Ghost Dog

La Juve potrebbe pure riservarsi qualche giovane del vivaio Boca per i prossimi anni. Al momento il Boca ha Calleri, che intende monetizzare per poter pagare lo stipendio di Tevez.

E' andata, per il momento. IMHO, i vandali hanno già programmato l'assalto.

L'esimio alto magistrato ha nuovamente cagato fuori dalla tazza (rif. JS). Ci spieghi adesso, il tifosotto napolista, come si fa a pagare un affitto di 250.000 euro annuali senza obbligo di manutenzione né ordinaria né straordinaria a Torino e con quale profilo giuridico a Napoli sarà elargito il San Paolo.

Secondo Tuttosport il Boca offre Colazo (centrocampista 24enne) in cambio di Tevez. Su un altro tavolo tratta Calleri (attaccante 21enne) col Palermo.

Chissà quante altre perle da qui all'inaugurazione! Zeppelin, cammelli, tappeti... Chi fa la bonifica del Tevere?

Stanno apparecchiando un altro bel contrattino. Che non si sappia. La Juve rubba!

Alcune testate parlano di possibile commissariamento del Comune di Roma, entro luglio.

Ma guarda che S****A!

Infinite grazie ai calciatori bianconeri per la cavalcata avvincente. Stavolta mancavano proprio i surrogati di un certo livello, altrimenti alcuni non avrebbero messo piede in campo in finale da com'erano spompati. Dispiace per l'1-3 di oggi ma oramai il callo della UCL lo curo con l'emolliente.

Bella partita, finalmente combattuta. Alcuni dei nostri hanno giocato al di sotto delle aspettative, senza il solito mordente, ma il gruppo ha tenuto davvero bene: ci sarebbe voluta un po' più di fortuna. Se è vero che il Barcellona in diverse (troppe?) ripartenze 5 contro 3 ci ha graziato, mi son sembrate superficiali e/o affrettate tante conclusioni dei nostri: pochissime nello specchio della porta e sempre centrali (a parte un tiro di Marchisio agli sgoccioli). E' mancata la lucidità delle occasioni importanti. Sarà per un'altra volta. P.s. Dimenticavo... Come già sottolineato, un arbitro pienamente in sé avrebbe fischiato la fine dell'incontro sull'ultima ribattuta della difesa catalana, ma va bene così: è un pezzo di M***A.

Sul Fatto Q. di oggi E non l'ha scritto Stefano Caselli... Poi va a spiegare loro che la Juventus ed in piccola parte l'Udinese sono state e saranno le uniche due squadre ad aver pagato per un diritto di superficie causa costruzione o ristrutturazione stadio mentre per altre società italiane si prevede la concessione praticamente gratuita dello stesso diritto, delle opere d'urbanizzazione o meglio della proprietà esclusiva Questo potrebbe essere il compromesso politico per ridare competitività al campionato italiano prima che la Juventus vinca un filotto di scudetti leggendario. Vediamo se ci riescono.

Neanche ai giardinetti si può stare tranquilli!

Now, at last, the victims of Heysel have their place among the trophies and the memories in the Juventus museum. It is nothing elaborate: a translucent pillar, a beacon of white light, inscribed with the names of the 39 who lost their lives in Brussels. Its power comes, in part, from its simplicity. Its significance, though, lies in its presence. That Liverpool have always found remembering what happened on May 29, 1985, uncomfortable may not be palatable but it is, at least, explicable. It is difficult to tell how many fans were involved in the three terrace charges, in the space of less than half an hour, which led to the tragedy but, whatever their number, few buy the line that it was all instigated by the National Front. Liverpool supporters charged; 39 people died. Likewise, it is not hard to see why that night is such an awkward memory for Uefa. It was its decision to stage the European Cup final at a crumbling ground deemed unfit for purpose by a safety report the day after the disaster, despite being warned by both clubs involved that it was not up to scratch. The Belgian authorities, too: they were in charge of a ticketing policy that resulted in Sector Z, supposedly neutral territory next to the Liverpool fans, becoming a de facto Juventus section; they left the Italian fans there without anything approaching adequate police protection; they allowed a crowd of 58,000 to gather at a ground where there was just one doctor. Like Uefa, they had a responsibility to keep those attending the game safe; like Uefa, they failed in that duty of care. That is why, just as 26 Liverpool fans were eventually found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for what happened that night, there were charges levelled against Jacques Georges, the Uefa president at the time, two police officers and the secretary general of the Belgian Football Union. It has always been much harder to understand why — before that memorial was unveiled in 2012 — Juventus shared their discomfort at the very mention of Heysel, to explain why Otello Lorentini, for so long the driving force demanding justice for the families of the victims, admitted as early as December 1985 that his campaign was “falling on deaf ears”. It has been hard to grasp why his grandson, Andrea, the man who succeeded him as president of the families’ association after his death, can write of the “bewilderment, reticence, guilty silences and suspicion” that Juventus, and Italy’s football authorities, have offered over the past 30 years, and to comprehend why it is only now that the club are starting to right those wrongs. To Maurizio Crosetti, a journalist and author who was at and has written extensively about Heysel, it is rooted in shame at the club’s initial response. That Juventus players that night did not know the scale of the disaster — the numbers of dead — when they and Liverpool took to the field at 9.41pm to kick off is accepted, but accounts as to how much they knew vary. Stefano Tacconi, the goalkeeper, has said that they knew there had been fatalities. The sister of Gaetano Scirea, the captain, told GQ that he had told her the players did not want to play. That they did so, under the instruction of Uefa, may seem craven now but there was, at least, some sort of logic to it: the fear that the trouble might get worse if the game did not start. What has always been more problematic have been the images of joy after Michel Platini scored the goal that won the game and the pictures of the France midfielder, among others, beaming as they lifted the club’s first European Cup. Less than a week later, Platini denied that he had taken a lap of honour; it is not hard to contradict that version of events. “They prioritised the sporting victory,” Crosetti says. Francesco Caremani, author of Heysel: The Truth and a friend of the Lorentini family, is more scathing. “They knew about the deaths, they knew everything,” he writes. “There are no excuses or sociological theories to explain [their] behaviour,” he adds, dismissing the claim of some players that they were ordered to celebrate with their fans. It has only been in the past few years that steps have been taken to help the club to deal with what Crosetti refers to as the “shadow” that Heysel had cast over Juventus. There is the memorial in the museum, a display of 39 stars at the stadium and a mass, held every year on the anniversary and attended by players, past and present. “People still do not like to talk about it,” Crosetti says. “But it is something that is in our minds every year.” It is particularly poignant now, of course, 30 years on with Juventus in another final. “Those of us in Berlin will be thinking about it,” he says. They have not allowed those names on that Plexiglass pillar to be forgotten.