Parma V Juventus
Serie A – Week 30 [Saturday, 11th April – 17:00 GMT] – Stadio Ennio Tardini
Juventus
Juventus will be without Andrea Pirlo, Carlos Tevez, Gigi Buffon and Andrea Barzagli for their week 30 match against bottom of the table Parma.
The Gialloblù are all but relegated and almost certainly face a spell in Serie B, the Bianconeri have maintained their momentum at the top of the table and currently sit 14 points clear of second placed Roma.
While the Scudetto isn’t secure yet, Juve are only a few wins away from securing their 4th consecutive Scudetto and Coach Max Allegri believes tomorrow’s game at the Tardini will be decisive.
“Tomorrow we’ll put the best team we can out on the park,” Allegri told journalists in his pre-match Press conference.
“I think this is, as I said earlier, a decisive match for the League.
“Of course that’s if we win tomorrow in Parma which, by the way, won’t be easy, as we must compliment [Coach Roberto] Donadoni and his players for moving forward with such professionalism, and for showing such dignity in a very difficult season.
“Parma also have good players and staff and they’re also a team which competes well physically.
“We need to play a good game, because bringing home the three points tomorrow would be another step toward the Scudetto.
“There’d then be seven games to go and we’d be even closer to our goal, but to do that we have to play a good game tomorrow.
“So tomorrow, we’ll put out the best team we can, because whatever team you select should always be the best for that particular game.”
The Bianconeri boast an impressive record in recent weeks, winning their last 6 matches in a row, while their loss to Fiorentina at the beginning of March remains their only defeat in 2015 to date.
Allegri will likely rotate his team, given next week’s Champions League quarter-final match is only 4 days away, and as such, Italian media are suggesting Juve will field a 4-3-3.
Gigi Buffon has an intestinal virus so Marco Storari will start in his place while Simone Padoin and Paolo De Ceglie will likely start as full-backs in the back 4. Angelo Ogbonna and Giorgio Chiellini could be the best CB pairing, given Andrea Barzagli is an injury doubt while Leonardo Bonucci could be rested ahead of the game against Monaco.
Picking are slim in midfield, so Claudio Marchisio will probably get the nod with Arturo Vidal and Stefano Sturaro to either side of him. 4-3-3 worked well against Parma in two previous outings which would allow Simone Pepe and Kinglsey Coman to play out wide with Fernando Llorente the target man.
Probable lineup:
4-3-3: Storari, Padoin, Ogbonna, Chiellini, De Ceglie; Vidal, Marchisio, Sturaro; Pepe, Llorente, Coman
Injured Players:
Asamoah and Romulo (Recovering from surgery), Pirlo, Caceres, Pogba, Buffon, Barzagli
Suspended Players:
None
Form
(W-W-W-W-W)
Parma
Parma are dead last in the table, eight point behind the 19th-place Cagliari and 13 points behind the 17th-placed Atalanta, the first team above the relegation zone. They have the worst record on the road (five points in 13 matches), the second worst record at home (congratulations Cagliari!), the second worst attack in the League (congratulations Chievo Verona!) and the penultimate defense in Italy (another award for Cagliari!). The players haven’t seen a nickel in months and basically they have had as many wins as owners this season. However, somehow, they have just beaten Udinese and drawn at San Siro against Inter.
Kudos to them, because the situation is tragic. The club is now under administration because the debts amount to €220M. The last owner Giuseppe Manenti has been arrested because he was (allegedly) being funded by a criminal organization that hacked and cloned credit cards. The club will be run by the two trustees in bankruptcy, with the help of former FIGC vice-president Demetrio Albertini, thanks to €5M coming from the League and to the help of some sponsors. It will be put up for auction in May or June, but the new owner will have to pay around €70M in “sports” debts to be able to register to Serie B next season. I would say that there is a strong chance that nobody shows up at the auction and that the club is ultimately dissolved; so football in Parma will have to restart under a new name from Serie D. However, there seems to be some interest in the current club, despite the humongous debts, but it’s still early to tell whether the situation will have a happy ending.
In a scenario like that, nobody would blame the players for checking out this season and I believe they certainly did that, especially after that Pietro Ghirardi sold the club to sketchy figures. Paradoxically, after that the judge declared bankruptcy, there are more certainties: the team will play the remaining games of the season and there are no more shady owners at the helm. The squad has found new motivations, whether they play for pride, to prove a point (that maybe, under more normal circumstances, things would have gone way differently) or for a new contract (every footballer could potentially be a free agent in a couple of months). The fans and the town are definitely behind them. I’m a little worried about the narrative going on here, to be honest.
Roberto Donadoni has recently used some kind of 4-3-2-1 (that can easily turn into 3-5-2 moving a couple a pieces), using a central midfielder, usually Antonio Nocerino or Jorquera, along with Silvestre Varela behind the lone striker (Massimo Coda or Ishak Belfodil). However, they could be short-handed in the midfield on Saturday and this could prompt to a more traditional approach to that scheme, using two real attackers (Varela is certain to start, Abdelkader Ghezzal or Raffaele Palladino will be his partner). Daniele Galloppa is out with a knee injury, McDonald Mariga hasn’t recovered from a thigh issuse, Andi Lila (“They only good thing left by [former owner] Rezart Taçi,” they joke in Parma) and Josè Mauri are banged up. In the defense, the captain Alessandro Lucarelli is still suspended after bursting out against a referee and overall they have little quality in front of Antonio Mirante.
Probable lineup:
4-3-2-1: Mirante; Cassani, Santacroce, Feddal, Gobbi; Mauri, Lila, Nocerino; Varela, Ghezzal; Belfodil.
Injured players:
Galloppa (knee), Mariga (thigh)
Suspended players:
Lucarelli
Form
(D-L-L-D-W)
Fuck Parma … They suck.
If they were to beat us, it would be the biggest upset in all of sports around the world in 2015 so far.
1-0 LOL
biggest upset in international sports so far in 2015.
https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-A/Juventus/10-04-2015/ecco-maglia-juve-la-stagione-2015-16-ci-sono-tre-stelle-110405730743.shtml
I don;t like it.
wow. there’s just something that isnt right about it, in my opinion.
You know what it is, it’s the adidas stripes on the shoulder whats wrong with it.
I do like that it doesn’t have such a stupid collar anymore
i love the collar, are you kidding me?
Not really, I don’t like it at all. It’s completely useless
At least the 3 stars are on the kit unlike Nike.
anyone a link?? cant find one
game starts in about 50 minutes. not sure if there is a link this early. try in 30 mins
im sitting here thinking all the livestream sites have forgotten about juve… turns out im just an hour early..
thanks!
i know we are playing our second string team, but damn im expecting a goalfest since what happened last time. high expectations much?
Coman would be a decent player if he didn’t have the strength of a 4yr old.
lol yeah. but then again he’s just 18 and has a lot of time to imrpove
True true.
1-0 down….. 😀
Lolololol Llorente is the most uninspiring player I’ve ever seen
Pepe will save us! Hahahahahaha
jesus christ just came back and this score line pops up
pepe comes on, injures marchisio
fucking hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my tip for ac milan fans……get donadoni as manager………the fuck hole lol!!!!
ive had enough of llorete. once, i was a big fan but now jesus christ. just bring matri in
He was never gonna be good for us, we knew that when we signed him.
Inspite of how bad we have played, Parma have defended incredibly well so credit has to go to them
they are battling like hell!…..your right credit to them……….hopefully we live upto our standard……FINO ALLA FINE……FORZA JUVENTUS!!!!!!
okay, totally going for the win. Coman for Vitale
FUCK FUCK FUCK!!! Can’t believe we are losing to a already bankrupted club.
Thats football for you.
No tevez, no party?
Fiorentina game?
well yeah. but it seems that when we are playing for our lives, we win the game. but in gamez like these… shit
FOR REAL!!!!…more importantly…no spark or creation.
7-0 in Turin, 1-0 in Parma. The difference between first team and back up team.
cant believe it dude……..fucking hell!!!….fair play to them.
Fuck. Get up. Games over, Focus on the fucking CL. Dont let this shit happen again
EVER!!!!!
We become so one dimentional when Llorente and Pepe play, still, Allegri didn’t seem to bother about the game that much considering his subs…
Yep bringing Vitale and Pepe when we are losing LMAO.
there is taking the piss….and being stupid,but no excuse,im fucked off,we all should be……..happy,…….FUCK!!!!!!!!!!
Did I mention I don’t like Llorente or Pepe?
People always tend to turn to players who aren’t Juve material and say they don’t like them when things go bad for one time. It aint their fault they are fielded, it’s also not their fault they just don’t have the skills to play for Juve, yet they were bought anyway.
but you can’t deny it isn’t frustrating when you see them play… they’re just so bad
i’ll never know why pepe is still even here …
people talk about him like he was nedved sometimes, he had one half decent season because he was a little bitch kiss ass to conte ..
on another note, conte is a little bitch …
……………….WHAT THE FUUUUUUUUUUUUU
dude……im as angry and puzzled as anyone????best thing to do,forget about it,score 4 against monaco on tuesday…..and we still should be alright!!!!
No one from the Juve staff to the players gave a fuck about this game thats why we lost. Hopefully we use this shitty performance as additional motivation for Monaco.
well if thats the case dude im disgusted!!!3 points today……another 3 next week…serie a proper wrapped up.
all eyes on tuesday then……….quick!!!!!!
fucking hell……i never piss and moan….but this was a big step to wrapping things up!!!!
wrapping what up? I don’t get it. We have Monaco to worry about and you’re upset that our lead in Serie A might dwindle to 11 points? Seriously bro?
I don’t even give a fuck about the Scudetto,.. It’s Champions League or bust. Serie A is a 4th rate league in a country that is becoming 3rd world. Who cares.
well i dont enjoy losing to bottom of the league.
2nd loss this year and like our 6th or 7th in the league in the last what? 4 years?
get a grip bro.
see you later lads……fucking hell……havent felt like this in ages.FUUUCCCCCCCCKKKKK
im not surprised nor mad that we lost. Its not a big deal. A bankrupt parma team playing for free are playing against the best team in italy. Theres nothing more motivating for them than todays game. If we played our first team players it would be a different story. not a big deal, and at least it will give the team a wake up for the CL game coming up
I don’t understand why everyone is so upset about this. We didn’t care one bit about this match, fielded an almost completely 2nd team, didn’t even try for one second. We all know we will be up for Monaco when it’s time. Same happened when we faced Dortmund. It’s no big deal.
Not to forget, we have already won the league. 14 points clear, can never go wrong. Roma would make us champions by dropping points if it’s needed.
agreed – who gives a shit. too many spolied little bras worried about a game like this .. if anything, it’ll keep them sharp and non complacent for next week.
Rhe only thing im upset about is Marchisio and Pereyra not getting rest. Sis Marchisio just tear an ACL? come on Max!!
But i wouldnt have mind seeing Bonucci as a “regista”.
HAHAHA
Lazio took second place from Roma! We still have a lead with 12 points.
Next match is against them. I see them as more dangerous than Roma. Win that match and the title is 100% ours.
Do we play them at home?