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Serie A – Week 1 [30th August 2014] – Stadio Marc’Antonio Bentegodi
Serie A is finally back, and so is Juventus. Dive back in with out first preview and scouting report of the season. As per usual, the preview is written by David Tenenbaum while the Scouting Report is written by Enrico Passarella.
Juventus
Serie A is back which means that the reigning three time Serie A champions are back. Juve have had a wild summer, and recently it seemed Juve may have a rough start to the season between injured players, suspended player(s) – it’s just Giorgio Chiellini – and a bout of the flu that went around the team affecting both Fernando Llorente and Max Allegri, and presumably others.
It will take more than a flu to bring down Max Allegri, though. Indeed, Allegri now begins his initial season with Juventus, and will no doubt be heavily motivated to prove the doubters and haters wrong.
It has been reported by TuttoJuve that Allegri is likely to use a 3-5-2 in this initial match. I predicted that this may be the case, as Allegri will not want to risk a poor result in the opener and should instead use the tried and true, if very unromantic, 3-5-2.
That said this 3-5-2 won’t be identical to Antonio Conte’s, both in style and personnel. For example, in defense while we will see Gianluigi Buffon and Leo Bonucci starting in their traditional roles, we will also see Angelo Ogbonna and Martin Caceres slotting in for Andrea Barzagli and Giorgio Chiellini.
However the surprises mostly end there. Stephan Lichtsteiner and Kwadwo Asamoah are slotted in for the start on the right and left, and in midfield we will see Paul Pogba, Arturo Vidal, and Claudio Marchisio. Andrea Pirlo was recently sidelined for, reportedly, about a month with a hip injury. Marchisio was a pretty good deputy for Pirlo last season, so I am not too concerned about Pirlo’s injury.
Finally up top Carlos Tevez will start but its unclear who his striking partner will be. Kingsley Coman has been reported as the favorite to start there – which begs the question, will he play as more of a shadow striker or false nine, or an out and out second striker? – but some reports have said Roberto Pereyra could – but probably won’t – get the nod.
Confirmed lineup
3-5-1-1 : Buffon; Caceres, Bonucci, Ogbonna; Lichtsteiner, Vidal, Marchisio, Pogba, Asamoah; Coman; Tevez
Injuries
Andrea Barzagli, Andrea Pirlo, Alvaro Morata, Fernando Llorente (Flu)
Suspensions
Giorgio Chiellini
Chievo Scouting
Juventus lost only once while facing Chievo in Verona, but the team now coached by Eugenio Corini has always put up a good fight. The score is eight Juve wins, three draws and one defeat. Uncharacteristically, it has been a summer of changes at Chievo: the long-time sporting director Giovanni Sartori left at the beginning of July. Chievo had already completed a big chunk of their reinforcement campaign at that point, but his absence will surely be felt once the face some adversities later in the season.
They have lost three cornerstones of the team: Luca Rigoni, Cyril Thereau and Boukary Drame. To replace them, they picked quantity over quality. Cristiano Biraghi and Edimar Curitiba Fraga will fill the void at left-back; Mariano Izco, Thomas Mangani and Isaac Cofie have bolstered the midfield; Valter Birsa, Ruben Motta, Maxi Lopez and Riccardo Meggiorni will provide the goals and the creativity.
There was a lot of turnover in the summer and the group will need some time to gel. Corini has a very versatile roster at his disposal. He seemed set to continue alternating 4-3-1-2 and 3-5-2 depending on the opponents, but the arrivals of Ezequiel Schelotto (who is at his best in 4-4-2 and 4-3-3) and Ruben Botta mixed things up. Corini has the tools to forge whatever tactic he wants, but this process will likely take some time and in the debut we’ll probably see the same old gritty and boring Chievo.
Their last official match (a loss against Pescara in Coppa Italia), suggest that the starting scheme will be 4-3-1-2. The newcomers Bardi, Gamberini, Biraghi, Izco, Birsa and Maxi Lopez are set to start. With so many new faces, chemistry could be an issue and they might not be as organized as they have always been with Corini at the helm. Juventus should take advantage of this aspect.
Since it’s the first game, it’s normal that there are many battles for the starting spot as it’s not clear what tactical direction the coach will take and the pecking order has not been set yet. Cesar is challenging Gamberini to start at CB, while Biraghi is favorite over Edimar for the left flank. Radovanovic or Mangani could play as pivot, Hetemaj could take Birsa’s spot behing the striker, should Corini opt for a more muscular midfield. Maxi Lopez faces the competition from Meggiorini and even from the latest newcomers from Inter. Even if he is probably set to leave, Bellomo is still on the roster and he could be a valuable weapon either at DLP or CAM.
The debut is always a particular game: teammates don’t really know each other yet, there are new coaches with new ideas, unknown newcomers from abroad can make a sudden and surprising impact. It’s a match that must not be underestimated even if on paper Chievo Verona is not the toughest of opponents.
Confirmed lineup
4-3-2-1 : Bardi; Frey, Dainelli, Cesar, Biraghi; Izco, Mangani, Hetemaj; Schelotto, Birsa; Maxi Lopez
No Missing Players
Finally the wait is nearly over….new season…NEW JUVE!!!!
Thank Christ for Serie A
Fantastic preview as always by David and an exceptional scouting report by Enrico.
As Enrico rightly points out, a lot of changes over at Chievo. It’s going to be interesting to see how they gel together, a lot of players fighting for a starting spot.
Pellisier used to be a real thorn in our sides, Lopez and Paloschi looks a decent pairing on paper – I wonder how they’ll fare against that new look Juve back 4 ?
Not convinced that the flat back 4 will work long term, especially given my doubts about Evra. He had a truly shaky pre-season, didn’t look comfortable there at all. I’m hoping he improves and plays well so Asamoah can be an option in midfield.
When you think about it, we really do have an embarrassment of riches as a squad – The defence is packed, Caceres can play LB or RB. Lichtstiner and Evra, Bonucci, Barzagli, Chiellini, Ogbonna in the CB roles. Midfield we have Marrone (who can also play at CB), Vidal (thank god he stayed), Pirlo, Pogba, Marchisio, Romulo. Pereyra can play a more advanced attacking role along with Coman and Giovinco while Llorente, Tevez and Morata will play up front.
Another striker might be a good buy, Juventini still seem to be dreaming of Falcao !
Anyway, genuinely excited for the season to come. Not expecting anything this time round, just want to enjoy the games again as a Juventino.
FORZA JUVE !
Marotta said that Falcao wasn’t a realistic signing after the CL draw.
We will have to wait and see.
But our squad looks very strong. Even though our starting XI is the most likely the same as last season, the subs have been replaced with better players!
Anyone have good streams to watch it. I want to be ready and apparently first row no longer works for US residents
Wiziwig.tv
Dazsports.org
Wiziwig is alot more detailed and professional than firstrow and Dazsports has the best quality. It’s the dutch stream i used to post. I’m not sure if Daz will have Juve tomorrow though.
Youre so helpful
Np :p
That’s why we love him
It’s why i love myself
if that fails for some reason,try cricfreetv,livestreamhunter.
SERIE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. JUVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. FINALLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.
This squad actually seems very strong and Pirlo and Chiellini aren’t even in yet. I’m curious about Evra. I didn’t see any pre season games but what Rav said isn’t very promising. Let’s hope for the best, forza Juve!!!
SOO excited for the season to start! OOOOOoOOOOO FINO ALLA FINE
i think evra will be ok for us dude.
I think it’s kinda neat that my season begins the same day as Juve’s season, thing is my season kicks-off exactly 30min before Juve’s does.
so despite the fact that we have only spent 7.7mil net, we don’t have the money for shaqiri? wtf?
True, I’m also hugely disappointed. We didn’t get 1 player who makes the first team better not 1!!!! What the fuck is the board up to.
Pretty clear to me. Dominate the league unchallanged, and we will see what happens in Europe. We may get lucky. Celtic#2.
Yeah but the competition inEurope got a lot better, at Juve it;s just a status quo. Then I’m reading we want to pay 18 for Chicharito, it pisses me off. We have little creativity and no options on the wing, seems like a no brainer as to who we should get. And we have the money, we hardly spent anything this summer.
Bloody Chicharito….?…..would of rather of kept quags or vucinic,he aint the answer.Shaqiri we should bust the bank…now!!!!
I’d rather have chicharito than quags.. Not so sure about vucinic though, when they say 18mil it’s really 2 mil for a loan then jew them down after the loan period so I won’t be that fussed if thats the deal that happens
i think we deserve better than him mate : (
if we end up signing pereyra for 17mil next season and don’t get shaqiri, then there is definitely something wrong with marotta
Yep, and Roma beat us to Iturbe and Rabiot, 38 mill for the two. Won’t be long now till they overtake us. I love Juve but these tranfer periods are the worst. We never get anything special. Always talks about Sanchez, Iturbe, Shaqiri, Facao blablabla… We got Evra and Pereyra. What a sick joke every year.
7.7?…….peanuts compared to the big boys.
Yes…….JUVE JUVE JUVE JUVE…….next 9 months of our history are massive,starts now…JUVE PER SEMPRE.
Allegri……im not your biggest fan…i wish you do well for us….if you thought the Milan job was big….This is fucking massive…..do us proud,NOI SIAMO JUVE…..we are counting on you.
You’re making him nervous :p
I have a very good feeling about Coman. I think he will explode to the top. Don’t know why, but this is my feeling. He’s the annoying type of player, a better cuadrado.
lets hope so…i think he has got the pace and touch to make the difference for us this season.
A better cuadrado? Wow thats a tad premature
true! actually i never seen much of Coman
I also feel very positive about him, let’s see what he can bring!
starting line up is as follows : Juventus: Buffon; Caceres, Bonucci, Ogbonna; Lichtsteiner, Vidal, Marchisio,Pogba, Asamoah; Coman; Tevez
lets have it…FORZA JUVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m very curious about some things.
which are? im interested in what Coman can bring to the league though. hope he is a good player
I am also very interested in Coman, obviously, is he such a big talent as he’s labelled, will he impress us or will he fail?
How will Evra do, although he seems to not be playing today.
How will our defence do without Chiellini and Barzagli?
How is 3-5-1-1 gonna work?
I’m curious about Marchisio’s and Vidal’s form.
we will see in a bit buddy!
well i think coman greatly answered to your question
GOOD LUCK GUYS! i wish an awesome season full of victories and titles. JUVE JUVE JUVE!!!
Allegri walking into the bench laughing. He was walking behind Storari, that should say enough about what happened.
Storari farted on him?
Could be haha. Storari is just a damn funny guy.
Stor probably ate onions for breakfast on purpose and then went out of his way to walk in front of Allegri and fart in his path lol
And then he just told him he farted. Storari doesn’t care.
English streams?
https://livesport4u.com/stream3.html
Holy fuck those black names look so much better than those yellow ones
they look good, but the yellow ones look better
Heck no. Not the ones we had..
i always prefer the yellow in our kits, but it look better with the complete stripes
The yellow was unreadable, I dont mind yellow as a colour but they designed it badly
Ah that would be one of the fastest season opener goals.
Coman has a Palacio braid! Welcome young Padowan.
Huh does he
Coman so close
DAMN! QUICK
GOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAL <3
Caceres powahhh
I LOVE YOU MARTIN
Martin would like to dedicate that goal to Marc.
CACERESSSSSS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
It hit the GK’s back lmao
I very much like to see Coman start
he already has. he has had a shot and his speed seems impressive. first 8 minutes btw
You misunderstood, I like the fact he’s playing already
oh whoops
Hehe, but your point was right, his speed is impressive
nice tempo so far
Maxi Lopez and Schelotto playing for Chievo.
Ya Schelotto is loaned from inter
Sorry gio but coman is faster, stronger, and trickier
how about taller? lol
best point ever xD
He’s taller than Messi aswell..
Not so hard to achieve either xD
So? I don’t see whats funny.
The comparing to Gio as a player and the way he added, he’s also taller. Like, no shit sherlock
Pogba toying around with the complete Chievo defence and a great assist to Claudioooo but unfortunatley he didn’t bag it :p
Wow nice dive Schelotto, inter much?
hurgh so close
Vidal might not be fit but his drive is still there
How 😐 Go in
oh fuck vidal, 2 great chances in less than a minute. and im not sure he aint 100% fit
ARTURO VIDAL ALE..
Vidal saying fuck you Man United, i’m staying here i love Juventus.
The announcer just said Bayern offered us Shaqiri for Lichtsteiner. haha ya, good one.
They were ready to sell him but they wanted Lichtsteiner to be part of the deal
The first goal was given as an og by bardi
Hmmmm. The only problem i see with coman is that he doesnt track back. he seems to be way further forward than tevez also.
and then he just made bardi full stretch. wow
Coman nice shot
I like the rhythm of this game, we play fast and with lots of technique, very modern
Oh Tevez, so close
OH MY TEVEZ! the bar is getting hit again!
….. dat crossbar
and again xD
any thoughts on the players now that its half time?
They all rock?
HAHAHA yeah. but a few times (or one time) bonucci looked a it shaky. and well marchisio seems to be invisible for some parts. my opinion only though
Bonucci remains Bonucci 😛 Marchisio did well in passing and containing but yeah he didn”t shine like the rest did
I think Marchisio is playing pretty well actually. He always plays in that ”invisible” role, but he has been doing some good things.
Yeah his playstyle makes it hard to rate him properly, he can be completely invisble and yet have a good game
Oh and I think Ogbonna is doing well too, it’s good we have him now right.
Sorry Belgian, for whining about what you said. I’ve learned to ignore when jokes are made about someone’s length and i don’t mind usually, but this time you guys were talking about his quality and it’s just not funny in that way. I’ve heard too many jokes about my own length that this makes me mad. If you don’t understand, compare it to a black person getting mad when someone says Marchisio is a better player than Pogba because Pogba is black.
didnt mean to insult anyone with the height joke though. Sorry about that
@Both of you, it’s just, i’ve learned to not mind it normally and i don’t, but when it’s about Giovinco’s qualities it’s not cool, you know. It’s alright though, i know you didn’t mean it like that.
I had no idea anyone would have issues with it, I was just joking around. No sorry needed though, I did not intend to insult you
Imo, great first half with a lot of positives, all I hope for now is at least one more goal to secure the result, we’ve hit the woodwork waaaaaaaaaaay too many times and I don’t want to see it haunt us
Lol, I just went to read the live coverage of the game on goal.com, they have recorded the goal as a Biraghi own goal and a little more down, they announce Biraghi as the current top scorer for Chievo for this season..
Only at goal.com.. xD
Lmao
damn coman. seems to have a strong kick
Coman really is Obi-Wan Coman!
btw, is Coman also French?
Yep. Deschamps will prbly call him up soon too
Cool, continuing the good old tradition.
You can add better shooting for coman vs gio
Coman. Coman. Coman
MORE COMAN! How sweet would a Coman goal be right now, sheee
Ogbonna got hella lucky there
bardi must be happy that pirlo aint taking that free kick
Would have been a certain 2-0 if he did.
Pereyra coming on, let’s see how he does
What cant he do?
im just happy he came! let alone for FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Score 😛
Couldn’t resist
Aside from finishing
First pogba. Now coman. Rabiot should take notice
uhm i thought he wouldnt risk llorente
Aww why take off Coman.. And no Pereyra yet it seems
Why Coman 🙁
oh my goodness. llorente’s shot saved and caceres gets close again.
Yeah getting a bit unnerved, I want a second goal
Caceres couldve had a hat trick lol
too much chances, too little goals
Good god Llorente, just score it already xD took too long
So how are we playing?
Just started and a great play was denied. Llorente should’ve got that.
Fast, dominant, great
Coman was awesome
What about Evra and Pereyra? Did they play?
no. or maybe not yet
Not yet but Pereyra was about to get subbed in but it got cancelled
In other news Falcao to Real
What, now? how can that be with FFP
https://www.goal.com/en/news/11/transfer-zone/2014/08/30/5071331/falcao-confirms-real-madrid-move?ICID=HP_BN_2
Never believe goal.com too quickly :p
It’s probably gonna happen tho
Yeah but now, Madrid would get a huge fine, no?
Unless the Di Maria sale opened up enough to fund it, I dont know what they are paying for Falcao?
I read they were planning on loaning him, with obligated buy at the end. Kinda like a marotta deal but now it’s for a world class player.
Oh could be, its better than us paying 12mill to loan him for a season
wait some people are saying its a hoax. thats weird
oh my god this game
Love the black color in the back. The new font is just awesome.
Agreed.
Lol Pereyra gets 5minutes to play, Vidal subbed out
Is it just me or has the game slowed down a bit since coman came off?
Yeah it did, but I think it was before that too. Imo at least it did, too bad cause 0-1 doesn’t reflect this game well at all
well the first few minutes after he came off were fine. buffon’s save and llorentes close shot. but then chievo is now fighting back
jeez no one is finishing
did i just see lord padoin?
We’ve got romulo and marrone on the bench but padoin is coming on
I think its just a move to buy time and only Padoin wouldn’t mind it that he’s used to buy seconds xd
Lets not let the ball go out so padoin cant come in
Haha yes!!!
good game guys. hope we finish better though! good start for the season and allegri!
It’s safe to say that we don’t need chicharito! Wait maybe he would’ve finished a few of those chances, but i’m not really worried cause we played like beasts.
shaqiri and coman on the wings would be orgasmic
A million times yes.
Marotta thinks otherwise.
I cant wait til next season when we ll have Coman and Berardi
Question: Is Beltrame still a primavera player?
no. he’s in serie b. did terrible last season but hopefully he’ll do better this time around
Dammit I’m waiting for compiled highlights of Coman… I just wanna see how he played.
If we really did play exciting football then Allegri might just be more good than bad. I think Conte’s mistake was his football was more of a holding type and there was no fast exciting plays (atleast after his first season). That might have been what cost us in the CL.
the board never got him fast exciting players. conte wanted those type of players. they were just never signed
Didn’t watch the match so can’t say what they played like but if we did then Allegri has practically the same players so it’s partially conte
the only fast and exciting players were coman and licht. licht has always been fast. coman never played under conte.
When Conte took over we had Krasic and Elia. Krasic might have been predictable after a while but Elia was good and Conte never played either of them
Krasic was crap… i prefer Isla to him.
Elia didnt deserve to play.
Krasic was crap but started brightly , I liked Elia because he stayed quite and never really made a scene about him not getting playing and he had the quality to play aswell
He stayed so quite that he didn’t even show up on time after an international break. Elia is a likable guy, but he is alot of trouble.
Im not trying to discredit Allegri in anyway, but the faster pace in our football could also be due to Marchisio s influence in the “regista” role. He holds the ball much less longer than Pirlo and usually passes it to the first person with a good amount of space, which in turn influences a quicker pace game.
Thats just my guess tho. I wasnt able to watch the match, but all the times Marchisio played a deeper position last year, our pace was always much faster.
true
well happy with the opening performance!Mr.Coman….you can smash it for us!!!
zaza has been called up by conte to the national team!
GK: Buffon (Juventus), Padelli (Torino), Perin (Genoa), Sirigu (PSG);
D: Astori (Roma), Bonucci (Juventus), Chiellini (Juventus), Paletta (Parma),Ranocchia (Inter);
M: Candreva (Lazio), Darmian (Torino), De Rossi (Roma), De Sciglio (Milan),Florenzi (Roma), Giaccherini (Sunderland), Maggio (Napoli), Marchisio(Juventus), Parolo (Lazio), Pasqual (Fiorentina), Poli (Milan), Verratti (PSG);
F: Destro (Roma), El Shaarawy (Milan), Giovinco (Juventus), Immobile (Borussia Dortmund), Osvaldo (Inter), Zaza (Sassuolo)
Oooh no Balo
But he calls up giovinco, Giaccherini, maggio and osvaldo? What the heck conte?
balo’s suspended for the first game and it also sends a message to balo that he needs to work for his spot and nothing is guaranteed.
Work for his spot by sitting on the bench for a club barely avoiding relegation in the premiership like Giaccherini.. Oh yeah, great message there.
Have Giovinco, Giaccherini and Maggio ever reached the news in a negative way? Did Osvaldo misbehave while at Juve? The answer is no. Did Balotelli ever misbehave? Yes, over and over again.
Nope but have giovinco, Giaccherini and maggio ever lit up the azzurri like balotelli? Nope. Had they been playing regularly like balotelli last season? Nope. Did balotelli misbehave while at milan? Nope. Why was osvaldo loaned to juve? Because he punched a team mate.
Not as much as he used to misbehave, but he certainly did. Pointing a gun at the camera saying for my haters is certainly misbehaving. Or do you count that for his time at Italy? That would only make Conte’s point stronger though. Osvaldo punched a team mate at Southampton, not at Juve. Who knows what happened there to make him do that. Fact is that he didn’t misbehave at Juve and Conte was happy to select him for matches, which he obviously isn’t with Balotelli.
Balotelli did score for Italy, there is no denying, but after his horrible attitude at the world cup, i am on Conte’s side on him. He didn’t walk 1 cm more than he’s asked to do, even when the ball was near him he’s like nah i’m not gonna get that.
Giaccherini and Giovinco have lit up Juve at times under Conte. He knows them better than any of us here, and it seems he thinks they can add to Italy.
I’ll pick players based on merit’ he’s already shown that isn’t true.
Osvaldo was okay here for 4 months, he was okay for the first 4 months at Southampton, he’s a ticking time bomb. Balotelli does things that are ill advised, sure but he does not misbehave within his team, he always seems to get along well with his team mates. Balotelli was a scapegoat, he did not play as bad, not did he do as little as the papers say.
Id pick a team based on merit and chemistry. Some team philosophies can use a personality like Balotelli. The great thing about Mario is that at this point, you know what you’re getting when you sign/pick him.
Conte has his reasons though. Could be based on Balotelli’s attitude and work ethic. Could be that Balotelli is in England, making it tougher to practice with the Azzurri. There’s a whole multitude of reasons it could be, who knows. Conte does.
”The great thing about Mario is that at this point, you know what you’re getting when you sign/pick him.”
No.. you don’t. That’s the shitty thing about him. One day you get a motivated Balotelli who works hard for his team, next week you get a Balotelli that’s fucked up and does nothing at all walking around like an idiot complaining at everything. He might even be the most unpredictable player in the world.
I agree with your second part.
Why would i say what the papers say? I watched the games myself and i saw he wasn’t doing anything at all for the team. I don’t even read the papers or the news on that.
You are right on Osvaldo being a ticking time bomb. Balotelli threw darts at the City youth team, so he didn’t misbehave within the team, but he did within the club.
Balo’s a shitbag of a player and he’s going to need a lot to prove me and most Italy fans that he’s worthy of a place.
Balotelli has always shown a good attitude in the Italy squad though Osvaldo however never has yet gets a call up.
With Conte Balotelli needs to change his attitude or forget about being called to the national team
Giaccherini!!
ray hudson on twitter: An authentic prodigy,delivered today by #Juventus >KINGSLEY COMAN!What a debut! He could be t/ next best thing on 2 legs since Sophia Loren.
MAGISTERIAL!!!!
With Juve getting all these french players, Deschamps might become interested in us.
i’m pretty sure he is. he’s always talking about how it was a mistake that he left juventus after his fight with secco. also his contract with france ends at the same time allegri’s contract ends.
first vidal, then pogba, and now coman. paratici really has an eye for talent
It has just been a game we shouldn’t hype him up too much however we should all keep our fingers crossed that he keeps it up
Im talking about talent. Whether he’s able to be consistent throughout the season, we’ll have to see but his talent is undoubtedly there
The talent was undoubtedly there for amauri too.. Look how that turned out. Wow for being the only guy who was optimistic before the season i sure am doing a turn around here.. Even if I am optimistic about him (and I am) I’m trying to be realistic.
talent for amauri? no. players like del piero, totti, etc are able to make those around them seem better than they really are. amauri would’ve been nothing without del piero and when he played without alex, you could see how crap he really was. coman has innate talent. whether he is able to build on his talent is one thing but the talent itself is definitely there
Amauri was a lazy piece of shit lol. An embarrassing reminder of the Secco era.
Coman is young and has a lot of growing to do. I think part of why he signed with Juve was they knew how great of a place to learn to win. Zidane, Zlatan are have said Juve is where they learned to be ferocious winners.
all of a sudden everyone seems so optimistic lol. I wasnt surprised at all by Coman, after watching pre season highlights psg highlights and hearing hes our fastest player i knew he was gonna be special. anyways it was a good game from the team but i still want to see a 4-3-3. the 3-5-2 seems to predictable and and its unlikely to work in the CL. Also happy about Contes italy picks. He chose speed in SES and Giovinco which i still think is one of italys most talented players and i think he will have a good season too under allegri.
I’m happy with SES and I am happy about gio (though not convinced he deserves it right now) but the fact he has picked people like padelli, osvaldo, Giaccherini and maggio over talented players such as consigli, balotelli, insigne and even donati just sends a cold chill up my spine.
I think he used 3-5-2 cause it’s the system the team still knows best, pretty sure that with time he’ll change it
A fucked up mercato yet again. Clearly our board doesn’t want to invest in the team. Fucked up as a great part of that money is generated by the fans. Let’s hope the team is good enough to see off Roma a second time! As to CL, I have no expectations. As JuventusVidal already said, we only spent 7.7 mill, every team in the PL spends more, it’s a bit embarrassing even. I expected at least one player who can make the basic 11 better but it’s not going to happen anymore I think. Shaqiri is realistic and would’ve been nice but he’s not free I guess.
Shaqiri has now said he’s staying at Bayern :/
He doesn’t know what he wants either. First he wanted to leave, then he wanted to stay, then leave again and now he’s staying.
he said he wanted to leave because he wanted more playing time but bayern told him that he will be staying so he’s going to do his best
We spent 7.7mil net. That means if you take our spending and subtract the amount we generated through sales, we spend 7.7mil. But yea I feel your disappointment. We really shouldve been able to get shaqiri
calm down mate. we invested a huge amount of money to our new stadium, now continasa area will follow, this juventus is looking to future so be cool and support the best club in the world.
You clearly didn’t understand what JuventusVidal said. Remember we paid 20m for Morata alone.
Please, I know exactly what he means. I’m just saying that holding on to your star players and signing some depth signings isn’t a very successful mercato. Of course it’s not all negative, Coman is looking good and I hope he succeeds but I’m just a little disappointed in this years mercato.
I can understand that, but we haven’t exactly stood still this summer. Pereyra impressed me too yesterday and i hope the new signings will push for a starting spot, so that the starters stay focussed.
Juve played great yesterday. First game of the season, it was as if last had never ended. A few hiccups between defense and midfield but that was really it. Great chance creation, Lichtstiener looked menacing up and down the right all game. Tevez looked hungry, which is good news for this season. Coman definitely showcased his argument to get a recurring role on the field. Vidal looked like he is still getting to 100%. Though it was good to see him always running and tackling. Marchisio looked pretty comfortable in for Pirlo and I rather enjoyed the quicker tempo compared to Pirlo’s symphony. Then theres sweet sweet Pauly Pogba. This kid is so goddamn good.