Juventus may go top tonight!

Mr. Presentable

Undoubtedly the biggest game of the weekend in Serie B takes place in Genoa as Juventus arrive determined to claim top spot.

The Old Lady are now just a single point behind leaders Napoli and know that a win on Friday could put them top for the first time in their history. However, the Grifoni will be desperate to bounce back from last weekend’s defeat against Bologna and reassert themselves amongst the leaders.

Despite the quality of the opposition, Rossoblu Coach Gian Piero Gasperini maintains that his side will try and control the pace of the game. “We have a team identity and we’re going to show it,” he stated. “Juventus are the strongest side in Serie B and we respect their abilities, but we’re not afraid and there’s everything to play for.”

*lifted from Channel 4's Football Italia page

kinaldo

Juve will win promotion this season regardless.

Mr. Presentable

regardless of what?

Pighead

nipplenuts wrote:

regardless of what?

Regardless of the result tonight I'd imagine.

Jonny Arson

It's an absolute disgrace that those shower of cheats are gonna go straight back up this season. 30 point deduction to 11 point deduction is it? Italian football is corrupt, a non-entity. Genoa FTW anyhow.

~Rebel~

Zane from MTV2 wrote:

It's an absolute disgrace that those shower of cheats are gonna go straight back up this season. 30 point deduction to 11 point deduction is it? Italian football is corrupt, a non-entity. Genoa FTW anyhow.

Well to be fair, the entire board and president and pretty much everyone involved has been kicked out and given bannings. They're not exactly a "shower of cheats" now. Even most of the players are gone, so who is there to be mad at, the name "Juventus"? The new staff? The new players? the loyal players like buffon, tres, del piero, nedved etc who stayed? The shareholders?

Pighead

Zane from MTV2 wrote:

It's an absolute disgrace that those shower of cheats are gonna go straight back up this season. 30 point deduction to 11 point deduction is it? Italian football is corrupt, a non-entity. Genoa FTW anyhow.

Here Here Zane! Genoa FTW. Lets forget about the fact that Genoa FC were sent down to Serie C for match fixing last year.

Sure Genoa are only a small club, it wasn't their fault. Its big bad Juve who are the real villains here!

therecklessone

Pighead wrote:

Here Here Zane! Genoa FTW. Lets forget about the fact that Genoa FC were sent down to Serie C for match fixing last year.

Sure Genoa are only a small club, it wasn't their fault. Its big bad Juve who are the real villains here!

Zing!

eirebhoy

Zane from MTV2 wrote:

It's an absolute disgrace that those shower of cheats are gonna go straight back up this season. 30 point deduction to 11 point deduction is it? Italian football is corrupt, a non-entity. Genoa FTW anyhow.

Italian football is corrupt so let's blame Juve for it all? This is probably a good thread to put Cannavaro's quotes:



"Everyone knew of Luciano Moggi's contacts and how powerful Juve were,
but we had no idea how far that could go. In any case, that does not
change the fact that we were the best club.

I still remember when Mahamadou Diarra came to me and said 'Ah, Moggi
- money!'. I tried to explain that Moggi did not visit referees to
offer them money.

With the power he had he could influence the assignment of a referee
to one match instead of another, which I know is not a normal
procedure.

The problem is that people, especially abroad, believe that Juve
bought the matches, but that is not true.

"It was a huge abuse of power that must be condemned, but that was also
useless. We were the best and we proved it."

We can only go on what Juve were found guily of and I don't think they even deserved to be relegated for what they were found guilty of. I've said it 100 times but do you think Moggi could care less what league Juve are in atm?

kinaldo

Pighead wrote:

Regardless of the result tonight I'd imagine.

Another Zing! for Pighead.

MrJoeSoap

1-1.

Medved scoring and then being sent off in the last minute.

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eirebhoy wrote:

"Everyone knew of Luciano Moggi's contacts and how powerful Juve were,
but we had no idea how far that could go. In any case, that does not
change the fact that we were the best club.

I still remember when Mahamadou Diarra came to me and said 'Ah, Moggi
- money!'. I tried to explain that Moggi did not visit referees to
offer them money.

With the power he had he could influence the assignment of a referee
to one match instead of another, which I know is not a normal
procedure.

The problem is that people, especially abroad, believe that Juve
bought the matches, but that is not true.

"It was a huge abuse of power that must be condemned, but that was also
useless. We were the best and we proved it."

Bullshi* IMO. Juve, and the other cheating clubs, proved nothing.

Cheaters never win.

fortuneg

~Rebel~ wrote:

Well to be fair, the entire board and president and pretty much everyone involved has been kicked out and given bannings. They're not exactly a "shower of cheats" now. Even most of the players are gone, so who is there to be mad at, the name "Juventus"? The new staff? The new players? the loyal players like buffon, tres, del piero, nedved etc who stayed? The shareholders?

Totally agree, if anyone should be punished it's the board of directors not the team who worked their asses off week in week out to win the league, fairly, in my opinion.

Serbian

nipplenuts wrote:

Undoubtedly the biggest game of the weekend in Serie B takes place in Genoa as Juventus arrive determined to claim top spot.

According to the Guardian, they already occupy top spot .

MrJoeSoap

Serbian wrote:

According to the Guardian, they already occupy top spot .

Because they drew last night...

eirebhoy

seansouth wrote:

Bullshi* IMO. Juve, and the other cheating clubs, proved nothing.

Cheaters never win.

I've seen plenty of cheaters win. Injury faking time wasters, divers, etc. Don't try to say that's not as big a problem as Moggi using his powers to get a ref assigned to a certain match when the ref, the players and the coaches see it as just a normal game.

MrJoeSoap

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=6&click_id=2833&art_id=iol1165396868251B226

Milan - Czech veteran Pavel Nedved is considering quitting football after receiving a five-game suspension in a Serie B game at the weekend, La Gazzetta dello Sport reported on Wednesday.

A sports judge suspended the 34-year-old Juventus playmaker for committing a rough foul on a Genoa player and insulting the referee as well as stepping on his foot, after being red-carded.

Mino Raiola, the player's agent, said Nedved was infuriated and denied all charges brought by referee Roberto Farina in his game report.

"(Nedved) told me won't accept the verdict and that Farina is a liar. He did not insult him nor did he step on his foot. If he did it, it was accidently," Raiola said.

The agent added that Nedved feels that his suspension is a political message and that Juve players are being made pay for what happened in the past season - a reference to a sports trial in
which the Turin powerhouse was relegated.

Nedved reportedly also disagrees also with the soft attitude taken by Juve, whose lawyer Luigi Chiappero said the club will appeal the suspension "without hurry so to have time to study the situation".

Raiola said that Nedved "understands that Juve are trying to look likeable, but one thing is to be likeable, another is being cheated in every game. Juve must ask to be respected".

"If this is the new policy of (the Italian football federation) FIGC and of Juve, they should say it clearly and he will quit," Raiola said. - Sapa-dpa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgxf4GdA8No

Gileadi

seansouth wrote:

Bullshi* IMO. Juve, and the other cheating clubs, proved nothing.

Cheaters never win.

anymore of this talk and theres gonna be a verbal come the next boards match!