Juventus To Play Leapfrog With Old Friends Reggina Preview

By: roberto | February 22nd, 2008

Played two seasons with the Bianconeri 2005 & 2006 Not so big of an opponent, but big game nonetheless. Now, I don’t want to offend any Reggina supporters out there but lets be honest, there are none. Terribly sorry for that jab but your squad is in second-last place, and well, we’re soon to be polar opposites. So shamelessly, we’re looking right past you all the way to the Olimpico as those white ankle tapers take on Fiorentina this weekend. So you see, if all goes accordingly, we’ll be sitting shotgun in the Champions League caravan if the Viola can manage at least a tie. Mutu you beautiful bastard, what a screamer against Catania. Of course I’m talking about your on-field, impromptu ’So You Think You Can Dance’ audition. Brilliance. Yo, we got your back this weekend. After all, it wasn’t that long ago you wore our jersey on yours.

Starting off with our beloved Buffon update; our ‘number one’ will worrisomely miss this one for the sake of his back. Fuck. I mean take all the time you need. But I’m getting a little antsy as it’s almost sounding like “chronic” could be added infront of his condition. Trust me, I hate how my mind automatically assumes the worst. But seeing as his condition hasn’t been directly addressed- are we just biding our time and playing him in clusters before the dreaded phrase, “post-season surgery,” is uttered? If that is the case, and Buffon is playing through pain (whether it’s the boardroom or Buffon pushing himself), we are taking a serious serious serious risk. I’m talking a “who-gives-a-fuck-about-the-Champions-League-when-he’ll-never-be-the-same” serious risk. I don’t know, I hope I’m reading too much into this. Anyways, Belardi gets the nod. He’s had some practice, he’ll do fine.

So as for the defensive regulars, Grygera, Legrottaglie, ‘Keiser’ Chiellini and the newly Azzurri motivated Molinaro will make up Ranieri’s backline. Coming off of two strong performances, Zebina (who would in most cases certainly get the nod over Grygera) will unfortunately miss this one due to some knee pain so the Czech gets to start. As for Legrottaglie and his play, he’s riding quite some wave thus far, as he’s managed to consistently convince me he deserves a starting spot next season- even if his deflection against Roma was to have gone in. Moving on, the Keiser is playing hard, physical, and relentless- what else is new? As for Molinaro and his Azzurri call-up chances… shit do I cut him up, or don’t I? How about this, for the sake of team spirit I’ll say that many would prefer ADP getting that spot instead of him. Just keep doin’ what your doing Molinaro but with more of a defensive attitude and maybe that call could become a reality.

In the middle of the park we have some great news. Nocerino won’t be starting or even playing for that matter. Hooo-Rayyy!!! The funny part is, it wasn’t Noce’s poor form or Juve’s midfielding healthy stint that forced Ranieri’s hand… No, it was none other then Nocerino’s rampant tackles themselves that landed him his suspension for this Saturday. Boy oh boy, I didn’t see that one coming! Most Liverpool(ians) worried about Momo’s card percentage, but beside Nocerino, Momo will look like he gets less cards than Moratti on Valentine’s Day. Speaking of Sissoko, hopefully that guy will start and its about time. Against Roma you could tell his confidence wasn’t entirely there yet, but it’s growing with every touch. Soon he’ll be an impact player for our club. Speaking of impact players, Camoranesi is now more frustrated with himself than anyone else is of his recent nagging injuries. So, let’s hope the guy isn’t asked to play in this one so he gets a chance to rest. Also, expect Salihams to take on the right wind task as Palladino might be asked to play up with ADP in attack. All in all, it should be a determined midfield against Reggina, as Ranieri will opt for four mids – Salihams Camoranesi (or Momo) Zanetti Nedved.

Trezeguet scoring against Reggina.

Can your favorite striker levitate?

Up front: Iaquinta’s out due to an apparently contagious back pain and T-Rez might miss this one due to the flu. So forget the 4-3-3 Tinkerbell surprised everyone with last week in our victory over Roma. ADP will probably man up with Palladino then, and that should do enough to keep those Calabrian fans at bay. Let’s hope we can play T-Rez though and get his name on the damn score sheet again. I swear: every game that goes by where Trezeguet doesn’t score I do one hundred sit-ups and push-ups. Now after three games I’m getting pretty fit (or less fat) and I don’t like it one bit. Hopefully that will all change soon. As for Del Piero, most players could only wish they’d be as hot right now as our captain. But instead they’re only as hot as that nasty rash on their sack. Dammit, that’s just me… should have worn a condom. Oh well, with or without T-Rez and Iaquinta, ADP can seemingly do it all at the moment soooo Forza Alex and Forza Juventus!!!

Juventus Probables 4-4-2

Belardi

Grygera Legrottaglie Chiellini Molinaro

Salihams Camoranesi Zanetti Nedved

Palladino Del Piero

Reggina Probables 4-3-2-1

Campagnolo

Lanzaro Valdez Aronica Modesto

Missiroli Barreto Cozza

Vigiani Amoruso

Makinwa

Prediction: Reggina 1 – Juventus 3

Should be a hum-dinger of a match as every relegation-bound club puts up a fight this time of year. However, Reggina will eventually secom to our superior quality over the course of the match.

IERI… OGGI… DOMANI… SEMPRE JUVE!!!

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rainnuo

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Alessio

I know this is kind of late, but if you didn't see, this is the translation of those letters.

With the present communication, we wish to express our discontent regarding the scandalous officiating of Dondarini that follows many other proceeding incidents equally controversial this season. As Juventus and football fans, as well as paying customers of the sport itself, WE DEMAND respect. Officiating like that witnessed Saturday evening, only prompts anger and violence, and encourages further ill intended officiating by brushing aside clear penalties not awarded as human error while preserving the status quo.

We are demanding immediate action regarding the officiating of our squad to the full possible extent, should such incidents persist, we are ready to launch a mass boycott through agreements established throughout the organized Juventus fan base of all newspapers, magazines, TV/Satellite transmissions etc that sustain the world of football.

LETTER OF PROTEST #2

To the attention of the FIGC and Lega Calcio,

We Juventini, after witnessing the indisputable manner in which this championship is being falsified with officiating decisions that border on absurd, which continue to damage the progress of Juventus while favoring certain clubs, WE DEMAND that the FIGC put an immediate halt on the league in order to conduct an internal investigation of all directors, assistants and referees.

We the fans of Juventus are exhausted by the incomprehensible manner in which this championship has been falsified with the purpose of damaging one society in particular (something NO other season has ever witnessed). In order to see to it that our club receives the proper treatment we are ready, united and compact like never before, to take our fight with YOU the FIGC to the competent external legal parties that can ensure proper action.

Where your farce of a trial came short in ensuring a clean game, we the fans of Juventus are anxious once and for all to shed light on this situation with the Civil Magistrates, and other organisms of Justice that previously went ignored by some, in order to clarify the conflicts of interest that govern the game between certain personalities that fund our sport and their connection to our league and specifically certain societies.

We Juventini will not be satisfied with your senseless and incoherent explanations and excuses that further add confusion, nor will we tolerate your fake provisions for a better game that seldom see the light of day like the promises again made after the scandalous actions of Reggina-Juventus.

We are adamant that there is ill intent directed at our club and we intend to move forward in the direction of a concrete resolution in the institutions that can provide a real change.

We would like to add that the rights that our Constitution guarantees, with particular reference to the right to Civil Justice which were clearly violated during Calciopoli, will not be our only course of action due to our readiness to organize a mass and total boycott which will be extended to every single aspect of the football world in our nation which includes but is not limited to TV and newspapers that sponsor the game.

We are 10 million strong in Italy alone who have been loyal customers of your pseudo-sports world and know the extent of what a mass boycott could mean to you financially.

In closing we wish to express that if our demand is not met with proper attention, we will launch all that has been promised. We will not change our position by so much as a millimeter!

Grazie.

Tifosi Bianconeri
Gabriella (ASR)

I dont want to sort of point this out but your derby with Torino is tonight... noone is excited about it?
Deb

Looks like the letters Alessio posted are the same ones gsol translated and posted here (scroll down to the last post):

http://www.j1897.com/forum/ind...

Incidently, the entire thread makes for an interesting read. ;) That fucker Provera has a lot of nerve saying anything about Juve and refereeing decisions...
R.J.

Alessandro, I completely agree with what you said. Focus on CL, and try to do as much damage as possible. Then we can re-tool and anally rape inter next year.
adam

is there any way we can get a translation of this letter, alessio
adam

thank u Alessio, this kid is gonna be big. Secco got him
adam

whenever i send it to figc.segreteria@figc.it hotmail sends me a delivery failure, does this happen to anyone else, can i fix it
roberto

I think I'm gonna try and live blog tomorrow's game vs. Torino. So expect a ton of problems on my end.

Anthony I hear you man. As much as it pains me to say this though, a part of me actually agrees with Provera on that one.
roberto

Send the first letter to those with the email domain name other than figc.it and lega-calcio.it... the second letter is for those afforementioned big-wigs.

Grande Alessio, keep it up.
sofia

ooh but wait, alessio, which one do we use? is there 2 different letters there? the first one is for the media and the second one for the FIGC?
sofia

alright i will definately email them alessio, thanks for the italian becuase i would not have been able to write that on my own haha :D
Anthony

http://www.goal.com/en/Articol...
Anthony

I cant believe that Marco Tronchetti Provera inters adivsor says juve should turn over the leaf and not go back in the past when moratti said that he should get juves 2001-2002 scudetto and still wont give up on that year saying juve cheated there way threw when they got outright beaten 4-2
Alessio

And everyone, join the boycott. Email this petition to each of the signatories, they are media members, FIGC directors, etc. SEND TO: controcampo@mediaset.it ; domenicasportiva@rai.it ; segreteriaaia@aia.it ; segregen@lega-calcio.it ; figc.presidenza@figc.it ; figc.segreteria@figc.it ; diretta@ilprocessodibiscardi.it ; cverdelli@gazzetta.it ; posta@tuttosport.com ; direttastadio@7gold.tv; redazione@corrieredellosport.it ; direttore@corriere.it ;

Subject- Gli le mani della Juve
Con la presente intendiamo esprimere la nostra viva protesta per lo scandaloso arbitraggio di Dondarini ,che segue ad altrettanti precedenti arbitraggi ugualmente scandalosi.Da tifosi del calcio e della Juventus , nonchè da gente che paga e investe in questo mondo , ESIGIAMO rispetto .
Arbitraggi come quello di ieri sera , scatenano solo rabbia e violenza ,poichè la sensazione di un
arbitraggio in piena malafede è molto alta (come si possono negare 2 rigori eclatanti , pergiunta visti da posizione favorevolissima?). Errare humanum est, perseverare autem diabolicum.
Prenderemo opportuni provvedimenti a tutela della nostra squadra , nel limite del possibile , qualora dovessero ripetersi simili scempi.Siamo pronti in massa, attraverso accordi interni alla tifoseria juventina, a boicottare tutto il sistema-calcio e tutti i giornali e le trasmissioni che trattano il calcio.
Cordiali Saluti

Tifosi Bianconeri

LETTERA DI PROTESTA DEI TIFOSI BIANCONERI #2

Spett.li FIGC e Lega calcio,

Con la presente noi tifosi juventini, dopo aver preso visione senza più dubbi di sorta che è in atto un tentativo di falsare il corso del campionato con decisioni arbitrali al limite dell'assurdo, decisioni che vedono continuamente danneggiata la Juventus e favorita un'altra ben nota società di calcio, CHIEDIAMO alla FIGC di fermare immediatamente il campionato e condurre una seria operazione di controllo sui propri effettivi, arbitrali e non.

Noi tifosi juventini siamo stanchi di subire vessazioni enormi come MAI ce ne sono state a danno di altre società di calcio nella storia di questo sport (e ribadiamo: MAI) . E per tutelare la nostra squadra del cuore siamo pronti, uniti e compatti , come poche volte nella nostra storia, ad adire alle vie legali contro la FIGC e i suoi dirigenti.

Laddove non ha potuto un processo-farsa come quello intentatoci contro a livello sportivo, noi tifosi juventini speriamo potrà finalmente mettere luce la Magistratura Ordinaria, organo di Giustizia capace, come altri organi non hanno voluto fare, di chiarire la natura dei rapporti economici ed interpersonali che intercorrono tra gli attuali vertici della federazione stessa e determinati altri personaggi in causa.

Noi tifosi juventini non ci faremo più abbindolare ed annebbiare la mente dalle dichiarazioni fumose di chicchessia, nè dai finti provvedimenti elargiti in risposta a scandali come quelli avvenuti durante l'incontro Reggina-Juventus del corrente anno.

Noi pensiamo che ci sia malafede e contro tale ipotesi intendiamo muoverci nel concreto delle istituzioni che contano davvero.

Aggiungiamo, in conclusione, che gli strumenti che la Costituzione italiana ci garantisce, con particolare riferimento al potere giudiziario ordinario, i quali non furono utilizzati da chi di dovere durante i noti fatti di Calciopoli, non saranno l'unica delle nostre rimostranze, perchè siamo pronti ad organizzare un boicottaggio totale che intendiamo estendere a tutti i gangli vitali del sistema calcistico italiano: che vada dalle TV a pagamento ai giornali sportivi.

Siamo circa 10 milioni di tifosi sparsi per tutta Italia, e non solo, e lavoreremo nel lungo periodo perchè quasi tutti questi 10 milioni di tifosi juventini cessino di portare soldi e interesse a questo vostro edificio pseudo-sportivo.

Esortandovi a non prenderci alla leggera, cogliamo la presente per ribadire le nostre ferme intenzioni. Non molleremo di un millimetro.

Grazie.

Tifosi Bianconeri
Alessio

Yeah, here's the "next Ibra." Albin Edkal
http://www.goal.com/en-us/Arti...
adam

secco supposedly signed a kid a few months back dubbed as the next ibra and hes working ong getting a few more promisong talents in brazil and argentina, does anyone have any info on these players.
Allesandro

Yes, I second that call for Giovinco
Allesandro

It was an unfair ruling, no doubt. But guys, lets relax and think. It must be karma for all the shit that we used to get away with. And believe me, we did!! You are ignorant to think different. Anyway, lets take our lumps for it this season and just focus on CL qualification. We will come back next year and reign the way we should!!!
sofia

roberto - thanks for the translation, i am willing to sign up as well...one thing to clear up...if we join this movement or whatever does that mean no watching the matches on tv?
sofia

adam, THANKS SOO MUCH FOR THOSE!!! ahhh i loveeee that kid, hes amazing like i said, but no one listens so whatever, when he turns out to be the next rino gattuso everyone will be kicking themselves while i sit back and laugh because how i love to be right :D
vialli

iirc the management expecting to win the serie A in 3 years. In that case, why not using 2 years for regeneration ?
give more chance for the young guns. And since there's big chance we gonna qualify for Champions League Next Year, this would be a great chance for the youngster to feel the European Competition.

we should sell Tiago, and callback Marchisio and Giovinco. Forget searching player to replace Nedved. Instead, give trust to Giovinco.
vialli

IMO Juventus have talents in chiellini, nocerino, palladino, giovinco (and perhaps marchisio). all their need is more experience and trust especially from the coach.

i will surely will not supporting this club anymore if the management "throw away" most of these talents.
adam

sofia these are for u and i am as shocked as everyone eles will be that watches these two videos.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=GcV...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=z3Y...
Gabriella

here is your open letter

http://www.channel4.com/sport/...
roberto

R.J.,Sofia, et all: first-off marco is pro-juventus. If you had to sum up his comment, you would obviously have to say he agrees with Ranieri's post-game assertion that this display was only the "tip of the iceberg" so to speak. Marco is admirably trying to start an internet/blog movement where us Juventini are to stand up for our beloved club in the face of us this mess and say "enough is enough". As Juventus STILL has by far the largest Italian fan base, and perhaps the world, he proposes a united boycott of all radio, tv, etc. sports journal outlets. He believes that in the absence of our club's massive following, there will be an economic loss so great that the 'powers that be' (referring to those who orchestrated calciopoli against Juventus) will loss the only thing they ever cared for really... money.

Your Thoughts?

Ahhh I love the support we Juventini have for our club but more importantly, the support we have for eachother. It's in tough times like these where our spirit is shown. Recently however, our nerves, character, commitment, and disposition in general as a Juventini have been tested more than ever. Marco's plan (whether you support it or not) is just another shining example of just how much this club means to all of us fans around the world. I love you all, I really do.

Marco (if you can understand english well) I will support any movement that's advocating for the well-being of my beloved club by any means necessary as a tool to achieve just and honest results.

Tell me where to sign...
R.J.

prove it
Alessio

I can translate it but I'll do it later tonight, I'm busy with shit.

But goddamn, stolen games make me pissed off all weekend. we better beat the shit out of Torino this week.
matt

sissoko was having a fine game. he messed up right there, but all in all it was the refs. ah yes, another fan blaming the ref...but three missed PK calls (Nedved, Sissoko, handball) how could you not???????
Juve played well all game...VERY unlucky
but whatever
sofia

hhahah roberto i only blame it on sissoko because i had no one other than the ref to pin it on! DAMMNNNN THOSEE REFSS!!!

ahahaha R.J i was thinking the EXACT same thing
R.J.

ummm, translation please.
marco

STRISCIA LA NOTIZIA Voglio un super tapiro d'oro....mi è venuto il mal di fegato.
A seguito degli eventi sportivi di ieri sera sabato 23/02/08 con riferimento alla partita Reggina-Juventus,io tifoso juventino scrivo questa mia per dare un senso a quanto sta accadendo e soprattutto con l'intenzione nel mio piccolo di bloccare sul nascere anzi sul crescere quelle che sono le possibili reazioni smisurate e di natura "non civile"che si lo stato di cose attuale sta facendo "montare",proponendo una linea di reazione consona a quello che è e deve rimanere lo stile di questa squadra la Juventus e dei suoi tifosi,abbandonando quei tifosi facinorosi negli stadi pronti a fare chissà cosa!In un frangente politico quale quello attuale noi siamo un popolo ai margini fanalino di coda europeo per quanto riguardala politica e dunque l'economia ed infine il sociale,una delle valvole di sfogo che ci resta per rilassarci un pò dopo gli affetti,molto dopo gli affetti lo sottolineo è lo sport....nel mio caso il calcio!Questa mia è proprio rivolta a tutti quanti credono che io come tutti gli altri appassionati del calcio siano lo stereotipo dell'italiano medio ossia quello che si spezza la schiena per lavorare e rifugge lo stress seguendo 25 persone in mutande che corrono dietro ad una palla...subendo passivamente dalle tribune ed ancora peggio dalla televisione quel che accade pagando per di più e non avendo voce in capitolo......,ci ho riflettuto a lungo sul concetto e sono arrivato al punto di capire che forse è così in parte ma non del tutto!Subire passivamente quanto accade questo no credo che noi abbiamo le carte per poter invertire la rotta...se è vero che siamo tanti ,oltre i dieci milioni di simpatizzanti/tifosi bianconeri (ma sicuramente la somma dei tifosi di inter e milan) noi abbiamo il dovere di restituire qualcosa a questa squadra che ci ha dato tanto tantissimo e a cui in questi due anni non possiamo rimproverare nulla giocano fino all'ultimo alito di forza;partendo dal presupposto che abbiamo pagato un condanna che ancora non è stata provata ma comunque abbiamo pagato:noi diciamo ORA BASTA!
Noi chiediamo agli organi competenti di giustizia sportiva e non( soprattutto),che venga fatta luce vera su quanto sta accadendo e che non può in nessuna maniera far parte di casualità ,errori o sviste è stato palese soprattutto in 4 gare quest'anno quella di ieri sera è solo la punta di questo iceberg,da parte nostra e questo è un appello a tutti i tifosi che seguono la squadra in tv e stadi a comportarsi in modi consoni e invece ci si potrebbe organizzare nel boicottaggio regolare del "SISTEMA"bloccando gli introiti dei colossi tv qualunque essi siano ovviamente rinunciando agli abbonamenti ove possibile o almeno evitare di visionare le partite,soprattutto di non acquistare partite,evitare gli stadi questo perchè noi abbiamo UN POTERE ECONOMICO IMMENSO visto il nostro numero,l'unione fa la forza!Vorrei organizzare infine con un avvocato in gamba un piano per far rispettare i Nostri diritti di consumatori e per essere risarcito/i di danni fisici(mi è venuto il mal di fegato),morali(sto sempre di cattivo umore) e materiali(spendo/spendiamo soldi per vedere le partite allo stadio e d in tv,oltrechè c'è chi scommette legalmente e si sente defraudato) ed esistenziali nei confronti della FIGC,del designatore arbitrale COLLINA e degli arbitri che hanno sbagliato.
Visto che chi sbaglia paga deve pagare :
1) paghi la FIGC per non aver saputo risistemare le cose dopo Calciopoli e durante Calciopoli ,per non aver fatto nulla di fatto per bloccare questo stato di cose ancora oggi;
2)il tanto acclamato Collina che a parere di tutti non mi sembra abbia fatto il miracolo e che deve spiegare tante cose perchè errare è umano ma perseverare diabolicum est ,per cui COLLINA restituisca il lauto ingaggio di salvatore della patria e corrrisponda a noi quanto dovuto per le Nostre sofferenze(non esageriamo)
3)quegli arbitri che stanno sbagliando dimostrano di non essere diversi dagli altri per cui se non sono partecipi a frodi sportive,devono essere RADIATI senza appello alcuno.

In ultimo se non bastasse INVITO tutti a non acquistare i giornali sportivi

Questo è quanto, più siamo e più facciamo male se si fa una causa congiunta gli mettiamo paura potremmo fare un record da guinness,e fare la voce grossastavolta i primati(scimmie) sarete Voi dei poteri forti...iniziamo questo braccio di ferro che avete cominciato VOI!
Queste non sono le farneticazioni di un folle ma di uno che si è stufato di" farsi prendere per i fondelli" qui indulti non ci sono e chi ha pagato ,ha pagato e siamo stai solo noi(è da vedere ancora se a torto o a ragione) visto che è dimostrato che quando si muove la juve godono tutti per gli introiti tv stadio ecc ecc..ORA NOI CHE SIAMO L'ORIGINE DI QUEGLI INTROITI DICIAMO BASTA!
questa richiesta verrà lanciata in tutti i blog della rete,diffondete questa protesta nel web perchè è civile e sensata ci daranno ascolto l'unione fa la forza
marco74lt@yahoo.it latina
adam

sofia well atleat c.zanetti showed what we think of amoruso and what the ref should of gotten.
40seconds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
roberto

sofia i agree with you until you said until you blamed this on sissoko... dammit

NEDVEDS FOUL WAS A FUCKING PENALTY
sofia

soooo....this game was a fucking joke right? like seriously, someone is just doing this to shit around with all the juventini and the real game will be played tomorrow right?...FUCKKKK!!!! after that game i was sooo pissed man. ok you guys are making it seem like reggina dominated when if you think about it they could barely get it out of their own half for the most part of the 2nd half. Juve were all over them we just werent doing anything with our possession. The officiating was shit at best, there was the CLEARRRR take down of Nedved, I believe, in the first half where the defender was basically strangling him before pulling him down, then there was the knee in on Sissoko, and then the BLANTENT pk just before Sissoko decided to pull a genius move on us all. I mean sure he meant to get the ball but he should know that a boot that high right in front of an obviously bias ref was not going to end well.

It really upsets me when people say how much Juve cheat, etc. and then we have games like these where the refs are so obviously bias toward the other team its incredible. Collina has to really get on this because the season would be COMPLETELY different if the refs were half decent. Its too bad, overall, some of our team showed up and some didnt. I think camo had one hell of a game especially since his back hasnt been 100% and chiellini wasnt too bad, palla was nearly invisible for most of the first and bits of the second unfortunately, ADP was ever present in the second as was Nedved. Sissoko, im a bit bias because i never really liked him so i blame him for this and secco of course for signing him.
p.s. i officially hate amouroso, he should turn around, climb back into whatever hole he came out of and stay there and never come out because no one wants to see his face on this planet ever again...kthnxbaiii :)
adam

its funny how whenever we get close to the top 2 something like this happens. napoi, parma, and now reggina
R.J.

sissoko didnt see the attacker, but his effort was still reckless at best. i shouldn't have come to that though, being as the officiating was an absolute joke. that handball against reggina right before sissoko's mishap looked pretty clear to me...the gayness of that game amazed me.
Alessio

Yeah, seriously, Nedved/Sissoko both were taken out by Valdez in the box, not to mention the numerous handballs. We should have at least tied the game.

Goddamn. All we can hope for is a Fiorentina win or draw.
LorenzoRosanero

to be fair, sissoko did have some good moments in the game and should've been awarded a penalty. however, he also had some very poor moments (bad clearances leading to 2 goals, missed a couple of would-be goals, etc.).

of course, the "real" goat in this game would probably be the referee who missed some calls that could've changed the game. however, in reality the most juve deserved from this was a draw. they simply weren't at their best. also, the absences of trezegol, buffon and iaquinta certainly don't help things no matter what team you're playing.
adam

Sissoko should play as a defender. he failed as a striker, failed as an offensive midfielder, now failing as a defensive midfielder. If he fails as a defender then we try him as a goalie. if he fails at that then he should be secco's replacement, couldn't possibly be any worse.