2010-2011 Recap Following many changes both in management with the appointment of newly elected
president, Andrea Agnelli, followed by General manager Beppe Marotta and manager Luigi Del Neri,
the trio brought no fewer than twelve new faces to the squad that had already come off from a
disappointing season under former manager Ciro Ferrara, and his predecessor Alberto Zaccheroni.
Palermo have reached their first Coppa Italia final in over three decades. The Rosanero beat AC
Milan 2-1 at home, to go through the semis on a 4-3 aggregate score. The side now faces either Roma
or Inter in the final at the Stadio Olimpico on May 29th.
Aurelio De Laurentiis and Walter Mazzarri's tenuous relationship seems to be growing more and
more fragile by the day.
Gazzetta dello Sport There is Kaka in the Milan party Leo: "Guardiola? Lucky Inter" Udinese, what a
jump! They beat Lazio to go fourth De Laurentiis tough: "Napoli not worthy" Del Neri: "I'm staying
here, 100 per cent" Corriere dello Sport Mazzarri-Napoli, it's a fight for Juve Montolivo runs to
Inter He's already agreed, but Della Valle wants to block him like he did.
I'm not sure how many readers are aware of this, but there are a few Serie A Offside podcasts,
run and recorded by bloggers here.
"It Ain't Over Till the Old Lady Sings" is produced by Aaron of the Juventus
Offside. The latest episode discusses the Cesena draw and potential Gigi Del Neri replacements.
Roma are refusing to let the race for fourth place go down to two teams. By defeating Lazio over
the weekend, Vincenzo Montella has hit out at his critics and continued one of the brightest trends
of Claudio Ranieri's reign- a spotless derby record. I Lupi's run of consecutive victories over
Lazio now stands at five in Serie A, one more than the number of points they find themselves off
the pace for fourth.
This morning's news roundup includes a Frenchman's contract, Adrian Mutu's redemption, and
puns.
Genoa's Omar Milanetto had kind words for former teammate Andrea Ranocchia. He called him a
golden boy and said that he has experience and a desire to be with Inter.
Philippe Mexes' future at Roma is still up in the air, but Milan are anxiously looking on.
Juventus: Sconfitta tra le polemiche Di Andrea Caria Seconda sconfitta consecutiva a Palermo per i
bianconeri, la terza se si considerano i quarti di finale di Coppa Italia, prosegue così il
momento no della Juventus.Stavolta, oltre agli evidenti errori difensivi della retroguardia di Del
Neri ci mette lo zampino anche Emidio Morganti, l'arbitro designato per questa sfida, sfida che
far
A return to Genoa for manager Gigi Del Neri after leaving Sampdoria for Juventus in the summer.
Both teams wasted chances toward the end of the match but and had to accept the 0-0 draw result.
Even the 1 point came with a cost as both sides suffered additional injuries. Things didn't start
well for Juventus as Armand Traore hobbled off after 2 minutes with a muscular problem, he would be
replaced.
The agent of Juventus midfielder Alberto Aquilani believes his client will only speak about a
permanent move to the Bianconeri in March or April.
Franco Zavaglia admits Aquilani was not a bad choice when he joined the Turin giants on loan late
in the transfer window.
"We will only speak with management in the Spring: March or April, and not any time prior" Zavaglia
told TuttoJuve.
Mention the 2009-2010 season to Juventus' 170 million fans and they will shake their head in
disgust. Italy's most successful and beloved soccer team was a shell of itself, missing out on a
European tournament spot due to poor play and aging players. It is not a coincidence that the
Italian national team also failed to live up to expectations in the World Cup, as Juve players made
up a large contingent of the team.
Juventus midfielder Christian Poulsen will ink a deal at Liverpool within the next week, according
to his agent.
Goal.com UK revealed last month that Reds boss Roy Hodgson will target Poulsen if Javier Mascherano
joins Inter.
After being deemed surplus to requirements by new Juve head coach Luigi Del Neri, the Denmark
international is set for an imminent switch to Anfield.
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 had a disappointing 2009/10 season, last summer they signed Diego and Felipe Melo in
hopes of ending Inter's title run, but the two failed to deliver the scudetto. Now Juventus is
beginning to change, with Andrea Agnelli as the president, Beppe Marotta as the general manager,
and Gigi Del Neri as the coach.
I know, the Italy Offside has been pretty dead recently and I haven't really added new posts.
But you know this tournament called the World Cup has been going on and it's been pretty
interesting. So I've been paying attention to that, and let's be honest, most people are. Sure
Serie A clubs are still making moves and trying to solve things for next season, but nothing really
serious is going on, and nothing big will happen until probably mid-July when this whole World Cup
thing comes to an end and pre-season training begins.
Sampdoria have achieved great things under Del Neri, they were able to claim fourth spot and
qualify for the qualifying rounds of the Champions League next season. Not only this, but they were
competing heavily with Inter Milan for the scudetto at the beginning of the season. Now Del Neri is
gone, and two names were being thrown around on who would lead them next season, Sinisa Mihajlovic,
and Domenico Di Carlo (or Mimmo Di Carlo), it seems that the club has chosen Di Carlo to guide them
into the Champions League.
Ora è ufficiale. Francesco Guidolin lascia il Parma per
tornare a vivere l'atmosfera del Friuli e di quell'Udinese
allenata undici anni fa (stagione 1998-99).
Dopo aver trascorso due annate positivissime al Tardini (2008-09 e quella
appena finita) e aver, dapprima, portato i ducali alla promozione nella massima serie e, poi,
all'ottavo posto finale di quest'anno, il 55enne allenatore di Castelfranco Veneto
torna al passato e si accasa al Friuli.
It didn't take long for Barcelona to jump head-first into the transfer market. With the
offseason in its infancy, the Catalan club has already made a massive move with the acquisition of
Spanish international David Villa.
The deal with Valencia, in the range of €40 million, comes with a four-year contract for the
striker as Barcelona hopes to maintain its position at the top of La Liga.
It didn't take long for Barcelona to jump head-first into the transfer market. With the
offseason in its infancy, the Catalan club has already made a massive move with the acquisition of
Spanish international David Villa.
The deal with Valencia, in the range of €40 million, comes with a four-year contract for the
striker as Barcelona hopes to maintain its position at the top of La Liga.
Inter Milan have strongly denied claims they have contacted Rafa Benitez with a view to him
replacing Jose Mourinho at the San Siro.
While Benitez's future at Liverpool has been the subject of much speculation this year, Mourinho is
favourite to take over from the under fire Manuel Pellegrini at Real Madrid.
Liverpool and Juventus are prepared to set-up a swap deal to end the nightmare spells of Alberto
Aquilani and Felipe Melo at the clubs, according to Tuttosport.
Both endured a troubled spell since making their big money moves last summer. Aquilani spent the
majority of last season on the treatment table after his £20 million switch from Roma, while £22
million man Melo endured a fractious relationship with the Old Lady support as the team sunk to
seventh place in Serie A.
Manca ancora il comunicato ufficiale del club, ma Luigi Delneri, dopo aver
regalato lo storico traguardo Champions alla Sampdoria, al
termine di una stagione fantastica, "riparte" dalla prestigiosa e gloriosa
Juventus (insieme a Beppe Marotta, che sar Ds).
"Del Neri va via, penso vada a Torino". Riccardo Garrone, presidente della Sampdoria, conferma
quindi il divorzio dal tecnico di Aquileia, Luigi Del Neri, che sembra essersi promesso alla
Juventus. "Faremo un comunicato e domani potrei tenere una conferenza".Sulla panchina della
Sampdoria, dalla prossima stagione, dovrebbe sedersi Domenico Di Carlo, attualmente tecnico del
Chievo Verona.
Matchday 30 was pivotal for the scudetto, relegation spots, and the Champions' League positions.
One hero has fallen, another has been revived, and one team is as good as gone. And yes, it's
Bari.
1. Serie A is as tight as ever. 10 games played, 21 goals scored. No team won
by more than two goals.
Juventus are set to stick with Luigi Del Neri until the end of the season, but the Old Lady has
reportedly singled out Fabio Capello and Luciano Spalletti to replace the coach next summer.
It's easy to forget that, before he disassembled Arsenal midfielder Aaron
Ramsey's lower body at the tail-end of last season, Stoke defender Ryan
Shawcross was supposedly being courted by most of the Premier League's elite with
Manchester United said to have tabled a firm offer for a player who fleetingly made it into the
England set-up not so very long ago.
Questa volta voglio scrivere col freno a mano. La Juve che ieri ha vinto meritatamente a
Catania, ha dimostrato una bella forza, ma ciò era accaduto anche con precedenti performace come
quella di Genova. Poi però all'Olimpico di Torino, le cose erano andate in maniera diversa con i
pareggi contro la Roma e la Fiorentina, dimostrando che si trattava di una forza alquanto
volubile.
Da Bari a questo pomeriggio la Juventus ha mostrato un volto migliore. I quattro gol rifilati
all'Udinese confermano che l'attacco bianconero gode di ottima salute. In otto giorni la truppa di
Del Neri ha messo a segno 10 gol. Ma la notizia più bella viene dalla difesa, dove finalmente
Storari non ha dovuto raccogliere palloni alle sue spalle.
Liverpool will cash in on Javier Mascherano after the World Cup and could spend a chunk of the
£30million windfall on paying off Rafa Benitez.
That's the likely outcome of the first of many moves at Anfield this summer – even though Benitez
has now insisted his immediate future is at the club.
Alberto Aquilani's agent believes only a huge bid would tempt Liverpool to sell the midfielder.
Franco Zavaglia has reiterated the creative Italian has no desire to return to his native land this
summer despite ongoing speculation the Reds are prepared to offload the player they paid
£20million for last year.
July 24, 2010
2045CET, 1945GMT
Cosenza, Calabria, Italy
After losing 2-0 in Portugal last weekend, OL head to southern Italy to play the third friendly
of the pre-season against Serie A giants Juventus. Claude Puel will continue a balancing act,
continuing to juggle the use of his first teamers with the CFAs due to a few injuries and the
continued abscence of the International players who still are not up to match fitness following
their returns from holiday.
Legrottaglie: Del Neri è l'uomo giusto «Del Neri? E l'uomo giusto al posto e nel momento
giusto». Non ha dubbi, Nicola Legrottaglie, sulle qualita di Gigi Del Neri, nuovo allenatore della
Juventus. Il difensore bianconero è convinto che con il tecnico friulano la Juve e pronta per
ripartire e dimenticare la scorsa stagione.
Il Mondiale è ancora agli ottavi di finale, ma il calcio italiano si rimette gi in moto.
Tocca alla Juve guidare il gruppo: dopo il disastro della scorsa stagione, che l'ha costretta al
preliminare di Europa League (andata il 29 luglio, ritorno il 5 agosto), è la prima squadra a
cominciare la preparazione.
Reto Ziegler could be poised for a surprise Premier League return with Liverpool manager Rafael
Benitez seeing the Sampdoria man as a solution to his problems at left-back.
Benitez reportedly covets the former Tottenham Hotspur player's versatility since Ziegler is also
an effective attacker who can be deployed as a left winger.
Rafael Benitez admits it is his dream to one-day coach the Spanish national team but has reiterated
his immediate future lies at Liverpool.
Benitez has been linked with a move away from Anfield this summer, with Inter Milan the latest club
to be linked to the 50-year-old, although that rumour was dismissed by the Serie A champions this
morning.
