Juventus
The Old Lady’s FIFA tournament saw central defence partners Andrea Barzagli teaming up with Daniele Rugani against Claudio Marchisio and Medhi Benatia. Both sets of players again opted for Juventus as their club of choice and it was a case of the Old Lady playing the Old Lady.
A careless goal kick taken by the Marchisio-Benatia pairing saw them concede as Paulo Dybala calmly chipped Buffon after being passed the ball from the goal kick at the edge of the area, much to their chagrin. The lead was then extended to two goals after a Dybala shot bounced off Buffon only for Miralem Pjanic to tap the ball in for a 2-0 lead.
Marchisio and Benatia had no option but to go all out in search for goals and they were soon punished on the break after over committing in attack led to a one on one situation for Gonzalo Higuain who calmly finished to make the score 3-0.
Benatia and Marchisio twice came close to scoring but were slightly off target in the first instance and were denied a goal by the post in the second attempt.
