true look when capello came we were fuked for a while then things looked up, it happens to the best of them, lippi for example.
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Serie B: Rimini vs Juventus [09/09/2006] (3 Viewers)
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true look when capello came we were fuked for a while then things looked up, it happens to the best of them, lippi for example.
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If you'd have asked me last year how Juve would do if they dropped in on serie b, I would have thought we'd walk it. Problem is, today we didnt play like the great-serie-a-smashing team, we played no better than a serie b side, full stop. It'd be a bit much to expect great things when the middle of your defence has changed from Cannavaro-Thuram to Kovac-Boumwho? It improved slightly when Camoranesi came on (as much as this guy's not exactly on my favourite list at the moment.) Hopefully with DelPiero Nedved Camoranesi and Trezeguet playing together, we might be a more intimidating proposition. At the moment I reckon most serie b sides are itching to get at us.
Rossi and the FIGC have screwed us real bad (pieces of interisti shit) but we ARE Juve and we have to believe that we will have the last laugh. FORZA RAGAZZI!!
Rossi and the FIGC have screwed us real bad (pieces of interisti shit) but we ARE Juve and we have to believe that we will have the last laugh. FORZA RAGAZZI!!
Juventus plays to tie in lower division
By ARIEL DAVID, Associated Press Writer
September 9, 2006
Juventus forward Alessandro del Piero reacts during an Italian second division Serie B soccer match between Rimini and Juventus, at the Rimini stadium, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006.
AP - Sep 9, 11:34 am EDT
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RIMINI, Italy (AP) -- In its first game in Italy's second division, disgraced Juventus was held to a 1-1 tie Saturday by a Rimini team that played much of the way with 10 men.
This was an ominous beginning for Juventus, which was banished from the top division for its involvement in the country's game-fixing scandal. It was playing a team that finished 17th in Serie B last season.
Matteo Paro scored for Juventus in the 60th minute. Nine minutes later, Rimini's Domenico Cristiano was sent off with a second yellow card. Adrian Ricchiuti tied it in the 74th when he beat World Cup goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon 1-on-1.
"When we scored and they were left with 10 men, we thought we had won," Juventus coach Didier Deschamps said. "But this is what awaits us in all games in Serie B."
Besides being demoted to Serie B for the first time in its 109-year-history, Juventus also needs to surmount a 17-point penalty that accompanied relegation.
"We knew the road would be difficult, and today this was confirmed," Deschamps said.
A sports tribunal in July relegated Juventus and stripped it of its last two league titles for its leading role in the scandal. The club has appealed to the Italian Olympic Committee to reduce its 17-point penalty. Juventus has transferred half of last season's starting lineup.
Rimini coach Leonardo Acori said his team was motivated by the challenge of playing a team that has won 27 league titles and two European Champions Cup crowns.
"Of course, we were also very tense, especially in the first half," Acori said. "But in the second half, we loosened up."
The game was played in 10,000-seat Romeo Neri stadium. Temporary seating was added to boost capacity by a few hundred, but it was a struggle to accommodate Juventus officials as well as members of the Agnelli family, the founders of the Fiat auto empire who also own the Turin club.
After scoring, Ricchiuti ran onto the stadium's track and was greeted by celebrating teammates while thousands cheered wildly.
"To score a goal against a world champion was quite a satisfaction," he said. (yahoo)
By ARIEL DAVID, Associated Press Writer
September 9, 2006
Juventus forward Alessandro del Piero reacts during an Italian second division Serie B soccer match between Rimini and Juventus, at the Rimini stadium, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006.
AP - Sep 9, 11:34 am EDT
More Photos
RIMINI, Italy (AP) -- In its first game in Italy's second division, disgraced Juventus was held to a 1-1 tie Saturday by a Rimini team that played much of the way with 10 men.
This was an ominous beginning for Juventus, which was banished from the top division for its involvement in the country's game-fixing scandal. It was playing a team that finished 17th in Serie B last season.
Matteo Paro scored for Juventus in the 60th minute. Nine minutes later, Rimini's Domenico Cristiano was sent off with a second yellow card. Adrian Ricchiuti tied it in the 74th when he beat World Cup goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon 1-on-1.
"When we scored and they were left with 10 men, we thought we had won," Juventus coach Didier Deschamps said. "But this is what awaits us in all games in Serie B."
Besides being demoted to Serie B for the first time in its 109-year-history, Juventus also needs to surmount a 17-point penalty that accompanied relegation.
"We knew the road would be difficult, and today this was confirmed," Deschamps said.
A sports tribunal in July relegated Juventus and stripped it of its last two league titles for its leading role in the scandal. The club has appealed to the Italian Olympic Committee to reduce its 17-point penalty. Juventus has transferred half of last season's starting lineup.
Rimini coach Leonardo Acori said his team was motivated by the challenge of playing a team that has won 27 league titles and two European Champions Cup crowns.
"Of course, we were also very tense, especially in the first half," Acori said. "But in the second half, we loosened up."
The game was played in 10,000-seat Romeo Neri stadium. Temporary seating was added to boost capacity by a few hundred, but it was a struggle to accommodate Juventus officials as well as members of the Agnelli family, the founders of the Fiat auto empire who also own the Turin club.
After scoring, Ricchiuti ran onto the stadium's track and was greeted by celebrating teammates while thousands cheered wildly.
"To score a goal against a world champion was quite a satisfaction," he said. (yahoo)
first game was always gong to be hard. DD has a lot to think about, we need to score goals in the first half, we cant wait around for the opposition to settle. the opposition will be fired up to play against juve but they wouldnt know what to expect from us either..hence the first 20 mins or so of every game willbe important to make an impact.
with 10 men, we should have done better.....we cant afford to slip up at all...not until we are equal top or in the top 6 at least.
central defence needs some sorting out...Boumsong is as sharp as a bowling ball.
with 10 men, we should have done better.....we cant afford to slip up at all...not until we are equal top or in the top 6 at least.
central defence needs some sorting out...Boumsong is as sharp as a bowling ball.