I hate those ugly 1-0 grinta wins, as I call them. They add way too much stress to one’s life. At the end of the day though, everything is fine as Juventus won. Now we just have another nerve-wracking 90 minutes coming up on Thursday, where Juventus need to score to prevent Fiorentina from winning the tie. Anyway, on to the ratings.
Buffon: 8. What a legend. Truly the best goalkeeper in the world, and probably the best of all time (sorry Dino Zoff.) He had an amazing save off of the Genoa penalty kick, and he made several saves in the run of play that were breath-taking. Buffon is an angel sent from above to save Juve.
Chiellini: 7. The guy was clearing everything. I like when Chiellini doesn’t have a monstrous opposing striker to mark (sorry, Alberto Gilardino) and can focus on the collective centerback trio.
Bonucci: 6.5. Not a special game from Leo, but not like he played poorly. Wasn’t as productive in the passing game but that seems to be a trend this year.
Caceres: 7. One of his best games in recent memory (perhaps since he played vs Real Madrid) he must have been doing a Barzagli impersonation because he was a wall today.
Lichtsteiner: 6. Fine in defense, but really lacking in attack today. Played like he did back when we first moved to 3-5-2 and he was uncomfortable being a wing back.
Isla (85′): s.v.
Asamoah: 7. Quietly had another good game. Didn’t create any chances though so at times he didn’t seem very present, but he was flawless. I am loving this top form Asamoah we have seen the past few weeks.
Pirlo: 8.5. No, you know what? 9. Maybe I am giving him too high of a rating but he won us the match. He was also basically our sole creator of attacking chances, barring that one Dani Osvaldo goal that Paul Pogba set up. Plus that was a beautiful free kick.
Pogba: 7. Started off slow but had a good match. Very nice play to create that chance for Osvaldo, would have an assist had it not wrongly been called offside. Also had a bit of a rocket that forced Perin to make a save, but then again he also took some crappy shots.
Vidal: 5.5 Woeful game from Arturo. Yellow card, gave up a penalty (he owes Gigi a kiss on the lips, to say thank you) and he barely even made any tackles. Very un-Vidalesque performance.
Padoin (85′): s.v. Says a lot about Vidal’s performance that he was taken off for Padoin.
Osvaldo: 6.5 Aside from the two goals (one truly offside, one offside only in the ref’s book) he wasn’t very good. But, a striker’s first job is to score, and he did.
Quagliarella (79′): 6. He won the foul that led to Pirlo’s game winning free kick. Basically an assist.
Llorente: 6. Did a good job holding up the ball and acting as a target man. That’s about all he did well with today.
Now, onto the Europa League. Let’s crush La Viola!
First!
so anyone else notice Parmas astonishing run of form? theyre unbeaten in 13 matches
yep they have a solid CB pairing. paletta and lucarelli. their midfield is balanced and they have a genius in Cassano creating for others. biabiany’s pace is a great addition too.
and Amauri, lest we forget Amauri.
Lool. He scored a quagliarella-esqu back heel today against milan
Yeah that was awesome!
13 matches? That’s a shame cuz that’s about to come to an end.
please never suggest that one of our players kiss another one on the lips…no even in jest forsooth!
LOLOL
how about our coach and a former coach?
https://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSXa-Dcd2WewaHrFUo-ItqdhMHkVB3I_2Zo3TSghJMX5R84KXW38qpHidY
im so sorry i had to
lol thats funny, i imagine that they were both going for the same cheek haha.
haha and it ended up being awkardly sloppy
Actually the picture was taken just slightly too early. Or just perfectly on time, whatever you prefer.
didn’t caceres kiss giovinco vs avellino lol
ya that was disturbing, plus Gio is rumored to be in the closet.
Despite having a girlfriend..
im sure you have a gf, but we all still assume you are on the fence.
a lot of gay men have gf
those are the worst kind, they’re living an even bigger lie by having a girl friend – only means theyre even more fucked than just being gay… LoL.
I mean there is nothing wrong with being gay but living a lie is kinda f*cked up
LMAO troll the troll.
the most humorous thing about this is how many up votes you got.
thats cause he says what we think hahaha
lol
What’s wrong with that?
keep relationships out of the dressing room and they aren’t gay. just no.
oh i sense another gay debate is amongst the horizon.
haha nah, not gonna get into it here. We have a good balance keeping religion and politics out of this place. However, Ambrosini’s wife tho!
but the gay convos are fun! i could just pull up a chair, whip up some popcorn, stick my phone on the wall and ill watch as the debate commence.
I shall join 😛
https://www.schwalbeunited.nl/wp-content/uploads/Ibrahimovic-Abate-460×250.jpg
and
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#DareToZlatan
😀
LOL at the real reason Ibra left barca upset.
Zlatan- “you are such a player” *rolls eyes*
Pique- “baby, Shakira is just a fling.”
haha theres also a pic of Zlatans little love affair with Abate during his Milan stint.
so i think there was an earthquake today… im not sure because i just slept right through it :p it wouldnt be the first time tho, ive done 2 other times :p but i like how my parents cared enough to NOT wake me up… cuz you know, a growing boy needs his sleep
I didn’t notice anything.
it was like a 4.1-4.7 i doubt you feel all the way in holland
As long as i’m in Holland i’ll probably never feel an earthquake. The only place that’s been having earthquakes lately is Groningen, which is like the other side of the country for me. And even thats something special.
so apparently the Man U fans yesterday, after conceding 3 pks, started chanting” liverpool just like Juve”. i hope the fans enjoy their club returning to the levels of a provisional/relegation battling club.
I hate ManUre dude. The old fans still have a stick where the sun don’t shine because of Del Pieros lightning goal against them back in, what? 98? Bloody wankers all of them.
really? theyre upset because the legendary Del Piero scored on them? thats an honor if you ask me!
Real Madrid felt honoured, that’s for sure.
my first ever Juve game :’) and the day i realized i was destined to them.
They want to sort themselves out on the pitch….We do our talking on the pitch lol.Tossers!
Maybe they just meant it like ‘just like juve because you are also better than us’
Im pretty sure Man Utd have received twice as many PKs as Juve have in the history of that club. They are guaranteed at least 5 by the FA every season.
Lol, Conte’s reaction at Pirlo’s goal. Gotta love Conte !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7i-f5QhW7M
once again the artist for this post has out done himself again – this time i will ask a little harshly, why the fuck does the writing have to cover practically all of pirlo’s face, the wine glass and everything else.. do you not see that this looks like shit? a little creativity or artistic impression would be nice, this is getting way too painful to look at.. anyone else agree? wtf? my 8 year old nephew could do better work.
maybe you guys should have a rectangle where the text will be in and the image will be right above. we appreciate all the hardwork you guys are putting in, and we just want this site to flourish, but with the text overlapping the image like so, the site can be unappealing.
I agree with you, I don’t know which one is worse, the small images on the homepage or the big ones in each article.
However, I’m not sure how I feel about a black rectangle thing.. Worths a try I guess.
It’s the coding, it’s centre of the picture, it’s the simplest to do and these people run the site in their spare time. So no matter how much i 100% agree with you from an artistic point of view, they have jobs and lives to live so can’t spend all that extra time dealing with art styles on a juventus website so give them a break.
I’m sure what I am pointing out would take literally 15 seconds to fix .. they have the know how to do the website I’m sure they have the know how to tweak a pic and a few words and how they are formatted ..
How many more failed pictures before the bullets start flying? 😛
nice to know tevez is back for fiore
anyone here watch everybody hates chris? if so, anyone remember that short paparazzi kid with the puffy curly hair that would show up every so often? well ive just realized that he has been playing in the scrimmages that i play in on tues and thursdays 😀 he started showing up like a month ago and he actually played in the same league that i play in on mondays. my friend pointed him out, told me who he was and mentioned that they went to the same HS(which evidently was my rival HS). his name is Mario, hes Italian and supports Milan… how cool is that 😀 not the Milan part, the me playing with a guy on tv part.
I loved that show. Are you talking about the guy who played a puerto rican kid on the show?
I seriously have no clue. remember when Chris was running for president and a kid would always come out randomly and snap shots and act as a cliche paparazzi person. thats who im talking about but idk if he was puerto rican. he was kinda rarely on the show. ill try to take a pic of him without him noticing today :p
would you like that?
https://www.footballdirectnews.com/european-football/43479-legend-s-return-not-ruled-out.php#.UygASvl5NSA
mixed feelings. Juve is where he belongs, but theres a 19 year old boy dying to meet him in California.
You really are desperate, aren’t you 😛 If he comes back to Juve, he might visit California in another one of our America tours.
YES! he is the door which lead me to the team my soul is most compatible to(and Italy lead me to him, which is why im eternally grateful to them).
I do want him to come back, but not as a player. I want him to have some kind of job in the board, like Nedved. Maybe an assistant of Conte?
However, i don’t want it yet. Right now he needs to keep playing because at a lower level he still performs miracles. I don’t think he can still do that on a regular base on the highest level, which is why i don’t want him to come back as a player.
Happy Birthday Simone PADOIN!!!
30 years, 30 years he has graced God’s good earth with his mediocrity. Ladies, gentlemen i present to you the man of the hour: Mr. Simone Padoin!
lol….He can’t shoot,he can’t score,but we really do adore padoin,padoin.
upvote for the rhyme not for the actual meaning haha.
lol Rudy!
Hahaha, he does the face I do whenever I see him getting subbed in!
I can’t wait the day, when he finally performs unbelievably just to shut us up.
Last time was against Bayern, when all was lost already.
Love this face 😀
His bday present should be a new team. The absolute worst player at the club right now.
Tpick bless you!!!
Maldini on Balotelli:
“he isnt a champion, the day i see him carry a team on his shoulders and drags them for 90 mins then he ll be one.”
i cant say i disagree. since his time at i***r, i havent seen much or any growth at all coming from him. i havent been following him much at Milan, but the way milanista s have been speaking of him gives me an indication on how much he has grown. ive seen his potential and i was astonished, but i ve only seen his potential in friendlies. i really hope he puts on his world class boots soon because he will definitely be one to remember when and if he does.
He carried milan the last half of last season.. He may not be the type to lead a team but all the critisim around him is far too much, I think the milan fans are stupid, they’re pushing their best player out the club, it’s not hard to see that he plays his best football when he is loved, that’s why he played so well last season and always does well for Italy. All he needs is a bit of support and he’ll get back to playing well. Frankly if he leaves I hope he comes here, his off field antics have all but stopped, his work rate has improved and you all see how well he plays for Italy and juventus own most of the Italy squad so it seems like a logical place for him to play, he would give us something in attack we very much miss at the moment and that is the physical presence. Which is very much required in Europe.
i think his only destination if he leaves is here. those in England probably still look down on him from his City days. i dont feel Barca, Madrid, Bayern, or Psg would ever go for him. furthermore, its quite clear that he enjoys being in Italy and im sure he d love to be with most of his Italian team mates, like you stated. so i think Juve is a possible destination for him.
I think for him juventus would be a potential destination however for milan anan juve? I’m not as convinced
whats anan?
And.. It wasn’t hard to figure out John..
easy for you to say, you made the mistake!
Easy for anyone with half a brain or more 😉
I didn’t understand either… Got me so confused i just accepted i will never understand that post.
im sure i have half a brain.
Mario needs Juve. Conte is the only coach that will put him in his place, but in a passive aggressive way that wont send Super Mario over the edge. Having Buffon, Pirlo, Chiellini, Bonucci, Barzagli and his friend Marchisio around him would give him a good core group of players who understand him and are on his side. Balotelli has by far the most raw talent Ive ever seen in a player, and all that talent will continue to be squandered by coaches who either dont know how to deal with him, or are afraid of dealing with him. If available, which he may just be now, this would be the first transfer Id make this summer if I was Marotta. Screw Rossi, if Balotelli is available thats my fantasy signing.
Also if gio stays this summer thats another one that he’s had experience of playing with and known for a long time having played together with the under 21s. I can’t ever see us signing him but without a doubt he would also be my fantasy signing, he’s just what we need in attack, I mean let’s face it he’s had a ‘bad season’ for a dire milan side and is still only 4 goals off being top scorer in serie a. He can score and can pull a goal out of nowhere too which is always a bonus.
and Conte is more than just a coach, hes a father figure and a really loving/ understanding one, but at the same he knows how to push you and make you work past your limits. plus hes an excellent psychologist. every player that works with him says the same things. they are always so inspired by him and says that he teaches them how to work their asses off. i believe in Balotelli just as much as you do. he can just keep his head down and run at players. those are the type of players that write history and are never forgotten.
I kinda do agree. And why not? We are giving Osvaldo a chance, right? Atleast Balotelli doesn’t punch teammates. And even an off form Balotelli is atleast equally skilled as Osvaldo.
all good points… but what do you do then with tevez, llorente and osvaldo? not to mention all the other young talent bursting at the seams to play here …
tevez and balotelli start, then llorente, immobile/berardi, gio/osvaldo.
i would assume Llorente would start asking for a transfer by christmas time if that were to happen – or they could sell Llorente and probably get somewhere between 18-20 million fr him …
We need top players on the bench though, thats no different from any of the big clubs. he can either be a champion and have a shot at a CL title on the bench, or go to a smaller team and start. his choice. he wont start for a team that has a shot at a CL title.
Balotelli is still fairly young so would counts as one of the young talents, tevez I can’t see staying here happy for more than another season based on past history, osvaldo we wouldn’t need to purchase. Which would mean that tpicks idea could work for a season then have someone younger step in such as gabbiadini after that.
Howard Webb the referee for FiorentinaJuventus. This match has just gotten a little bit more interesting.
Howard better behave and not get taken in by them viola fans
It’s not the fans influencing him i’m worried about, it’s his decissions that worry me.
Last week in the EPL, between Fulham and Newcastle with the score of 1-0 for Fulham, he should have given a penalty to Newcastle but he decided to end the match instead.
This guy is terrible. Ever since the world cup in 2010..
There is that to Maarten dude,im just trying to sugarcoat it for us!lol
Howard Webb is a good referee, for about 75 minutes a game, and as long as one team isnt wearing red. But, for 15 random minutes hes the worst fucking referee in the world.
I read that both Juve and Fiorentina will be wearing a red jersey just for this match. Fiorentina with purple shorts, Juve with black/white shorts. 1 leg black, 1 leg white, to prevent confusion.
https://youtu.be/XYCKboo7bV8
Awesome video, congrats Buffon!
The two best ever!
And Galatasaray are out.
Mourinho is in though. He must go out next…
yea hes out next. the english clubs have nothing on the remaining teams
so much hate
I didn’t hate him untill his comments on Wenger recently. Fuckhead has no respect whatsoever for anyone. Hopefully Wenger can beat some respect into him this weekend.
LOL Wenger started… and Mourinho said no lie, Wenger is an specialist in fail.
Mourinho is a complete tosser though, no lie.
Ahh sweet revenge….
I fail to see how this is revenge?
he confuses me sometimes
Yeah I mostly just ignore his posts tbh but wanted to hear his logic on this one
I meant karma, I wrote this at like 2am yesterday, give me a fucking break. I made a mistake, and apparently you kinda do pay attention to my posts because you want to catch me make a mistake or say something wrong so you can jump in and make a huge fuckin fiasco of it to try to make me look bad give yourself that “godly” image that you value so much on a damn forum. You’re probably just going to respond to this with some stupid “you’re just a naive kid” bullshit argument since that’s all you say about me, but I want to be on this site to talk juve not argue with someone who clearly holds a bias against my opinion. And If you actually ignore all my posts, then never speak to me or reply to me again, and frankly this is the last thing I’ll say to you, so let’s keep out of each others way, k?
why you gotz to be offended? he just wanted hear your reasoning behind it.
John, no he didn’t this guy doesn’t give 2 shits about my reasoning, all he wants is to provoke me just cuz he likes starting shit, that’s all. And he can do that all he wants now cuz I am just done replying to him.
No he didnt. cmon, your making a problem out of nothing. plus even if that was his intention, why get offended? he trolls EVERYBODY here and its funny.
Whatever man, believe what you want about him but your only seeing things in your own perspective, so you can not tell me to not be offended.
ok and your only seeing it through your perspective, it goes both ways. do you have a past of people belittling you? is that why you take such offense to Marc messing with you? look, you have the tendency of saying some of the most outlandish things here, and its quite fun to mess with you. i was doing it as well until you started getting offended. Marc doesnt give a crap, so im sure he ll do it again in the future, but why get offended with something on the internet. why disrupt any sense of harmony, just because someone who trolls EVERYBODY belittles you every so often? im not trying to tell you to not get offended, im just questioning why, but wouldnt it feel better to just laugh along rather then get upset? getting upset over things, especially little things, wont ever cause anything positive.
C’mon man, stop sucking his cock. Bro just stop it, it is so fucking clear how much of a bias you have towards Marc. U are speaking from one side and only one side, don’t give me this bullshit about how he trolls “EVERYBODY”, and how hilarious it is. U seem to be the only person actually amused by it, and think it’s hilarious. Everyone else on this site is actually easy to talk to and pretty cool, then its just u 2 trying to reenact a scene from Brokeback Mountain. Look I am not angry, but just disappointed, I want to be on this site to talk football and Juve. Leave the other shit out. Please.
Are you quite done with your public meltdown? Also John is a lovely guy, don’t be mean to him when he’s being kind enough to try and calm you down from your hissy fit.
Oh and for the record, Dutch loves me too.
Girls, Caceres demands that you shut the F up. You are all a bunch of trolls as far as i’m concerned
Ill listen to the words of caceres when he proves to be a reliable and Juventus worthy CB.. So it’ll be a while.
ok, care to elaborate? if its SO clear that im biased towards fabulous Marc, explain your reasoning. yea i think hes an awesome guy, but im not biased towards him, but if you think so, please dont hesitate to elaborate. and yes, you are angry, its obvious. look at the number of curse words you chose to add onto your sweet little reply. furthermore, sometimes i feel like your more bent on seeking attention then actually discussing Juve, so dont use that crap on me. heres 2 words you should really, REALLY take into consideration and embrace, GROW UP.
He is an attention seeker isn’t he? You can see it in his stupid trolls and changing of his names. Then there is THIS.. He seems to genuinely think that the forum revolves around him and that I’ve been waiting for him to slip up like this.. Let’s face it though if I’d been ‘waiting’ it wouldn’t have took all this time, I’ve mostly been ignoring him since he changed to his latest persona. But more importantly John youre a dear so ignore his harsh and unfounded words.
i dont care much for his words. im replying with tenacity.
I’m not seeking attention but simply defending my statements. And if I was actually angry half my comment would consist of swearing. I was just trying to speak to you to just get the point across that I don’t want to take part in any of these things anymore, I will however agree that I do get dragged into these quite easily but that’s just me being me, I’m a very defensive person. Furthermore I just want to be on this site to share my passion for Juve along with the others, moving on to the next forum.
I don’t troll ANYONE, I’m a friendly chap who was simply asking his reasoning behind a silly comment. The fact gala got knocked out so easily by someone we know we could beat is not revenge, it’s a further kick in the teeth.
Ps. Since he doesn’t read my comments anymore i know that this won’t offend or further provoke him so are you enjoying his random meltdown as much as me? Since he reads you comments just write some random reference as a response :p
your usually a troll :p
his first reply was quite funny seeing as he got so offended from a simple question, but then it just got flat out annoying.
You mistake troll with knight in shining armour! :p
I was thinking more along the lines of a Pokemon reference, as is our code but I suppose that’ll do.
im sorry, im with my friend right now, and i cant think properly cuz he wont stop talking to me! like damn! i dont care for your life problems! jk hes just high on pot and wont stop speaking nonsense!
btw did you know a new thread is up?
Wow.. Guessing its your time of the month.
I wasn´t rooting for Gala but I sure as hell wasn´t rooting for chelsea tho
yea i know what you mean. on a normal day, i wouldve hoped for chelseas elimination, but Gala cheated us horribly this year and i couldnt bear with them progressing. now my soul is at peace
https://football-italia.net/46624/‘balotelli-would-do-better-juve’
Well.. I for one think we should test out his theory, we owe it to a legend like Maldini that we at least give him the chance to have his theory proven..
i always said he’d be good to come here – conte would straighten that moron out and quick. he needs to have a coach like him or have players surrounding him like pirlo, derossi and other national team type guys that wouldnt put up with his crap and give him a good slap if needs it.
His off field antics have calmed substantionally since he moved back to Italy as it is so i doubt conte would have too much straightening out, what he would give him is the support he needs, look at the way he’s supported gio, that’s what balotelli needs. That alongside our contingent of Italian players who know how to play with him he can be a huge success here at juventus, I just hope that the board see that if milan are stupid enough to let him go.
HILRIOUS post on twitter:
“despite being ko’d out of the Cl, Gala will go ahead and build a statue of mancini in this design:”
already have my sit to the CL final at Estadio da Luz 😀
Conte’s line up for tomorrow according to tuttojuve:
Buffon
Caceres-Bonucci-Chiellini
Isla-Vidal-Pirlo-Pogba-Asamoah
Tevez-Llorente
Thank god osvaldo isnt there. I need a break from him
Glad to see a full A-team out for this game, barring Barzagli but he’s injured I think?
He’s out for a month and ogbonna and peluso are both out for 3 weeks
3weeks? dear god what did I miss here, I’m gone for a weekend and injuries everywhere
Maybe you’re the guardian that keeps our players safe..? If we lose now, it’s your fault!
isla and caceres are not A team players.
B team? ahah
People are saying juve should make a move for balo but if we could take one player from milan, id want it to be de sciglio. Quality full backs are rare and he’s really good. Makes a couple mistakes here and there but nothing experience cant wipe out. Not to memtion, licht is 30. He doesnt have much left 🙁
I’d rather get Balo, I mean here he really has a chance to show his talent and actually play to his potential.
We should (should but obviously won’t) make a move for both, I’d love to have de sciglio and agree that licht is coming to the end.