http://juventus.theoffside.com The Grand Old Lady of Italian Football Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:02:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://juventus.theoffside.com/team-news/votd-diegos-dream-move.html About a month ago, I put up a post asking if any older Calcio fans could explain to me the resemblances between Tardelli and Marchisio that are so often being made. Unfortunately, there weren't any responses but thankfully, Esoesgallo has reached out to the younger Juventus population and answered our ... http://juventus.theoffside.com/team-news/votd-claudio-marchisio-marco-tardelli-esoesgallo.html "If Blanc wanted to show faith in Ferrara, he didn’t use the right words," Moggi writes in the Libero newspaper. "That sentence ‘there are no more bonuses’ meant exactly the opposite." "He vented his disappointment at the weakest target: the coach. That’s a familiar method for those who don’t know anything ... http://juventus.theoffside.com/team-news/haifa-v-juventus-prove-this-guy-wrong.html First of all, I'm not sure how Amauri gets shown a straight red for his kick on De Sanctis and Contini gets away with jacking Camoranesi in the face with his elbow without a card. There's very little way of knowing whether either were intentional, unless we can lipread De ... http://juventus.theoffside.com/team-news/pointless-debate-would-camoranesi-have-changed-the-result.html It's well known that Juventus is massively popular across il Mezzogiorno (southern Italy), and the second-favorite team would likely be Napoli. Being Barese, I was raised to dislike 4 things: Sicily, Lecce, the North, and above all, Napoli. Thus, this match is sort of a derby for southern Italians, some ... http://juventus.theoffside.com/team-news/il-derby-del-mezzogiorno.html Ciro's post match comments plus all the match media one could hope for after the jump... "We are very happy.  It was a perfect evening due to the result, the match played and the way we handled the match.  This is the spirit of Juventus.  Clearly, if we see tonight’s match this ... http://juventus.theoffside.com/team-news/potd-this-is-the-spirit-of-juventus.html tic toc tic toc tic toc... KABOOM!!! Tonight won't be the type of showcasing you hoped it would Cassano.  If I'm Ferrara I'm betting you have more trouble playing against yourself than my defenders.  So, my guys are gonna play you tight hoping you start feeling like the calls aren't going ... http://juventus.theoffside.com/team-news/the-enemy-of-my-enemy-is-my-friend.html But first, a few brief news stories that aren't on Goal.com... -Juventus closed their books with a profit of €6.6million over the last year. Inter lost €154.4million in the same period. One of these clubs is not like the other... -Ranieri says he and Juventus wanted Stankovic at Juve last season, but ... http://juventus.theoffside.com/team-news/the-departure-of-gigli-cobolli.html That was not a particularly enjoyable match to watch. 67% possession for Juve, and 1 shot on net. There were 18 shots total between the two teams, a telling statistic of a very, very sterile afternoon. But hey, three points is three points. Brief review after the jump- The Good: Gianluigi Buffon- ... http://juventus.theoffside.com/team-news/a-suffered-victory-but-3-points.html Siena is a beautiful town, one of the more underrated towns in Italy in a region with the massively overrated cities of Pisa and Florence. (Note: I like Florence, not so much Pisa, but most people act as if Florence is the best place in the world with no comparisons. ... http://juventus.theoffside.com/team-news/juventus-travel-to-siena.html