It’s an old spring of one against all, when the ranks close to go into battle against the whole world, and no one masters it as well as Juventus, no doubt. Seventeen years after the Calciopoli scandal which had sent it to Serie B, the Turin club received another good blow, on January 20, with these fifteen penalty points inflicted by sports justice for its over- dubious values on transfers, but he quickly regained his senses and his way forward.
Having traveled since his arrival in Europe between Porto, Real Madrid and Manchester City in 6 years, Danilo seems to have found stability since his arrival at Juventus Turin. Arrived in 2019 with the Bianconeri, the Auriverde side (49 caps) has established himself this season as an indisputable holder in the eyes of Massimiliano Allegri.
Aligned mainly in a three-man defense, the vice-captain extended his contract until 2025 with the Piedmontese club. With 24 matches this season in the Championship, he played all of Juve’s matches and took the opportunity to score 3 goals and deliver 3 assists.
Japhet N’Doram receives guests at the Lieu Unique, which has the advantage of bringing together two Nantes monuments in the same place. He leads training sessions several times a week with different audiences, including migrants who sometimes slip in to him: “I didn’t know you were such a good player. » The goal they find first on the Internet is neither the most beautiful nor the most important of his career. But he was registered against Juventus Turin on April 17, 1996, in the semi-finals of the Champions League, the highest peak in the European history of the FCN, an absolute symbol of the tormented companionship between the Canary club and continental competitions. An outside of the foot carried by rage and spite, in the 69th minute, to come back to 2-2. When it was already too late. “We wanted to show them that they qualified, OK, but against a good team. But it was played out on the way (0-2) », remembers the inspiration of this Nantes.
One month after his resignation, the outgoing Juventus president, Andrea Agnelli, again proclaimed his innocence and that of the club on Tuesday during a meeting in Turin with club members. A meeting which was to approve the results of the Old Lady for the financial year ended in June, which revealed a loss of 238 million euros. “I am firmly convinced that I have acted correctly in recent years and that the accusations against us were unfounded”launched Agnelli.
Juve is under scrutiny by prosecutors and the Italian market watchdog for false financial statements, which led to its board resigning last month. According to him, Agnelli resigned to avoid people thinking that his personal situation affects the club’s decisions. The prosecutors called the former Juve president, eleven other people and the club itself to trial.
Exor, the holding company of the Agnelli family and controlling shareholder of Juventus, presented on Monday the list for the club’s new board of directors, who will be appointed at the shareholders’ meeting scheduled for 18 January. The chartered accountant Gianluca Ferrero is part of it for the office of president and Maurizio Scanavino for that of managing director. Scanavino is the CEO of publisher GEDI, also controlled by Exor, and was recently appointed CEO of Juventus.
The new board, made up of accounting, auditing and law professionals, will have just five members, up from ten previously.
Massimiliano Allegri (Juventus Turin coach, winner of Rijeka in a 1-0 friendly): “More than talking about a new championship (Juventus are 3rd, 10 points behind Napoli), we need to start again in the best possible way. It’s something very important. We have to resume the course of our season. We will have to be mentally ready and go back to Championship mode. From January 4th to June 5th there will be no break. The goal is to play 36 games, with the final of the Europa League and the Italian Cup.
There is a desire in all the players to work hard, with the idea of always making themselves available to the team. We know we started badly, struggled and were knocked out in the Champions League, but from now on we have to see everything as an opportunity to move up the table. We aim for at least a fourth place (in Serie A). The journey is still long. »
