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1. (Last week: 1). Chelsea
Hey, what happened to all the Man Utd fans who were complaining because their team wasn't #1? The
Soccer Source ranking committee once again proved its mettle with the choice of Chelsea, which is
suddenly not looking very controversial after Blues saw off Man. City Saturday.
After tonight's display between Juventus and Palermo, the (Bianconero) cynic in me has this to say:
at least we didn't tie. Indeed, after three consecutive draws against Catania, Sampdoria, and Bate
Borisov, Claudio Ranieri can finally get rid of the "Mr. X" tag that was bestowed upon
him this past week.
(photo courtesy of uefa.com) Wow. There are some really great match-ups that have emerged from
today's draw at UEFA headquarters. I'm going to give a quick rundown and early predictions though I
reserve the right to change my mind before kick-off of the this round! The tie that will likely
generate the most press is [.
Artmedia 1-1 Juventus. Two years after the dark clouds of Calciopoli and Serie B tainted their
glorious European history, the Bianconeri are back into the club elite of the world, ready once
again to contend the "Cup with the big ears". Or in other words "Champions League,
here we come" might be saying Claudio Ranieri's [.
915 days, aka two years and a half since May 14, 2006: that's how long Juventus had to wait to
breathe top-ranking air in the Serie A again. Granted, it's an ex-aequo lead for now, and too bad
if those sharing 1st place with the Bianconeri are eternal rivals Inter Milan (set to clash at
[...]
After Catania and Sampdoria in Serie A, Juventus obtained their third consecutive draw in less than
a week, this time in the UEFA Champions League. And don't be fooled by the name: if drawing against
Bate Borisov (a Belarusian team at its European top competition debut) might seem like a bad result
on paper, the [.
Apparently an Italian newspaper is reporting that Juventus are putting together a bid for Arsenal
teenager Fran Merida. Merida is playing at the European U19 Championships for Spain and is said to
have caught the attention of Claudio Ranieri. Merida...
Sunday was a sad day for Italian soccer, as one of the most charismatic club presidents of Serie A
passed away. In things of this nature there is no club distinction: we are all bound by the same
love for the beautiful game, and when one of us leaves the family it's always a sad
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Alessandro Del Piero marked Juventus' return to the Champions League with this brilliant
swerving free kick against Zenit St Petersburg.
Juventus hadn't appeared in Europe for two years following the Italian match-fixing scandal and
coach Claudio Ranieri awarded the pre-scandal players by including all of them in his lineup, led
by Del Piero.
Before you answer that question, ponder the following. Your team is tied 1-1, the match is still
very much left to play, and you, as a manager, are left with a choice. You can either keep
fighting, trying to get the winning goal (as the spirit of the game compels you to do: you win
[...]
Though Roma play Lecce this weekend and its significance is very important to both sides,my
imagination will be with Juventus and Inter.What will come of this intriguing match up?
The differences between these two clubs are outnumbered by their similar story lines.Both are only
separated by 3 points.
West Ham United manager Gianfranco Zola has admitted that he would be interested in signing the
highly rated Juventus striker Sebastian Giovinco. The 21-year old is said to be one of the most
promising young players in Europe and is currently at Juventus. But he has been relegated to the
bench by Claudio Ranieri so far [.
Inter score three, Juve win it at the death. In the end it's all the same: three points in the bag,
and the Serie A standings unaltered. And so, because points are more important than goals or
scoring chances, several facts go unnoticed at the end of Sunday's match. Two of them are that
despite [..
"Anti-Inter". A big phrase for Italian newspapers this week-end, as indeed Sunday's
Juventus vs. AC Milan presented itself as a revealing showdwown. One to determine the Nerazzurri's
real contender for the Scudetto race, one to decide historical bragging rights between two teams
who, in the past two decades, have won more Serie A champions titles [.
Anyone who follows the Italian Serie A would tell you that Inter Milan have the strongest and
largest squad in the country and that they are the firm favorites to win the scudetto. And
Juventus? Well, they would finish in a UEFA Champions League place, and if they are extremely
lucky, they might even snatch [.
Nel giorno in cui la Juventus ha ufficialmente iniziato la stagione 2008/2009 Claudio Ranieri ha
affermato a chiare lettere che ambire allo scudetto è lecito. Ho letto di parecchie lamentele
sulla Rete riguardo a questa affermazione, in quanto la squadra sembra, ad esclusione di Amauri, la
stessa della scorso anno, ma più vecchia e con una competizione in più da affrontare.
The chances of seeing Xabi Alonso in a Bianconeri jersey have dropped dramatically after Juventus
president Giovanni Cobolli Gigli confirmed that the club's summer spending is over.
Cobolli Gigli's comments come a day after Juve manager Claudio Ranieri announced that Christian
Poulsen would be their last addition ahead of next season.
You saw it on Italian newsstands everywhere today under somber headlines; Chelsea 5 : AC Milan 0 ,
Hamburger SV 3 : Juventus 0. Never mind that these were meaningless preseason friendlies in which
coaches experimented with new players and different lineups - Italian football had been shamed.
AC Milan took its lumps in the Railway Cup tournament held in Moscow on an astounding four-goal
performance by Cheleas's Nicolas Anelka.
United draw blank against Claudio Ranieri's team Cristiano Ronaldo's ankle, Wayne Rooney's virus,
plus injuries to Gary Neville, Owen Hargreaves, Michael Carrick and Ji-Sung Park have left Fergie
with selection issues ahead of Sunday's Community Shield clash with Portsmouth at...
Completing the Italian "Triangolare" August bonanza, the Trofeo Birra Moretti took place
on Thursday evening, featuring past and present Serie A contenders such as Juventus, AC Milan, and
Napoli. Following the Trofeo TIM, this was the last "big" pre-season tournament before
the beginning (finally!) of Serie A.
Ladies & gentlemen, it was destiny. Almost three years after their last Champions League
appearance, Juventus's return to the top European competition could only have born the captain's
signature. In a moment of free-kick magic, Alessandro Del Piero delivered the victory to the Stadio
Olimpico crowd, a magistral ("magistral"?
I consigli per gli acquisti di Ranieri
Claudio Ranieri ha garantito per Poulsen. Quando la società gli
ha chiesto chi preferisse tra Xabi Alonso ed il danesino, il tecnico romano non ha avuto dubbi: ha
scelto l'oracolo dello sputo tottiano.
Is it too early to say "Juventus crisis, begone"? One thing is certain: in the lowest
moment of their season so far, the Bianconeri have really stepped it up when it counted. Coming
from five consecutive winless matches, there is nothing like beating Real Madrid and winning a
derby that will recharge your batteries in [.
There was only one king in Spain last night, and his name is Alessandro Del Piero. Royal ADP. Real
Pinturicchio. Two blows from the cannon, two thrusts of the mighty sword, two strokes of that epic
paintbrush of his, painting the colours of a magical Spanish night in which Juventus beat Real
Madrid on their [.
With weeks of verbal gymnastics under their belts, Jose Mourinho and his Juventus counterpart
Claudio Ranieri finally meet up on Saturday in the derby d'Italia. This derby is one of the
most intense matches in Italy between two teams not from the same city and the derby gets it's
name from the fact that up until the calciopoli [.
There was one hell of a snowstorm in Northern Italy Saturday, and rescue operations are undergoing
at Turin's Stadio Olimpico. It seems that many Reggina players are still buried under the snow,
something which down in Calabria they evidently don't get to see a lot of. The same cannot be said
for Juventus, who welcomed [.
Does anyone want Steve McClaren's views on how England should be run by the new head coach Fabio
Capello? Answer: the News of the World. ESPN Soccernet reports that the former England coach, who
was sacked immediately after he failed to secure England a berth in the Euro 2008 finals, has
called for Capello to [.
Dal ritiro di Pinzolo ai Palazzi della Lega il presidente Cobolli Gigli parla di mercato:
«Bidone? I bidoni di benzina costano un sacco di soldi...». Il presidente scherza un
pò sul malumore espresso da qualche tifoso dopo l'acquisto di Christian Poulsen e conferma
quanto ha detto ieri dal tecnico Claudio Ranieri e cioè che «il mercato bianconero
finisce qui».
The Spaniard, bolstered by the signing of Robbie Keane and confirmation the Gareth Barry deal is
still on, claimed the Anfield club would be hunting four trophies this season.
"Everything is important," he said. "Europe is important, the Premier League is
important, the FA Cup and the Carling Cup, so we will try to win every trophy and you never know.
It's pretty rare in soccer (or any other sport for that matter) for a scoreless draw to be a very
entertaining match, but that is exactly what Wednesday's Manchester United vs. Juventus ended up
being. And I'm not saying this because I'm a Juve supporter (ok, maybe just a little) but
genuinely, the prestige friendly [.
In casa Juve si parla subito del ritorno dei preliminari di Champions a Bratislava. Claudio
Ranieri: "Abbiamo fatto qualcosa di importante. Ciononostante, non dobbiamo commettere
l'errore di sottovalutare la gara di ritorno. Non va dimenticato che nel 2005 l'Artmedia ha battuto
5-0 il Celtic.
A good Juventus and a very resolute Fiorentina side gave life to an entertaining and exciting
contest for fans in attendance at the Artemio Franchi stadium, with the game's final result never
certain until the referee's final whistle. In the end it finished 1-1, courtesy of goals by Nedved
and Gilardino.
"Calcio-Champagne": noun Composite word formed by "calcio" and
"champagne". Typically utilized by the Italian press to describe a free-flowing,
short-passing, very technical and spectacular kind of footy. In other words, pretty far from the
spectacle Cagliari and Juventus gave us Sant'Elia today. I wouldn't go as far as to call it a
snooze-fest, but damn was it scrappy.
See the title of this post?
111.
Any guess as to what that means?
No, it's not my monthly salary. Or the amount of money in my savings account (I have less).
It's how many fixtures have been played since we last topped the Spanish league table.
111. 111!
Like a phoenix rising from its ashes, Juventus was reborn Tuesday. With two majestic strokes of the
paintbrush, one by Del Piero to erase a never-ending streak of injuries, another by Amauri to wipe
five consecutive winless matches clean, the Bianconeri imposed a lesson of great will &
determination on their Real Madrid rivals.
Inter vs Juventus In the last eighteen heads to heads there have been eight draws, six have
been won by Juventus, with the remaining four won by Inter making this a highly charged
encounter. Internazionale have been given the nod by bookies but that won't stand for
anything come the final moments as Juventus have been known to finish [.
Its Jose v Claudio in the San Siro on Saturday as Inter Milan take on
Juventus.
Its the first time that the two ex-Chelsea managers have met against each other and there
is no love lost between the two, although I am sure that there will 'be some love' between the two
when the cameras are switched on.
Fabio Capello dubbed it "diabolical". Given the picks obtained by Inter, Juventus, and
Roma in Friday's UCL draw, the term might indeed be appropriate. For how else can we define the
incredible "Serie A vs. Premier League" showdown bestowed upon us, as our beloved Italian
teams face off against Manchester United, Chelsea, and Arsenal in [.
Juventus have increased their bid for Liverpool's Xabi Alonso as they attempt to lure the midfielder to Turin.
The Bianconeri are keen on the Spanish international and recently Giovanni Cobolli Gigli confirmed the club are in on-going talks with the Reds for the midfielder.
However, so far talks have hit a brick wall as Liverpool are not willing to budge on the £15m price tag.
The agent of Villarreal midfielder Marcos Senna has once again confirmed that Juventus is
interested in his client. "It's no secret that Senna appeals to Juventus and in particular
Claudio Ranieri," agent Jose Manuel Butraguenos insisted. "The Juve Coach knows him well
and spoke to him about a month ago.
