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Gattuso on Pirlo, Juve and Napoli identities
Gattuso on Pirlo, Juve and Napoli identities
Gennaro Gattuso discusses his friendship with Andrea Pirlo ahead of the Supercoppa, warning Napoli and Juventus have ‘changed identity’ over six months and won’t be lulled into a false sense of security. It kicks off on Wednesday at the Mapei Stadium in Reggio Emilia at 20.00 GMT. The trophy is between the Scudetto and Coppa […]
Perez visits Agnelli and Juventus
Perez visits Agnelli and Juventus
Real Madrid chief Florentino Perez visited the Juventus training ground and met with President Andrea Agnelli for three hours today. The lengthy meeting took place the day before Juve face Napoli in the Supercoppa clash. According to the latest reports, the encounter was to discuss the general politics of global football. Agnelli is President of […]
Danilo: ‘Juve prove ourselves in Supercoppa’
Danilo: ‘Juve prove ourselves in Supercoppa’
Danilo insists the Supercoppa against Napoli is the opportunity for Juventus to ‘prove not what we want to be, but what we are.’ It kicks off on Wednesday at the Mapei Stadium in Reggio Emilia at 20.00 GMT. The match comes just days after the 2-0 defeat to Inter in the Serie A Derby d’Italia. […]
Napoli squad for Juventus
Napoli squad for Juventus
Napoli have Andrea Petagna and Dries Mertens available for tomorrow’s Supercoppa clash with Juventus. It kicks off at the Mapei Stadium in Reggio Emilia on Wednesday at 20.00 GMT. Petagna and Mertens have shaken off knocks to be part of the squad for this showdown between the Scudetto and Coppa Italia holders. Mertens had been […]
Agent confirms Zaccagni Verona exit
Agent confirms Zaccagni Verona exit
Mattia Zaccagni ‘will certainly find space at one of the big Italian clubs in June, as Hellas Verona cannot keep him,” said his agent. The 25-year-old creative midfielder is a product of the Verona youth academy and has gone from strength to strength over the last two seasons. In the current campaign, he scored four […]
Juve defence decimated for Supercoppa
Juve defence decimated for Supercoppa
The Juventus defence is decimated for the Italian Supercup against Napoli, as Merih Demiral also drops out with an injury. It kicks off at the Mapei Stadium in Reggio Emilia on Wednesday at 20.00 GMT. Coach Andrea Pirlo named his squad, who started the trip to Reggio Emilia this afternoon. Demiral had been expected to […]
Mandzukic challenges curse of Milan’s No.9 shirt
Mandzukic challenges curse of Milan’s No.9 shirt
Milan officially announced Mario Mandzukic as their new striker today, and the Croatian forward has decided to challenge the curse of the No. 9 shirt at San Siro. Since Filippo Inzaghi, nine players have tried their luck with the No. 9 shirt and the poor return has been labelled as the curse of the famous […]
Napoli: Petagna in full training
Napoli: Petagna in full training
Napoli have announced Andrea Petagna trained with the rest of the group, when Nikola Maksimovic was partly involved ahead of the match against Juventus. The Partenopei prepare for the Supercoppa Italiana at the Mapei Stadium in Reggio Emilia tomorrow and the club confirmed Petagna is available for coach Gennaro Gattuso. “Petagna carried out the entire […]
Tacchinardi: ‘Juve must avoid a delicate situation’
Tacchinardi: ‘Juve must avoid a delicate situation’
Former Juventus midfielder Alessio Tacchinardi said a ‘red light’ has been lit for coach Andrea Pirlo and that the Bianconeri ‘must turn it off immediately’. The Old Lady get a chance to bounce back against Napoli in the Supercoppa Italiana on Wednesday, and the 45-year-old highlighted Cristiano Ronaldo’s ‘sarcastic grimace of surrender’ in the 2-0 […]
Predicted line-ups: Roma-Spezia
Predicted line-ups: Roma-Spezia
Roma host Spezia in the Coppa Italia last 16 stage with Paulo Fonseca and Vincenzo Italiano expected to rotate their squads very little. It kicks off at 20.15 GMT. Borja Mayoral should start in place of Edin Dzeko in the Roma attack with Pedro returning to the Giallorossi starting XI after an injury. Spezia’s M’Bala […]