Trofeo Tim Tonight

That Mourinho pic is absolutely AWESOME. :)

He does. It's scary. And as I said on another site, I feel a bit bad for ragging on Molinaro because even if I think he's inadequate, he plays his heart out, unlike big-money signings like Tiago who seemingly don't give a shit. Plus, Ranieri gave a big chance to a young defender. A lot of us would be complaining if he sat on the bench for Zebina as "wasted youth." He has looked sharp in pre-season, let's hope he's learned something from last season.

And Sally, yes, this kind of thing with Trez seemingly happens every season along with the Mauro Camoranesi disappearing act.

Tell me about it. I don't know which is scarier. You and I admitting that about molinaro or that mourinho picture. :|

Sally molinaro honestly does look a lot sharper this year.

I think i'm gonna go puke in a corner for while now.

From your lips to God's ears adam. Lippi is still one of Juve's heros and I wouldn't be surprised if he himself has plans to join our side in two years (or more if he decides to go tanning on his boat again).

dont worry every start to a season will have a common theme, one of the recurring ones is trez will leave juve due to the high cash offered and his inability to do anything other than score and have his critics and halfway through the season his critics will be putting their foot in their mouths and at the end of the season trez will be in the top 3.

im still concerned with our defence, however is it just me or has molinaro improved? i am one of those who wanted him out for this season (no need to state why)

The only negative side of Lippi replacing Donadoni is that it rules Lippi out of the Juve job for the next two years. Although Ranieri's contract also expires in 2010 and I wouldn't be surprised if Lippi leads us to a Scudetto and Champions League after his second strait World Cup.

Come on Roberto, if anything Spain did Italy a favor. If Italy won the Euro's Donadoni would still be in charge. Just imagine Ambrosini playing in the 2010 world cup.

Plus we got to see Chiellini prove that he is yet again the real deal when it comes to the big games.

Yea Conor I'm in. Check your email account and we can work out the details.

In return I ask that you deny Fabregas any playing time this saturday. His actions for Spain against Italy should not go unpunished.

Hi Roberto,
Would you be interested in answering a few questions from an arsenal fansite before the Emirates cup on the weekend?

Nothing serious just light hearted.

Cheers

Conor AKA Perry Groves' Lovechild

The bad news is he can't. We've seen he's an anonymous striker that waits for a chance, and probably because of it, he's not very effective coming off the bench, like Iaquinta. (which kinda sucks for Vincenzo actually)

The good news is he doesn't rely on speed or strength, he relies on positioning and accuracy. The latter don't disappear with age as much as the first two do.

Trea is not going anywhere, he will be like the Larsson Barca had a few seasons ago. Comes off the bench and scores.

Selling Trezeguet could single-handedly jeopardize my faith in everything black and white. What he means to this club outside of his obviously successful career here in Turin is almost invaluable.

Forget the idea of "cashing in" on 15 million Euros for a 31 year-old. I see it being much more complicated. You'd be in fact, losing here as his intrinsic value to La Vecchia Signora is worth much, much more.

David Trezeguet may have his critics, but Antonio Labbate feels that Juventus just can’t afford to sell him to Barcelona
Every player has his price, but what value would you put on a goal? It’s a question which Juventus may have to ponder in the very near future as the industrious Italian rumour mill continues to insist that Barcelona are interested in signing David Trezeguet.

The Spanish giants, as the story goes, are looking for a bomber after new boss Pep Guardiola – now he knew how to play football – publicly put Samuel Eto’o on the transfer market. While it is openly accepted that Arsenal’s Emmanuel Adebayor was and is their primary target, the former Brescia playmaker seemingly has a soft spot for Trezeguet.

With the Frenchman’s birth certificate confirming that he’ll turn 31 in October, a bid of around £15m, as is being reported, would have to be taken into consideration by the money men in Turin. But it would perhaps be wiser on this occasion to consult the Rouen-native’s scoring statistics because you wouldn’t just be selling a player if you released Trezeguet, you’d be sacrificing a Capocannoniere.

Trezegol’s record speaks for itself. In every Serie A campaign in the Juventus shirt, the former Monaco man has averaged, at worst, a goal in every two games. At his best, he’s gone on the rampage and has bagged 20-plus strikes in three of his seven top-flight campaigns for the Bianconeri so far.

Granted, he’s not the most useful team player in the world and is prone to go missing in action, but there are few better than David in the box. Ignore the opinion of France boss Raymond Domenech who snubbed him for Euro 2008, turn to England Coach Fabio Capello. On his appointment at Juventus in 2004, he immediately vetoed his proposed sale. Not many stood up to the Triade and got their way.

The timing of Barca’s alleged interest also seems very wrong. While the reports snuggly fit into the various Italian sports pages at a time when new boy Amauri is making an impact in pre-season, it would be madness to ponder selling Trezeguet at this stage unless you already have a suitable replacement lined up. The latter seems unlikely under this inexperienced club regime.

Although Trezeguet may be feeling under some pressure following the Brazilian’s gol d’estate – given that it remains to be seen whether they can co-exist – the campaign will be a long one. If the Old Lady seriously want to challenge for major honours this season then they’ll have to put ambition before business, because Trezeguet’s goals have the potential to be priceless.

With Rossi and Giovinco who cares about VDV? How about Ancelloti flipping a bird last night?

Adam, you're probably right. God knows we couldn't spill out 3-4million more for Gabriel Milito and had to go with Andrade.

we have white socks with our kit i thought it was black.

Hamburg accepted Madrid's 10mil offer for Van der Vaart. My guess is that Secco went up to 9.99999999mil and refused to budge, fucking idiot.

I'm not sure but I do remember him taking corners with his right foot. He's obviously gonna be loaned out next season.

How do you think he's gonna fit into our system when he comes back? He played in Nedved's position and Giovinco will be taking that pretty soon.

ya wow, another very impressive game from rossi. adam is he left-footed?

I have the feeling Tiago wanted to miss the penalty on purpose. That was one weak shot.Shame Amauri got subbed I really wanted to see him play.

Roberto, Rossi has really impressed me in this game and he's only 17. Did you see him when he took the ball from Maicon after Maicon's vicious tackle on him. Maicon;s reaction was priceless he couldn't believe it.

I'm not sure if I can say it or what but....

http://livetv.troodi.com/

What a strike from D.P. Cesar was completley stunned. Wanted it to go in sooo bad.

where can i watch the games???

etnertaining....we lost. but who cares?? tiago played great at times, and horrible at others,, the boy needs consistency

lol true.

Damn Seedorf... He's the black Nedved.

Hella nice ball there from Marchionni..1-1- Milan Juve.

'Berto, great drawing btw. Class ;)

Here we go with MourinHOE.

My, if he can get them this worked up with a throw away response to a loaded question about a Minnie Mouse* tournament, just wait to see what happens when they start playing for real.

*not to be sexist, but Mickey Mouse is really much too grand for one of these three club round robin pieces of nonsense

Roberto, that is not what he said. In my opinion, what he was saying is that if we lost, we would not be making a bad impression. Psychologically, it is more important for Juve to win as they need to build confidence before important CL games. I dont think he was saying that this game is any indication of future performance, only that a win will make the players feel good. The better you feel, the better you do.

And the only reason Inter have been "out prepared" is because Juve started training a month before Inter did.

I think you guys are reading WAY too much into this. I was just upset because goal.com was putting words into Mourinho's mouth. He may indeed suck, but he did not say what the said he said.

roberto, ya im back, i was in italy for the past 3 weeks so i feel really out of touch with a lot of things here. i have heard soo many different transfer rumours over there and i bought some of the newspapers we talk about here like Tuttosport. the trez rumours i hope will go away soon. i definately agree with you in that mourinho is making exccuses for why inter is shit hahah. its not difficult, inter are inter and we are juve so we will win! hahah if we dont, oh well, no big deal, its just a 45 minute match in preseason. I doubt Ranieri will be fielding all our starters espcially if inter are planning to take it seriously because I don't want them to hurt any of our guys.

Sofia, glad to see you back girl. I agree with you in that we have a lot of new faces and it'll be really important for them to get used to eachother ASAP! As for Trezeguet's situation, I think Barcelona's betting on the fact that Amauri or Iaquinta will squeeze away some playing time from T-Rez, and they're just testing the waters and adding a little fuel to that rumour fire. But to be honest, I don't think Trezeguet wants to go anywhere and he'll end his career in Turin. For now, Barca's bid to me is just another form of flattery.

Johonna, do you see what Mourinho's doing? He's making excuses before the games have even began. In short, if Inter loses it would be "absolutely normal" since they've been out prepared [by juve]. Is that the type of thinking you want your team's head coach to have?

Secondly, if the man "does not consider this tournament to be anything but good practice", than why else would he suggest our performances here to be a critical reflection of our future Champions League efforts, unless he was trying to fuck with our heads?

Juve has character and courage thats what leaders are made of there warriors and dont fear there opponets. The pressure is on Mourinho hes expected to win the CL good luck he couldint do it with chelsea.

as much as it pains me to say it...i actually agree with our resident interista! juve are a very confident side and that is what helps them get past bigger teams (i.e March 22, 2008 - Inter - Juve) And Milan have done well in the transfer season but we will see how their new team plays together. I am not 100% sold on Ronaldinho but at least he isn't on my team. As for Juve, Amauri, as well as he has done in preseason, i am not sold on him either. Last season Ale did well in preseason too and his regular season got off to a less than impressive start. I am excited for todays tournament to see where the three teams are at as far as fitness. i think that Milan are in trouble with their current striker situation. Inter seem to be scattered because the people at the head of their club dont seem to be on the same page as their coach. Juve seem to be doing well, but there are also a lot of new faces who need to get used to playing with the rest of the team.
Does anyone know what is going on with Trez because there are a lot of Barca rumours flying around...he's not leaving right??

For all Juventini, this comes from the mouth of our Interista friend Johonna- :)

"Frankly, Juve is the one team that scare me next season [...] Juve is Juve and they almost always win. That is just the facts. They expect it and that confidence is hard to beat. Until I see Roma’s final roster, it is difficult to say how they will be next season or if they will trouble our Scudetto or CL race. Right now, they seem to whistling past the graveyard trying to convince themselves as much as everyone else that they will contend. Right now, Roma does not have Milan’s reinforcements or Juve’s confidence (and reinforcements - double yikes!). Not that come September Roma will not get all their ducks in a row, only that right now, they do not appear particularly threatening to Inter’s chances of winning either the Scudetto or the CL next year."

I know Goal.com's headline was inflammatory and I see what Jose is getting at, but he's still wrong. It's a 45minute tourney, and even if Juve is lightyears ahead of Inter in training it doesn't really matter if we lose. We're far from set in our Starting XI, Ranieri is still tinkering and wants to see how we're playing.

Mourinho sucks )))