JUVE WASTES THE SET POINT! THE LEADING PLAYER SHASHES AGAINST THE WALL OF SIENA. THE REFEREE PERUZZO IS ACCUSED: JUVE DENIED A PENALTY!
If it were tennis, we'd say that Juventus threw away a set point. Winning against Siena while Milan were stopped at home by Napoli would have been very important, almost fundamental considering that the bianconeri still have to recover from the match in Parma. Instead Juve didn't go beyond 0 to 0, despite a game full of goal chances. Gianluca Pegolo, the Sienese goalkeeper, won the man of the match victory and prevented the leaders from killing the championship with his saves. But the serious mistake by referee Peruzzo also weighed on the final result, who in the second half didn't concede a sensational penalty to Juve: Vergassola's arm touch on Chiellini's cross appeared clear to everyone except him.
“I don't want to go into individual episodes, it would be simplistic – said Antonio Conte after the match – The images are eloquent, I don't want to accuse the referee. Everyone expresses their opinions, the fact that makes me think is that in 21 days, first since the start of the championship, we only had one penalty and three against, it's something strange and unusual”. Giuseppe Marotta, who heavily attacked the refereeing world, commented harder: “I take this opportunity to express my dissent, today I would have liked to speak to Braschi about this situation but it's not possible. We are here to analyze the issues of the match but at the end of the final result refereeing also has something to do with it, today we were severely penalized. We are first in the points standings and last in the penalty shootout, it's a very strange thing. The first in the standings must be refereed by an international, Peruzzo is inexperienced and maybe he didn't have the courage to decree the penalty at that moment of the match...". He made heavy accusations, a sign of understandable nervousness. Winning yesterday would have been like sewing a piece of the Scudetto on your chest, but there will still be a fight.
