By Chris Wright

According to reports in Football Italia, Juventus 'ultras' (i.e. the hard-line, bordering on hooligan, faction of the club's supporters) have threatened to make the next year of Juve midfielder Mauro Camoranesi's life a living hell if he decides to stay at the club.

Juventus ace Alessandro Del Piero has given his most clear intention that the Bianconeri will overcome Fulham in their Europa League clash this Thursday. After overcoming Ajax in the last fixture, Juventus will be looking to build on their improving form in the competition.

After starting the season strongly, Juve suffered a series of defeats that left fans baying for coach Ciro Ferarra's blood.

Juventus are on the verge of landing Liverpool coach Rafael Benitez after the Italian club reached an agreement with him via his agent Manuel Quillon Garcia, accoring to Tuttosport.
Director Roberto Bettega met with the agent in Monte Carlo on Monday night, where the two men spoke about bringing the Spaniard to Turin.

Two players supposedly very close to hanging up their boots in the summer helped put Italy's Old Lady in a retirement home last night. Alessandro Nesta, the 33-year-old with the bad back, and Ronaldinho, the two-time former World Player of the Year said to be now well past his best, were simply inspirational in Milan's 3-0 win over Juventus that effectively ended the Bianconeri's already slim chances of winning the Scudetto.

There has been widespread criticism of the Bianconeri board and its directors yet there are some obvious aspects which have been overlooked by the reporters and fans alike. The Juve management has actually erred in allowing Pavel Nedved to retire, in hiring Cirro Ferrara to lead the team and in their choice of players brought in to Turin.

Beleagured Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez could face a three-way summer fight for his services.
Real Madrid head coach Manuel Pellegrini and AC Milan's Leonardo have both been told they must do better after defeats in Europe this week - and both are said to see Benitez as the man who could transform their fortunes.

Watching a re-run of the Juventus-Bari game made me realise that Juve's problems stem from a lack of poor coaching. The Bianconeri's 3-0 win over Bari reminded me of the old Juventus who rarely lost a match. It was also a good day for Italy international Vicenzo Iaquinta who scored a brace to net his first goals for the club since last September and you can only imagine what it meant to him.

By Chris Wright

Highly-rated CSKA Moscow winger Milo Krasic, who has been heavily linked with Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal over the past few months, has admitted that he is on the verge of completing a move to Juventus.

The Serbian flyer was rumoured to have been close to joining Manchester United during the January transfer window, after impressing Sir Alex Ferguson during both of CSKA's Champions League group stage fixtures against United earlier this season.

Premier League giants Liverpool are looking to sign Christian Poulsen from Italian powerhouse Juventus, according to a report in Italy.
Tuttocalcionews.it reports that the Reds want to sign the Danish international and are ready to barter Dirk Kuyt in exchange.
The Bianconeri are looking to sell one of their central midfielders to make room in their transfer and wage budgets to invest in other departments, and it appears they would be willing to listen to enquiries from Roy Hodgson's side.

By Chris Wright

Juventus striker David Trezeguet has revealed that he plans to join his former French international teammate Thierry Henry at New York Red Bulls, but he doesn't plan to leave Italy until next season.

Juventus have passed their first test, they've qualified for the next round of the Europa League defeating Shamrock Rovers 2-0 away from home and 1-0 in the return leg at home. Now Juventus will play a play-off against Austrian side Sturm Graz, and if they win that playoff, then they will play in the Europa League group stages.

Liverpool have confirmed a deal to bring Danish midfielder Christian Poulsen to Anfield for a fee of almost €5.5 million.

The arrival of the 30-year old Juventus player, who has formerly enjoyed a successful career at Sevilla as well, can finally allow Argentine midfielder Javier Mascherano to complete a move away from Merseyside.

Juventus are a club with plenty of history and trophies, and while the chairman Andrea Agnelli is trying to return to the golden days of winning, it will take some time.

The project of the bianconeri was beginning to take shape: Luigi Delneri as the coach along with Beppe Marotta as the sporting director, some smart signings and qualification into the Europa League.

Milan are known to make big blunders when it comes to choosing who stays in the team and who leaves however, this latest report in all honesty is just unrealistic.

These unsubstantiated rumours claim that Milan are ready to sell their Brazilian striker Alexander Pato to Manchester City for 65 million Euros and then use the money to buy Palermo's Javier Pastore and Liverpool's Steven Gerrard.

AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi has decided to stay quiet after Milan's 2-1 home loss to Juventus last night. A clearly irritated Berlusconi gave a short reply when questioned by reporters.

"When you win you speak, but when you lose then you stay quiet, especially when you lose like we did tonight.

Ciao Massim, sarebbe bello proporrei ai fratelli bianconeri una protesta dei blog bianconeri, qualcosa del tipo "schermo nero per 24 ore" qualora il nostro "allenatore" non dovesse dimettersi. Sono del parere che contro il napoli avremo un'altra batosta, ma nonostante tutto nessuno lascer la panca.

Chievo, since being promoted to Serie A in 2001, had never beaten Juventus in their history. In fact, in 15 encounters vs. the Bianconeri, the Flying Donkeys had lost 12 times and drawn 3. Last season in Torino the two sides provided an entertaining 3-3 draw, with Sergio Pellissier grabbing a historic hat-trick.

Most if not all of the Bianconeri fans are wondering how many more games does Coach Ciro Ferrara have to lose before he is fired by the Juventus board. Without going into details or providing analysis of some of the matches lost, the abysmal record speaks for itself as Juventus have lost five out of their last games.

Juventus will take on Roma in Turin in perhaps one of the round's biggest clashes and certainly only second behind the much-anticipated Milan derby. The Bianconeri have been struggling and the dismal run of results shows no sign of abating. Coach Ciro Ferrara has received much of the criticism but as pointed out in a previous article (Please refer to How Long Before Ferrara Is Shown The Door written on January 18 for more details) the former Bianconeri defender cannot be blamed for all the problems in Turin despite his inexperience.

The Bavarian club achieved a great result after returning from the trip to Bremen with all three points to climb to the top of the Bundesliga standings. Their tenure at the top could be short lived as Bayer Leverkusen will take over the top position if they can win or just tie in their match against TSG Hoffenheim.

Fratelli Bianconeri, sono veramente stanco di continuare a fare la stessa analisi alla fine di ogni partita e di parlare ogni volta di sconfitte e soprattutto del modo sempre identico in cui queste sconfitte maturano e delle cause, anch'esse sempre le stesse, che portano a queste sconfitte. Perciò vi annuncio che finchè Ferrara non verr esonerato dal ruolo di allenatore della Juventus non parlerò più, perchè non ce la faccio più e se questo esonero non dovesse avvenire fino alla fine della stagione, me ne starò in silenzio fino alla fine della stagione, cioè quando saremo in Seire B (forse il vero obiettivo di questa dirigenza).

By Chris Wright

He doesn't look mad does he?

Some decidedly spurious rumour-mongering here, so prepare yourself.

After Juventus suffered their third straight loss (2-1 at home to Roma) on Saturday, a journalist or two allegedly overheard Juve 'keeper Gianluigi Buffon muttering that he 'couldn't take it anymore' as he trudged off down the tunnel at The Stadio Olimpico.

On May 5th, 2002, most Inter fans were doing the same exact thing Ronaldo is doing in the picture. Inter had thought that they had finally gotten it right. They would finally win their first Scudetto since 1989. But it wasn't to be, and May 5th, 2002 is a day Inter fans do not like to remember.

Sir Alex keen on bringing top notch goalie to Old Trafford.

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Manchester United have been linked with a move for Italian international keeper Gianluigi Buffon.

Juventus suffered another defeat which perhaps came as no surprise despite the fact Roma were rather not impressive until the penalty-kick which was converted by Francesco Totti. The Bianconeri did not deserve to lose the match but the players have certainly been struggling despite putting in a better effort against the Giallorossi.

Spaniard set to leave Anfield? Rafa's legal team meet with Juventus ahead of potential managerial departure.

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According to Sky Sport Italia, a meeting has taken place between Juventus and the legal team of Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez in Milan, with the Bianconeri pushing for a deal that will see the Spaniard take over in Turin immediately.

Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has publicly played down the notion that former boss Ciro Ferrara was to blame for the Bianconeri's poor form. Ferrara was sacked by Juve and replaced by Alberto Zaccheroni, and Buffon insists it's down to the players to get results.

"The new coach presented himself in a proper and professional way.

What can only be described as a fantastic week of football took place, with massive matches we have seen the resurgence of some teams, and the downfall of others.
Arsenal - Manchester United


A match which will inspire Manchester United to charge for the title no doubt, a fantastic performance by the red devils buries Arsenal's title hopes.

Insieme alla Champions, torna anche l'Europa League, con le gare di andata dei sedicesimi di finale, in programma il 18 febbraio prossimo (l'Everton gioca il 16).
Si riparte con l'affascinante sfida, all'Amsterdam Arena (nella foto) tra una nobile "decaduta", l'Ajax, e la Signora, in crisi, del calcio italiano, la Juventus del neotecnico Zaccheroni (subentrato in corsa a Ferrara).

Sar Juventus-Empoli la finale (in programma lunedi pomeriggio) della 62° edizione del Torneo di Viareggio.
I bianconeri hanno domato una grintosa Dea, con il risultato di due a zero (Yago e Immobile su calcio di rigore), gli azzurri dell'Empoli, invece, hanno interrotto, al termine dei calci di rigore, i sogni di gloria dei Dilettanti di Polverelli.

La Juventus si aggiudica la 62° edizione del Torneo di Viareggio.
I bianconeri domano l'Empoli, in finale, con il risultato di 4 a 2.
Decisiva la tripletta di Ciro Immobile, grandissimo protagonista della manifestazione di quest'anno, e il sigillo, su punizione, del talentuoso Yago.
Trionfa, dunque, la Juventus al Viareggio.

The Decade in Review continues with 2004/2005. Juventus, with Fabio Capello at the helm, reclaimed the Scudetto (which would be revoked the following summer). It was an interesting and competitive campaign, a campaign in which 40 points, usually the magic number of avoiding relegation, was not enough to ensure survival.

Tra poche ore, all'Olimpico, ma di Torino, Juventus e Ajax saranno in campo nel ritorno dei sedicesimi di Europa League.
Si parte dal due a uno dell'andata, prezioso risultato ottenuto dai bianconeri all'Amsterdam Arena, che permette di guardare con relativa tranquillit alla gara di questa sera (potrebbe essere la prima qualificazione, in uno scontro ad eliminazione diretta, del dopo Calciopoli).

The Decade in Review finally arrives to the 2005/2006 season. A season filled with such controversy (Calciopoli), but ended with such joy (World Cup 2006). This is the season that would change Italian football forever. Juventus in particular would never be the same (and they still aren't).

Ex-Juventus player Fabrizio Miccoli scored a beautiful goal against his old club in yesterday's posticipo to help Palermo to a 2-0 win, leapfrogging the Bianconeri in the table in 4th place. Palermo now have belief that they can grab a shock Champions League qualification at the end of the season.

The Decade in Review continues with the 2006/2007 season. The 2006/2007 season was the beginning of a new era for Italian football. It was the first post-Calciopoli season, and it was the first Serie A season without Juventus. A reinforced Inter side dominated the championship, finishing 22 points ahead of second place Roma and winning their first scudetto on the pitch since 1989.

Il tuttosport parla di "male oscuro". Beati loro, o meglio, tapini loro che dopo cinque anni, ancora non hanno capito la diagnosi evidente dalla malata Juventus.

A questo punto comincia a trapelare il dubbio che nemmeno un intervento chirurgico sia in grado di estirpare il male che si annida tra le poltrone di corso Galfer, ma forse anche più su.

Risultati pazzeschi nella 28° giornata della Serie A: l`Inter di Mourinho perde al Massimino contro il Catania di Mihajlovic; il Milan, invece, supera all'ultimo respiro, il Chievo a San Siro; infine, solo un pari per Juventus e Roma.

Attention shifts back to Europe's second tier club competition with Fulham welcoming the Bianconeri to Craven Cottage for their return leg fixture of their last 16 tie. Juventus won this match 3-1 two weeks ago and they are in pole position to progress to the quarter finals.

Alessandro Del Piero was the mastermind of their victory and his performances have left Alberto Zaccheroni with no other option but to include him in his squad for tonight's game.

Dopo le emozioni della Champions, tocca all'Europa League. Nel ritorno degli ottavi, la Juventus di Alberto Zaccheroni è attesa al Craven Cottage, tana del Fulham di Roy Hodgson, sconfitto per 3-1 all'andata. C'è da difendere il prezioso risultato di sette giorni fa, ma anche tanta voglia, da parte del numero dieci, Alex Del Piero di sfatare il tabù londinese, Infatti, il capitano bianconero non ha mai vinto nella capitale inglese.