Shanghai Shenhua v Juventus @ Fiat Cup, Shanghai Stadium

Shanghai Shenhua’s second goal v Juventus – check it out in HD!

On Saturday night we went to the enormous Shanghai Stadium to watch the Fiat Cup – a three-way (don’t) football tournament between Juventus and Parma (of Italy) and Shanghai Shenhua – our local heroes!

The setup was three 45 minute matches, in a round-robin style. I think the organizers expected Shanghai expo 2010 to get a drubbing in the first two fixtures, which would set up a Parma v Juve final….but in fact Shanghai 2010 pulled off a huge upset by beating Juve in the second game (and they were robbed blind in the first game because they should have had a penalty right at the end to draw it…i’m talking STONEWALL here).

It was a pretty fun experience, made even better by Niu Nai’s appearance:

…as well as the other twenty people we met for the first time on the night. Parma won overall, beating Juve on penalties after their game was 3-3 after 45 minutes! Surely the highest scoring half in Italian football history….

More videos of Juve being humbled here:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlCQPpejw88
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYKSNW82iBE