Juventus Turin - Bringing The old Lady back to were it belongs

As i said i'm starting a new story, Juventus Turin. My objective is to put Juventus back at the top of Italian football and to make it a european powerhouse.

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Juventus are historically the most successful club in Italian football and one of the most laureated and important globally. They have won:

Serie A titles: 27
Coppa Italia: 9
Super Cups: 4
European Champions Cup: 2
Intercontinental Cups: 2
UEFA Cups: 3
Cup Winners Cup: 1
UEFA Super Cups: 2

In 2006 Juve were involved in a match fixing scandal that led to the relegation of the team in Serie B. Lost a lot of important players, but came back in Serie A the next year and the reconstruction began.

This summer the manager of the last season was fired because the results were sub standard and now a chapter is about to start for the bianconeri.

4 managers are "fighting" for the Juventus manager position. The favourite seams to be Antonio Conte, former Juve player. the others are: Roberto Baggio, Fabio Capello and Jurgen Klopp. Today Andrea Agnielli, club president, called a press conference to appoint the new team Manager. The press has been talking rumors that Roberto Baggio was seen this morning at Vinovo, Juventus training ground.

Press Conference:

Andrea Agnielli: I'm pleased to announce that we reached an agreement with Roberto Baggio to take the Juventus manager role for the next two seasons. Roberto was a huge player for our club, he knows the Juventus spirit and is very loved by the fans. I will now let Roberto said he first words.

Roberto Baggio: Hello to everyone. I'm glad to be here, it is a very important day for me, i day that dreamed of and as you can see, it came true. my goal is to take Juve back to where it belongs, to the top of Italian and European football. Everyone at this club is eager to make sacrifices for the team and the ambitions of the board convinced me to take this important role.

Reporter: Will you be bringing some new players.

Roberto: I will evaluate the whole team and then decide. I think it's to early to make judgements on players right now.

Reporter; What about Del Piero, will he still be here next season?

Roberto: Alex has one year of his contract left, i didn't have the chance to talk to him yet, but it's in my plans.

Reporter: Do you think Juve can fight for the Scudetto this season.

Roberto: Juve has a huge ambition right now, we have to bring this club back up there as soon as we can. Our objective this year is to go in the Champions League and this means a podium place at the end of the season.

Agnielli: Thank you all, this concludes our press conference for today. Good luck Roberto!

Juventus Squad:

Goalkeepers:

Gianluigi Buffon
Marco Storari
Alex Manninger

Defenders:

Giorgio Chiellini
Leonardo Bonnuci
Andrea Barzagli
Martin Caceres (loan from Sevilla)
Paolo De Ceglie
Stephan Lichtsteiner
Fabio Grosso

Midfielders:

Andrea Pirlo
Claudio Marchisio
Arturo Vidal
Simone Pepe
Eljero Elia
Milos Krasic
Marcelo Estigarribia
Luca Marrone
Emanuele Giaccherini
Simone Padoin

Forwards:

Alessandro Matri
Mirko Vucinic
Alessandro Del Piero
Marco Borriello (loan from Roma)
Fabio Quagliarella

The press is already speculating on the transfer market about some players. It seams that Juve are interested in bringing young brazilian star Douglas Costa from Shakhtar Donetsk and young german left back Dennis Aogo.

First thing Roberto does at Juve: Alex Del Piero extends contract with one year. Delight for the juve fans as Alex is the icon of this club, a living legend.

First transfer for Juve this summer, Douglas Costa signed a 4 year contract. The transfer fee being around 12.5 euro. Douglas Costa is a technically gifted attacking midfielder very appreciated in Ukraine.

It also looks like Milos Krasic has his days numbered at Juve, Hamburg being very interested in the serbian winger. With Juve needing a good left back it is rumored that an exchange between the two clubs is most likely, with Aogo being the exchange part from the german based club.

Another day another transfer in Turin as Krasic takes the road to Bundesliga side SV Hamburg, as Dennis Aogo heads to Italy to sign for Juve.

As it stands Juve's first 11 could look like this:

Buffon

Lichtsteiner Bonucci Chiellini Aogo

Vidal Pirlo Marchisio

Douglas Costa

Matri Vucinic

Juve will now have the pre-season calendar with a series of friendly games.

Hope that this one doesn't crash to, i'll hit the save button this time more often.

Hope you follow and again, any feedback is welcomed.

August Update:

Atalanta - Juventus 0-2 (Matri, Del Piero)



Transfer window is over and finds Juve with 4 new Players:

IN:
Douglas Costa: 13M
Aogo: Krasic Exchange
Yttergard Jenssen: 4,3M
Marco Verratti: 3M

OUT:
Fabio Grosso: OM
Liviero: Carpi
Magnuson: Catania



September Update:

Juventus - Napoli 2-1 (Bonuccix2/ Hamsik 69)



Cesena - Juventus 0-4 (Matri, Bonuccix2, Vucinic)



Juventus - Lecce 1-3 (Matri/ Giacomazzi, Oferex2)



Siena - Juventus 1-1 (D'Agostino/ Vucinic, Vidal missed a penalty)



October Update:

Juventus - Parma 3-0 (Marchisio, Vucinic, Matri)



Roma - Juventus 2-3 (Taddei, De Rossi/ Del Piero, Vucinic, Marchisio)



Juventus - Inter 1-1 (Vidal/ Samuel)



Bologna - Juventus 1-5 (Cherubin/ Vidal, Vucinic, Matri, Del Piero, Bonucci)



Juventus - Genoa 5-1 (Matrix3, Vucinic, Chiellini)



November:

Chievo - Juventus 2-4 (Pellissier/ Douglas Costa, Matri, Vidal, Del Piero)



Two weeks break now as the Play Offs for Euro 2012 take place.

After 11 games Juve lead Serie A:



Matri is first in the goalscorer chart with Pellissier and Cavani - 9 goals

Pirlo and Matri lead the assist chart with 7, Aogo is third with 5.



Promising season ahead for Juve with one mistake, the Lecce game at home when Roberto Baggio rested a lot of players.

Roberto Baggio press conference:

Reporter: First Place after 11 games, did you expect this:

Roberto: It is very important that we keep a high level of football. First place in Serie A is a praise for the players and the determination that they had in this first part of the season. Our objective is a place on the podium.

Reporter: In the last 3 games your team has scored 14 times and conceded 4 goals. Do you think that the attack is the strongest part of the squad.

Roberto: I have faith in every player that enters the field. All parts of the team are important and if we scored 14 times in 3 games it means that the attack is doing very well. I think we are conceding to many goals and if sort this out we will be stronger.

Reporter: The next games are against tough opponents are you worried?

Roberto: I have faith in my players and with determination i think we can beat anyone. We must not forget that this season is one in which we are building a team and there can be some mistakes, see our Lecce game at home where we changed a first 11 and we lost.

Reporter: What can you tell us about Elia's situation?

Roberto: I have talked with Eljerio and he is not in my future plans. He understands this and we will try to find him a new club in january. He continues to train very hard because he is a professional player.

Reporter: Who do you think is your strongest opponent for the title.

Roberto: Again and i insist, our objective is not the title. I consider Milan as the strongest italian team of the moment, but Lazio, Inter and Napoli have good chances as well.

Reporter: Matri is one of three best goal scorers of the league. Do you think he can continue to score like he does now.

Roberto: Alessandro is a very important player in our squad, he is our best scorer and if he continues to work hard like he does now i have no doubt that he will be there at the top of the goal scorers charts.

Reporter: Douglas Costa seems to have adapted very well in Italy.

Roberto: Yes, Douglas has adapted well to the Italian lifestyle, he is a very professional player and a very important part of our squad. We has the most assist in the league with Matri and this is why we bought him.

Reporter: Next game against Palermo, at Juventus Stadium, you will have to play without Marchisio, do you think you will have problems?

Roberto: Yes, we play Palermo and Udinese without Marchisio, he is out for two or three weeks. Claudio is a very important part of the team, but we have players that are ready to step up and fill his place. I have faith in Ruben or in Marco Veratti, they are young and ambitious players.

Reporter: Two weeks without an official game, do you think your team can have the same form like in the last three games?

Roberto: We have worked very hard in this brake even if some of our players were on international duty. Palermo and Udinese are very good teams and i hope that we will get good results against them.

Novermber update part 2:

Juventus - Palermo 3-0

Udinese - Juventus 2-2

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