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He was ready to be fired
January 11th, 2010 | 
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Juventus coach, Ciro Ferrara, states will not resign from Juventus. However, if the club thinks he does not deserve to lead Juventus, he was ready to be fired.
The statement relates to the 0-3 defeat suffered by Juventus in the face AC Milan in Serie-A follow-up, Sunday (10.1.2010). Results were made Juventus stuck in third position with 33 points, or lose 12 points from Inter Milan at the top of the league.
Apart from the prestige and shame to lose at home, it makes even more trouble chasing Juventus scudetto. Although mathematically still able to pursue, referring to the performance, Juventus did not show significant performance improvements to compete with Inter Milan and reach.
Ferrara realized, unstable Juventus performance at high levels is a source of difficulty Juventus. And, as a coach, he realized his responsibility for it. However, he refused to give up and will do my best, as long trusted by the club. Read the rest of this entry »
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Milan ready to challenge Inter
AC Milan midfielder, Andrea Pirlo, satisfied with his team 3-0 victory over Juventus in Serie-A follow-up, at the Stadio Olimpico Grande, Sunday (10.1.2010). According to him, with this victory, his team could be evicted Inter Milan at the top.
Before the fight, there are many who predict Milan Juve would embarrass himself in front of supporters. Milan votes were in the best performance. Meanwhile, Juve are in crisis puddle. This assumption is not excessive even after winning Milan’s first goal by Alessandro Nesta.
Then, in a great pressure from Juventus, Milan showed the superiority with a pair of Ronaldinho goal in the second half. Thanks to this victory, Milan firmly in second place and only eight digits adrift of Inter.
Pirlo rate this victory Milan has not established measures to scudetto. However, he said, this victory is important to shorten the distance with Inter. He was convinced by one match postponed, the team can be enthroned at the top of the league.
“This victory does not determine (scudetto), but it is important to maintain consistency and distance with Inter after their win yesterday,” he said. Read the rest of this entry »
Bad luck Ferrara, Trezeguet out for 5 weeks
The French national has a second degree strain to the right ankle and will miss at least six games. The aim is to be back in action for Genoa. With no Iaquinta, Amauri will take his place against Milan
Three more points in the league table but one less striker. This is the situation facing Juventus the day after their match against Parma; the Bianconeri have lost David Trezeguet to injury for at least 40 days. The French striker, who was stretchered off at the Tardini, had an MR scan this morning. Tests showed a second-degree strain at the external compartment of his right ankle, meaning David won’t be back for at least 40 days. He will miss at least six games (5 Serie A matches and 1 Coppa Italia clash), but the aim is to get him back in action by the Juventus-Genoa game (14 February), more importantly because four days later there’s the first leg of the Europa League against Ajax.
Step up Amauri — This is a real blow for Ferrara who on the day of his team’s return to victory, lost his fittest, and best-scoring striker (8 goals this season). It’s more than likely now that he will have to rethink the team’s attacking strategy. Given Iaquinta won’t be playing (who returned to group training and kicked the ball around this morning but won’t be in the team against Milan), Amauri will take David Trezeguet’s place, starting from the tricky clash against the Rossoneri. He has no other choice, even though it’s not the best of times for the Brazilian at the moment. There’s no getting away from the numbers: just 4 goals in 23 games and one red card. Not a lot at all, considering Iaquinta has scored the same number in just 8 games. Read the rest of this entry »
Juventus 1-4 Bayern
After helping FC Bayern München come from behind to overwhelm Juventus 4-1 at the Stadio Olimpico, Ivica Oli? paid tribute to his team-mates for producing their “match of the season” to reach the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League.
‘Match of the year’
Oli? played a significant part in his side’s success, drawing the foul which led to the equalising penalty, putting Bayern 2-1 up and proving a continual threat to a Juve defence that struggled to contain the lively striker. “I am absolutely delighted that we won tonight,” he said. “We knew we needed to produce the match of the year and fortunately that’s exactly what we did. Everyone played really well.”
Telling contribution
Louis van Gaal’s side knew that only a win would suffice to keep them in the competition, so their task was made all the more difficult when David Trezeguet fired his side ahead on 19 minutes with a well-taken volley. Read the rest of this entry »
Ribery appears doubtful against Juventus
Bayern Munich tackle Juventus knowing only a victory in Turin will be good enough to see them maintain their interest in the UEFA Champions League.
Juventus are currently second in Group B behind group winners Bordeaux and need only a point in their final outing to secure a place in the last 16.
The Old Lady would love a repeat of the scoreline in their first meeting when the sides played out a goalless draw in the Allianz Arena in September.
Juve news
Italy centre-back Giorgio Chiellini is out of Tuesday’s winner-takes-all battle with Bayern due to a calf injury.
Chiellini took a knock in Saturday’s top-of-the-table 2-1 victory against Inter Milan and will likely be out for about three weeks.
Nicola Legrottaglie is likely to replace Chiellini alongside World Cup winning captain Fabio Cannavaro in the centre of defence. Read the rest of this entry »
