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Juventus - Venezia 4-0
Juve won their first match of the season at home against Venezia, by four goals to nil. First Trezeguet opened witha brace, then followed up by Del Piero, who also scored twice, once from a freekick, and once from a header. This allowed Del Piero to reach the ton of goals scored for the bianconeri, his total now standing at 101. Lippi put all of his new signings on the pitch from thestart of the match, with the exception of Salas, who came off the bench 15 minutes from the end, and created Del Piero's second goal. The players seemed very motivated this afternoon, especially Trezeguet, who seemed encouraged by the faith put in him after his fine finish to the season last year. Indeed it was the frenchman whostarted best, scoring twice in the first nine minutes alone. The first goal came when Trezeguet headed home a fine cross from Zambrotta, his header giong in off the post (1-0). Then just four minutes later, the Frenchman scored again, controlling another cross from Zambrotta, before decisively beating Rossi (2-0). From this point, Juve continued to control the game, responding to the fan's banner that read "We want to win", whilst Venezia didn't manage to put anything togeher. Nedved tried some long-range efforts, whilst Buffon struggled to geta touch of the ball, seeing the few Venezia attacks flounder in the face of Thuram and Montero. Zenoni meanwhle got forward to great effect, but in the face of so little opposition, Juve started to take their feet off the accelerator a little. In some attacks, Del Piero was unlucky to see two efforts hit the bar, but in the 44th minute he gave lie to the claim that these things happen in three's, scoring a wonderful freekick, that brought up his 100th goal in a Juve shirt. This lead to celebrations, and great joy for the Juve idol.First Half
1; From a Del Piero corner, Montero sends an effort off half
4; After a nice interchange between Nedved and Trezeuet, the Frenchman
scores, but the goal is ruled out for offside.
8; First Venezia threat as from a Valtolina cross, Maniero sends an
effort narrowly wide.
10; After swapping passes with Zenoni, Zambrotta sends in a cross,
that Trezeguet heads home (1-0)
11, Trezeguet controls a deep cross from Zambrotta, and with a fine
shot, doubles the lead (2-0)
19; Tacchinardi plays Del Piero in, whose effort is parried
32; A superb shot by Del Piero hits the bar
42; Trezeguet serves Del Piero, whose shot scrapes the bar again.
44; A wonderful freekick by Del Piero, puts Juve three ahead ( 3-0)
Second Half
1; Viali send a freekick wide
15; A Nedved bomb finishes off target
19; Another Nedved effort is this time parried
28; Rossi saves twice, first from Trezeguet, and then the follow-up
from Zambrotta.
32; Montero deflects a Viali effort wide, for a Venezia corner
35; Salas crosses fro Del Piero, who heads home ( 4-0)