Shame about lack of tickets, we could've had a Juventuz.com meet up, not that I've given up hope of getting my hands on some tickets.
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If anything, it'll be worth it to come up to London to catch the players at the hotel, also, last time we played Arsenal, I waited until the team bus turned. The first person I saw in the coach was Moggi, sitting right at the front! Maresca looks a little bemused at the crowd and as soon as the Juve fans saw Del Piero, there were shouts of Alex! Alex! Alex!
Then as the players got off, I was literally a few feet away from the players, the closest I've ever been to them. If I can't get tickets through the legal route, then it might have to be via a tout.
Then as the players got off, I was literally a few feet away from the players, the closest I've ever been to them. If I can't get tickets through the legal route, then it might have to be via a tout.
This will be the first time I see Juve since becoming a fan of the team in 1998.
That's pretty poor, though, I know, but I have my reasons.
I'm looking forward to this, and hopefully, since it's my first game, that'll bring some luck.
Not that I believe anybody cares, but my relationship with Juventus is something that has grown gradually...it started with the defeat against Madrid in the Champions League final, something that really got to me. I saw the previous final as well and I just couldn't believe my eyes then either. People were shouting and screaming "Yay, the lesser team won it!", but not me. I felt injustice. Despite the fact that Juventus had won it the year before.
Anyway, I've followed the club ever since, no games passed me, but the moment I fell deeply in love with the club was during the semi final game vs Real Madrid at Delle Alpi, 2003.
The 2002 Scudetto was also very sweet, keep in mind; I was a fan. But I wasn't completely CRAZY, like I am now.
When I saw the Juve-Madrid game, it changed everything.
The goal at the Bernabeu gave us hope and we took advantage of it in the second leg, producing the finest game of football I ever saw.
I'm sure there are tons of people in here who've followed the club longer than me, people who remember the days of magnificent players such as Platini, Boniek, Baggio, Ravanelli, Vialli - from eras I've had to familiarize myself with through videotapes and books. I envy you.
However, learning about those days filled me with much pride.
I was a Leeds United supporter from birth and I still am, but my relationship with that club is slightly different.
Loving Leeds is just as normal for me as loving my father and mother, who're both fans of that club and taught me about it since I was very little. You could say I was born a Leeds-fan. And I've been to Elland Road many times.
Juve is different because it was my own decision. In fact, it wasn't even that, because the club simply played its way into my heart.
I also think it's fantastic that my two clubs are linked together in one great legend of a footballer; John Charles - Il Gigante Bueno.
He had to be sold from Leeds United after the main stand caught fire in 1957 and the costs to rebuild were approximately 60,000.
Juventus came in with 67,000 - then a world record fee - and "The Gentle Giant" became one of the first British players to test himself abroad.
Even today he is regarded as the best ever British export, scoring lots of goals for Juventus and playing a key role in winning 3 Scudettos and 2 Coppa Italia.
Once again, I'm hoping for a great experience when I pay Highbury a visit on the 28th, and I have a great feeling about the game now to be honest.
Even if we don't get a good result, it's still gonna be, for me, something to remember for a lifetime. My first Juventus game. But don't you worry cuz we'll win!!
Trivia: Leeds United won the UEFA Cup in 1971, beating Juventus on the away goals rule 3-3 (2-2, 1-1)
That's pretty poor, though, I know, but I have my reasons.
I'm looking forward to this, and hopefully, since it's my first game, that'll bring some luck.
Not that I believe anybody cares, but my relationship with Juventus is something that has grown gradually...it started with the defeat against Madrid in the Champions League final, something that really got to me. I saw the previous final as well and I just couldn't believe my eyes then either. People were shouting and screaming "Yay, the lesser team won it!", but not me. I felt injustice. Despite the fact that Juventus had won it the year before.
Anyway, I've followed the club ever since, no games passed me, but the moment I fell deeply in love with the club was during the semi final game vs Real Madrid at Delle Alpi, 2003.
The 2002 Scudetto was also very sweet, keep in mind; I was a fan. But I wasn't completely CRAZY, like I am now.
When I saw the Juve-Madrid game, it changed everything.
The goal at the Bernabeu gave us hope and we took advantage of it in the second leg, producing the finest game of football I ever saw.
I'm sure there are tons of people in here who've followed the club longer than me, people who remember the days of magnificent players such as Platini, Boniek, Baggio, Ravanelli, Vialli - from eras I've had to familiarize myself with through videotapes and books. I envy you.
However, learning about those days filled me with much pride.
I was a Leeds United supporter from birth and I still am, but my relationship with that club is slightly different.
Loving Leeds is just as normal for me as loving my father and mother, who're both fans of that club and taught me about it since I was very little. You could say I was born a Leeds-fan. And I've been to Elland Road many times.
Juve is different because it was my own decision. In fact, it wasn't even that, because the club simply played its way into my heart.
I also think it's fantastic that my two clubs are linked together in one great legend of a footballer; John Charles - Il Gigante Bueno.
He had to be sold from Leeds United after the main stand caught fire in 1957 and the costs to rebuild were approximately 60,000.
Juventus came in with 67,000 - then a world record fee - and "The Gentle Giant" became one of the first British players to test himself abroad.
Even today he is regarded as the best ever British export, scoring lots of goals for Juventus and playing a key role in winning 3 Scudettos and 2 Coppa Italia.
Once again, I'm hoping for a great experience when I pay Highbury a visit on the 28th, and I have a great feeling about the game now to be honest.
Even if we don't get a good result, it's still gonna be, for me, something to remember for a lifetime. My first Juventus game. But don't you worry cuz we'll win!!
Trivia: Leeds United won the UEFA Cup in 1971, beating Juventus on the away goals rule 3-3 (2-2, 1-1)
Why wouldn't he? He is a professional after all and it's not like he's the most dynamic player that Wenger and the Arsenal team will know his every move. I think this tie is really about Wenger's decision to take Fabregas over Vieira and the huge change in philosphy which is good I think. Wenger has forever been a double-pivot midfield coach and there was a player like Vieira in every Arsenal team right down to youth level that is how much Wenger believed in the system.
Fabregas did not conform to that role and gave Wenger an enormous headache. Playing him with Vieira was not using the captain is the best way somehow. Juventus took Vieira and played him in the role in which he prefers which I find a little startling. Towards the end of last season Wenger found a temporary solution with Fabregas on the right-wing but that was never going to be long-term. This summer HE decided to sell Vieira with this institutional change. Vieira was disappointed so did not join Juventus because it was the club he always wanted to play for - more the best (maybe first) available option for him.
Earlier thi season everyone was saying Arsenal were missing Vieira and he had been the difference. Now after the Real Madrid performance Fabregas is getting the attention he deserves. So how will they match-up head-to-head in this tie? My guess is Vieira will win the battle but ultimately Fabregas will win the war in the years ahead and it will be for the good of football.
Fabregas did not conform to that role and gave Wenger an enormous headache. Playing him with Vieira was not using the captain is the best way somehow. Juventus took Vieira and played him in the role in which he prefers which I find a little startling. Towards the end of last season Wenger found a temporary solution with Fabregas on the right-wing but that was never going to be long-term. This summer HE decided to sell Vieira with this institutional change. Vieira was disappointed so did not join Juventus because it was the club he always wanted to play for - more the best (maybe first) available option for him.
Earlier thi season everyone was saying Arsenal were missing Vieira and he had been the difference. Now after the Real Madrid performance Fabregas is getting the attention he deserves. So how will they match-up head-to-head in this tie? My guess is Vieira will win the battle but ultimately Fabregas will win the war in the years ahead and it will be for the good of football.
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