La Juventus 2003-2004 (2 Viewers)

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On Friday, 18th of July, the 2003/2004 season of Juventus has started with the official introduction to the press at Hotel Billia in Saint Vincent: the Italian Champions are ready for another exciting season. In the afternoon, in Chatillon, first trainng and the start of the summer re-treat.

Check the Multimedia Forums for pictures of the new season, including training sessions.

In the meantime, interviews with players and Juve staff will be discussed here.

 

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He’s still sad for not having the chance to give all of his contribution in the Champions League final but now Edgar Davids is ready to start the new season and give his usual great help to the team. The Dutch midfielder, despite some market rumours, is still a Bianconero. And he’s happy to be.

“I’m very committed to Turin and Juventus, and, then, I’m happy to be here. Our goal is to keep on winning something important, Scudetto or Champions League. I won’t talk about my contract: anyway, I’ve got no intention to leave Juventus”.

 

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The new season has started and everybody is ready for a new and exciting year. The goal is clear, even if all Bianconeri know that it won’t be easy to conquer again Scudetto, Italian Supercup and the Champions League final. But Buffon is optimistic about the new Juventus.


“Since I arrived here everything has gone well. The project we started two years ago is going on well too and I’m sure we can achieve other goals. Re-start from Manchester? For what attains me, I’ll re-start from the victory with the National team. Last season we did a wonderful march, even if it didn’t end as we hoped. But in few days I forgot the final against AC Milan, because I’m a positive person and I’m lucky to be like this”.

 

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An exciting day for coach Marcello Lippi: "This year we are the strongest. We have taken the right players for every role. One of the more important objectives was to reinforce the team on the basis of age. The new players will be learn to play in a prestigious team. Last year we haven't only scored the last penalty in the last game, but we also gave big emotions to our supporters".

 

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Holidays are over and the season starts again with the usual spirit, big concentration and the will to be the main characters.

Alessandro Del Piero thinks about the future, but a return to the past cannot be missed: “It’s clear – he admits – that we constantly think about the Champions League final, but also to the great season we played.

All of this adds to our experience, now we start again. Our psychological condition is very good, we have to use what the end of last season has presented: the enthusiasm for the win of the Scudetto and the disappointment for the loss of the Champions League.

"We have always been there to fight on every front and it’s been important”.

Goals are the same: “I have been thinking a lot during this summer about the Champions League, and I thought there is a big spirit from our point of view to win both the European cup as well as in Italy".

"So we will have to win everything also because the team, that was already competitive, has been enriched by precious elements".

Among them there is Fabrizio Miccoli. To the question if he feels him as a competitor Del Piero replies: “I don’t feel it, I am very glad he arrived here and I think he will do very well”.

The first official match will be the Italian Super cup: “We start from were we ended, against Milan. It will have a particular flavour because we have been the two teams that played the final of the Champions League“.

Some points out that it’s the first time he starts the season with the contract at the last year. Del Piero replies: “Still not for a long time. I haven’t signed yet, but there are no problems at all, it’s just a question of time".

 

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18th July: meeting at Saint Vincent and summer training at Chatillon;

24th July: friendly match against Valle d'Aosta , Saint Vincent, 5.45pm

25th July: departure for the Usa;

27th July: friendly match against Barcelona in Boston, 4pm local time

31st July: friendly match against Manchester United in New York, 8pm (local time)

3rd August: Supercup Tim against Milan in New York, 2.45pm (local time) At the end of the match departure for Italy

6th August: second phase of the summer training in Chatillon;

8th August: Birra Moretti thropy with Inter and Sampdoria in Bari, 9pm

10th August: Trofeo Valle d'Aosta against Reggina at Saint Vincent, 9pm

11th August: second phase of the summer trainings ends

12th August: Trofeo Tim with Inter , Milan , Ancona , 21pm

15th August: starting of training sessions in Turin at the Sisport centre;

17th August: Trofeo Berlusconi against Milan 8.45pm

20th August: friendly against Juventus B in Villar Perosa, 17.45pm

22nd August: friendly against Napoli in Napoli at 9pm

26th August: beginning of the standard fixture at the Sisport centre

30/31 th August: Serie A begins.

 

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Only Thuram is missing to complete the puzzle. Today Stephen Appiah has joined the Juventus 2003/04 team lineup.

After some days in Ghana, were he has become even more famous being a Juventus player, the young midfielder has taken part to his first training with the new mates.

Appiah knew already people like Thuram, Buffon and Di Vaio, team mates at Parma. "How did they welcome me? Buffon told me Juve took me to just play in their Primavera!! :LOL: Anyway, I’ve just played a bit and I have to say I’m amazed to notice how fast Juve plays”.

Appiah wants to keep an important role at Juve: "I’m here to stay how much longer I can. Juve is not an arriving place and not a starting place. I’m here to learn. Replacement of Davids? No, he’s more aggressive than me ".

 

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After two Scudettos in two years, Gigi Buffon has the new fire to start a new season as a star. The only one goal it will be to repeat the excellent season of the last year, trying to conquer the Champions League missed at Manchester.

“If we would have won in Manchester, it would have been an incredible season. We’ll try again, beginning with Supercoppa. With Milan, the first revenge”.

Some newbyes are part of the team as Appiah, Legrottaglie and Miccoli, not to mention the return of Maresca: "They are players able to fit in our mechanism. We try to play it all once again in Europe and Italy. In Champions we are all at the same level, the best team is Real Madrid that has been reinforced by the arrival of Beckham. In Italy we are the team to be beaten as champions in charge, but also Milan is dangerous. I would not understimate Lazio. I think Sampdoria could be the under dog, with Doni. And I would not forget Chievo”.


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i dont know where to put this..

First Journey
and. 31/8 - 21/12

Ancona-Milan (monday sept 1st)
Bologna-Parma
Brescia-Chievo
Inter-Modena
Juventus-Empoli
Lazio-Lecce
Perugia-Siena
Reggina-Sampdoria
Udinese-Roma

Second journey
and. 14/09 - rit. 01/02/2004

Chievo-Juventus
Empoli-Reggina
Lecce-Ancona
Milan-Bologna
Modena-Udinese
Parma-Perugia
Roma-Brescia
Sampdoria-Lazio
Siena-Inter

Third Journey
And. 21/09 - rit. 08/02/2004

Ancona-Modena
Bologna-Udinese
Brescia-Reggina
Inter-Sampdoria
Juventus-Roma
Lazio-Parma
Lecce-Chievo
Perugia-Milan
Siena-Empoli

Fourth Journey
And. 28/09 - rit. 15/02/2004

Chievo-Perugia
Empoli-Lazio
Milan-Lecce
Modena-Bologna
Parma-Siena
Reggina-Juventus
Roma-Ancona
Sampdoria-Brescia
Udinese-Inter

Fifth Journey
and. 05/10- rit. 22/02/04

Ancona-Udinese
Empoli-Modena
Inter-Milan
Juventus-Bologna
Lazio-Chievo
Lecce-Brescia
Parma-Sampdoria
Perugia-Reggina
Siena-Roma

Sixth journey
and. 19/10 - rit. 29/02/04

Ancona-Juventus
Bologna-Perugia
Brescia-Inter
Chievo-Sampdoria
Milan-Lazio
Modena-Lecce
Reggina-Siena
Roma-Parma
Udinese-Empoli

Seventh journey
and. 26/10 - rit. 07/03/04

Empoli-Chievo
Inter-Roma
Juventus-Brescia
Lazio-Bologna
Parma-Modena
Perugia-Udinese
Reggina-Ancona
Sampdoria-Milan
Siena-Lecce

Eight Journey
and. 02/11 - rit. 14/03/2004

Ancona-Siena
Bologna-Sampdoria
Brescia-Parma
Chievo-Inter
Lecce-Empoli
Milan-Juventus
Modena-Perugia
Roma-Reggina
Udinese-Lazio

Ninth Journey
and. 09/11 - rit. 21/03/2004

Brescia-Bologna
Inter-Ancona
Juventus-Udinese
Parma-Milan
Perugia-Lecce
Reggina-Modena
Roma-Lazio
Sampdoria-Empoli
Siena-Chievo

Tenth Journey
and. 23/11 - rit. 28/03/2004

Ancona-Brescia
Bologna-Roma
Chievo-Milan
Empoli-Parma
Inter-Reggina
Lazio-Perugia
Lecce-Sampdoria
Modena-Juventus
Udinese-Siena

Eleventh Journey
and. 30/11 - rit. 04/04/2004

Brescia-Udinese
Juventus-Inter
Milan-Modena
Parma-Chievo
Perugia-Empoli
Reggina-Bologna
Roma-Lecce
Sampdoria-Ancona
Siena-Lazio

Twelfth Journey
And. 07/12 - rit. 10/04/2004

Bologna-Ancona
Chievo-Roma
Empoli-Milan
Inter-Perugia
Lazio-Juventus
Lecce-Parma
Modena-Brescia
Sampdoria-Siena
Udinese-Reggina

Thirteenth Journey
And. 14/12 - rit. 18/04/2004

Ancona-Lazio
Bologna-Inter
Brescia-Empoli
Juventus-Parma
Milan-Siena
Perugia-Sampdoria
Reggina-Chievo
Roma-Modena
Udinese-Lecce

Fourteenth Journey
and. 21/12 - rit. 25/04/04

Chievo-Ancona
Empoli-Roma
Lazio-Inter
Lecce-Juventus
Milan-Udinese
Parma-Reggina
Perugia-Brescia
Sampdoria-Modena
Siena-Bologna

Fifteenth Journey
and. 06/01/04 - rit. 02/05/04

Ancona-Parma
Bologna-Empoli
Brescia-Siena
Inter-Lecce
Juventus-Perugia
Modena-Chievo
Reggina-Lazio
Roma-Milan
Udinese-Sampdoria

Sixteenth Journey
and. 11/01/2004 - rit. 09/05/2004

Chievo-Udinese
Empoli-Ancona
Lazio-Brescia
Lecce-Bologna
Milan-Reggina
Parma-Inter
Perugia-Roma
Sampdoria-Juventus
Siena-Modena

Seventeenth Journey
and. 18/01/2004 - rit. 16/05/2004

Ancona-Perugia
Bologna-Chievo
Brescia-Milan
Inter-Empoli
Juventus-Siena
Modena-Lazio
Reggina-Lecce
Roma-Sampdoria
Udinese-Parma