Buffon, De Sanctis, Sirigu, Abate, Ogbonna, Bonucci, Balzaretti,Barzagli, Chiellini, Maggio, Diamanti, Giaccherini,De rossi, Montolivo, Pirlo, Nocerino,T. Motta, Marchisio, Giovinco, Di Natale, Borini, Cassano, Balotelli. Questi dunque gli scudieri azzurri che, guidati da Cesare Prandelli, partiranno per la Polonia e l'Ucraina.

La lezione è servita. Dopo il pareggio di sabato contro il Genoa, la Juventus di Antonio Conte ritrova la vittoria in Serie A (e per ora la testa della classifica con 16 punti, uno in più dell'Udinese), superando a Torino, con il punteggio di 2-1, la Fiorentina di Mihajlovic. Bonucci firma il meritato vantaggio bianconero [.

In Yann Martel's Life of Pi, four animals find themselves shipwrecked. An orangutan, a zebra, a hyena, and a tiger, along with the protagonist, are crammed into a tiny lifeboat together, eventually eating each other as the story progresses and hunger becomes a large concern. The zebra is the first to be eaten, torn apart bit by bit by the hyena.

Juventus have struggled to find any consistency throughout another frustrating season which currently sees them sit in sixth place in Serie A with Lazio in fourth on 48 points, a full seven ahead of Juve. There is no point comparing this season's Juve with the last one for a number of reasons.

The Italian national team's first test in 2011 came with a friendly trip up north to Germany. Even though this was a friendly match, you can bet that it can be anything but friendly on the pitch between these two. Germany has been a strong football team for many years, and made back to back appearances in the the last two World Cup semi-finals.

Episode 2 of the New Year bring more surprises as the boys are joined by Matthew Barker a freelance writer who has been published in the pages of FourFourTwo, When Saturday Comes, Esquire, GQ, ITV and Skysports. Topics include the Macheda loan-transfer, Roma and Mexes, Juventus' crashing fall and Udinese's romp in the San Siro.