Juventus 4 - Real Sociedad 2

Juventus: Buffon; Thuram, Tudor (Montero 75'), Iuliano, Zambrotta; Camoranesi (Davids 66'), Tacchinardi, Nedved, Appiah; Di Vaio (Birindelli 84'), Trezeguet. 4-4-2.
Real Sociedad: Westerveld; Potillón, Jauregi, Schürrer, Aranzábal; Xabi Alonso (Aranburu 81'), Alkiza; Karpin, Lee Chun Soo (De Pedro 66'), Gabilondo; Kovacevic (Nihat 74'). 4-2-3-1.

Goals:
1-0. 03. Trezeguet. Picked up Camporanesi pass and rounded keeper to score.
2-0. 07. Di Vaio. Collected Nedved cross and hit angled shot past Westerveld.
3-0. 45. Di Vaio. Header down past keeper from Zambrotta cross.
4-0. 63. Trezeguet. Ran on to Nedved cross to shoot low past Westerveld.
4-1. 67. Tudor (own goal). Turned Gabilondo cross past Buffon trying to clear.
4-2. 80. De Pedro. Blasted free kick round wall into corner of net.

Group D :
Juventus................... 9 points
Real Sociedad...... 6 points
Galatasaray............ 3 points
Olympiakos ........... 0 points

Real Sociedad were brought down to Earth with a bang by A Juventus side who were far superior to the Spaniards. Reynald Denoueix surprised everybody with his starting line up, leaving López Rekarte, De Pedro and Nihat on the bench, and paid the price early on when the Italians scored twice in the first seven minutes of the game. Trezeguet started things off after Camporesi got away down the right to set him up, and Di Vaio added a second minutes later, collecting Nedved's cross and leaving Potillón for dead before beating Westerveld.

Lippi's side slackened off for a while to consolidate their lead, but Buffon was never troubled, and Trezeguet should have made it three when he shot wide from close up. Di Vaio didn't miss though soon afterwards to head his side into a three goal lead by the break.

Real did improve after the restart, with Schürrer heading over, Alkiza shooting just wide and Kovacevic, returning to the Delle Alpe stadium, failing to capitalize on a couple of chances. But Juventus took advantage of gaps at the back to get a fourth on a rapid counter-attack after Nedved found Trezeguet for him to score.

Denoueix finally decided to make changes, and only a minute after De Pedro came on, Tudor turned a strong cross from Gabilondo past his own keeper. And the introduction of Nihat a quarter of an hour from the end came too late to change anything, but he did have a hand in the play which led to Real's second goal, scored by De Pedro from a direct free kick. In the end an expected defeat, and the Basques are still well placed in second spot, but it did leave everyone asking Denoueix, why?