[Serie A] Cagliari - Juventus (7 Viewers)

Ascension

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Sep 16, 2005
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Jeeks said:
I have to disagree with you here. Milan have only one difficult game and that is the last one against Roma. Even that game is played at San Siro at a time where they would have known their CL destiny and would deal with it accordingly.

As for Juve they have a game against Lazio who are good defensively and if go with those uncreative tactics they won't be able to score against Peruzzi. Same goes against Palermo, even though they have a weak defence but they can score pretty easily in counter attacks and Reggina has the same story.
I would have to disagree on the notion that Lazio are good defencevely. They seem shaky to me. Unlike us!

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ReBeL

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Jan 14, 2005
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Player of the Week: Cannavaro (Juventus)


On the day that his beloved Napoli won promotion to Serie B, it was only right that Fabio Cannavaro made the headlines too with a strike which may have secured Juventus a second consecutive title.

Having gone a goal behind at Cagliari to a disputed penalty and then seeing Alex Del Piero miss from the spot, Cannavaro rose in the 96th minute to head home a corner to net the Bianconeri a crucial point.

There is no denying the importance of that header. That was clear to everyone at the Stadio Sant’Elia given the reaction of boss Fabio Capello on the bench. Normally tranquillity personified at the sight of a Juve goal, Capello’s reincarnation of Marco Tardelli’s 1982 World Cup Final celebration underlined just what that strike meant to the Old Lady’s season.

The game in Sardinia was typical of recent Juventus performances. Although there were clear signs of improvement for Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the Bianconeri looked slack throughout periods of the game.

But Cannavaro put in a performance to rank amongst his best, especially in neutralising the threat of David Suazo, now 18 goals this term, who only rippled the net after the referee awarded a penalty for a clean Gianluca Zambrotta tackle.

Although Juve’s lead at the top of the table has now been cut to five points after Milan’s 1-0 win over Inter, Cannavaro’s latest contribution has put them within touching distance of the title with only four games of the season remaining.

Should Juve retain their Scudetto then Cannavaro will have made just as much a contribution as he did last season. He’s Juve’s most used player in the top flight this term with 32 appearances and he’s collected a personal best of four goals in one Serie A campaign.

Juventus’ capture of Cannavaro still ranks as one of the most astonishing pieces of market business in the Italian game. After an injury affected term at the San Siro, Inter remarkably thought he was finished and eagerly got him and his wages off their books by accepting a straight swap deal from Juve which saw Uruguayan ‘keeper Fabio Carini go in the other direction.

It was a poor decision by the Nerazzurri as Cannavaro got back to his high levels of the past, playing such an important role that even Milan criticised their city cousins for their latest comical transfer behaviour. “If Inter hadn’t have given Juventus Cannavaro then we would have won the League last year,” stated Rossoneri Vice-President Adriano Galliani earlier this term.

Juventus have undoubtedly benefited from Inter’s generosity, but so too has the player. Having arrived at the Delle Alpi with just a Coppa Italia and UEFA Cup win with Parma in his honours list, Fabio grabbed his first Scudetto and now looks to have kept his side in pole position for a second.

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Vinman

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sateeh said:
so wat he doesnt deserve any credit at all? whether he is juve material or not can be determined later...now we have a championship to win. Any decision abt the coach or the players have to be taken later.

also i didnt see comment abt alex anywhere? he didnt have the best of games ,squandered the chances he got and some were almost clear chances, and he shot a very poor penalty.
here, from my original post-

DP's PK was lucky to be stopped, but he missed other opportunities as well...Chimenti knows DP all too well...
and Chimenti was lucky to get a leg onto the PK, btw
 

sateeh

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Jul 28, 2003
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Vinman said:
here, from my original post-



and Chimenti was lucky to get a leg onto the PK, btw
yeah u had that but,u always have some harsher words for Ibra.And i think thats a bit inconsistent. Alex had a poor game, showed some heart as always and i will give him that every game.But his efforts were really poor, and he squandered the little chances we got.

And chimenti wasn't lucky to save that penalty, it was poorly taken.A weak, low and in the middle penalty.It was a poor as trezi's penalty in the final of the CL a couple of years back but the difference trezi's was shot with power
 

Azzurri7

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It's pretty cool with me that Ale didn't play that good as we all expected after-all he's been Impressing all long this season, So I expected a match or two to pass little bad on him. I'm satisfied with him. It's good he missed the Penalty now and not in the last couple of matches when we'll be needing them.

On the other hand, Ibra has been nothing but pain in the ass, thats why I think criticizing him and bashing his is the suitable thing you can do. I can only remmber 2 or 3good matches for him this season TBH.
 

giovanotti

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Aug 13, 2004
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Azzurri7 said:
It's pretty cool with me that Ale didn't play that good as we all expected after-all he's been Impressing all long this season, So I expected a match or two to pass little bad on him. I'm satisfied with him. It's good he missed the Penalty now and not in the last couple of matches when we'll be needing them.

On the other hand, Ibra has been nothing but pain in the ass, thats why I think criticizing him and bashing his is the suitable thing you can do. I can only remmber 2 or 3good matches for him this season TBH.
Not to mention that Ibrahimovic have had much more open space(playing time) to expose his skills and score some goals.
People say that he is a numero uno assist guy,but our main assist-man, according to the statistics ,is Camoranesi,who will leave the team,by the way!:disagree:
 

Badass J Elkann

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Feb 12, 2006
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Jem83 said:
I would never in a million years had thought that letting Antonio Chimenti go would come back to haunt us..

Goes to show how unpredictible everything is!
soz guys but i always liked him, i adored him at juve, FORZA KING CHIMI! KING CHIMI!, HES BIG AND BALD, NOT VERY OLD! WALKIN' IN A WINTER WONDERLAND :agree: ushud see my avatar on my forum, picture of chimenti titled king chimi, i knew the min chimi left juve for cagliari, thatwe werntgona beat them, so last weekend was of no surprise to me. i only remember him having 2 bad games at juve, the 1 against man utd, and milan. otherwise he hasnt been that bad for juve, even at the supercup he owned adriano and martins.
 

sateeh

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Jul 28, 2003
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Azzurri7 said:
It's pretty cool with me that Ale didn't play that good as we all expected after-all he's been Impressing all long this season, So I expected a match or two to pass little bad on him. I'm satisfied with him. It's good he missed the Penalty now and not in the last couple of matches when we'll be needing them.

On the other hand, Ibra has been nothing but pain in the ass, thats why I think criticizing him and bashing his is the suitable thing you can do. I can only remmber 2 or 3good matches for him this season TBH.
in that ur right, we need the captain in those last matches more.And he was bound for a slump in his form sooner or later.And its better now than later.

but we need to give ibra some credit when it's due as well.
 

sateeh

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Jul 28, 2003
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giovanotti said:
Not to mention that Ibrahimovic have had much more open space(playing time) to expose his skills and score some goals.
People say that he is a numero uno assist guy,but our main assist-man, according to the statistics ,is Camoranesi,who will leave the team,by the way!:disagree:
i really like this guy camo, he has soo many skills...but his attitude just killed him this season..
I hope the management can fix the problem and not just dump him away.
 

Badass J Elkann

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lets put it this way, if camo leaves because of his bad behaviour, then zlatan has to go aswell, i dont understand how we can give exceptions to zlatans bad behaviour, and not camo's i can understand his frustration at that, that face he probably feel unequal amongst the others and being targetted by capello, if camo leaves and not zlatan, i hope camo bad mouths the board and management because none of our players shud be unequal, unless ur called jonathan zebina who's not even good enough for a serie B side
 

PhRoZeN

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Mar 29, 2006
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Forza Camo, I love the guy his only one of the few players who actually made an effort in europe for us and has been more consistent than many of our players. As for his attitude problems, I seriously dont blame his sending off against arsenal he shouldnt have even deserved a yellow for his first tackle.. and his appaluds at the end just rounds up our day.. it was sarcasm to the english fans who were being their usual. As for the other issues regarding him and capello? well capello is the clown and his the one who should be actually leaving. This guy should stay.. and if he leaves, then I wish him the best.
 

Badass J Elkann

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as i said y shud camo leavue cuz of his atitude problem wen zlatan looks unlikely to leave, yet he has a far worse atitude problem. anyways camo has been juve's top assist man for 2 seasons now, and was 2nd to kaka last season, and i think hes 2nd atm aswell this season, camo is a born fighter, zlatan isnt camo fights for juve, what he did against arsenal was frustration, and he was obviously being taunted by the arsenal fans which forced him to react, but then again capello never valued his contribution, he always moans about how good zlatan is despite his poor form, and yet never once said a good word about camoranesi, who in some respects is our key from midfield to attack, certainly is when ale is not playing. how can juve fans hate camo for his taunting celebration he did against fiorentina with the corner flag, taunting the on watching batistuta, its almost like maresca's toro celebration, or conte's taunt against fiorentina years ago.

camo has to stay, anyone who objects shud never call themselves a juve fan.
 

PhRoZeN

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Badass Devil said:
as i said y shud camo leavue cuz of his atitude problem wen zlatan looks unlikely to leave, yet he has a far worse atitude problem. anyways camo has been juve's top assist man for 2 seasons now, and was 2nd to kaka last season, and i think hes 2nd atm aswell this season, camo is a born fighter, zlatan isnt camo fights for juve, what he did against arsenal was frustration, and he was obviously being taunted by the arsenal fans which forced him to react, but then again capello never valued his contribution, he always moans about how good zlatan is despite his poor form, and yet never once said a good word about camoranesi, who in some respects is our key from midfield to attack, certainly is when ale is not playing. how can juve fans hate camo for his taunting celebration he did against fiorentina with the corner flag, taunting the on watching batistuta, its almost like maresca's toro celebration, or conte's taunt against fiorentina years ago.
Apart from the latter statement well said :agree:
 

Badass J Elkann

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the last bit u may of mis interpreted, i was stating how we all love conte or at least maresca for taunting our opponents, yet we are split on camo, yet his taunt against batistuta's (fiorentina's icon) with his guitar corner flag puts him up there with the likes of maresca, and yet some of us want him to leave, despite the fact hes one of our most important and consistant players for a couple of seasons now.
 

PhRoZeN

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Badass Devil said:
the last bit u may of mis interpreted, i was stating how we all love conte or at least maresca for taunting our opponents, yet we are split on camo, yet his taunt against batistuta's (fiorentina's icon) with his guitar corner flag puts him up there with the likes of maresca, and yet some of us want him to leave, despite the fact hes one of our most important and consistant players for a couple of seasons now.
No that was fine.. I actually meant the statement below.

Badass Devil said:
camo has to stay, anyone who objects shud never call themselves a juve fan.
 

PhRoZeN

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Badass Devil said:
well wen u consider his enormous input he has to stay how can juve fans think he shud leave despite his contribution?
Well thats upto them I respect there views nevertheless but I wont question their loyalty.. to dislike a player doesnt necessarily mean they aint juve fans.
 

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