Five Ways Milan Can Beat Juventus

1) Attack The Full-Backs

Robinho and Alexandre Pato have speed and trickery in abundance and Juventus’ full-backs are often highlighted as a weak point. If the speedy Brazilian duo attack the wide members of the Bianconeri’s four-man defense it will prove fruitful and stretch the Turin giants to their limits at the back.

2) Don’t Play ‘Just Give It To Ibra’

This is a follow-up from No. 1 that must be adhered to. In the past, tough-tackling center-back Giorgio Chiellini has succeeded more often than not in subduing Zlatan Ibrahimovic whenever they are involved in one-on-one confrontations. Making the Swede the focal point will play right into Juve’s hands and ‘total’ football will be far more successful than one-dimensional play through the 29-year-old striker.


3) Out-Think, Don’t Try To Out-Work In Midfield

Simone Pepe, Felipe Melo and Claudio Marchisio are all workhorses capable of running the socks off the likes of Andrea Pirlo, Gennaro Gattuso or Clarence Seedorf – but they lack the creativity and skill on the ball that the hosts have. Get into a scrappy fight to the finish in the center of the pitch and the younger and more physical Bianconeri have the advantage. Let the ball do the work and Juve will be forced to formulate a new plan.

4) Play A High Defensive Line

With Amauri and Vincenzo Iaquinta enduring fitness problems, Juventus’ strike force is likely to be Fabio Quagliarella and Alessandro Del Piero, both of whom are second strikers and like to track back to make space to receive the ball. As a result, the red and blacks can play a higher defensive line - Alessandro Nesta and co. can push higher and be key members in maintaining possession.


5) Take Good Care Of The Ball And Be Patient

Juventus, without their suspended midfield darling Milos Krasic, will likely opt for a defensive and counter-attacking approach at San Siro and Milan cannot afford to be frustrated and cough up possession. Luckily, holding onto the ball is something the Rossoneri excel at. There’s no need to go gung-ho if Juve sit back and want to be pinned in their own half, so patience, as is often the case, could be a virtue here along with good movement on and off the ball.

Old Lady To Unveil Amauri On Tuesday

The Palermo hit-man has been involved in one of the longest transfer saga's in Serie A. The move was on and off several times as both clubs failed to reach a deal.

However, all the implications seem to have been ironed out and the Brazilian's move will be made official early next week.

According to a club source, the striker will undergo a medical in Turin on Tuesday morning and shortly afterwards he will sign his new contract.

Amauri will earn €3.7m per season over the next four years. Juve were only willing to offer the player €3.0m per year. However, they upped the stakes after the deal was on the verge of collapsing following interest from Real Madrid and Milan.

Amauri thus becomes Juve's second addition following the capture of Albin Ekdal on Friday.

There are bound to be more arrivals at Juventus over the next few months as club president, Giovanni Cobolli Gigli, has promised reinforcements as the Old Lady plans to launch a serious assault on the Champions League next term.

 Author:  Salvatore Landolina

We Can Win The Scudetto

The Bianconeri have had an excellent first-half to the season and currently sit in third place in the Serie A standings.


However despite their fine form, which has seen them go unbeaten since the end of October, Juve still trail league-leaders Inter by eight points.


This weekend the Bianconeri travel to Catania, knowing that a failure to win could end their championship hopes once and for all.


“We still believe in the Scudetto and so we have to go to Catania to win,” Trezeguet told Sky Sport Italia.

“We want to triumph in Sicily to continue on the right track that we were on before Christmas.


“We have had a good campaign so far and now we need to prove that we can do it on the road as well.”


However the Elephants will be by no means an easy task, as they recently defeated high-flying Udinese 2-0 at the Stadio Massimino.

“We know that this won’t be an easy game as Catania have been superb at home,” Trezegol added.

“At the moment we are happy in Malta [Juventus’ mid-season training camp]. We are expecting good crowds for the training sessions as well as Wednesday’s friendly.

“Since we arrived here we have been warmly received by the people of Malta and we are sure that lots of them will come to the stadium.”

He May Go To Juventus

The England international has been heavily linked with the Serie B champions for some time, and Juventus director of sport, Alessio Secco, met with Chelsea officials earlier in the week.

According to the Gazzetta dello Sport, Secco will again be in London today to hold advanced talks with Chelsea, in a bid to thrash out terms over a transfer.

Blues owner Roman Abramovich has set his stall out to create a more exciting and universally appealing brand of football at Stamford Bridge, and one of the major casualties of this change will be Lampard, who is known more for his substance than for his style.

The 29-year-old is said to be keen to experience a new challenge abroad and would relish the chance to hook up with old boss Claudio Ranieri, the man who was responsible for launching his career when he signed him from West Ham in 2001.

Lampard is available for €10m and is likely to accept a reduction in salary from €6m to 5m a year in order to facilitate the move.

The transfer is unlikely to take place until the summer, but sources in Italy believe that providing Juventus qualify for next year’s Champions League then a move is a virtual guarantee.

Juve Want Carvalho

Juventus sporting director Alessio Secco was at Stamford Bridge last night to watch the Portuguese star in action and the Gazzetta dello Sport says that he is now readying a bid for the player.

Carvalho was brought to Chelsea from Porto in 2004 along with former Blues boss Jose Mourinho. The 29-year-old is widely regarded as one of the best defenders in the Premiership but may be open to a move away from West London if the opportunity were to arise.

If you are to believe the Italian press, this has been a hectic last few days in England for Secco, as Juve have also been connected with moves for Carvalho’s team-mate Frank Lampard, Liverpool’s Momo Sissoko, as well as Arsenal trio William Gallas, Kolo Toure and Gilberto Silva.

Out of all these players it appears that the Frank Lampard link has the most credibility. Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has made it abundantly clear that he wants the Blues to play more exciting football, and Lampard is likely to be replaced in order for this to happen.

Juventus Squad Before Match Against Fiorentina

Juventus Coach Claudio Ranieri after pre match training session tell his team's 20 players who will go on the match in florence,  away game against fiorentina.

This play is seria A 7 round play which will be playd  7 of octomber Suanday at 3 p.m
Unavailable players include Andrade, Camoranesi, Boumsong and Marchionni, all injured, plus Zanetti, who's suspended. Zebina is available again after his four-game suspension.

1 Buffon
2 Birindelli
3 Chiellini
4 Almiron
5 Zebina
7 Salihamidzic
9 Iaquinta
10 Del Piero
11 Nedved
12 Belardi
17 Trezeguet
19 Criscito
20 Palladino
21 Grygera
22 Vanstrattan
23 Nocerino
24 Olivera
28 Molinaro
30 Tiago
33 Legrottaglie

Ranieri: We Can Win Scudetto

After their year spent in purgatory in Serie B last season, Juventus were expected to struggle upon their return to top-flight football. However the Bianconeri have had a magnificent start to the new campaign and currently sit in second place in the Serie A standings.

“It is possible we can win the title,” said Ranieri. “I do not know exactly the chances are of us winning it but it is our objective to try.

“Of course we will need a bit of luck along the way. It would be beautiful if Roma and Inter were to meet in the final of the Champions League as they would both lose something in the championship.

“However I do not think Totti and his Roma companions are ready to challenge in Europe yet. They still need another year of experience.

“The squad of Inter are one of the three favourites for the Champions League, along with Barcelona and Milan. Yes, I do mean the Milan that have had a delicate start to the season. Europe is the natural home of Milan.

“The fourth semi-finalist I think will be an English team, probably Manchester United.”

Juventus (Ita)

Location: Turin, Italy
Year founded: 1897
Nickname: La Vecchia Signora
Stadium: Delle Alpi
Capacity: 71012
Italian League Championship/Serie A:
Winners (27): 1905; 1925–26 [5]; 1930–31; 1931–32; 1932–33; 1933–34; 1934–35; 1949–50; 1951–52; 1957–58; 1959–60; 1960–61; 1966–67; 1971–72; 1972–73; 1974–75; 1976–77; 1977–78; 1980–81; 1981–82; 1983–84; 1985–86; 1994–95; 1996–97; 1997–98; 2001–02; 2002–03
Italian Second Division/Serie B:
Winners (1): 2006–07
Italian Cup/Coppa Italia :
Winners (9): 1937–38; 1941–42; 1958–59; 1959–60; 1964–65; 1978–79; 1982–83; 1989–90; 1994–95
Italian Super Cup/Super Coppa di Lega:
Winners (4): 1995; 1997; 2002; 2003
UEFA Champions League:
Winners (2): 1984–85; 1995–96
UEFA Cups:
Winners (3): 1976–77; 1989–90; 1992–93
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:
Winners (1): 1983–84
UEFA Intertoto Cup:
Winners (1): 1999
European Super Cup:
Winners (2): 1984; 1996
Intercontinental Cup
Winners (2): 1985; 1996



Squads Information:

Staff:
Claudio Ranieri

Goalkeepers:
Gianluigi Buffon
Landry Bonnefoi

Defenders:
Zdenek Grygera
Giorgio Chiellini
Jonathan Zebina
Nicola Legrottaglie
Jorge Andrade
Jean-Alain Boumsong
Alessandro Birindelli  

Midfielders:
Tiago
Marco Brighi
Cristiano Zanetti
Ruben Olivera
Pavel Nedved
Mauro Camoranesi
Sergio Almiron
David Chiumiento
Luigi Lavecchia
Hasan Salihamidzic
Marco Marchionni

Forwards:
Raffaele Palladino
Alessandro Del Piero
David Trezeguet
Vincenzo Iaquinta


                                          Team History


              Sitting on a bench in Corso Re Umberto in 1897, a group of young students from the Liceo D'Azeglio of Turin decided to found a sports club whose main aim was to play football. Thus was born Juventus Football Club, according to legend, just a game, for fun, out of a desire to do something new. Football was a sport that was spreading rapidly throughout Europe at the time.
             In that period, Juventus, whose first president was Enrico Canfari, played against more experienced sides, and yet already in 1905 it won the first Italian championship in its history after a thrilling three-way final with Genoa and Milanese. Juventus chose Piazza D'Armi as its home ground and played for a number of years in a pink shirt. The change to black and white came by chance in 1903 following a mistaken delivery from England, where the playing strip had been ordered.
            Up until the outbreak of the Great War, Juventus had to be content with playing a secondary role to the football powers of the era, ProVercelli and Casale, but in the immediate post-war period it became a leading actor thanks above all to the goalkeeper Giacone and the full-backs Novo and Bruna, the first players to earn a place in the national team. The president was the poet and man of letters Corrado Corradini, the author of the club’s anthem, that lasted until the sixties.
          In 1923, Giampiero Combi, one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, made his debut in the first team. Edoardo Agnelli, the son of the founder of Fiat, was elected president of the club. This was the start of a special partnership that was destined to last over time. Given the growing number of fans, Juventus moved to the stadium of Corso Marsiglia. A team that already included players of the calibre of Combi, Rosetta, Munerati, Bigatto and Grabbi was strengthened by the arrival of the trainer Jeno Karoly and Hirzer, the inside left forward, both Hungarian. In 1925-26, after an enthralling battle with Bologna and the final against Albo Roma, Juventus won their second championship, the prelude to a cycle of victories that was to bring five successive trophies.
              The Juventus trainer of the period was Carlo Carcano and the team included legendary players like Orsi, Caligaris, Monti, Cesarini, Varglien I and II, Bertolini, Ferrari and Borel II. Juventus won continuously from 1930 to 1935 and made a decisive contribution to the Italian team that won the World Cup in 1934. The victories in Italy brought Juventus its first international experience, taking part in the European Cup (now known as the Champions League), reaching the semi-finals on four occasions. In 1933 Juventus again changed its ground: this was the beginning of the era of the municipal stadium, built to host the World University Games and where the team was to play until the home leg of the 1989/90 UEFA Cup final.
 
            Fabio Capello became manager of Juventus in 2004, and lead Juventus to two more Serie A titles. But during May 2006, Juventus were one of four clubs linked to a Serie A match fixing scandal, the result of the scandal saw the club relegated to Serie B for the first time in their history, as well as being stripped of the two titles won under Capello.
           Many key players were sold, however, other big name players remained to help the club return to Serie A. The season was notable because Alessandro Del Piero broke club records, by becoming the first Juventus player to appear 500 times in all competitions for the club. The bianconeri were promoted straight back up as league winners after the 2006–07 season. For their return to Serie A in the 2007–08 season former Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri is at the helm of the Old Lady.