Juventus Delegation given audience with Pope Francis
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Two photos capturing the new section of the Juventus Museum, chronicling 90 years under the Agnelli family
Midfielders At The Heart Of Juventus vs Napoli Clash
This Saturday sees the resumption of what is quickly becoming the hottest battle in Serie A as Napoli once again travel north to face off against Juventus, the team who represent everything supporters of the Partenopei despise. Seemingly their entire ethos is to rally against the establishment, painting themselves as outsiders, happy to live in the shadow of Vesuvius but never content to be put into the shade by Italian football’s biggest clubs.
Read more at WhoScored.com
Juventus make welcome return to the Champions League
It hasn’t been the easiest of journeys but finally they are back. When the Champions League anthem is played over the Stamford Bridge PA system on Wednesday evening, the eleven men wearing the famous black and white stripes of Juventus will be the first to do so in almost three years.
Indeed, the last time the Turin side played a fixture in Europe’s elite competition was a 4-1 humbling at the hands of Bayern Munich in December of 2010. That loss saw them fail to progress from the group stage, and having been eliminated by Chelsea in the Second Round the previous season, the grand Old Lady of Italian football will be looking to give a better account of herself than anytime in recent history.
Read more at Independent.co.UK
Why did Juventus sign Nicklas Bendtner?
Whether through drunkenness or as part of a publicity stunt he shows off his pants. He’s got a terrible attitude and thinks he’s the greatest striker alive today. These criticisms – plus many others that are unrepeatable here – have reigned down upon Nicklas Bendtner and Juventus since the former Arsenal man joined the Turin giants late last week.
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Juventus Sign Nicola Leali, Paul Pogba, Alberto Masi
It has been quite some time since the last Youth Sector round-up, but events this week meant it was time to bring another installment to you. With the acquisitions of Nicola Leali from Brescia, Manchester United’s Paul Pogba, and Pro Vercelli defender Alberto Masi, Beppe Marotta and Fabio Paratici have continued their policy of strengthening the youth sector with a trio of solid signings. The latter two are virtual unknowns to us here at JuventiKnows so, as we have in the past, we asked people far better placed than us for insight. In the line of our “If You Don’t Know, You’d Better Ask Somebody” series, we deliver information to you from the best possible sources!
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Detailed Profile Of Mauricio Isla and Kwadwo Asamoah
Beppe Marotta wasted little time in strengthening the Scudetto winning squad, acting immediately to bring Udinese pair Mauricio Isla and Kwadwo Asamoah to Turin. The pair bring many attributes to a midfield that was remarkably thin on quality outside of the M-V-P trio of Claudio Marchisio, Arturo Vidal and Andrea Pirlo. Over on JuventinKnows.com the two men are analysed in depth with Aaron’s take on Isla here and Adam looking at Asamoah here. Take a look, leave a comment and let us know what you think.
“Pirlo was superb against Germany in the semi-finals and I think he has been the best signing of my career.” - Beppe Marotta
Stephan Lichtsteiner: The Right Man For The Job
The new Juventus Stadium had seen just fifteen minutes of official match play when, having had his own route to goal blocked by not one but two opposing players, Andrea Pirlo checked his run and almost without looking clipped a ball over the top of the static Parma backline. Floated perfectly, it dropped to the feet of Stephan Lichtsteiner who had cut in unnoticed from his position on the right. He controlled the ball with one foot before slotting past the helpless Antonio Mirante with the other, the ball settling into the back of the visitor’s goal. Their new home had its first competitive goal and Juventus had not only found a new hero but, finally, a quality right-back to fill the team’s most long-standing void.
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Mister Gone: Credit Conte But Don’t Dismiss Delneri
Bewildered, disliked by the majority of supporters and looking ever more out of his depth, Gigi Delneri entered the press conference at the Vinovo training complex last May and informed the audience of reporters that his time in Turin had come to an end. “There will be a new Coach at Juventus next season,” declared the sixty-one year old in his heavy and notoriously difficult-to-understand Friulani accent, going on to add that he had been informed three days earlier, just after leading the club to what was the tenth defeat of the season the previous weekend.
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Coppa Win Lets Napoli Out Of Diego’s Shadow
After spending many years as a much derided and decidedly second rate competition, the Italian Cup has enjoyed a renaissance in recent seasons and, having ended the undefeated campaign of Serie A Champions Juventus, Napoli will be hoping it can do the same for then. Twenty-two years after their last triumph in the same competition, the San Paolo club may have finally begun to emerge from the lengthy shadow of Diego Maradona.
Read more at Independent.co.uk
A Night To Remember: Napoli Win The Coppa Italia
With a combination of good fortune and great play, they did what no other club has managed to this season and win against recently crowned Serie A Champions Juventus. Unbeaten in all competitions, the Turin giants finally succumbed in this, the Italian Cup Final, unable to thwart the advances of Napoli’s ‘Three Tenors’. It was a game which almost perfectly encapsulated everything these two teams have come to represent in a campaign from which both emerge with great credit.
Read more at ESPNSoccernet
Team Analysis: Serie A Champions Juventus
Well, there it is. The Old Lady of Turin is back at the summit of Serie A, Champions of Italy for the first time in five years. After the hell of Calciopoli and the purgatory of a season spent in Serie B, Andrea Agnelli, Beppe Marotta and Fabio Paratici delivered the ingredients for a successful team and the intensity, drive and intelligence of Antonio Conte moulded them into exactly that. In winning the Scudetto in his debut season on the Juventus bench the 42 year old coach has followed in the footsteps of some true greats of the modern era, matching the feat accomplished by Fabio Capello, Marcello Lippi and Giovanni Trapattoni.
Read more at WhoScored.com
