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Toni takes aim at Turin taboo Saturday 8 April, 2006
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Luca Toni has never scored against Juventus and Fiorentina are without a win in Turin for 18 years, but the hitman hopes to break both taboos on Sunday.
“I have never put a goal past the Bianconeri, so I hope that time has come,” said the Viola record-holder who has already netted 26 this season.
“We’ll try to win at the Stadio Delle Alpi, but we know that we’ll face a strong side which will be very angry after their Champions League exit.”
Juve are without a win in four official games, during which they’ve scored just once and had four players sent off. It’s arguably the worst possible time to come face to face with their long-standing bitter rivals from Tuscany.
“The Bianconeri will be fired up to beat us, but we’ll be equally ready for the challenge, if not more, because there is a rivalry there going back through history.”
The Viola are just one point clear of Roma in fourth place and the battle for the final Champions League spot is set to rage on until the end of the season.
“It’ll be a very tough game, but we have another six rounds left and will try to string together as many points as possible,” said Toni.
“We know that everything is on the table and we’ll gamble all we have to bring this European dream to us and all of our fans.”
Toni has captured the imagination of the Stadio Artemio Franchi crowd, but as yet hasn’t earned himself a nickname – a fact that prompted newspaper ‘La Gazzetta dello Sport’ to begin a search for the perfect moniker.
“I saw that,” smiled the Italian international. “I’ve read some intriguing ones and others I really hope I don’t get lumbered with! I have to say my favourite so far has been Padron Toni.”
It’s a reference to the patriarch character in Giovanni Verga’s novel of Sicilian life, ‘I Malavoglia’, whose name was Padron ‘Ntoni.
Other candidates include ‘Zeus’, ‘The Purple Giraffe’ and ‘SuperTonico’. There was already a nickname of sorts with the wildly popular T-Shirt ‘Toni e Furmini’ – Tuscan dialect for ‘Thunder and Lightning.’
source: channel4.com
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Luca Toni has never scored against Juventus and Fiorentina are without a win in Turin for 18 years, but the hitman hopes to break both taboos on Sunday.
“I have never put a goal past the Bianconeri, so I hope that time has come,” said the Viola record-holder who has already netted 26 this season.
“We’ll try to win at the Stadio Delle Alpi, but we know that we’ll face a strong side which will be very angry after their Champions League exit.”
Juve are without a win in four official games, during which they’ve scored just once and had four players sent off. It’s arguably the worst possible time to come face to face with their long-standing bitter rivals from Tuscany.
“The Bianconeri will be fired up to beat us, but we’ll be equally ready for the challenge, if not more, because there is a rivalry there going back through history.”
The Viola are just one point clear of Roma in fourth place and the battle for the final Champions League spot is set to rage on until the end of the season.
“It’ll be a very tough game, but we have another six rounds left and will try to string together as many points as possible,” said Toni.
“We know that everything is on the table and we’ll gamble all we have to bring this European dream to us and all of our fans.”
Toni has captured the imagination of the Stadio Artemio Franchi crowd, but as yet hasn’t earned himself a nickname – a fact that prompted newspaper ‘La Gazzetta dello Sport’ to begin a search for the perfect moniker.
“I saw that,” smiled the Italian international. “I’ve read some intriguing ones and others I really hope I don’t get lumbered with! I have to say my favourite so far has been Padron Toni.”
It’s a reference to the patriarch character in Giovanni Verga’s novel of Sicilian life, ‘I Malavoglia’, whose name was Padron ‘Ntoni.
Other candidates include ‘Zeus’, ‘The Purple Giraffe’ and ‘SuperTonico’. There was already a nickname of sorts with the wildly popular T-Shirt ‘Toni e Furmini’ – Tuscan dialect for ‘Thunder and Lightning.’
source: channel4.com
