Pescara 1-6 Juventus: Quagliarella nets treble as brilliant Bianconeri destroy Delfini

A Fabio Quagliarella hat-trick and a
Kwadwo Asamoah strike contributed
to Juventus running riot in Pescara
when they beat the Dolphins 6-1 in a
stellar performance.
Juventus were looking to bounce back
from their first domestic defeat
handed to them by Inter last Saturday
and they couldn’t have asked for a
better response when they took the
lead eight minutes in.
Sebastian Giovinco was handed a ball
on the edge of the box, he sliced it
through to Arturo Vidal who struck a
low past Mattia Perin to add to the
Chilean’s increasing goal tally.
Pescara had a few threatening efforts
on Gianluigi Buffon’s goal but that
didn’t prevent them from going 2-0
down. Mauricio Isla pulled out some
great work on the flank where he
crossed the ball towards the D before
Fabio Quagliarella struck a low
snapshot home 22 minutes in.
The hosts responded straight away
when Emmanuel Cascione headed
home a cross just three minutes later,
and just a minute after they had hit
the upright.
Kwadwo Asamoah has been at the
heart of Juventus this season and he
continued to be when he struck home
a finely-hit acrobatic bicycle kick, from
two-yards out, to further extend
Juventus’ lead just half an hour into
the game.
It was raining goals at the Stadio
Adriatico when Giovinco added
another for Juventus, seven minutes
later, after he fired home a half-volley
to leave Perin helpless, before things
turned even worse when Quagliarella
added a brace with a low effort from
the right of the goal to the bottom left
corner.
Giovanni Stroppa opted for change at
the start of the second half where he
brought on Gianluca Caprari in place
of Marco Capuano in order to add a
more attacking line-up. However, it
didn’t matter for Juventus as they ran
riot by adding a sixth effort.
Quagliarella was enjoying his time on
the field when he completed his hat-
trick of goals with an acrobatic kick off
an Andrea Pirlo corner not even 10
minutes into the second half.
With the lead practically unreachable
for Pescara, Angelo Alessio threw in
Simone Padoin and Luca Marrone for
Maurcio Isla and Giorgio Chiellini in
order to give the duo some rest.
Despite their lead, Juventus continued
to poke around the goal mouth, with
Giovinco missing on two occasions –
one which included hitting the side
nettings before Perin easily gathered a
smothered low shot.