The moment of the first official match of 2003 is getting closer and closer. After the Christmas holidays and the enjoyable experience in the Emirates, for Juventus it’s time to go back to the fight for the “real” points. On Sunday bianconeri will face Reggina at Delle Alpi for the 16th and penultimate day of first phase of Serie A. There will be 12 months that everyone, starting from Antonio Conte, want to be as good as the previous ones.
“2002 was a positive year for us. We won a scudetto and a Supercoppa Italiana, and we went close to win also the Coppa Italia. Also personally I can be quite satisfied, I was coming back from an injury, I played a lot and I succeded in getting what I wanted the most, the extension of my contract with Juventus. I will start then my 12th year in bianconero”.
The new 2003 will start then with Juventus fighting in all the competitions. In a good position in Serie A, close to the quarterfinals in Champions League and in the quarterfinals in Coppa Italia, ready to face the double match against Perugia.
“We are getting ready more and more every day to face the challenges of this new year – the midfielder from Lecce adds – After we built the bases for doing well in every competitions and we’re ready to give our best to reach some important goals. We are in good conditions and we’re recovering the injured players. This is really important because the group has always been our strenght. We are aware of being many players in this group and that the coach will have to pick up often different players for us to be always competitive”.
January started with a new adventure, the tour in the Emirates, not a new land for Conte. “I had already been in Dubai before this tour. Anyway it was a good experience, to repeat in the future, even for a longer period”.
A travel towards the new frontiers of football, to prepare in the best possibile way the return to the official matches, in which Juventus will try to gain more and more points, starting from the next one against Reggina, a team that bianconeri faced twice in the last month. “It’s a though opponent – Conte concludes – Lately they obtained important results and ther’re aware of their chances. We’ll have to play a great match, properly aggressive and with great concentration.”
“2002 was a positive year for us. We won a scudetto and a Supercoppa Italiana, and we went close to win also the Coppa Italia. Also personally I can be quite satisfied, I was coming back from an injury, I played a lot and I succeded in getting what I wanted the most, the extension of my contract with Juventus. I will start then my 12th year in bianconero”.
The new 2003 will start then with Juventus fighting in all the competitions. In a good position in Serie A, close to the quarterfinals in Champions League and in the quarterfinals in Coppa Italia, ready to face the double match against Perugia.
“We are getting ready more and more every day to face the challenges of this new year – the midfielder from Lecce adds – After we built the bases for doing well in every competitions and we’re ready to give our best to reach some important goals. We are in good conditions and we’re recovering the injured players. This is really important because the group has always been our strenght. We are aware of being many players in this group and that the coach will have to pick up often different players for us to be always competitive”.
January started with a new adventure, the tour in the Emirates, not a new land for Conte. “I had already been in Dubai before this tour. Anyway it was a good experience, to repeat in the future, even for a longer period”.
A travel towards the new frontiers of football, to prepare in the best possibile way the return to the official matches, in which Juventus will try to gain more and more points, starting from the next one against Reggina, a team that bianconeri faced twice in the last month. “It’s a though opponent – Conte concludes – Lately they obtained important results and ther’re aware of their chances. We’ll have to play a great match, properly aggressive and with great concentration.”
