Juve beat 10-man Torino to claim 60th derby win
Claudio Marchisio and Sebastian Giovinco scored second-half goals as Juventus beat 10-man Torino 3-0 to rack up their 60th win in the ‘Derby della Mole’ yesterday. Juventus dominated throughout but apart from a solid performance from French midfielder...
Claudio Marchisio and Sebastian Giovinco scored second-half goals as Juventus beat 10-man Torino 3-0 to rack up their 60th win in the ‘Derby della Mole’ yesterday.
Juventus dominated throughout but apart from a solid performance from French midfielder Paul Pogba the Bianconeri’s first-half display lacked real bite and even included a penalty miss from Andrea Pirlo.
Antonio Conte’s side made amends in the second half, however, with Giovinco’s goal sandwiched by Marchisio’s brace on 57 and 84 minutes.
Juve’s 11th win in 14 games took their lead to five points over Napoli, who host Pescara in today’s early kick-off.
Both sides had their chances in the opening minutes, Juve striker Mirko Vucinic sending a header wide and then Alessandro Cerci missing the ball by inches at the far post when Mario Santana sent over a long delivery from the left.
Santana then sent an overhead kick into the path of Riccardo Meggiorini, who hit an angled right-foot drive past Gianluigi Buffon’s post.
That was virtually the last opportunity of the half for Torino as Juventus broke tentatively into their stride, with Pogba coming close on several occasions.
On 26 minutes the Frenchman was robbed of a sure goal when Torino ‘keeper Jean-Francois Gillet dropped the ball at his feet following Paolo De Ceglie’s cross from the left.
Pogba took possession and turned to shoot only for the referee to signal a free-kick.
Torino threatened briefly, but Rolando Bianchi’s 40-metre drive went high and wide and the visitors’ hopes of causing an upset suffered a blow when centre-back Kamel Glik was shown a straight red card for a tough challenge on Emanuele Giaccherini.
Torino coach Giampiero Ventura replaced Meggiorini with Valerio di Cesare, but moments later Juve won a penalty when Pogba’s gallop into the box came to an abrupt halt.
The referee pointed to the spot, only for Pirlo to send a wild shot over the crossbar.
Nicklas Bendtner replaced Giaccherini at the start of the second period and had an immediate impact, the Dane heading on Vucinic’s chip for Pogba at the back post only for the big Frenchman to nod over.
From a corner on 52 minutes Leonardo Bonucci headed over the bar and then Giovinco sent in a delightful chip which Vucinic hit past Gillet’s post.
Minutes later Juve’s persistence was rewarded when Marchisio bent to meet a right wing cross and send a bouncing header past Gillet.
Juventus were cruising and when Giovinco latched on to a square ball on the edge of the area the ‘Atomic Ant’ took one touch before sending an angled drive through the legs of Danilo D’Ambrosio and past Gillet for Juve’s second.
Gillet had to look smart a minute later when Pogba rose high to nod towards goal and then Bendtner missed a great chance on 73 minutes when he sent Marchisio’s chip straight at Gillet from close range
Torino were suffering, and Marchisio put the finishing touches on Juve’s 60th win from 135 derbies when he sent a sublime shot past Gillet from 20 metres out after the ball was chested into his path by Vucinic.
Serie A
Juventus 3
Marchisio 57, 84; Giovinco 67;
Torino 0
HT: 0-0. Att: 40,042.
Red card: Glik (T) 36.
Missed penalty: Pirlo (J) 41.
Standings
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
| Juventus | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 35 |
| Napoli | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 30 |
| Inter | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 28 |
| Fiorentina | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 28 |
| Lazio | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 26 |
| Roma | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 23 |
| Milan | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 21 |
| Parma | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 20 |
| Catania | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 19 |
| Atalanta (-2) | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 18 |
| Cagliari | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 16 |
| Sampdoria (-1) | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 16 |
| Udinese | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 23 | 16 |
| Torino (-1) | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 15 |
| Palermo | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 14 |
| Genoa | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 12 |
| Chievo | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 12 |
| Siena (-6) | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 11 |
| Bologna | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 19 | 11 |
| Pescara | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 11 |
Playing today – 15.00
Bologna vs Atalanta
Fiorentina vs Sampdoria - 20.45
Genoa vs Chievo
Inter vs Palermo
Lazio vs Parma
Napoli vs Pescara - 12.30
Siena vs Roma
Udinese vs Cagliari
Next fixtures
Saturday: 18.00 Atalanta vs Parma; 20.45 Roma vs Fiorentina.
Sunday: 15.00 Cagliari vs Chievo; Palermo vs Juventus; Pescara vs Genoa; Siena vs Catania; Torino vs Milan. 20.45 Inter vs Napoli.
Monday, Dec. 10: 19.00 Sampdoria vs Udinese; 21.00 Bologna vs Lazio.
Serie B
Bari 3 - Sassuolo 3
Brescia 2 - Verona 0
Empoli 2 - Spezia 2
Juve Stabia 1 - Cittadella 1
Lanciano 3 - Cesena 3
Livorno 4 - Grosseto 0
Modena 1 - Novara 0
Padova 1 - Ascoli 1
Pro Vercelli 2 - Vicenza 1
Varese 1 - Ternana 0
Tomorrow
Reggina vs Crotone - 20.45
Standings: Sassuolo 39; Livorno 38; Verone 32; Brescia, Padova, Varese 26; Modena, Juve Stabia 25; Cittadella, Empoli 22; Spezia 21; Bari 19; Ascoli, Ternana 18; Crotone, Vicenza 17; Cesena 16; Reggina, Lanciano, Pro Vercelli 14; Novara 10; Grosseto 8.