Post by Taxigirl on Jan 19, 2004 10:10:54 GMT
Del Piero pen 15, pen 59, 63 (J), Trezeguet 37 (J), Ventola pen 71, 80 (S)
Stadio Delle Alpi
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Alessandro Del Piero's hat-trick is a confidence booster for the captain as Juventus get back on track.
There were doubts this match would go ahead, as the Stadio Delle Alpi was covered in thick snow throughout the afternoon. The pitch was in such a poor state that the lines on the field had to be re-painted red.
Despite his protests this week, Marco Di Vaio was again benched in favour of Alessandro Del Piero and David Trezeguet.
These teams have already met twice this season in the Coppa Italia and Siena were only eliminated following some very controversial refereeing decisions. Enrico Chiesa returned from injury with a goal in last week's crushing 4-0 win over Modena and the ex-Parma man has a long history of scoring against Juventus.
The conditions were particularly difficult for the two goalkeepers and Gianluigi Buffon flew to palm out a Roberto D'Aversa piledriver.
The snow may have had a hand in the breakthrough moment on 14 minutes, as Daniele Delli Carri clattered into Antonio Conte for a clear penalty. Alessandro Del Piero stepped up and successfully converted with a low drive.
Curiously, this was the first ever spot-kick awarded against Siena in Serie A.
Siena fought back and Buffon had to rush off his line to block a strong Leandro Cufre' solo effort.
Juventus doubled their lead with an acrobatic finish from David Trezeguet. The Frenchman jumped in front of his marker and flicked in a Gianluca Zambrotta cross with the outside of his right foot.
There was bad news for the Bianconeri when Alessandro Birindelli limped off with a muscular problem.
D'Aversa tripped Del Piero in the box and on 58 minutes Del Piero completed his brace of spot-kicks by converting the resulting penalty.
Del Piero wasn't content with only set-piece goals and celebrated his hat-trick by taking full advantage of a wayward Delli Carri clearance.
Siena were also awarded a penalty for Buffon's sliding tackle on Nikola Lazetic and Nicola Ventola converted by sending the goalkeeper the wrong way.
Siena refused to give up and reduced the deficit to 4-2 in the final minutes when Ventola gathered a long ball over the top and tucked it past Buffon at the near post.
There was a very late bid for a comeback when Tore Andre Flo nodded just over the bar moments later.
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Juventus: Buffon; Birindelli (Tudor 53), Ferrara, Montero, Zambrotta; Camoranesi, Conte (Iuliano 74), Appiah (Tacchinardi 65); Nedved; Del Piero, Trezeguet
Siena: Rossi; Cirillo, Delli Carri (Menegazzo 66), Mignani, Cufre'; Taddei, D'Aversa, Vergassola, Guigou (Lazetic 66); Flo, Chiesa (Ventola 46)
Ref: Bolognino
Stadio Delle Alpi
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Alessandro Del Piero's hat-trick is a confidence booster for the captain as Juventus get back on track.
There were doubts this match would go ahead, as the Stadio Delle Alpi was covered in thick snow throughout the afternoon. The pitch was in such a poor state that the lines on the field had to be re-painted red.
Despite his protests this week, Marco Di Vaio was again benched in favour of Alessandro Del Piero and David Trezeguet.
These teams have already met twice this season in the Coppa Italia and Siena were only eliminated following some very controversial refereeing decisions. Enrico Chiesa returned from injury with a goal in last week's crushing 4-0 win over Modena and the ex-Parma man has a long history of scoring against Juventus.
The conditions were particularly difficult for the two goalkeepers and Gianluigi Buffon flew to palm out a Roberto D'Aversa piledriver.
The snow may have had a hand in the breakthrough moment on 14 minutes, as Daniele Delli Carri clattered into Antonio Conte for a clear penalty. Alessandro Del Piero stepped up and successfully converted with a low drive.
Curiously, this was the first ever spot-kick awarded against Siena in Serie A.
Siena fought back and Buffon had to rush off his line to block a strong Leandro Cufre' solo effort.
Juventus doubled their lead with an acrobatic finish from David Trezeguet. The Frenchman jumped in front of his marker and flicked in a Gianluca Zambrotta cross with the outside of his right foot.
There was bad news for the Bianconeri when Alessandro Birindelli limped off with a muscular problem.
D'Aversa tripped Del Piero in the box and on 58 minutes Del Piero completed his brace of spot-kicks by converting the resulting penalty.
Del Piero wasn't content with only set-piece goals and celebrated his hat-trick by taking full advantage of a wayward Delli Carri clearance.
Siena were also awarded a penalty for Buffon's sliding tackle on Nikola Lazetic and Nicola Ventola converted by sending the goalkeeper the wrong way.
Siena refused to give up and reduced the deficit to 4-2 in the final minutes when Ventola gathered a long ball over the top and tucked it past Buffon at the near post.
There was a very late bid for a comeback when Tore Andre Flo nodded just over the bar moments later.
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Juventus: Buffon; Birindelli (Tudor 53), Ferrara, Montero, Zambrotta; Camoranesi, Conte (Iuliano 74), Appiah (Tacchinardi 65); Nedved; Del Piero, Trezeguet
Siena: Rossi; Cirillo, Delli Carri (Menegazzo 66), Mignani, Cufre'; Taddei, D'Aversa, Vergassola, Guigou (Lazetic 66); Flo, Chiesa (Ventola 46)
Ref: Bolognino