On 17 May 2008, Juve drew 3:3 away to Sampdoria in the final round of Serie A. Piero's left-footed push in the 7th minute took the lead. Eight minutes later, he took Trezeguet's pass into the penalty area to win the penalty, and the generous Juve captain ceded the right to take the penalty to Trezeguet, who scored with a powerful right-footed shot from 12 yards. In the 65th minute, Piero won the penalty again, he personally hit the bottom left corner, after scoring the 21st goal of the season, the Zebra captain won the Golden Boot of the League for the first time, and his humility also made Trezeguet win the Silver Boot with 20 goals, and the "Zebra Double Star" became the only pair of forwards in Serie A in the past decade to cover the top two league top scorers.
Trezeguet is tall, has an excellent header and strong impact, and is a veritable "attack bridgehead"; Piero is very tactically aware, the running position is fluttering and flexible, ready to insert the gap formed by the fierce punch of his companion, the shooting skills are exquisite, the shooting ability in the left area of the front of the big penalty area can be described as the world's top, and the three-dimensional attack combination is also the longest-time forward partner in Serie A.
Both are typical examples of one-goal fame. On December 4, 1994, Juve beat Fiorentina 3:2, Piero announced the birth of The Zebra Prince with a volley that shocked the world; in the 2000 Euro 2000 Final, Trezeguet's powerful shot killed Italy, and after the European Championship, Trezeguet's French center joined the Bianconeri, and the most shocking forward combination in Serie A was born.
In the 2000-01 season, Trezeguet scored 14 goals, but the injured Piero scored only nine goals, and the Bianconeri conceded the league title. In the 01-02 season, the "Zebra duo" shined, with Juve beating Venice 4:0 in the first round of Serie A, with Trezeguet and Piero scoring twice each. Since then, in the 2:0 Atalanta, 3:1 Parma, away 4:0 Brescia, home 5:0 Brescia, the French center forward and Zebra Prince have scored at the same time, Juve have regained the Serie A championship after three years, Trezeguet has won the Serie A top scorer with 24 goals, and Piro has also scored 16 goals, becoming the most goal-scoring striker partner in Serie A in the past 40 years - the Serie A striker partner goal record was born in the 1958-59 season, Inter Milan Angeliro and Firmani scored 53 goals.
Even under the influence of the 2006 "telephone gate", Juve was sent to relegation, but failed to break up the banma double males, in the 06-07 Serie B season, Piero occupied the top spot in the top scorer list with 20 goals, Trezeguet scored 15 goals, leading the team back to Serie A. In the 07-08 season, Piero became the second player after Paul Rossi in 1978 to wear the Serie B and Serie A Golden Boots. Trezeguet moved to La Liga in the summer of '10 and two years later, Piero also left Juve to join Sydney FC.
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On 5 May 2002, in the 34th round of Serie A, Juve could only beat Udinese away from home to surpass Inter. Just 60 seconds into the opening, veteran Conte crossed from the right and Trezeguet took advantage of the air superiority and jumped high to head the ball into the far corner. In the 11th minute, Trezeguet counter-attacked quickly on the left to deliver an assist, and Piero grabbed a low shot into the far corner inside the penalty area to score. Juve fought 2-0 quickly. With Inter unexpectedly losing to Lazio in their final match, Juve won the Serie A title for the 26th time.
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