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The Turin giants fired Ranieri with just two games remaining last season, as Juventus finished second, a place higher than the year before.
In light of Ciro Ferrara's recent troubles at the Juventus helm, many pundits feel Ranieri was treated poorly and that he actually overachieved in Turin.
He has been a success at Roma so far this season, leading them into Saturday's match on an incredible 11-game unbeaten run.
Speaking at a pre-match Press Conference, Ranieri said: “Juve are a great team with great champions who I will willingly say 'hello' to.
“In my two years there we had great satisfactions. Now they don't have continuity, but Juventus always manage to give tremendous whips of the tail like they did against Inter.
“They will want to give this crisis a kick. They will be determined and very concentrated. I expect a big game on their part, vibrant and tense.
“I am not looking for revenge. I am a man of football and I know that these things happen.”
Asked if he believed Juventus President Jean-Claude Blanc fired him for his own good, Ranieri joked: “I wonder what he would have done if he wanted me worse off… I for one knew the Juventus style of Boniperti and Agnelli.”
Ranieri then turned his attention back to Roma and team matters.
“We have already played with the trident. The team is used to playing with it. They are decisions that I will evaluate this evening.
“We are in the Champions League places and we want to stay there. We don't have good memories of going to Turin and I have never beaten them so we are going there to play a good game knowing that there are hidden dangers.
“Totti is ready, but he is not in top shape because he has been out for a long time. Mexes is also fit.”
Finally Ranieri reflected on reports that Real Madrid are preparing a bid for Daniele De Rossi.
“I would not even sell him for €80m. I want to take Roma as far as possible. I have returned to Rome. It's my city. All the rest is like water off a duck's back,” he concluded. [/FONT]
Friday 22 January, 2010
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]After a week of diplomacy, Roma boss Claudio Ranieri has promised to do everything to beat former club Juventus tomorrow evening. The Turin giants fired Ranieri with just two games remaining last season, as Juventus finished second, a place higher than the year before.
In light of Ciro Ferrara's recent troubles at the Juventus helm, many pundits feel Ranieri was treated poorly and that he actually overachieved in Turin.
He has been a success at Roma so far this season, leading them into Saturday's match on an incredible 11-game unbeaten run.
Speaking at a pre-match Press Conference, Ranieri said: “Juve are a great team with great champions who I will willingly say 'hello' to.
“In my two years there we had great satisfactions. Now they don't have continuity, but Juventus always manage to give tremendous whips of the tail like they did against Inter.
“They will want to give this crisis a kick. They will be determined and very concentrated. I expect a big game on their part, vibrant and tense.
“I am not looking for revenge. I am a man of football and I know that these things happen.”
Asked if he believed Juventus President Jean-Claude Blanc fired him for his own good, Ranieri joked: “I wonder what he would have done if he wanted me worse off… I for one knew the Juventus style of Boniperti and Agnelli.”
Ranieri then turned his attention back to Roma and team matters.
“We have already played with the trident. The team is used to playing with it. They are decisions that I will evaluate this evening.
“We are in the Champions League places and we want to stay there. We don't have good memories of going to Turin and I have never beaten them so we are going there to play a good game knowing that there are hidden dangers.
“Totti is ready, but he is not in top shape because he has been out for a long time. Mexes is also fit.”
Finally Ranieri reflected on reports that Real Madrid are preparing a bid for Daniele De Rossi.
“I would not even sell him for €80m. I want to take Roma as far as possible. I have returned to Rome. It's my city. All the rest is like water off a duck's back,” he concluded. [/FONT]
Ranieri: 'I won't salute Juve directors'
Claudio Ranieri maintains there was no desire for revenge at Juventus, but did admit he “won't salute the directors.”
It was a particularly special 2-1 victory for the Roma boss, who was sacked two weeks from the end of last season.
“It was the victory of fighting to the end. The lads believed, despite the fact Roma hadn't won here in nine years. We wanted to win for our fans, who are following us now and starting to have fun.
“It is not worth anything special on a personal level. I am part of Roma and this was important because Juventus want to stay in the Champions League hunt, so obviously a victory today would put them further behind us.
“I am very happy with what I did in my two years in Turin and now I'm very happy to be at Roma. There is no desire for revenge. It is my first win over Juventus, clearly I needed to get my home team to achieve it.”
However, Ranieri did let slip a bit of hardness when asked who he shook hands with on his return to the Olimpico.
“I said hello to everyone I met before the referee led the teams on to the field. I won't salute the directors, no. I saluted Ciro Ferrara, but not the directors.”
The Giallorossi had a rough start to this game, as Luca Toni limped off just three minutes in, so Francesco Totti was introduced.
“To be honest, Francesco was only training with us for a week and I didn't want to risk him, especially as we have a big game on Tuesday.
“The plan was to have him on the bench and not need him during the 90 minutes, but instead we had to throw him on immediately.”
The team was in dire straits when Ranieri took over from Luciano Spalletti a few weeks into the campaign, but are now in third place and five points clear of Juventus.
“My Roma have changed above all in terms of mentality, as every Coach tries to bring his approach, ideas and experience.
“When I said forget entertainment I was trying to teach them that not conceding goals and picking up points was first and foremost until we settled.
“Now Roma are playing good football, are compact and believe in what the Coach tells them. I couldn't be happier.”
They are also just eight points off leaders Inter ahead of tomorrow night's Derby della Madonnina.
“The Scudetto is a big ideal and we leave that to Inter and Milan. We are battling for the Champions League, there are many clubs going for those places and that was why it was important to win today.”
source: http://www.football-italia.net/jan23u.html
Claudio Ranieri maintains there was no desire for revenge at Juventus, but did admit he “won't salute the directors.”
It was a particularly special 2-1 victory for the Roma boss, who was sacked two weeks from the end of last season.
“It was the victory of fighting to the end. The lads believed, despite the fact Roma hadn't won here in nine years. We wanted to win for our fans, who are following us now and starting to have fun.
“It is not worth anything special on a personal level. I am part of Roma and this was important because Juventus want to stay in the Champions League hunt, so obviously a victory today would put them further behind us.
“I am very happy with what I did in my two years in Turin and now I'm very happy to be at Roma. There is no desire for revenge. It is my first win over Juventus, clearly I needed to get my home team to achieve it.”
However, Ranieri did let slip a bit of hardness when asked who he shook hands with on his return to the Olimpico.
“I said hello to everyone I met before the referee led the teams on to the field. I won't salute the directors, no. I saluted Ciro Ferrara, but not the directors.”
The Giallorossi had a rough start to this game, as Luca Toni limped off just three minutes in, so Francesco Totti was introduced.
“To be honest, Francesco was only training with us for a week and I didn't want to risk him, especially as we have a big game on Tuesday.
“The plan was to have him on the bench and not need him during the 90 minutes, but instead we had to throw him on immediately.”
The team was in dire straits when Ranieri took over from Luciano Spalletti a few weeks into the campaign, but are now in third place and five points clear of Juventus.
“My Roma have changed above all in terms of mentality, as every Coach tries to bring his approach, ideas and experience.
“When I said forget entertainment I was trying to teach them that not conceding goals and picking up points was first and foremost until we settled.
“Now Roma are playing good football, are compact and believe in what the Coach tells them. I couldn't be happier.”
They are also just eight points off leaders Inter ahead of tomorrow night's Derby della Madonnina.
“The Scudetto is a big ideal and we leave that to Inter and Milan. We are battling for the Champions League, there are many clubs going for those places and that was why it was important to win today.”
source: http://www.football-italia.net/jan23u.html
Ranieri showed his cowardly face once again, indeed. Managers for teams like Bari, Chievo, Catania and pretty much every team in Serie A managed to crack the code to make this sorry Juve look a 100% toothless, while Ranieri played it "safe" and let Juve run things. 
100% lucky victory that came after a disgusting dive by Taddei. And to those that say "SEEEEEE WE SHOULDNT HAVE LET RANIERI GO", I am very concerned about the fact that your memory bank has not the capacity to store events taking place 8 months ago. We were horrible under Ranieri and were sure to miss out on CL. Fuck off.
100% lucky victory that came after a disgusting dive by Taddei. And to those that say "SEEEEEE WE SHOULDNT HAVE LET RANIERI GO", I am very concerned about the fact that your memory bank has not the capacity to store events taking place 8 months ago. We were horrible under Ranieri and were sure to miss out on CL. Fuck off.
Ranieri showed his cowardly face once again, indeed. Managers for teams like Bari, Chievo, Catania and pretty much every team in Serie A managed to crack the code to make this sorry Juve look a 100% toothless, while Ranieri played it "safe" and let Juve run things.
100% lucky victory that came after a disgusting dive by Taddei. And to those that say "SEEEEEE WE SHOULDNT HAVE LET RANIERI GO", I am very concerned about the fact that your memory bank has not the capacity to store events taking place 8 months ago. We were horrible under Ranieri and were sure to miss out on CL. Fuck off.
100% lucky victory that came after a disgusting dive by Taddei. And to those that say "SEEEEEE WE SHOULDNT HAVE LET RANIERI GO", I am very concerned about the fact that your memory bank has not the capacity to store events taking place 8 months ago. We were horrible under Ranieri and were sure to miss out on CL. Fuck off.
Bunch of cocksmokers, no doubt about it.
Ranieri showed his cowardly face once again, indeed. Managers for teams like Bari, Chievo, Catania and pretty much every team in Serie A managed to crack the code to make this sorry Juve look a 100% toothless, while Ranieri played it "safe" and let Juve run things.
100% lucky victory that came after a disgusting dive by Taddei. And to those that say "SEEEEEE WE SHOULDNT HAVE LET RANIERI GO", I am very concerned about the fact that your memory bank has not the capacity to store events taking place 8 months ago. We were horrible under Ranieri and were sure to miss out on CL. Fuck off.
100% lucky victory that came after a disgusting dive by Taddei. And to those that say "SEEEEEE WE SHOULDNT HAVE LET RANIERI GO", I am very concerned about the fact that your memory bank has not the capacity to store events taking place 8 months ago. We were horrible under Ranieri and were sure to miss out on CL. Fuck off.