Friendly League

Juventus Stadium
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Damiano Nicolini got the match started through his kick off. Alessandro Miccoli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from František Hejduk in the 3rd minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Damiano Nicolini in the 4th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Zdeněk Hradský prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After a defensive mix-up in AC Tjeckien's zone, Arrigo Della Torre stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zdeněk Hradský came out of the goal and Arrigo Della Torre tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Damiano Nicolini fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zdeněk Hradský having to interfere. Arrigo Della Torre sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Damiano Nicolini did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Zdeněk Hradský 19 minutes into the match. After 24 minutes of play, AC Tjeckien's Milan Starosta made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alessandro Miccoli was left in no man's land by his defense there! If František Hejduk had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Juventus booed when AC Tjeckien was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Josef Bernátek didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Edoardo Troiano came up free with the goalie in the 34th minute, the Juventus fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Edoardo Troiano couldn't finish the play. Alessandro Miccoli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from František Hejduk in the 36th minute of play. Oldřich Baláž sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Zdeněk Hradský was a little too slow when Arrigo Della Torre got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 40th minute. The score was now 2-1. Juventus's Damiano Nicolini got a good chance for a goal in the 43rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With his leg Zdeněk Hradský managed to avoid a goal in the 43rdth minute, when Juventus's Damiano Nicolini fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Arrigo Della Torre could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 44th minute of the match, but Zdeněk Hradský made a huge save. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Oldřich Baláž stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute, Arrigo Della Torre got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 56 minutes into the game, Libor Vesecký was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. AC Tjeckien's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Juventus the free kick. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 55th minute of the game. One of AC Tjeckien:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Juventus:s goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Svatopluk Lehečka kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Alessandro Miccoli. That made the score 3-2 in the 60 minute of play. Alessandro Miccoli made a fantastic save in the 64th minute, when František Hejduk sent off a good shot on target. When the match had gone on for 65 minutes, Oldřich Baláž took a quick shot and it went in 3-3 without a chance for Alessandro Miccoli to make any attempt to save it. In the 68th match minute, AC Tjeckien was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alfred Látal to maneuver through the defense. 69 minutes into the match, AC Tjeckien's goal looked a bit too open when Damiano Nicolini came free, but Zdeněk Hradský reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. František Hejduk could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 72nd minute of the match, but Alessandro Miccoli made a huge save. František Hejduk recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 73rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Zdeněk Hradský showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arrigo Della Torre, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. František Hejduk could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 77th minute of the match, but Alessandro Miccoli made a huge save. Damiano Nicolini recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 80th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Arrigo Della Torre in the 81st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Zdeněk Hradský prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Zdeněk Hradský showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arrigo Della Torre, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Damiano Nicolini in the 88th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Zdeněk Hradský saved AC Tjeckien from getting behind. Alessandro Miccoli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oldřich Baláž in the 92nd minute of the match. Alessandro Miccoli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oldřich Baláž, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. After a rather tough play, AC Tjeckien's Josef Bernátek got a free kick in the 98th minute.