[Coppa Italia] Fiorentina - Juventus (2 Viewers)

ThePLaya

Senior Member
Nov 8, 2005
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not exactly, No team won it 10 time so far to judge

Juve 9

roma 7

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Apr 26, 2004
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Fiorentina vs Juventus: the two-time challenge

For what seems to be a joke of the calendar, the challenge Fiorentina vs Juventus will be played twice in four days’ time. The first will be a Coppa Italia fixture (Fiorentina vs Juventus, Thursday, December, 1st at 21:00), the second will be for Serie A’s 14th week (Fiorentina vs Juventus, Sunday, December, 4th at 15:00). At the Artemio Franchi stadium, Thursday and Sunday, two of the teams mostly on form in the championship are going to be face to face, in a two-time challenge that is expected to be spectacular.

On the one hand there’s the Tuscan club led by Luca Toni, which beated Milan and earned a draw against Roma in the last two matchdays. On the other, Juventus, who are still on top of the table after the sonorous win over Treviso thanks to Mutu, Trezeguet and Del Piero goals.

After ending last season as sixteenth-ranked, one step away from relegation to Serie B, the Viola have been virtually turned upside down. Prestigious players like Chiellini, Maresca, Obodo, Nakata and Lupatelli have left and young and ‘hungry’ for wins players have arrived. Frey between the posts, Dainelli and Pancaro in defence, Brocchi and Fiore in the midfield, Toni in attack. Cesare Prandelli sits on the bench to replace Dino Zoff, the very Azzurri goalkeeper who had been his teammate at Juventus back in the 80’s.

In the past thirteen matchdays of this season, Fiorentina have proven to have what it takes to aim at the top. Defeated by Inter and Lazio, they managed to win all the other matches, except for those played away at Messina and at the Olimpico stadium. It’s the former Palermo player Toni who drives the squad; thanks to his 16 goals, he tops the Serie A goalscorers’ table, leaving behind the very Juventus No. 17 David Trezeguet. Toni is often led to goal by midfielders Fiore and Jorgensen, who respectively scored four and three goals too. Fiorentina are certainly a team who scores quite frequently but Juventus are well equipped to counter any opponent’s initiative. No striker has an easy ride being against a defence consisting of Cannavaro, Thuram, Zambrotta and Chiellini, and in fact the Bianconeri defence is the least beated in the championship with only 7 goals conceded. And up front, the threat for the opponents doesn’t lack, with champions like Del Piero, Ibrahimovic and Trezegoal. In short, these are the high-quality ingredients that make the double challenge against Fiorentina the chief attraction of both tournaments, Coppa Italia and Serie A, which you can’t afford to miss!
 

Maher

Juventuz addict
Dec 16, 2002
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Ibra escapes video evidence ban Tuesday 29 November, 2005

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be available for the Serie A clash with Fiorentina after video evidence of his misconduct against Treviso was deemed inadmissible.

There were fears that the Juventus star would receive a ban after he was caught on camera throwing the ball at Marcello Cottafava, striking him on the back of the head, during Sunday’s 3-1 victory.


However, as referee Salvatore Racalbuto noted the incident in his report, video evidence cannot be used. The official saw the move and considered it unlikely to cause harm.


This is not the first time Sweden’s Player of the Year has found himself in this position. Last season he was banned for three matches after swinging an arm at Inter stopper Ivan Cordoba – an incident that the match official missed at the time.


If he had been given a ban, Ibrahimovic would’ve missed this weekend’s showdown with Fiorentina at the Stadio Artemio Franchi.


“Ibrahimovic has remarkable technique,” noted Viola hitman Luca Toni. “Marco van Basten was more complete, but the Swede is improving all the time. It won’t be easy to keep him under control, but I have faith our defence can do it.”


By a bizarre twist of fate, these two arch rivals will face off twice in the space of three days, meeting in the Coppa Italia on Thursday evening and in Serie A on Sunday afternoon.


“We do not have the pressure of a Scudetto on our shoulders, so we’ll face Juventus the same way we took on Milan,” said Toni.


“We really want to do well in this game, and in the Coppa Italia, of course. As soon as I set foot in Florence, the fans let me know this was the most important match of the season.”
 

Bozi

The Bozman
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Oct 18, 2005
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Bardock said:
If a team wins the Coppa Italia ten times they receive a silver star right? Since we're on 9 I would like to see that.
that would be some top next year with the two gols stars a silver star,the italy shield and how about a wee european cup
our top would look like a fcuking formula 1 car with all the badges:weee:
 

Maher

Juventuz addict
Dec 16, 2002
13,521
I dont care about cuppa italia matches , normally middle class teams win it or loosers like inter can do it since they have no chance of serie A or CL but juve needs to concentrate on the more important which is serie A and CL , who cares about the stars in the shirt
 

zizoufan

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May 25, 2004
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m_elayyan said:
I dont care about cuppa italia matches , normally middle class teams win it or loosers like inter can do it since they have no chance of serie A or CL but juve needs to concentrate on the more important which is serie A and CL , who cares about the stars in the shirt

Agree 100 %

First of all , CL matches financial recepits are very high and that goes for the scudetto too !
secondo , wining CL reflects the hegemony of a team over Europe.

So As m_elayyan said let's concentrate in Serie A and Champions League

I am sure that every one here want the double this year especially if we have some reinforcements in january
 

Hambon

Lion of the Desert
Apr 22, 2005
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rokkstar said:
Prioroty List

1) CL
2) Scudetto
3) Coppa

If the reserve lads can get us the Coppa than it'll be great as well irrespective!!

Exactly...but a silver star is pretty cool too....dont u think?:agree:
 

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