Post by Taxigirl on Dec 15, 2003 10:18:28 GMT
Miccoli 10, 31 (J), Del Piero 70 (J), Nedved 72 (J)
Stadio Delle Alpi
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Juventus prove they are over their recent crisis by thrashing Parma 4-0 with Fabrizio Miccoli the star of the show.
Juve got back on track midweek with a 7-0 Champions' League win over Olympiakos, but needed to restore their Serie A form after two consecutive defeats.
That European performance was enough to ensure Enzo Maresca, Fabrizio Miccoli and ex-Parma hero Marco Di Vaio earned first team shirts at the expense of Mauro Camoranesi and Alessandro Del Piero.
David Trezeguet and Lilian Thuram are out with ankle injuries, so Juventus adapted to a three-man defence.
Parma have done well despite Adriano's absence and Alberto Gilardino was on fine form following his brace at Lecce last week.
The Gialloblu have won here only once, a 4-2 result in 1999 that forced Marcello Lippi to resign.
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It took just ten minutes for Lippi's choices to pay off, as Miccoli broke the deadlock. Pavel Nedved charged down the right flank and cut back for Miccoli's low drive at the near post.
The Czech international was a risk for this game as he has been suffering with flu this week, but his fierce effort forced Sebastien Frey into a difficult save.
Miccoli made it two when he sprung the offside trap on a lifted Maresca pass, then placed a powerful and precise angled drive past Frey.
There was more bad news for Parma when Daniele Bonera, who has been tipped for a move to Turin next season, limped off with an injury before half-time.
Gilardino tried to get them back into it, but his turn and volley was well controlled by Gianluigi Buffon.
Miccoli was on a hat-trick and drilled a fine effort wide of the far post at the dawn of the second half.
There were timid penalty appeals when Mark Iuliano appeared to hold back Gilardino, but the referee waved play on.
A free kick was deflected out to the edge of the box and Nedved's volley was inches off target.
Alessandro Del Piero was left on the bench following his recent disappointing performances, but he made quite an entrance by scoring one minute after stepping on to the field. The captain gathered Maresca's pass and placed an angled drive into the far corner.
The floodgates were opened and Del Piero skipped past Paolo Cannavaro before cutting back for Nedved's fierce daisy-cutter.
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Juventus: Buffon; Ferrara, Iuliano, Montero; Birindelli, Maresca (Conte 86), Tacchinardi, Zambrotta; Nedved; Miccoli (Zalayeta 68), Di Vaio (Del Piero 69)
Parma: Frey; Bonera (Cannavaro 38), Ferrari, Castellini, Junior; Barone, Donadel; Marchionni, Morfeo, Bresciano (Nakata 60); Gilardino
Ref: Paparesta
