Massimiliano Allegri has just made history at Juventus, becoming its first coach to win the Italian title five times in succession, the club’s seventh consecutive scudettooverall. Yet again, however, he failed to win the Champions League, a trophy that Juventus hasn’t hoisted into UEFA’s confetti shower for 23 years. There is consequently much fan and […]
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Juventus will play MLS all-stars in Atlanta
Juventus, winner of the last six Scudetti as Serie A champion and aperennial UEFA Champions League contender, will the opposition for the MLS all-stars in the 2018 MLS All-Star Game. Venue. Thematch will be played Aug. 1 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Juventus’ current squad includes the likes of Argentines Paulo Dybala and Gonzalo […]
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Juventus president Agnelli suspended for involvement with mob-infiltrated ultras
Agnelli is one of the great family names of Italian business and Italian soccer. Giovanni Agnelli founded Italian automaker Fiat in 1899. Gianni Agnelli, his grandson, wasestimated to be worth $2 billion with control over businesses that employed 360,000 workers. He was known as L’Avvocato (“The Lawyer”) and served Juventus as president during its heyday […]
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Barcelona-Juventus: Allegri says Juve must 'play to score'
Juventus shut out Barcelona twice in beating the Catalan club in the quarterfinals of the 2017 UEFA Champions League quarterfinals. They open the new season of group play on Tuesday at the Camp Nou,where Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri admits Juventus “has to play to score.”
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Howedes moves to Juventus on loan from Schalke
German World Cup 2014 champion defender Benedikt Howedes has signed for Italian champion Juventus on a season-long loan from Schalke 04, where he was captain of for six years.
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Bayern goal points out how VAR can increase scoring
The era of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) in the Bundesliga started Friday with the system providing a penalty kick to Bayern Munich, which beat Bayern Leverkusen, 3-1, in the season opener. Since implementation of the system in MLS began earlier this month, two FC Dallas goals have been disallowed after match officials viewed replays. […]
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Sacchi casts doubts about Juventus' chances in Europe
Legendary Italian coach Arrigo Sacchi doesn’t think much of Juventus’s chances to win the UEFA Champions League, saying it only plays for 15 minutes and then just defends and counters the restof the time. “I like Juventus very much when they take the initiative,” he said, “but they only play like that for 15 minutes […]
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Juventus turns down bids for Dybala
Argentine forward Paulo Dybala is one of the hottest forwards in Europe, linked with a big-money move to Barcelona, but Juventus general manager Beppe Marotta said the club has refusedplenty of offers for him.
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Crowd Count: Top 10 U.S. soccer crowds (2017)
The International Champions Cup, the summer exhibition circuit, continues to draw big crowds. The top three soccer crowds on U.S. soil so far this year are all ICC matches. The top crowd of 82,104 for Barcelona-Juventus onSaturday set a soccer record for MetLife Stadium, home of the NFL Giants and Jets. The biggest surprise: the […]
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Juve lands young Fiorentina forward Bernardeschi
Juventus signed 23-year-old Fiorentina forward Federico Bernardeschi for $46 million following his breakout season with Fiorentina. Juve termed him one of Europe’s most promising attackingtalents after a season during which he scored 11 goals.