8 Nov 2009
Video Atalanta 2 - 5 Juventus
Juventus moved back to within four points of Inter Milan at the top of Serie A with an impressive high-scoring away win.
Mauro Camoranesi scored twice in the space of as many first-half minutes to give Juventus, who also had three goals disallowed, a comfortable lead at the break.
Jaime Valdes reduced the arrears early in the second half, but Felipe Melo soon restored Juve's advantage.
Fabio Ceravolo brought Atalanta back into it again, but two late goals from Diego and David Trezeguet completed a 5-2 win for Ciro Ferrara's side.
Simone Tiribocchi had the first chance for Atalanta in the 15th minute, but he failed to get a good enough touch on Valdes' through-ball and his shot went wide.
Juve saw the first of three goals disallowed for offside in the 28th minute, with Trezeguet clearly beyond the last Atalanta defender when he headed Martin Caceres' cross in from close range.
There was no doubt about Juve's opening goal as the Atalanta defence opened up to allow Camoranesi to replicate the goal he scored in midweek against Maccabi Haifa, heading in Fabio Grosso's cross.
He added his and Juve's second within 60 seconds, again taking advantage of some poor defending before placing his shot expertly from 15 yards.
Atalanta coach Antonio Conte refused to throw in the towel and continued to urge his players on.
And Chilean midfielder Valdes took his coach's advice on board to break free from the attention of Caceres and race onto a perfectly-weighted ball from Tiberio Guarente and slot the ball under Gianluigi Buffon in the 51st minute.
Juve reacted again and had two more goals disallowed, with Felipe Melo and Christian Poulsen both accepting the linesman's correct offside decisions without a murmur of complaint.
And Felipe Melo showed the perfect response with Juve's third goal in the 55th minute, which nobody could rule out.
He picked his spot in the top corner of Andrea Consigli's goal from 25 yards out to restore Juve's two-goal advantage.
But Atalanta hit back once again, with Valdes curling his shot just inches past the corner of Buffon's goal.
Ceravolo was more accurate when he cut in past Grosso to send the ball past Buffon and set up a grandstand finish in the 71st minute.
Yet the goal served to ignite the Bianconeri once again and Diego netted his first goal since the end of August to score their fourth in the 85th minute.
He needed two touches with his left foot, first to control a cross from Camoranesi and then to nudge the ball past Consigli into the far corner.
And Trezeguet wrapped up the win with his 177th goal in Italian football in the 87th minute, leaving Consigli no chance with his shot inside the near post after a fortunate touch from Paolo De Ceglie.
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