Signora1897 ers, Carlos Tevez terpilih oleh Juventus Premium Members sebagai Player of the Month bulan September.
Anggota Premium Members asal Milan, Mariany Almeida da Silva yang berumur 20 tahun, adalah anggota Premium Members yang beruntung terpilih untuk menyerahkan penghargaan tersebut kepada Tevez setelah pemain Argentina tersebut selesai melakukan pemanasan menjelang laga Juve-Milan minggu lalu.
Selamat kepada Carlitos dan Mariany!
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Baru-baru ini, Juventus juga telah menyediakan page/halaman khusus bagi para Juventini seluruh dunia dimana halaman tersebut memuat aplikasi-aplikasi yang berhubungan dengan Juventus. Di halaman ini, Juventini dapat mendapatkan diantaranya Hurra Juventus (HJ), football manager, fantasy manager, dan lain sebagainya.
Halaman tersebut dapat dilihat di sini.
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Signora1897 ers, minggu ini kita memasuki international week yang penting dimana tim-tim Eropa dan Amerika Selatan akan menjalani satu/dua laga terakhir dalam kualifikasi Piala Dunia 2014. Berikut adalah pemain-pemain Juve yang dipanggil oleh timnasnya masing-masing:
Untunglah, Italia telah lolos ke Brazil 2014 sehingga penulis berharap pemain-pemain Italia Juventus tidak terlalu diforsir oleh pelatih Cesare Prandelli. Namun, Isla dan Vidal harus bermain mati-matian mengingat Chile yang berada di peringkat ketiga masih bisa disalip oleh Ecuador dan Uruguay (dan kemungkinan kecil, Venezuela). Asamoah sendiri menjalani laga yang tidak kurang penting dimana Ghana telah memasuki babak playoff home and away melawan Egypt. Ghana menjadi tuan rumah lebih dulu dan hanya pemenang babak playoff-lah yang akan lolos ke Brazil 2014.
Beberapa pemain Juventus langganan timnas seperti Stephan Lichtsteiner, Martin Caceres, dan Mirko Vucinic tetap tinggal di Vinovo karena masih menjalani pemulihan dari cidera. Andrea Barzagli juga diistirahatkan supaya tendonnya yang bermasalah juga dapat pulih 100%. Angelo Ogbonna dan Fernando Llorente kali ini tidak dipanggil. Carlos Tevez masih “dibekukan” oleh pelatih Argentina Alejandro Sabella.
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Kembali ke Juve. Hari ini Gazzetta dello Sport mewawancara Paul Pogba, salah satu pemain muda terbaik di dunia dan pemain muda Juve yang paling bersinar. Berikut wawancaranya yang penulis ambil dari football-italia:
Mengenai masa depannya:
“The fans of Juve are afraid of losing me? I am still not anyone. What have I done? Nothing in fact. I look to Pirlo and Buffon, and I know what it takes to be a true champion. Those two have won it all, they are greats, but they do not give an inch, even in training.
“Juve for life? Certain promises do not make sense, I will not kid anyone. How can I today determine my whole career? It makes no sense. And then I look at now and say that I am happy here in Turin, I love everything about this club – the managers, the Coaches, my teammates and the fans. And at the moment I do not see myself anywhere that isn’t Juventus.”
Mengapa Pogba memilih Liga Italia?
“Why did I choose Italy? Serie A is the university of football, especially at a tactical level. A midfielder who breaks through in Italy can really aspire to be the best in the world in his position. I said to myself: ‘Paul, Italy is the shortcut to a more secure breakthrough’. And then, of course, was the call of Juventus, one of the biggest clubs in the world… I am lucky and I lucked into Antonio Conte. I’m getting better every day. Conte works, hammers, he is not satisfied, hungry, and just wants to win. I could not ask for anything better as a teacher at this stage of my career. [France Coach Didier] Deschamps is also very similar to Conte.”
Idola dan pemain-pemain yang menjadi referensinya:
“From the start my idol was Ricky Kaka, whilst I have modelled myself on two players – Yaya Toure and Abou Diaby, even in physical aspects. I am very similar to them. At Juve, Pirlo, Marchisio and Vidal are my references. In each training session I try to steal something from them. One can reach perfection with the technique of Claudio, the aggressiveness of Arturo and the brilliant and clean movement of Andrea.”
Mengenai Liga Italia musim ini:
“I have seen on TV the Giallorossi in particular, I have watched them, they are very strong, they have great players, but if we find our football then no-one can stop us. What are we still not getting right? We concede too many goals, often for our distractions, something that should not exist when you have the best defence in the world. Yes we are as strong as ever for who we have, this is a question of something in general. And to me it is clear – we need the Juve of last year, the one that went into the field to tear apart opponents, who hit and frightened everyone right from the start, that did not slow up for 90 minutes. We must wake up and immediately find the correct mentality – enough gifts, as you pay in the long run. But, I believe that we have… Indeed, after the 20 minutes where we were in trouble against Milan, in the League it may prove to be the right spark, the turning point of our season.”
Pogba juga berbicara mengenai lawan Juve berikutnya di Champions League, Real Madrid.
“We must pick up points against Real Madrid. I am not worried, we will beat Real Madrid at least once and advance from the group. We are Juve, we must never forget that. The history, prestige and quality of this club is not inferior to anyone. And for this reason I am not scared of Real Madrid. Juve are at the level of the largest clubs in Europe. We can win against Madrid.”
Sebagai penutup, Pogba juga ditanya mengenai masalah rasisme di Italia.
“The word ‘negro’ is badly used a little everywhere – in Italy, France, England, Spain and even in Africa there are forms of racism. Often it is sheer ignorance of people saying things that they do not understand. In general, however, it must be given high attention. Of course it is crazy to be here to talk about certain things in 2013. In the future I would like to become someone more credible in the fight against racism.”
Selain Pogba, hari ini Marcello Lippi, mantan pelatih Juve yang melegenda, juga memberikan wawancara kepada Tuttosport. Dalam wawancara ini, Lippi memberikan pandangan atas partai Juve-Real Madrid, dimana Juve memenangkan empat dari lima partai terakhir, dan keyakinannya atas prestasi Juve di Liga Italia musim ini. Petikan wawancaranya dapat Signora1897 ers baca di sini.
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