By Anna Italia


                                            Juventus starting the 2009 with a defeat.
                 FC Juventus 5 - 6 Monaco  
                                       90' Vincenzo Iaquinta                 34' Gakpé (pen)
Penatlies:                    120' Giovinco                              120' Modesto
                                      120' Esposito                              120' Bulot
                                      120' Salihamidzic                       120' Mollo
                                      120' Nicola Legrottaglie            120' Adriano
                                                                                             120' Bakar

Substitutes: 45' Gigi Buffon out, Alexander Manninger in                      45' Ruffier out, Thuram in
                       45' Gryera out, Hasan  Salihamidzic in                               45' Gakpé out, Bakar in
                       45'  Molinaro out, Paolo De Ceglie in                                  64' Mongongu out, Bulot in
                       45' Marchionni out, Esposito in                                            64' Sagbo out, Mollo in
                       45' Sissoko out, Christian Poulsen in                                67' Adu out, Germain in
                       45' Pavel Nedved out, Ekdal in                                             73' Leko out, Dufau in
                       45' Amauri out, Vincenzo Iaquinta in                                    74' Diaz out, Nkuolou in
                       45' Alessandro Del Piero out, Giovinco in 
                           

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I am ready like FC Juventus Coach Claudio Ranieri and waiting for Referee Emidio Morganti to whistle the beginning of the match... Let's keep the ball rolling....

Go Juventus, Go Juventus, Go Juventus!!!!

Here is the official formation for FC Juventus by Coach Claudio Ranieri

FC JUVENTUS: Gigi Buffon; Grygera, Nicola Legrottaglie, Ariaudo, Molinaro; Marchionni, Sissoko, Marchisio, Pavel Nedved; Amauri, Alessandro Del Piero.

Here is the official formation for Monaco by Coach Ricardo:

MONACO: Ruffier; Mongongu, Modesto, Adriano, Mangani; Leko, Pokrivac, Sagbo, Diaz; Adu, Gakpé.

I am surprised to see Alessandro Del Piero in the starting line up. I thought Ranieri was going to let him rest for the match on Sunday against AC Siena. 

In the 35th minute, Referee Emidio Morganti grants a penalty to Monaco for a foul by Juventus defender Nicola Legrottaglie on Adu.
Converting the penalty

Ranieri started the second half with the following substitions:

Alexander Manninger in, Gigi Buffon out
Vincenzo Iaquinta in, Alessandro Del Piero out
Hasan Salihamidzic in, Zdenek Gryera out
Paolo De Ceglie in, Molinaro out
Christian Poulsen in, Sissoko out
Esposito in, Marchionni out,
Zanetti in, Marchisio out,
Sebastian Giovinco in, Amauri out
Ekdal in, Pavel Nedved out

Vincenzo Iaquinta equalizes the score in the 90th minute blasting Monaco goalkeeper wiht a left footed shot. The match now, like the friendly Hamburg - AC Milan, is decided by penalties shoot outs. Oh my gosh, I was happy that Buffon did not play the entire 90 minutes because he would have risk big time in the penalties while still getting back in shape.

FC Juventus: Sebastian Giovinco goalllll
Monaco: Modesto goallll
FC Juventus: Esposito goalllll
Monaco: Bulot goalll
FC Juventus: Hasan Salihamidzic goalll
Monaco: Mollo goal
X FC Juventus: Paolo De Ceglie and Monaco goalkeeper Thuram Ulien saves!
Monaco: Adriano goall
FC Juventus: Nicola Legrottaglie goalll
Monaco: Bakar converts the penalty for the victory and Monaco beats Juventus!!!




International Friendly Match

FC Juventus - Monaco
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
San Filippo Stadium
9:00 a.m. USA Pacific Time

Referee: Emidio Morganti (Ascoli Piceno)

Assistants: Paolo Costa and Michele Giordano

Fourth Official: Michele Cavaretta

Attendance:

Scorers: 34th Gakpè (pen), Iaquinta (90th)

FC JUVENTUS: Buffon (Manninger 45th) (Chimenti 70th); Grygera (Salihamidzic 45th), Legrottaglie, Ariaudo, Molinaro (De Ceglie 45th); Marchionni (Esposito 45th), Sissoko (Poulsen 45th), Marchisio (Zanetti 45th), Nedved (Ekdal 45th); Amauri (Iaquinta 45th), Del Piero (Giovinco 45th). Reserves: Manninger, Chimenti, Mellberg, De Paola, De Ceglie, Salihamidzic, Zanetti, Poulsen, Ekdal, Esposito, Giovinco, Iaquinta.

Coach: Ranieri.

MONACO: Ruffier (45th Thuram); Mongongu (Bulot 64th), Modesto, Adriano, Mangani; Leko (Dufau 73rd), Pokrivac, Sagbo (Mollo 64th) , Diaz (Nkuolou 74th); Adu (Germain 67th), Gakpé (Bakar 45th). Reserves: Thuram, Erichot, Courtois, Nkoulou, Melinte, Dufau, Padovani, Germain, Mollo, Bulot, Bakar.

Coach: Ricardo.

Yellow cards: Pavel Nedved (38th)

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What do you think of the result?  Which players surprised you or disappointed you and why?

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