Juventus won their first pre-season friendly 4-1 against Cisco Roma with David Trezeguet and Amauri on target, but Diego was out injured.
Ciro Ferrara’s squad took to the field at the Pinzolo training complex to open the 2009-10 campaign and experimented their new diamond midfield formation.
New buys Felipe Melo and Fabio Cannavaro were not present, as the internationals who took part in the Confederations Cup will not begin training until Thursday.
Momo Sissoko and Diego were also out as a precautionary measure due to slight fitness worries, so Alessandro Del Piero started behind the front two.
Trezeguet scored the first goal of the season with a trademark header on Jonathan Zebina’s cross from the right just eight minutes in.
Amauri went close to doubling their lead by forcing two saves out of Ambrosi, but Cisco Roma drew level on 26 minutes with Franchini’s curler from distance.
Del Piero should’ve made it 2-1, but ballooned over the bar from Amauri’s pull-back.
In the second half Amauri continued to threaten a goal and substitute goalkeeper Antonio Chimenti parried Ciofani’s header for Cisco.
Youth team player Marrone made quite an impact with his corker from 20 metres, but it was veteran Cristiano Zanetti who scored with an angled drive in off the post.
Amauri finally got his goal with a wonderful move, combining passes with youngster Ciro Immobile before thumping in a right-foot volley.
Immobile also put his name on the scoresheet with a powerful header to meet Esposito’s ‘trivela’ style cross and seal the 4-1 scoreline.
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