Juventus Primavera Continues Viareggio Defense
By: alessio |
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If you haven’t heard of the Torneo di Viareggio, smack yourself upside the face. Like the Toulon tournament for national teams, the Viareggio classic is one of the most prestigious world competitions for youth teams. Held in Marcello Lippi’s hometown, this is the 62nd annual tournament, always held during Carneval season. In recent years, Juve have dominated the tournament, confirming the tremendous talent our Primavera holds. We have been in the finals 5 of the last 7 tournaments, with our most recent win being last season. And perhaps you should pay even more attention this year, as while the senior team sucks it up, the Primavera is romping to victory, with 11 goals scored and 0 conceded in the group stages.
The tournament is an invitational, with 48 teams competing. The first section is the group stages, 12 groups divided into two sections, A and B. The winners of each group, and the 4 best runners-up enter into a 16-team playoffs. Most Serie A teams have a team in the tournament, many Serie B, and a few Serie C, Serie D, and Eccelenza representatives. The tournament also invites many worldwide teams, like Chivas, Red Bull NY, Spartak Moscow, Gremio, Maccabi Haifa, and Anderlecht of Belgium. After the jump, a review of the Primaveras completed games. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: alcibiade, bamba, belcastro, Boniperti, bruni, de paola, esposito, fischnaller, Genoa, giandonato, giuseppe giovinco, Immobile, Inter, Juventus, Juventus Primavera, kirev, libertazzi, Marrone, Milan, name to remember, Napoli, pinsoglio, pirrotta, primavera, Roma, sassuolo, serino, Team News, Viareggio, yago, youth competition1-1: Well That Was Painful…
By: roberto | 102 Comments
Caceres worked brilliantly on the right side in the first half, yet the others did almost everything they could to avoid giving him the ball. Unbelievable. We’ve once again resorted to the long ball. Depressing. No one’s moving forward off the ball because we’re too concerned with conceding goals. Catastrophic.
Now that’s truly impressive.
Category: Amauri, Bettega, Blanc, Buffon, Caceres, Cannavaro, Chiellini, Coaching, Competitions, De Ceglie, Del Piero, Diego, Europa League, Giovinco, Grosso, Juventus, Legrottaglie, Melo, Players, Previews & Reviews, Scudetto, Secco, Serie A, Team Management, Team News, ZaccheroniHorrible Pitch v. Juventus: The Zac’s Real First Game
By: roberto | 155 Comments
A few words before kick-off here. All week we’ve been hearing about this game against Livorno and how our boys are going to play determined to win. The truth is, I completely believe them. I expect a tremendous display of football from our side and quasi-landslide victory against Livorno. The Zac is going to get his three points here as he’ll hope to use the Amaranti as a spring board to bigger and better things. More specifically, a streak of victories. Also, no offense to Livorno fans out there. Good work in Milan last weekend. However, Juventus right now is like an extremely dangerous wounded animal fighting for it’s life, and the cage door has just been opened…
IERI… OGGI… DOMANI… SEMPRE JUVE!!!
Category: Bettega, Blanc, Coaching, Competitions, Juventus, People, Players, Scudetto, Secco, Serie A, Team Management, Team News, ZaccheroniPotD: 100 and Counting…
By: alessio | 58 Comments
There is still no concrete comeback date for Vincenzo Iaquinta as the number of days he’s spent on the sidelines now reads 100. Read the rest of this entry »
Category: Team NewsLuca Toni Slams Amauri, for Daring to Suck More
By: alessio | 51 Comments
I have done a double translation on Luca Toni’s outburst, taking the Italian to English translation and doing one more: translating it into what he meant. Read the rest of this entry »
Category: Team NewsPotD: Our Starting XI for the Next Few Weeks?
By: alessio | 35 Comments
Category: Team NewsDrawing at Home is an Improvement
By: alessio | 55 Comments
That statement alone shows how far we have fallen. A draw at home was enough to improve our recent home record, something like four losses in a row, not all of them deserved, but losses none the less. I know it’s a bit late, but I felt like reviewing the game to see what improved, and where we might go.
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By: roberto | 43 Comments
No, I’m not referring to soft penalties called in Juventus’ favour. I am however referring to the inability of this club to hold onto leads. After what could be argued as a make-up penalty called on Lazio’s Diakite, one of only two Serie A penalty shots called in Juventus’ favour this season, the bianconeri’s notoriously sub standard back post man-marking once again negated the extra two points. The only upside after this result is that no one will incorrectly call coach Alberto the right man for the job just yet, meanwhile the Zac will realize he has a lot of work to do. [update] Game photos after the jump.
Juventus Sign Zaccheroni, For Four Months
By: roberto | 210 Comments
It’s a sad day for many of us Ferrara fans, myself included, seeing one of our own being thrown under the bus. However, we should try to remain level-headed throughout this ordeal. Under Ciro the coach, we suffered nine defeats in twelve matches. Simply not good enough. Could he have done better with the cards that he was dealt? Only Zaccheroni’s time will tell.
Like alessio described in the previous post, Blanc’s statements about ‘missing another objective yesterday in our 2-1 loss to Inter in the Coppa’, had the flavour of a business man distancing himself from all emotional ties to Ferrara. Then, to no one’s surprise, the announcement came down earlier today that Ciro was being replaced with Alberto Zaccheroni effective immediately.
The Zac’s first session with guys in Vinovo. I dig the ton of stink eye Alberto.
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