Juventus: first, but in crisis!
Wednesday, 14 February 07, 04:13 PM
Last Saturday Juventus was in Vicenza and 20’ before the end of the match it was 2-0 ahead. In just six minutes, Greek defender Evangelois Nastos and youngster Gabriele Paonessa scored for the draw, and the Bianconeri had no reaction and the only occasion was a free kick that Del Piero threw away. After Napoli’s win behind closed doors, Juve is still first but the Azzurri reached them on the top.
Trezeguet and Camoranesi left out, a defence that is still the second in all Serie B but doesn’t work as it should in the away games are the reasons why French coach is on trial. Deschamps talked yesterday to his players, but no one of the board of directors were present. For some media, Deschamps’ position is bad, some of them points out Marcello Lippi as his successor even before June.
We think that after Calciopoli, all that happens around Juventus has been amplified. The Turin club is not playing good football, but chances to be promoted are still high and many players are injured or are about to come back. And new executives, despite the announces on the newspapers, are really working in order to have a competitive team, at least for fourth place, in next year’s Serie A. And we think that will make it.
Another good news in this bad period for Juve, is that the new stadium project has been approved by the board of directors and will be submitted to FIGC. The new stadium, built on the old “Delle Alpi”, will have 45000 seats and will be ready for –eventually, if Italy will be designated on April 18th- Euro 2012.
Trezeguet and Camoranesi left out, a defence that is still the second in all Serie B but doesn’t work as it should in the away games are the reasons why French coach is on trial. Deschamps talked yesterday to his players, but no one of the board of directors were present. For some media, Deschamps’ position is bad, some of them points out Marcello Lippi as his successor even before June.
We think that after Calciopoli, all that happens around Juventus has been amplified. The Turin club is not playing good football, but chances to be promoted are still high and many players are injured or are about to come back. And new executives, despite the announces on the newspapers, are really working in order to have a competitive team, at least for fourth place, in next year’s Serie A. And we think that will make it.
Another good news in this bad period for Juve, is that the new stadium project has been approved by the board of directors and will be submitted to FIGC. The new stadium, built on the old “Delle Alpi”, will have 45000 seats and will be ready for –eventually, if Italy will be designated on April 18th- Euro 2012.
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Marcello Lippi, the best in the World
Friday, 12 January 07, 04:00 AM
Today the IFFHS, the International Federation of Football History and Statistics, release the 2006 Top 18 of the best National teams coaches Selected editorial staffs and experts from 91 countries voted the Italian coach Marcello Lippi (former Napoli, Juventus and Inter Milan coach), with a big gap between him and the second in ranking, French Raymond Domenech.
Here is complete ranking, in brackets the team they lead:
1. M. Lippi (Italy) 298 pts.
2. R. Domenech (France) 132
3. J. Klinsmann (Germany) 123
4. F. Scolari (Portugal) 84
5. G. Hiddink (Australia) 47
6. J.N. Pekerman (Argentina) 28
7. J. Kuhn (Switzerland) 22
8. O. Blokhin (Ukraine) 20
9. R. Dujković (Ghana) 19
C. A. Parreira (Brasil) 19
11. H. Michel (Ivory Coast) 15
12. L. F. Suárez (Ecuador) 12
13. M. van Basten Nederland 9
14. K. Brückner (Czech Rep.) 7
15. S.G. Eriksson (England) 6
H. Shehata (Egypt) 6
17. L. Aragonés (Spain) 5
L. Beenhakker (Trin. & Tobago) 5
Marcello Lippi comes after Carlos Alberto Parreira, winner of 2005, and Otto Rehhagel (German coach that led Greece to a surprising European Title) who got the prize in 2004. The 58 y.o. coach born in Viareggio also won the "World's Best Coach Club" award -always from IFFHS- in 1996 and 1998. The prize is really deserved by Lippi, as he led the "Azzurri" -honestly, a strong team without a top star- to win the World Cup, proving to be one of the best in strategy and to able to isolate his players from the rest of the World in a delicate period, after calciopoli and a couple of friendly match before the beginning of the World Cup that didn't satisfy Italian fans and journalists. In 2005, Lippi ranked fourth.
As you can see, top four coaches ranked in the same order as their teams after World Cup (Raymond Domenech, who lead France to second place in Berlin, is a newcomer). Only one coach in the Top 18 (the Egyptian Hassan Shehata) didn't take part to World Cup, but he won African Cup with his National Team.
The 18 coaches comes from 14 different nations, as we have three Dutch (Hiddink, Beennaker and Van Vasten), two French (Domenech and Michel), two Brazilian (Scolari and Parrerira). Newcomers are, other than already mentioned Domenech, Serbian coach of Ghana, Radomir Djukovic, and Guus Hiddink.
Here is complete ranking, in brackets the team they lead:
1. M. Lippi (Italy) 298 pts.
2. R. Domenech (France) 132
3. J. Klinsmann (Germany) 123
4. F. Scolari (Portugal) 84
5. G. Hiddink (Australia) 47
6. J.N. Pekerman (Argentina) 28
7. J. Kuhn (Switzerland) 22
8. O. Blokhin (Ukraine) 20
9. R. Dujković (Ghana) 19
C. A. Parreira (Brasil) 19
11. H. Michel (Ivory Coast) 15
12. L. F. Suárez (Ecuador) 12
13. M. van Basten Nederland 9
14. K. Brückner (Czech Rep.) 7
15. S.G. Eriksson (England) 6
H. Shehata (Egypt) 6
17. L. Aragonés (Spain) 5
L. Beenhakker (Trin. & Tobago) 5
Marcello Lippi comes after Carlos Alberto Parreira, winner of 2005, and Otto Rehhagel (German coach that led Greece to a surprising European Title) who got the prize in 2004. The 58 y.o. coach born in Viareggio also won the "World's Best Coach Club" award -always from IFFHS- in 1996 and 1998. The prize is really deserved by Lippi, as he led the "Azzurri" -honestly, a strong team without a top star- to win the World Cup, proving to be one of the best in strategy and to able to isolate his players from the rest of the World in a delicate period, after calciopoli and a couple of friendly match before the beginning of the World Cup that didn't satisfy Italian fans and journalists. In 2005, Lippi ranked fourth.
As you can see, top four coaches ranked in the same order as their teams after World Cup (Raymond Domenech, who lead France to second place in Berlin, is a newcomer). Only one coach in the Top 18 (the Egyptian Hassan Shehata) didn't take part to World Cup, but he won African Cup with his National Team.
The 18 coaches comes from 14 different nations, as we have three Dutch (Hiddink, Beennaker and Van Vasten), two French (Domenech and Michel), two Brazilian (Scolari and Parrerira). Newcomers are, other than already mentioned Domenech, Serbian coach of Ghana, Radomir Djukovic, and Guus Hiddink.
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Gabriele
Roma, IT
Un posto diverso da Calciopoli, molto più bello!
On Wambach-Boxx-Lilly, and the US go to the semi-final!