No point in firing Ciro unless Hiddink comes in.
I'd take Ciro over anyone else available....only hiddink can make such a strong difference in so little time
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by RomaShield27 » Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:53 am
Ferrara faces the music after Milan lead Juventus a merry dance
– By Paolo Bandini, Monday 11 January 2010 13.11 GMT
After last night's 3-0 home defeat to Milan, it looks like Juve coach Ciro Ferrara's days are numbered
The gulf between the champ and the rest of the division is such that even Don King might struggle to sell it as a genuine title fight, but Serie A does, at last, have its mandatory challengers. Milan remain eight points adrift of Internazionale after thumping Juventus 3-0 in Turin last night but they do still have a game in hand. Mayweather v Pacquiao, it ain't, but at least we shouldn't have to worry about either side pulling out of a scheduled bout at San Siro in two weeks' time.
"Milan are the anti-Inter," declares the front page of Corriere dello Sport today, while Gazzetta proclaim it a "Scudetto for two". The last time the Rossoneri won away to Juventus, in March 2004, they went on to take the title, though they were already top by five points at the time. A more tangible cause for optimism would be the fact Milan have now won seven of their past eight in Serie A. Inter have dropped seven points over the same stretch.
Leonardo's side have given some sparkling performances during that run, the coach's attack-minded selections creating mismatches all over the pitch, but yesterday was not one of them. Despite the scoreline, the two sides managed just seven attempts on goal between them. Other than a solo effort from Diego that flashed wide of Nelson Dida's goal, the highlight of the first 25 minutes was the Milan midfielder Massimo Ambrosini heading Ignazio Abate's throw-in straight back out for a Juventus throw.
Juventus might have drawn encouragement in that phase from the ease with which they had contained Milan by closing down space and putting pressure on the visitors' midfield high up the pitch. But after losing five of their previous seven games in all competitions, confidence was always likely to be fragile. Few can have been surprised when Felipe Melo, suffering more than most of late, failed to deal with a poor corner at the near post, allowing the ball to run across for Alessandro Nesta to jab home at the far post.
More disconcerting than the goal itself was Juventus's lack of response. With David Trezeguet having picked up an ankle injury against Parma last week it was left to Amauri to lead the line ahead of Diego, but neither managed a single shot on target. In the end, the centre-back Giorgio Chiellini, who within the first seven minutes of the second half twice forced Nelson Dida into saves – albeit not especially challenging ones – proved the Old Lady's greatest attacking threat.
The reaction of the home support to such a miserable showing was to call early and often for the introduction of Alessandro The Waterboy, but he was similarly ineffective after replacing Hasan Salihamidzic in the 60th minute. By the time The Waterboy forced Dida to tip a free-kick around the post in injury time, Milan had already extended their lead to three through a pair of goals from Ronaldinho.
By then, of course, Juventus' fans had found other ways to express themselves – groups of Ultras setting off bangers and smoke bombs as well as starting small fires in the stands, while others chanted against Mario Balotelli, or in support of their disgraced former director Luciano Moggi. For the most part these were songs that had been heard before at Turin's Stadio Olimpico, but then a new chorus began. For the first time all season, Juventus's fans openly began to appeal for the sacking of the manager Ciro Ferrara.
"I sincerely think my job is not at risk," Ferrara told Sky Italia afterwards, though his manner in a later interview with Controcampo suggested he may be feeling the strain more than he would like to admit. "I see in the studio there is already the new manager," said Ferrara on noting that Luigi Maifredi, a former coach who had a brief stint with Juventus from 1990-91 and who has been publicly critical of him in recent days, was among the show's studio guests. A brief back and forth ensued as the pair took turns telling each other to "shut up" before Ferrara sarcastically asked Maifredi, who left his last managerial post in 2001, whom he was coaching at the moment.
The case against Ferrara has been outlined in this blog before, but yesterday's defeat only served to highlight the same flaws. Tactically, the coach has failed to establish a system that gets the best out of the expensively acquired Melo and Diego and he does not seem to possess a gift for motivating his squad. The charge against Claudio Ranieri when he was sacked last season was that he had lost the dressing room, but Ferrara never really had control in the first place.
He has had some tough luck with injuries – Gianluigi Buffon, Vincenzo Iaquinta, Mauro Camoranesi, Momo Sissoko (still not fit but now with Mali for the Africa Cup of Nations), Sebastian Giovinco, Trezeguet and the suspended MartÃÂn Cáceres were all unavailable yesterday – and the decision to send Lorenzo Ariaudo, Tiago Mendes and Cristian Molinaro out on loan this week has left the squad particularly thin. But there is still plenty of talent there.
The Old Lady's track record – before last season at least – of not sacking managers during a season had stood in his favour, as had the fact the fans were still on his side, but now that the mood has turned it seems likely his days are numbered. The Turin-based Tuttosport's front-page headline this morning simply reads: "Hiddink now!"
"Juventus has arrived at the end of the line and the 'all alight here' announcement applies to everyone, starting with the driver," writes Vittorio Oreggia in an accompanying editorial. "There is no more time, we cannot wait for another resurrection as bogus as the Rolexes sold on market stalls in Bangkok. In this team even Leo Messi would look like a fool and Cristiano Ronaldo would struggle to express himself."
Unfortunately for Ferrara, his critics seem to have no such trouble.
– By Paolo Bandini, Monday 11 January 2010 13.11 GMT
After last night's 3-0 home defeat to Milan, it looks like Juve coach Ciro Ferrara's days are numbered
The gulf between the champ and the rest of the division is such that even Don King might struggle to sell it as a genuine title fight, but Serie A does, at last, have its mandatory challengers. Milan remain eight points adrift of Internazionale after thumping Juventus 3-0 in Turin last night but they do still have a game in hand. Mayweather v Pacquiao, it ain't, but at least we shouldn't have to worry about either side pulling out of a scheduled bout at San Siro in two weeks' time.
"Milan are the anti-Inter," declares the front page of Corriere dello Sport today, while Gazzetta proclaim it a "Scudetto for two". The last time the Rossoneri won away to Juventus, in March 2004, they went on to take the title, though they were already top by five points at the time. A more tangible cause for optimism would be the fact Milan have now won seven of their past eight in Serie A. Inter have dropped seven points over the same stretch.
Leonardo's side have given some sparkling performances during that run, the coach's attack-minded selections creating mismatches all over the pitch, but yesterday was not one of them. Despite the scoreline, the two sides managed just seven attempts on goal between them. Other than a solo effort from Diego that flashed wide of Nelson Dida's goal, the highlight of the first 25 minutes was the Milan midfielder Massimo Ambrosini heading Ignazio Abate's throw-in straight back out for a Juventus throw.
Juventus might have drawn encouragement in that phase from the ease with which they had contained Milan by closing down space and putting pressure on the visitors' midfield high up the pitch. But after losing five of their previous seven games in all competitions, confidence was always likely to be fragile. Few can have been surprised when Felipe Melo, suffering more than most of late, failed to deal with a poor corner at the near post, allowing the ball to run across for Alessandro Nesta to jab home at the far post.
More disconcerting than the goal itself was Juventus's lack of response. With David Trezeguet having picked up an ankle injury against Parma last week it was left to Amauri to lead the line ahead of Diego, but neither managed a single shot on target. In the end, the centre-back Giorgio Chiellini, who within the first seven minutes of the second half twice forced Nelson Dida into saves – albeit not especially challenging ones – proved the Old Lady's greatest attacking threat.
The reaction of the home support to such a miserable showing was to call early and often for the introduction of Alessandro The Waterboy, but he was similarly ineffective after replacing Hasan Salihamidzic in the 60th minute. By the time The Waterboy forced Dida to tip a free-kick around the post in injury time, Milan had already extended their lead to three through a pair of goals from Ronaldinho.
By then, of course, Juventus' fans had found other ways to express themselves – groups of Ultras setting off bangers and smoke bombs as well as starting small fires in the stands, while others chanted against Mario Balotelli, or in support of their disgraced former director Luciano Moggi. For the most part these were songs that had been heard before at Turin's Stadio Olimpico, but then a new chorus began. For the first time all season, Juventus's fans openly began to appeal for the sacking of the manager Ciro Ferrara.
"I sincerely think my job is not at risk," Ferrara told Sky Italia afterwards, though his manner in a later interview with Controcampo suggested he may be feeling the strain more than he would like to admit. "I see in the studio there is already the new manager," said Ferrara on noting that Luigi Maifredi, a former coach who had a brief stint with Juventus from 1990-91 and who has been publicly critical of him in recent days, was among the show's studio guests. A brief back and forth ensued as the pair took turns telling each other to "shut up" before Ferrara sarcastically asked Maifredi, who left his last managerial post in 2001, whom he was coaching at the moment.
The case against Ferrara has been outlined in this blog before, but yesterday's defeat only served to highlight the same flaws. Tactically, the coach has failed to establish a system that gets the best out of the expensively acquired Melo and Diego and he does not seem to possess a gift for motivating his squad. The charge against Claudio Ranieri when he was sacked last season was that he had lost the dressing room, but Ferrara never really had control in the first place.
He has had some tough luck with injuries – Gianluigi Buffon, Vincenzo Iaquinta, Mauro Camoranesi, Momo Sissoko (still not fit but now with Mali for the Africa Cup of Nations), Sebastian Giovinco, Trezeguet and the suspended MartÃÂn Cáceres were all unavailable yesterday – and the decision to send Lorenzo Ariaudo, Tiago Mendes and Cristian Molinaro out on loan this week has left the squad particularly thin. But there is still plenty of talent there.
The Old Lady's track record – before last season at least – of not sacking managers during a season had stood in his favour, as had the fact the fans were still on his side, but now that the mood has turned it seems likely his days are numbered. The Turin-based Tuttosport's front-page headline this morning simply reads: "Hiddink now!"
"Juventus has arrived at the end of the line and the 'all alight here' announcement applies to everyone, starting with the driver," writes Vittorio Oreggia in an accompanying editorial. "There is no more time, we cannot wait for another resurrection as bogus as the Rolexes sold on market stalls in Bangkok. In this team even Leo Messi would look like a fool and Cristiano Ronaldo would struggle to express himself."
Unfortunately for Ferrara, his critics seem to have no such trouble.
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by RomaShield27 » Fri Jan 15, 2010 8:11 pm
Juventus stand closed following racist chants
Reuters - 5 hours ago
ROME- Juventus have been ordered to close a stand for next week's home Serie A match against AS Roma after some of their fans sang a racist chant in Wednesday's Italian Cup win over Napoli.
The 'Curva Sud' (south end stand) will be shut after fans occupying that area of Juve's stadium "directed a chant formed of expressions of racial discrimination at another team's player" in the 3-0 victory, the Italian Football League said in a statement on Friday. A group of the Turin club's fans sang "there are no black Italians," a chant that cost them a stadium ban last season when directed at Inter Milan forward Mario Balotelli.
Balotelli, an Italy under-21 forward of Ghanaian descent, is frequently the victim of abuse from fans of Juventus and other teams.
The League's sporting judge said he had taken account of the fact that the chant came from only one section of the ground and was not repeated. He said Juventus's cooperation with the authorities to prevent such episodes taking place was also considered when deciding the punishment.
Italian media reported that if fans from the 'Curva Sud' buy tickets for the opposite end of Turin's Stadio Olimpico there is a risk they could clash violently with rival followers of the same team.
Racism is a major problem in Italian football and a number of clubs have been fined recently for offensive chants.
Juventus were fined 10,000 euros when their supporters sang the "no black Italians" chant at a game last month.
Reuters - 5 hours ago
ROME- Juventus have been ordered to close a stand for next week's home Serie A match against AS Roma after some of their fans sang a racist chant in Wednesday's Italian Cup win over Napoli.
The 'Curva Sud' (south end stand) will be shut after fans occupying that area of Juve's stadium "directed a chant formed of expressions of racial discrimination at another team's player" in the 3-0 victory, the Italian Football League said in a statement on Friday. A group of the Turin club's fans sang "there are no black Italians," a chant that cost them a stadium ban last season when directed at Inter Milan forward Mario Balotelli.
Balotelli, an Italy under-21 forward of Ghanaian descent, is frequently the victim of abuse from fans of Juventus and other teams.
The League's sporting judge said he had taken account of the fact that the chant came from only one section of the ground and was not repeated. He said Juventus's cooperation with the authorities to prevent such episodes taking place was also considered when deciding the punishment.
Italian media reported that if fans from the 'Curva Sud' buy tickets for the opposite end of Turin's Stadio Olimpico there is a risk they could clash violently with rival followers of the same team.
Racism is a major problem in Italian football and a number of clubs have been fined recently for offensive chants.
Juventus were fined 10,000 euros when their supporters sang the "no black Italians" chant at a game last month.
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