25 September,2009 07:47 AM IST | | AFP
Into the goal; Trezeguet helps Juventus maintain unbeaten run with a late equaliser
Frenchman David Trezeguet came off the bench to score a late leveller as Juventus narrowly avoided slumping to a first defeat this season in a 2-2 draw at Genoa yesterday.
Hernan Crespo looked to have given Genoa a victory that would have moved them to within a point of the summit, but dreadful defending at a free-kick allowed Trezeguet to snatch the equaliser and ensure Juve boss Ciro Ferrara's unbeaten run as club coach continued.
The result, however, represented the end of the team's 100 per cent Serie A record.
Since taking over two games before the end of last season, Ferrara has led the Old Lady of Turin to six wins and two draws. Now they sit behind champions and leaders Inter Milan only on goal difference.
Ferrara said his team had deserved the three points and complained about two disallowed goals when close off-side decisions went against his side. "It's clear they weren't offside. I'm disappointed because games can change on these decisions and straight after we conceded a goal," he said.
"We played really well and today we deserved to win but even if it's a bad result it shows how we're on the right path."
Juve were off to a flying start as Vincenzo Iaquintau00a0 gave them the lead in their first attack of the game.
Claudio Marchisio got down the wing and played a low ball towards the edge of the box where Mauro Camoranesi ran over it leaving Iaquinta in space to shoot home into the bottom corner.
On 20 minutes Genoa opened up Juve in much the same manner, but Brazilian midfielder Felipe Melo threw himself in front of the ball to block Giandomenico Mesto's shot.
The Turin giants should have gone further ahead on the half hour mark when Fabio Grosso's free-kick found Juve's strike pairing both free, but Amauri took the ball off the better-placed Iaquinta's head and put his effort wide of the upright.
Juve were immediately made to pay as Mesto rose above his marker to head Giuseppe Sculli's left wing cross beyond Gianluigi Buffon.
The visitors also started well after the break and twice came close in the opening minutes.
