Juventus will host Milan with a last opportunity to rein in the second-placed side and get the closing stanza to their own season back on track. Two wins in the last twelve games has not only seen Juve fall out of contending for the Scudetto, but there’s a very real chance now that fourth-placed Bologna could overhaul them with the two teams set to meet in the penultimate weekend of the season. Speaking during his pre-match press conference, coach Massimiliano Allegri talked about the upcoming...
Ninety minutes separate Juventus from the Coppa Italia final. Over the course of those 90 minutes, the goal is to not completely botch the two-goal aggregate lead that they have in their back pocket as they take to the field at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. Can they actually do just that? Ahhhhhhh, well there’s the question we’re all wondering about. As one of Juventus’ worst runs of form over the last couple of decades only continued last Friday, we now turn our attention to Max Allegri’s squad...
For all of the negatives that we’ve seen from Juventus over the past three months, there has been one positive thing to boast about: Max Allegri’s squad, probably to everybody’s surprise, has a 2-0 lead on aggregate heading into the second leg of the Coppa Italia semifinals. I know, I know. I can’t believe it, either. But’s true. It really is true. I know this because not only did I watch it with my own two eyes — even though those same eyes are not as strong as they once were! — and then we...
Juventus head to the nation’s capital protecting a two-goal lead going into their Coppa Italia semi-final second leg against Lazio tomorrow night. Coach Massimiliano Allegri warned though that the tie was still alive and their hosts tomorrow would go all out to try make the final. Would he play both Federico Chiesa and Kenan Yildiz alongside Dusan Vlahovic tomorrow? The coach was asked if he thought he was on track with his goals for the season. After two empty-handed seasons, the Bianconeri...
As he talked with the media on Thursday, Juventus manager Max Allegri said “the best is yet to come” as his team enters the final month and a half of the 2023-24 season. What we saw Friday night was more the status quo from the last three months more than anything that would resemble something a sudden turn for the better. It’s a run of form that, no matter if there’s a bad first half or bad second half or vice versa, Juventus simply can’t get themselves out of. Juventus’ latest first-half dud...
Come the start of next week, things are going to be quite difficult on multiple fronts when it comes to Juventus’ schedule. There’s a Coppa Italia semifinal to decide, there’s also big-time matchups against teams in the top six coming at Juve one after another. There is very much no rest for the weary Bianconeri, and that is something you don’t necessarily want to hear when there’s a Champions League spot at stake. That’s why tonight’s matchup in Sardinia is quite the important one. Juventus are...
This has been a big year of firsts for me, and I am now adding the first time going to a Juventus-Torino derby and the first time going to a game at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino! I have been to two Juventus men’s games in the past, one in 2006 and one just this past November. Now that I am back in Italy for several months — and based on the home games remaining — I was thinking of going to see Juventus-Monza (because I doubt I can get Juve-Milan tickets), but I realized that there was...
In a season in which tight results and corto muso has been the reason for a good portion of Juventus’ points collected, we now head into a fixture in which close calls have been the norm. If you don’t believe me, let’s just go ahead and look at what has happened over the last few years when Juventus has headed across the city of Turin and played against Torino at the Stadio Olimpico, shall we? OK, so you get the point. This is very much the close, nervy derby that you expect when two city rivals...