

Serie A
Previews: Half-assed Preview of Juventus-Artmedia and Squad Updates
By: alessio |We’re back, ladies and gentlemen. After two years of exile, Juventus FC officially re-enters the Champion’s League in the 3rd-round qualifiers. Win this two-legged tie and we’re into the lucrative group stages. Our opponent this year is FC Artmedia Petržalka, who won the Slovak league last year. In terms of Uefa co-efficients, they are below [...]
Liveblog: Manchester United v. Juventus Pre-season Friendly
By: alessio |So, I was going to be at the beach all day today, but a storm decided to roll in this morning. End result? I’m sitting inside the beachhouse watching the rain come down, pretty cool stuff. But the upside is I’ll be watching this glorious friendly as well, and I figured, if I’m watching, why [...]
Juventus Legends: Angelo Peruzzi
By: alessio |La Vecchia Signora has always been blessed with good keepers, in the last 25 years or so, you can count the number of starting keepers on one hand. Tacconi, Peruzzi, Van Der Sar, and Buffon. They seem to stretch out by decade, as Tacconi was our starting keeper for most of the 80s, before being [...]
It Begins: Juventus Stagione 2008-2009
By: alessio |A meta-review of Juventus season 2008-2009, with links to match previews, liveblogs, and match reviews of Serie A, Coppa Italia, and Champion’s League games.
Capello Sucks: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Calciopoli
By: alessio |This is kind of another reflection on Juventus history, but of a slightly different kind.
Like all Juventini, two years ago I went from Nirvana to Hell in a matter of a month. In the greatest football moment I’ve ever witnessed, the Azzurri triumphed in Berlin, winning the first major silverware I’ve been around for. [...]
It’s Official: Christian Poulsen is Black-and-White
By: alessio |Yes it sucks, but I’m not going to college for graphic design, so nyaaaaaah.
Christian Poulsen arrived at Juve’s headquarters this afternoon to officially sign his contract, ending a few weeks of speculation.
Juventus Legends: Antonio Conte
By: alessio |We have such legends playing for us now that sometimes we forget some of the older ones. The irony is not lost on me that when I was growing up and started following La Vecchia Signora in the late 90s we had the best midfield in the world, and now are struggling to fill it. There was Zinedine Zidane, Edgar Davids, my personal favorite Tacchinardi, Di Livio, Deschamps, and of course Antonio Conte. These were the legendary midfielders who led us to 3 consecutive Champion’s League finals in one of our glory eras. It seems that Del Piero has been “il Capitano” for us forever, but he was not our captain during this glory era, taking over in 2001 after recovering from his knee injury. That honor went to Antonio Conte.
Dario Knezevic e’ Bianconero
By: alessio |When speaking of the obligatory YouTube comp, even for defenders it is mostly goals, be it bullshit or not. Luckily, there is one for Dario Knezevic that primarily shows off his defensive skills. I don’t know too much about him, but this vid helps to inform us on our new defender. He probably won’t see [...]
This Stanks; Midfield Midmarket Musings
By: alessio |I know, I know, it’s horrible. But when you’ve got a name like Stankovic….it just lends itself to puns like that. I’d like to take credit for it, but it was the title of a blog posting after one of Dejan’s shitty games this season. Little did I know I’d be ripping him off 6 [...]
May 29th- Remembering the Heysel Disaster
By: alessio |Today is the 23rd anniversary of what is called “the darkest day in Uefa competitions,” the Heysel Disaster. For any unfamiliar with it, during the European Cup final in Brussels, Liverpool fans knocked down a retaining wall of the Heysel Stadium, killing 39 people, 32 of them being Italian Juventus fans.







