5 March 2009

Towards the derby: interesting facts

The derby della Mole is always a moment which is long awaited by the Turin supporters of both teams. In view of the match scheduled for Saturday night let us discover a few interesting facts.

The biggest victory for the bianconeri
This dates back to the 20th of April 1952, when Juvenus beat Torino 6-0 with two goals each by Boniperti and John Hansen. The other scorers were Karl Hansen and Vivolo.

The most awaited victory
25th March 1979: after a series of negative results which lasted for 10 derbies the bianconeri managed to win 1-0 with the match winner scored by Cabrini.

The first Juventus goal
It was scored by Ernesto Borel. It was the 30th January 1907 and the derby was one by Torino (2-1). Speaking of round figures the 100th goal was scored by John Hansen in the derby won 5-1 and played on the 25th March 1951. The 200th goal was scored by Tricella during the derby won 2-1 on the 1st of May 1988.

The Juventus top-scorer
Giampiero Boniperti is the Juventus player to have scored most goals in the derby with 13 goals, followed by John Hansen with 9, Borel II with 8 and Platini with 7.

Platini always left his mark
Ten derbies and 7 goals. This is the goal-scoring rate of Le Roi in the stracittadina. The best of his performances dates back to the 26th February 1984 (Juventus-Torino 2-1): the granata went ahead on the 55th minute with Selvaggi. Michel first equalised with a header following a cross by Vignola (66th) and then put the bianconeri ahead from a splendid free-kick.

Great comeback on the 7th March 1982
The rain was pouring down for most of the match which was rich in emotions and incredible changes. Torino opened the score and scored a second but Juventus did not give up, equalized , turned round the result and won with an amazing 4-2 thanks to two goals by Scirea and goals by Tardelli and Brady.

07.03.1982        Juventus-Torino        4-2
Bonesso, Dossena, Tardelli, Scirea (2), Brady

The other precedent dates back to the 7th of March of the 1953/54 season and ended ina goal-less draw.

 

 

Bologna	Sampdoria	1 - 1
Catania	Inter	3 - 1
Genoa	Cagliari	5 - 3
Juventus	Siena	3 - 3
Lazio	Bari	0 - 2
Livorno	Roma	3 - 3
Milan	Chievo	1 - 0
Napoli	Fiorentina	1 - 3
Parma	Atalanta	1 - 0
Udinese	Palermo	3 - 2