It has been an up and down season for Juventus striker Alessandro Matri. There have been times where it seems that every time he touches the ball it ends up in the back of the net while at other times there have long absences of his name on the score sheet. When he is hot, he has been praised uncontrollably, even once being compared as the next David Trezeguet.

With 41 points from the first 19 matches of the Serie A season, Juventus finds itself with the symbolic label of ‘winter champions' for the first time in six long years. Much of that is down to new manager Antonio Conte (the players themselves have helped a bit as well). The influence of the one-time Juventus captain has been well documented throughout the season.

Incredible week in Serie A as Inter Milan win the derby for the first time in two years, thanks in part to a goal from the prince Diego Milito. An abandoned game in Sicily where rain was a winner. Catania-Roma was suspended with twenty-five minutes remaining. While Lecce, Parma and Cesena struggling at the bottom of the league all managed to pick up wins and those crucial 3 points.

Andrea Barzagli believes Juventus were unlucky not to claim all three points against Cagliari on Sunday. Mirko Vucinic's opener was cancelled out by Andrea Cossu's strike early in the second half, but, after peppering the Cagliari goal, Juve could not find a winner. "It's a shame not to have won. We created many opportunities without being able to make the most of them," said the central.

Andrea Barzagli believes Juventus were unlucky not to claim all three points against Cagliari on Sunday. Mirko Vucinic's opener was cancelled out by Andrea Cossu's strike early in the second half, but, after peppering the Cagliari goal, Juve could not find a winner. "It's a shame not to have won. We created many opportunities without being able to make the most of them," said the central.

Antonio Conte has been the driving force of the Juventus revolution with his aggressive 4-3-3 formation. Essential to the attack are the wingers as not only do they offer more of a threat in the attack, they offer support for the striker as well as take attention away from the middle. Conte inherited one of his wingers in the form of Simone Pepe, but the other wing was left vacant.

While Juventus are off training in the sun of the Arabian Peninsula, the front office is hard at work as the winter transfer window opens. As always, in Italy, the rumors are flying forth from the media, and while some names are pure speculation, there are a few players who will most likely be playing in Torino in the next weeks.

by serieaweekly guest writer Matthew Coccoluto This Sunday will see Juventus travel to the San Paolo to take on Napoli and as always there are some interesting story lines coming into this matchup. Juventus are coming off a strong win against Inter last weekend and are hoping to remain the leagues only unbeaten team.

While everyone else with the club was busy with the Derby d'Italia this weekend (and successfully so), a few poor souls in the tech department were busy with Photoshop and some age-predicting software in the case of Andrea Pirlo. The result is some Halloween images of their frightening employees of prominence.

Goals by Mirko Vucinic and Claudio Marchisio gave Juventus a priceless 2-1 victory over Inter Milan in the Derby D'Italia as Antonio Conte's men sent out a warning to the rest of Serie A. Could this be the year, the first year since 2003 when the Old Lady reassumes her position at the summit of [...] Related posts:

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Serie A returned with a bang at the weekend with some fantastic action. This week we got goals and more goals which included seven goals between Lecce and AC Milan. Udinese finished on top of the pile after a brilliant 3-0 over Novara. Here are the five top goals of the week 5. Alessandro Matri Juventus – Genoa This was Alessandro Matri 2nd goal of the game and it was a brilliant goal.

El delantero del Rayo Vallecano Andrija Delibasic, en el tiempo añadido, evitó la derrota de Montenegro ante Inglaterra, que logró, no obstante, el punto necesario para sellar matemáticamente su pase para la fase final de la Eurocopa 2012.
El cuadro balcánico encontró a última hora el premio a su esfuerzo y equilibró una desventaja de dos goles.

If you were closely following England's Euro 2008 qualifying campaign, particularly as a supporter, it must have been a nightmare watching it all slip away in a bitter finale at Wembley.

It was the month of November in 2007 and Croatia were in town having already qualified themselves but certainly relishing the opportunity to shatter the Lions' dreams.

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Before Sunday night Juventus' start to the season hadn't been anything to write home about. Laboured performances against Siena, Bologna and Catania had eroded some of the optimism born from the opening day's 4-1 thrashing of Parma. The Vecchia Signora took five points from these games but their displays were arduous: plenty of heart, but little fluidity or panache.

Juventus have to demonstrate to the footballing world they mean business this season which means nothing less then all three points today. The team is well rested and well prepared, with no mid-week game. Prediction: advantage Juventus, but they were too poor against Catania and allowed Bologna to step into their house and take a point in the last home outing.

According to Transfermarkt, Juventus was the big spender in this summers transfer market, spending 85.7 million euros in total as the club completed full acquisitions on a number of players including Alessandro Matri and Fabio Quagliarella, who will be joined by fresh faces Arturo Vidal, Mirko Vucinic, Eljero Elia, Stephan Lichtsteiner and potentially the best deal, Andrea Pirlo, who arrived from Milan on a free transfer.

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.

Season Preview: Roma Opening/Recap To say that Roma disappointed last season would be an understatement, like proclaiming that peanut butter and jelly is a somewhat popular snack amongst children. Claudio Ranieri tried to improve his side from the second place finish of the season prior, but was ultimately sacked amongst a midst of horrible results.

For most clubs in Italy, finishing seventh in Serie A for two consecutive seasons would be considered a positive result. But for a club like Juventus, it is nothing short of a crisis. Since their banishment to Serie B, Juventus has lacked the consistent top-of-the-table finishes they had become so used to, and as a result have lost their status as a european giant.

It seems that Spurs and Juventus have crossed paths over several players this summer including Giuseppi Rossi and Mirko Vucinic and there is an interesting story emerging over Hamburg's Dutch winger Eljero Elia.

Elia plays as a left winger or as part of the front three and fans may remember some cameo performances that he put in the wing for Holland at the 2010 World Cup.

Episode 25, Alex, Julian, and Greg all return for another round of LaMagicast- and it's edited this time! This pod has somewhat of a sad tone to it- the departures of Jeremy Menez and Mirko Vucinic leave all three hosts wondering what's next for Roma. Podcast Powered By LaLigaWeekly.com Standard Podcasts: Download
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Typical Mirko, it was inevitable wasn't it? A big game player by design, scoring against one of the titans of modern day English football on the greatest club stage in the world. In fact, nearly every facet of that goal simply oozed of the Montenegrin, an epitome of the way he played. It was his second of the night, and Roma's third.

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Juventus announced today the signing of Montenegro international Mirko Vucinic, ending the clubs long search for an impact striker. The former Roma star will cost the Turin club 15 million euro, a significantly smaller fee than the club had been willing to pay for their previous targets.

We may have already expected this news but it now seems certain that Giuseppe Rossi won't be coming to White Hart Lane this summer.

However, Spurs haven't lost out to Juventus or any of the La Liga giants as the player's agent has confirmed that Rossi will be at Villarreal for one more season at least,

Giuseppe Rossi has officially been taken off the market after they (Villarreal) sold Santi Cazorla to Malaga," Federico Pastorello told the medie in Italy.

You don't have to look too far for a daily dose of nonsense from the Daily Mail and today's story suggests a three player swap for Mirko Vucinic involving David Bentley, Robbie Keane and Niko Kranjcar. It may not surprise anyone to learn that Roma's coach Luis Enrique isn't interested in any of the players involved.

Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov could be on his way out of the club, as reports are linking the Bulgarian with a move to the Italy.

Serie A outfit Juventus, who are seeking attacking reinforcements after making it clear that the likes of Vincenzo Iaquinta and Luca Toni will not feature prominently in the coming season, struggled for goals during their recent 2-1 defeat to Sporting Lisbon in an exhibition match in Toronto.

Redknapp looking to bolster strikeforce as season as season approaches

After weeks of very little activity, there looks to be some big signings around the corner for Harry Redknapp's Tottenham Hotspur as the North London club go in search of Champions League football once more next season.

Redknapp looking to bolster strikeforce as season as season approaches

After weeks of very little activity, there looks to be some big signings around the corner for Harry Redknapp's Tottenham Hotspur as the North London club go in search of Champions League football once more next season.

While rumours are gathering pace over a bid from Spurs for Roma's Mirko Vucinic, a new target has emerged today in the shape of Hamburg striker Paulo Guerrero.

Earlier in the week, the Peruvian forward made one of those obscure comments that the press like to jump on from time to time,

"I am on holiday and it is a fact that I am still under contract at Hamburg," he told the German press.

In contrary to Sir Alex Ferguson's latest statement saying that he might ended Manchester United's transfer activity this summer, the latest reports suggested that the Red Devils are very close in signing As Roma wantaway striker, Mirko Vucinic.

This possibility was revealed by Vucinic's agent, Alessandro Lucci, claiming that the deal could be concluded in the next few days although no formal offer has been given by the premiership side as just yet.

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Emmanuel had been advised to 'cover up' during games to stay warm but this was just ridiculousYou won't find transfer rumours discussed in too much depth round these parts. But the proposed loan signing of Emmanuel Adebayor has the potential to polarise opinion amongst Spurs fans in a way not seen since, erm, William Gallas.

Spurs fans may soon be getting the news that they've waited for as the race to sign a striker seems to be hotting up. While we may not land Emmanuel Adebayor, Harry's comments yesterday look to be a clear indication of the club's intent to land a signature before the season starts.

So if it's not going to be Adebayor, could it be Mirko Vucinic?

Blackburn is finding out that even if their Indian owners are rich and can afford to spend big on players, that doesn't mean that the players want to come to Ewood Park.

The latest player to turn down Blackburn is Roma striker Mirko Vucinic whose agent says he deserves a "more prestigious" club.

Thomas Di Benedetto is a stranger in a strange land. As an American in charge of an Italian football club Italy being infamously insular when it comes to calcio the Bostonian needs to make a strong and favorable impression immediately upon the minds of Romanisti. The club's most noticeable problem is a leaky defence, the likes of which is prone to spectacular mistakes in judgments.

With no further news on Leandro, Tottenham were linked with two further strikers over the weekend in Roma's Mirko Vucinic and Monaco's Park Chu-Young.

The Vucinic connection has appeared briefly on previous occasions and it's thought that the 27 year old could be available for around £12m.

Episode 20, a bit of an end of season review-08/09 all over again Europa League: is it even worth it? Montella's future A good mercato before it even begins? Final thoughts on Borriello after a season's worth of performances Vucinic: stay or go? DDR in the stands and his reaction- analyzing the unanalyzable.

Next up, episode 19 description to follow but for now, another round of agony, excitement and joy means another round of La Magicast. Podcast Powered By SimplylFutbol.com Standard Podcasts: Download
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