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February 27 Afternoon Quick Notes
By: Gianfranco |After a deserved road victory at Modena yesterday, today has been an average newsday for Calcio and Juventus, even heading into a Serie A match day tomorrow, I wonder why that is? ha… First off a few quotes following the Modena win.
Gigi Buffon – “When we play like this, with the same level of [...]
Juventus – Modena Wrap Up …. Leaving it Late
By: Gianfranco |A chilly night in Modena between Juventus and the Gialloblu ended up being decided by an own goal. Juve played strong throughout and came close to scoring on numerous occasions, but Modena keeper Frezzolini was phenomenal and had some marvelous saves. Del Piero and Nedved had numerous shots stopped and Camoranesi sent in [...]
Thursday Feb 22 – Quick Notes (Crybabies, Politics, Cocaine, Lindsay Lohan?)
By: Gianfranco |Finally the Zdenek Grygera debacle/negotiations/transfer/rumor/just sign already is officialy set to become a Juventus player this summer. The Czech defender will sign a 5 year deal keeping him in Torino until 2012. I like, I realy do, finaly 3 years after the fact we first showed interest in him, he finaly becomes a [...]
Weekend Wrap Up….. a little tardy
By: Gianfranco |After a long exhausting event filled weekend at the University of Connecticut, im a tad bit tardy with my recap of the Juventus – Crotone match and I’d like to apologize for that. Our Captain lead the way with a marvelous performance and not to mention 3 goals. Total domination by the Bianconeri [...]
STOP THE PRESSES! TUDOR STAYS!……and other junk
By: Gianfranco |In a shocking follow up to my post earlier this week Igor Tudor is going to remain with Juventus to fufill the rest of his contract which is up June 30, 2007. The decider in this turbulent affair haha was that the defender is going to take a pay cut for [...]
February 15, 2007 Quick Notes
By: Gianfranco |As usual names keep coming hott and heavy for this summers transfer market, the most intriguing today was Reggina striker Rolando Bianchi (top of todays Corriere). Bianchi has had a breakthrough season so far scoring 12 goals with the southern club, injury free he can finally prove his worth.
Then yesterday we saw Samuel [...]
Primavera Player Profile- Sebastian Giovinco
By: Gianfranco |Giovinco a 20 year old forward for the Juventus primavera squad has made some headlines lately. Scoring two goals against Palermo at the Viareggio tournament last week, have lead to the “next Del Piero” comparisons which have also been put upon past primavera stars Davide Chiumiento, Michele Paolucci, Rey Volpato, and recently Raffaele Palladino. [...]
March 12, 2003 Igor Tudor Day
By: Gianfranco |In the lacklustre year that is our first season in Serie B, and the lack of interesting “truthful” news I find it fitting to start my first post on The Offside about a fond 2003 memory. After a near decade stay in Torino (minus a few loan spells), it seems the time has come [...]






