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[blai]

Juve'll take this

 

[Renji88]

Juve'll take this

Juventus - Real Madrid (2-1)

cannavaro, salihamidzic
ronaldo (penalty)


Peace Cup Final --> Juventus vs Aston Villa

 

[blai]

o/


Juve will take that one too!!

 

[◆ T.D.A ◆]

Ronaldo needs to score more than penalties.

 

[Mendes]

Ronaldo needs to score more than penalties.

That's what Real's supporters must think, but that'll put too much pressure on him. If things don't go well, he can't take his spot in the 1st 11 for granted just coz he was paid for 94M€. If the coach Pellegrini ends up building a team with the price of the players 1st of their shape, Real is as good as dead imo

 

[ibra87]

o/


Juve will take that one too!!

Another Juve fan? I thought the day where I see another one would never come *high five*


And I agree that we shouldn't expect much of Ronaldo, but it can't be helped. If they paid that much for him they have to be absolutely sure he's going to be a key player which he wasnt. (Not that it can be helped against the golden boy anyway)

 

[blai]

You're not the only one ibra!

Tho, in PL it's the reds (Liverpool) all the way!

 

[Renji88]

Another Juve fan? I thought the day where I see another one would never come *high five*

I'm a juve supporter too

 

[◆ T.D.A ◆]

Italian teams and Serie A are in decline. AC Milan, Inter, Juve, they just aren't as dangerous in Europe anymore. EPL and Liga offer greater football, leading to greater attraction of the best footballers.

 

[Renji88]

Italian teams and Serie A are in decline. AC Milan, Inter, Juve, they just aren't as dangerous in Europe anymore. EPL and Liga offer greater football, leading to greater attraction of the best footballers.

I think footballers are more attracted by money

these past years there were a lot of problems in italy. In 2oo6 our best teams were punished (except for inter, because they were the responsible for this "calciopoli")

juventus was sent in the hell of Serie B and lost a lot of his best players (Ibrahimovic, Vieira, Cannavaro ecc.) and most of all, lost a lot of money.
roma wasn't allowed to buy players for a year
milan survived, and won the champions league + world cup for clubs.
now they have old players and they have money problems too, in fact they sold kaka and pirlo (and only bought Onyewu)


EPL and Liga surely offer great football (I always see EPL and Liga, cause I'm a football fanatic and I like to see good football matches)
but to tell the truth, in italy there wasn't great football to see even the past years.. Never

we are more physical and tactical (italian coaches are wanted all over europe, especially EPL) and it's difficult to see good football in Serie A

in italy there is only one rule.. win
if you play a really bad match, but you win at the last second... you're a hero
if you play good, but you lose... you are trash

I know, that sucks...

 

[◆ T.D.A ◆]

It's not like Milan don't have money, the problem is the people in charge of the club don't want to spend the money they get and keep it for themselves and deny that Milan need to buy new young fresh players.

Though Juve looked good against Madrid, then again Madrid exactly aren't a great team yet. If I was a betting man it would be Juve and Inter doing well in the CL than Milan or Roma.

 

[Renji88]

It's not like Milan don't have money, the problem is the people in charge of the club don't want to spend the money they get and keep it for themselves and deny that Milan need to buy new young fresh players.

milan president (berlusconi) is also our current italian premier, so he gave milan a lower budget than usual this year

If I was a betting man it would be Juve and Inter doing well in the CL than Milan or Roma.

I agree
but Roma is not in CL this year we have Fiorentina (florence team) instead

 

[◆ T.D.A ◆]

Ah, didn't know that, it would be interesting to see how Italian clubs fair next season in the CL, IMO they're in decline, and I think next season we'll see the peak of it before the recovery and then comeback.

La liga might not do as well as people expect in the CL, since apart from Barcelona and Real you don't see any real challengers, and even then we're assuming the Galacticos are going to gel and be a success unlike last time.

 

[Mendes]

I like Fiorentina. They made a pretty good team and they're gradually getting bigger. Its nice to see that specially because they had a monster team, years before they go bankrupt

 

[Renji88]

I like Fiorentina. They made a pretty good team and they're gradually getting bigger. Its nice to see that specially because they had a monster team, years before they go bankrupt

that time they had Manuel Rui Costa, great player

 

[Mendes]

that time they had Manuel Rui Costa, great player

An idol of mine, but they had Batigol as well, Toldo, di Livio, Morfeo, Chiesa and very good less known players in every position.

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Xabi Alonso finally went to Real. Benzema goes next season since he has only 2 years left on his contract. Bayern lost a superb chance to sell him for a monster price. Sneijder goes to Inter on loan, and van der Vaart will be the next to leave.

Real's on fire. This may go terribly well, or terribly wrong. The fact that some of their players already have an assured position in the 11 because of their price and name may be their downfall.

 

[◆ T.D.A ◆]

Their pre-season friendlies haven't been that great for Real.

 

[ikcud]

Seeing the depth in the Real squad just amazes me still. But we have to see if it works well together. I still love my gunners.

 

[L0ki]

milan president (berlusconi) is also our current italian premier, so he gave milan a lower budget than usual this year

Hasn't he had enough orgies this year? You gotta admire the man's stamina.

 

[Mendes]

Just watched Italy's Supercup. Inter lost 2-1 to Lazio but they were extremely unlucky. Inter's game was just amazing. I never expected them to look this good with a renewed attack. In some times they looked like Barça with such dynamic. Lazio scored a lucky goal and then a superb goal. Eto'o shot a missile inside Lazio's goal.