Saturday, 6 April 2013

Vucinic's double enough

       
    Four days ahead of a crucial Champions League quarter-final second leg at home to Bayern Munich, Juventus - with 59 goals boasting the league's best attack prior to this fixture - were up against the league's bottom side, who had shipped 61 in 30 games.Juve coach Antonio Conte expressed his relief that his side had come through unscathed: "It was the typical cursed game. Pelizzoli was tremendous so coming away with all three points is certainly a bonus.And the loss of defenders Andrea Barzagli and Giorgio Chiellini, through suspension, and 'keeper Gianluigi Buffon, who was suffering from flu, never looked likely to give the visitors any hope of scoring an upset.With Bayern on the horizon and Vucinic in fine form having missed most of the first leg through flu, Conte added: "It was important for him to score today, especially given we have Bayern to play in midweek.Under attack throughout, Pescara had 'keeper Ivan Pelizzoli to thank for keeping a clean sheet until Vucinic scored from the penalty spot on 72 minutes.Their first opportunity came after 12 minutes when Swiss midfielder Stephan Lichsteiner's cross found Emanuele Giaccherini, but Pelizzoli stopped his flying effort on the volley.The Montenegrin added a second minutes later, however the hosts were pegged back by a superb 25-metre drive from Emmanuel Cascione which sailed over the flailing arms of Marco Storari and into the net on 83 minutes.

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