[football] Aston Villa Wins Peace Cup

aston villa 0(4)-0(3) Juventus

Aston Villa came out as the unlikely winner in the Peace Cup which boasted of teams like Real Madrid and Juventus both bolstered by their new summer signing. Juventus who reached the final defeating Real in the semis could not score a single goal in the full 120 minutes. Aston Villa came out with reply to everything that the Italian side had to attack and used their wings well to test their goalkeeper. Iaquinta missed a golden chance for Juventus when he headed wide. Del Piero came in near the end of 90 minutes but in the next half hour he could not provide any spark to the dull Italian side.

In the penalty Alessandro Del Piero hit the ball straight but the goalkeeper was clever enough to save that. And in the next shot he made the decisive save off Legrottaglie. ASton Villa won the shootout 4-3.

Hulk of Porto was the top scorer in the Tournament with 3 goals. Iaquinta(juventus), Ronaldo(real madrid) and Vera(LDU quito) scored 2 goals each.

Juventus Staring XI (4-3-1-2): Buffon; Zebina, Legrottaglie, Chiellini, Molinaro; Camoranesi, Melo, Marchisio; Giovinco; Iaquinta, Trezeguet.

Aston Villa Starting XI (4-4-2): Guzan; Lichaj, Cuellar, Davies, Shorey; Albrighton, Reo-Coker, Sidwell, Young, Weimann, Carew.

source:goal.com