CAMPIONI!!
By: alessio | February 23rd, 2009In front of Marcello Lippi and Ciro Ferrara (in Lippi´s hometown of Viareggio) the Juventus Primavera won the Torneo di Viareggio, one of the most prestigious youth tournaments in the world.
Primavera triumphs in the Viareggio Cup!
At the “Pini di Viareggio” stadium the bianconeri seemed to be determined and very concentrated right from the start. The bianconeri were dangerous in a number of occasions especially thanks to Daud and Esposito but the opener came on the 13th minute when Daud put a ball into the Sampdoria area with unfortunate defender Perazzo deviating badly for an own goal. The blucerchiati did not give up and tried to fight back but the most dangerous attacks were always on the other side of the field with Samp goalkeeper Fiorillo performing a number of very good saves. A few minutes before the end of the half the bianconeri increased the score margin thanks to D’Elia who put the ball through into the area with immobile striking home. Up to the half-ftime whistle Maddaloni’s boys ahd two more good chances thanks to daud with Fiorillo showing great class in his saves.The second half saw Juventus score their third nearly immediately: Daud with a beautiful projectile upon entering the area hammered the ball into the corner of the net. This is the 8th goal by the Somali midfielder in this tournament who six minutes later tried twice more with the Sampdoria defence managing to clear at the end. Maddaloni’s team continued to dominate even though the blucerchiati were constantly in search of a goal to re-open the match. Sampdoria managed to get one back on the 38th minute after a slight deviation by Daud on a free-kick by Di Leva. Just before the final whistle Immobile dribbled past Fiorillo, voted best goalkeeper of the tournament and deposited the ball at the back of the net to fix the final score on 4-1.
Maddaloni’s team has won Juventus their 6th Viareggio Cup after the successes in 1961, 1994, 2003, 2004 and 2005 with the coach becoming the first ever native of Viareggio to win the trophy.
Girone Eliminatorio 2
Juventus-Maccabi Haifa 2-0 (2 Daud)
Juventus-Parma 1-0 (Daud)
Juventus-Frosinone 1-1 (Immobile)
Ottavi di finale: Juventus-Lazio 6-5 dcr (Daud, De Paola)
Quarti di finale: Juventus-Siena 3-2 (2 Daud, Marrone)
Semifinale: Juventus-Torino 3-1 (2 Immobile, Daud)
Finale: Juventus-Sampdoria 4-1 (aut. Perazzo, 2 Immobile, Daud)
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Ahead of Chelsea’s Champions League date with Italian giants Juventus on Wednesday, Frank Lampard has expressed his gratitude to Bianconeri manager Claudio Ranieri.
It was the ‘Tinkerman’ who sanctioned the €12.3 million (£11m) signing of the England international from West Ham United and the midfielder has said he might not have had half the career he has enjoyed to date if the Italian had not done so.
“It’ll be very special to see Claudio again, I love the man,” the Chelsea star is quoted as saying in The Guardian.
“If it wasn’t for Claudio I might not be where I am now. He brought me to the club, improved my game and showed me another side to the game.
“As a West Ham boy I didn’t know the continental style and the way to live my life. He brought me here and showed me those ways and I’ve got nothing but thanks for him for the way he helped my career.
“He made John Terry captain at a young age, signed [William] Gallas and bought Petr Cech. He took us to the Champions League semi-final and was a huge part of what we went on to achieve.
“No-one’s got a bad word to say about him around the place, which shows you what a good man he is. I’m very pleased at how well he’s done at Juventus.”
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He gives Chelsea Lampard, Terry, and Cech. But gives us Molinaro, Tiago, and Poulsen.
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He also signed Zenden, Duff, Mutu, and Veron.
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“He also signed Zenden, Duff, Mutu, and Veron.”
And how did those signings turn out?
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As now we are discussing Ranieri, here is another angle:
“He was criticised for his poor tactical substitutions during the semi-finals of the Champions League against AS Monaco, when the team lost 3-1 in the away leg and despite leading by two goals in the home leg eventually drew 2-2 and went out 5-3 on aggregate”.
Same Ranieri, Old story, he is indeed poor in tactical substitution. Hope this would not happen in his tenure with Juve.Posted from
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oh, I forgot. those lines are taken from Wikipedia
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Im sure a super 89′ substitution will win us the game.
Our tactics are gonna be pretty simple, score early or defend and attack on the counter.
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Bravi Zebrette. Good omen for Tuesday!!
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