Juve rout Lazio to lift cup
Juventus marked the start of the new Italian season by claiming the
first piece of silverware with a resounding victory over Lazio in the
Supercoppa.
Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba came
off the bench in the first half to open the scoring within two minutes
of his introduction.
But it was three goals in four second-half
minutes which brought an end to Lazio's challenge with Giorgio
Chiellini, Stephan Lichtsteiner and summer signing Carlos Tevez all on
the scoresheet.
The crowd were treated to an entertaining opening
at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, although Juve were struck a blow after
21 minutes when Claudio Marchisio hobbled off injured having found
himself the target of several heavy challenges.
That meant the
introduction of Pogba and within minutes the Frenchman had made his
mark, turning the ball into the bottom right corner to give the Serie A
champions the edge.
Lazio picked up the pace in response and both
Miroslav Klose and Hernanes had chances to level the scores but failed
to make the most of the openings.
Instead it was Juve who turned
the screw after the interval with three quickfire goals. Chiellini
opened the floodgates after 52 minutes, putting the finishing touch to a
fine cross from Lichtsteiner.
The Switzerland international then
helped himself to Juve's third goal two minutes later, firing home
right-footed to further put the boot into his former club and the Coppa
Italia winners.
Tevez, a summer signing from Manchester City, then
marked his competitive debut for his new club with the fourth goal
after 56 minutes, picking up a neat pass from Pogba before poking into
the bottom corner.
The Argentinian came close to adding another soon after but diverted Lichtsteiner's cross just over the bar.
Senad
Lulic tried to inject some life into a stunned Lazio side in a bid to
at least get them on the scoreboard, but he was twice denied by
Gianluigi Buffon as Antonio Conte's Juve comfortably held on to lift the
trophy.
source: http://espnfc.com/en/report/373699/report.html?soccernet=true&cc=4716
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