Parma 0-0 Juventus: Bianconeri Replace Snow With Anger & Frustration

Two denied penalties (three if you count Giovinco’s), our forwards yet again blanked by an opposing defensive wall, more lost points against a mid-table team… these are just three in a long list of elements that made Parma vs. Juventus as disheartening to comment as it was frustrating to watch. At the end of the day, keeping yet another clean sheet seems like a thing stuck in the background of a progressively uglier picture, one for which Antonio Conte & Juve already lament a loss of 20 points total (yes people, 10 is the total of draws accumulated by the Bianconeri this season). With the added fact this was a mid-week game, with most of the JuventiKnows crew either tied with school, work, or family-related issues, we have decided to declare a SILENZIO STAMPA. At this time, there are more important things we need to be doing than bitch & moan about Juve and frankly, there is more rage than healthy well-thought debate in our minds anyway. We will simply leave you with a Play-by-Play of the “match” and Conte & Pirlo’s post-match declarations. Like our coach, feel free to vent all your anger and frustration in the comments section.
 

MATCH ANALYSIS

SILENZIO STAMPA

LE PAGELLE

SILENZIO STAMPA

PLAY-BY-PLAY

46′	No changes at the half.
49′	Dangerous Giovinco/Morrone overlap on the left. Both storm away, the latter feeds it for Seba who fires off at Buffon. Gigi saves into corner.
53′	Substitution Parma: Musacci comes on for Valiani.
54′	Estigarribia! Chiellini on the edge of the box serves the Paraguayan on the left, who goes for a hard shot over! Wasted ball!
56′	Estigarribia redeems himself. He skips past a player on the left and delivers a great ball for Matri inside the box. Ale’s first shot is blocked by a defender, and before he realizes the ball’s still within his reach, another defender clears it away.
58′	Substitution Juve: Giaccherini comes on for Estigarribia.
59′	Great cover by Bonucci to break down a potentially dangerous Parma counter.
59′	Marchisio cross from the left, Matri hooks it inside the area but can’t get it under control!
62′	Mariga inside the Juve box, well closed down by the defense, can only try a difficult cross from the byline that goes straight into goal kick.
64′	Pirlo launches Giaccherini forward into the box. Biabiany gets the ball clear and clips Giac24 at the same time!!! Penalty denied to Juve.
65′	Giovinco very dangerous! Long ball for him inside the area on the left, skips past Buffon and fires it hard from the goal line. Barzagli touches it into corner.
68′	Substitution Juve: Quagliarella comes on for Matri. Not Ale32′s best game today.
68′	Substitution Parma: Jonathan comes on for Biabiany.
71′	SHIVERS!!! Giovinco magic inside the box to get past Barzagli, Andrea leans on the Parma player who falls down. Referee waves play on!!!
72′	Mazzoleni’s penalty-denying is consistent at both ends at least.
73′	Vucinic! Fires off from the edge of the box! Parried by Pavarini. Quagliarella tries to get on the rebound but arrives too late.
76′	Vucinic!! AAAAAAAAAARGH!!! Another #_@)@@)! wasted ball by Juve, with Quagliarella touching it one-time for Mirko, into space, who fires off terribly wide from the edge of the box.
77′	Substitution Parma: Santacroce on for A.Lucarelli.
78′	Yellow card Bonucci for a foul on Giovinco on the left wing. Severe.
79′	Giovinco fires it straight in! Buffon punches away!
80′	Good God. Giaccherini freed up by Pirlo inside the box, with no one to cross to. Backtracks and sees his ball swiped away by Jonathan. Unbelievable…
81′	PIRLO!! Low shot from mid-range angle right at the bottom-left corner. Pavarini gets a fingertip! Corner!
82′	MARCHISIO!! Similar, symmetrical shot from the left side. This time it’s deflected by a defender’s foot!
83′	Off the corner, Chiellini gets his header in but can’t direct it towards goal!
84′	GIACCHERINI!!! Modesto is lagging back and leaves Giaccherini completely onside, off of Pirlo’s pass!! Free on goal, Giac fires it straight at Pavarini!! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
86′	Juve off on the counter again, Lichsteiner on the right is free but his cross cannot find Vucinic!
87′	Substitution Juve: Cáceres comes on for an exhausted Lichtsteiner. Fingers crossed for some “Pelado” magic…
90′	FOUR MINUTES OF ADDED TIME.
91′	Yellow card Vidal for a foul on Morrone. Maybe he had enough of the incessant backheels the Juve players were trying.
93′	…. Speechless. Another penalty denied to Juve, after Pirlo (exploiting a great headed redirect) is freed in front on goal and kneed from behind by Santacroce. Pirlo had the positional advantage and embellished the fall, but the foul is 100% there.
94′	Yellow card Quagliarella for dissent, as the referee calls full-time after that BS call.
•	Juventus players are livid, surrounding Mazzoleni. Parma’s men getting involved too. Very tense end to the match, and rightfully so. At least 3 penalties denied by the referee today.

WHAT THEY SAID AFTER THE GAME

Antonio CONTE

We dominated the game for long periods it really sucks not winning in these situations. Pavarini the goalkeeper was good, and there were a few mistakes we made ourselves. But once again, there are a few replays I’d like to see.

There was absolutely nothing in Parma’s appeal: it’s either a penalty or a yellow card for diving, but the referee gave neither. Giovinco “fainted”. As for us, the footage on Giaccherini and Pirlo speaks for itself. I think at this stage referees are afraid of giving a penalty to Juventus. We’ve only received one spot-kick in 22 games this season. I am not just talking about today’s incidents, but it is a general view of the whole campaign that people are afraid of giving a penalty in favour of Juventus. That fear comes from all sorts of areas.



We carry on, but it is annoying. We’ve had fewer penalties than anyone all season and play 75% of our games in the opponents’ area. This situation is really getting on my nerves and I cannot accept that Juventus are unfairly treated. I expect every referee to be even, fair and courageous, because you need balls to award a penalty at the 90th minute. It isn’t just the two penalties: Morrone makes a nasty foul on Vidal’s knee that could have broken his leg. No red card. I don’t want any “gifts”, but at the moment the impression is they won’t give us a penalty even if we get killed. We train like animals to play an extraordinary season and just demand fair treatment on a par with everyone else.

Home or away, nothing changes: between Siena and Parma we lost 4 points and if we had them, the press would be talking about Juve “escaping away” from Milan. (…) In the changing room I get angry at my players for not winning the game, but now telling these guys they must work hard without thinking about the refereeing, well that’s problematic. I understand a rookie ref may make mistakes, but a good referee like Mazzoleni, well that worries me. [Referee designator] Braschi said Juve will be treated like everyone else. Then do so! Whenever they call something in our favour referees do the sign of the cross, I really cannot explain this thing and I don’t like it, I don’t like it at all.

Andrea PIRLO

The penalty was obvious. I protected the ball and felt a knee on my back. I thought it was a clear penalty, but let’s move on.



It’s true, we had only one spot-kick in 22 matches in spite of other dubious episodes. We don’t want any gifts but when there is a penalty, even if it’s in the 90th minute, it must be called. We don’t feel like victims, but these are episodes that can help unwind a tight match.

 
 
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	PARMA-JUVENTUS 0-0
GOALSCORERS: /
PARMA (3-5-2): Pavarini – Zaccardo, Ferrario, A.Lucarelli (77′ Santacroce) – Biabiany (68′ Jonathan), Morrone, Mariga, Valiani (54′ Musacci), Modesto – Floccari , Giovinco. COACH: Donadoni. (UNUSED SUBSTITUTES: Mirante, Gobbi, Okaka, Palladino).
JUVENTUS (3-5-2): Buffon – Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini – Lichtsteiner (88′ Cáceres), Vidal, Pirlo, Marchisio, Estigarribia (58′ Giaccherini) – Vucinic, Matri (68′ Quagliarella). COACH: Conte. (UNUSED SUBSTITUTES: Storari, Del Piero, Padoin, Borriello).