Juventus

davidloach · April 29, 2014

So today in my Latin class the word "juventus" came up in our text (Livy's Ab urbe condita, great stuff), and my professor asked if anyone is familiar with the Italian football team Juventus. The Italian exchange student in my class then spoke up and went on a huge rant about how everyone in Italy hates them because they are known cheaters and win everything. It was pretty funny considering she had barely spoken in class the whole semester.

Anyway in light of this what are your own jthoughts on Juventus, ranging from their current team, to the match fixing scandal, to their years with Lippi and Capello as manager, and even beyond that, what do you think about them?

Debaser · April 29, 2014

I love em. Mainly because, even if it wasn't permanent, they got Ian Rush out of our hair for a while.

rascal · April 29, 2014

First Italian team that I fell in love with. Del Piero, Zidane, Davids. Then uber snide in Montero.

tommye · April 29, 2014

JFT39.

Kantareller · April 29, 2014

Debaser said:
I love em. Mainly because, even if it wasn't permanent, they got Ian Rush out of our hair for a while.

It was like a foreign country

Liamliverpool86 · April 29, 2014

Should of out her in her place bout how corrupt Italians are ...

Mikey_Fitzgerald · April 29, 2014

Thought their battles with Man United in the late 90's were captivating stuff

Even for the neutral, the 99 semi final 2nd leg was an excellent watch

Wat Tyler · April 29, 2014

They are a horrible club, their is a lot of them in Italy. What they were doing, Moggi and co., was disgusting in Calciopoli. Their history is littered with scandals.

This season I thought they would win Europa with final being at home, but not convinced now, Benfica and Sevilla lookgood sides.

pbeyer · April 29, 2014

Bianconeri, mi amore Italiano

Grew up with Serie A, have loved Juventus as long as I've loved Everton.

Fearthainn · April 29, 2014

They're trying to get Benfica's Enzo Perez banned for the Europa League 2nd leg on Thursday for allegedly elbowing Chiellini last week. They're a bunch of snides.

HuddersfieldToffee · April 29, 2014

Prefer Livorno tbh. If I have to support an Italian team it'd be Roma, simply because they play in Claret and Gold.

Krang · April 29, 2014

rascal said:
First Italian team that I fell in love with. Del Piero, Zidane, Davids. Then uber snide in Montero.

Not to mention Ferrara, Pessotto, Torricelli, Deschamps, Vieri. :eek:

Baines' left foot · April 29, 2014

I've always supported them since I was young. I've got relatives down south who support them and go to a couple of games a year and it rubbed off on me. I remember wearing my Juventus shirt to school when Liverpool were playing them in 2005 in the Champions League to try and [Poor language removed] the kopites. This badly backfired when Liverpool won 2-1 on aggregate, though. Got a bit of stick for that.

I know as a club they're a bunch of bastards but I can't help but like them.