Juve lose to a full strength Milan 3-1, but on the night it Juve who won on the front of football, Juve were missing five of the first regulars, Nedved played up front with Di Vaio, whilest in the midfield Camoranesi really gave it all he could came close to scoring three times but it wasn’t his night. Tacchinardi and Conte held their own, but Appiah again came up short his individual skill was excellent but his passing skill were poor. As for the defence it was tight, yes Milan did score three times, but still the defence was tight. Shevchenko’ s goal in the 25th minute was offside clearly, but was allowed to stand, even on that Juve still came forward and came close twice to brining the game level, then in the second half Juve continued to attack, then in the 63rd minute in a Milan attack a long range shoot from Seedorf s on course towards the goal take a deflection of a defender and it beat Buffon for a 2-0 advantage, but still Juve go for goal once again come close but no can do, than the inevitable happen in the 80th a genuine milan goal on side and scored with no help by Seedorf. Four minutes after that Juve finally put one in the net, a corner kick put in the middle meet by Ciro Ferrara turn blast the ball past Dida who has no time to react and that 3-1, but as luck would have it in another Juve attack Milan are in six and sevens in the defence a half pass come shot Dida slips and the ball is just deflected out, when these kind of things happen you know it it’s not going to be you’re night, on the merits of the game Juve came out on top, why and how Milan are leading this race for the scudetto is really beyond me, they are average in all departments, if Juve had another striker from the beginning Milan would have been lucky to come away with anything. Congratulation to Ferrara this is his first goal of the season, but I don’t think he’d like to the thirteenth player to score for Juve…
Now Juve have to think about Wednesday night game with Lazio for the first leg of Coppa D’italia, and the referee is none other than Collina, yes him again, I can’t remember getting a result with him this season, please remind me if there was one, as for the Juve line up it’s not clear as yet, will Juve chase second place or go for a Coppa D’Italia win, we will soon find out…
News out from Turin is that Cesare Prandelli (Parma) has meet with Bettega, Giraudo and Moggi, to discuss his probable move to Juventus as next seasons boss, with him apparently will come Bonera, Ferrari, Bresciani and a new name Marco Marchionni 24 year old midfielder.. Other bit of news is that if Juve do get the signature of Trabelsi of Ajax, Real Madrid have joined in the chase to get the signature of Thuram, along with Man Utd who will offer the best deal, Tudor is due to meet with the Ajax representatives to discuss the possible move as part of Ibrahimovic deal, and Abramovich representatives are due to meet with Nedved’s agent in a possible 40 million Euros move to Chelsea..
Just recieved this bit of news of our member --- Steve Lamb ---- need to share with all of you, if any one else pick up any more news please let me know and I'll inform all via the web site...
"I've just read France Football's website that has today said that Juve have signed Oliver Kapo from Auxerre on a Bosman free transfer.He has agreed a 4 year contract and is due in Turin withing the next week to complete his medical before joining in the summer..." It looks like the re-building has already started and I think Kapo is a good start,hes vey quick and tricky although he doesnt score that many goals(only one so far this term).
Forza Juve