuolo came very close to going one up after Kurtic's shot was saved onto the post by Storari. Meanwhile Matri and Vucinic missed numerous half chances which should have put Juve at least one up. Juve's young talents Berardi and Zaza who are on loan to Sassuolo were showing good football and proving a handful for the Juve defence but they weren't the only young talent on show as Juventus gave a number of young talents still at the club a chance off the bench. There wasn't many chances on goal however Rubinho was forced into a good save on the 30th minute from a Terranova header. The game finished 0-0 and like the first game it went to penalties. Quagliarella missed Juve's first penalty but when Rubinho saved Sassuolo's third penalty from Alexe Juve looked back in with a chance. The fourth penalty for Juve was taken by Matri who blasted the ball over the bar and with Missiroli scoring Sassuolo's fourth penalty all Terranova had to do was put the fifth penalty in the back of the net but he was not able to do this and Rubinho pulled off a great save to take the penalty shoot out to sudden death. With Motta scoring the sixth penalty the pressure fell down to Berardi who was unable to put away his penalty which meant that Juventus won the second game in the TIM Cup. Join us soon for the tournament review and meanwhile lets hope that Milan slip up so that Juve win the pre season tournament.
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