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| Gasperini eyes Old Lady upset |
Friday 10 April, 2009 |
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Genoa leader Gian Piero Gasperini wants his side to end their Juventus hoodoo tomorrow evening.
The Grifone are sitting proudly in fourth place as they prepare to host a Juve side still reeling from a draw against lowly Chievo.
But the history books make Genoa underdogs as the Rossoblu haven't triumphed over the Old Lady in recent times and were thumped 4-1 in Week 12.
“Juventus are the only side in Serie A against whom we haven't picked up points, even though we have played well,” Gasperini noted.
“In the first game their powerful start surprised us and it was difficult to fight back, but we didn't play badly.
“Tomorrow I want a great performance from my players and then the result will come.
“You can divide the 30 games we have played into three groups,” the Genoa boss continued.
“We have picked up roughly the same number of points from each group and this consistency is no coincidence. I just hope that we can keep this up in the remaining matches.
“I don't think Juve can catch Inter at the top, but they won't give up and it's hard to imagine them messing up two games in a row.
“I just hope we can repeat the kind of performance we put in against Inter at Marassi and this time we get some luck.”
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