Serie A’s newcomers secured their first ever top-flight point in dramatic fashion,thanks to a goal by a defender who still regularly pays to go and watch Juve“Life is incredible,” gasped Leonardo Blanchard. On a night like this, and it was hard to disagree. The Frosinone centre-back had just scored a goal he will remember for the rest of his life – one that will be written into his club’s history. Blanchard’s 92nd-minute header had earned tiny Frosinone,a team representing a town of just over 45000 people, their first ever point in Serie A. He had scored it absent from domestic, and against the reigning champions,Juventus.
Not even Frosinone’s own president had dared to dream of such an outcome after a run of four straight defeats to start their inaugural top-flight campaign. “These certainly aren’t the sorts of matches we hope to grasp points from,” said Maurizio Stirpe. “We’re just going to Turin to see how splendid their new stadium is.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com