Socrates

A Bizzarri comincia a far male la testa.

ÁLVARO MORATA 0-2

Prima parata di Gigi.

Pogba numero 1.

Passaggio troppo lungo di Barzagli per Pogba.

Peccato, poteva essere un gran goal.

Perché non tirano in porta?

Grazie, non me lo ricordavo.

Ottimo Alex Sandro.

Barzagli gioca sulla sinistra oggi. Ha mai giocato da quella parte.

Brutto fallo su Dybala. Radovanovic assassino.

ÁLVARO MORATA 0-1

Alex Sandro poteva fare meglio.

Bravo il clivense English.

Spanish interest in Cuadrado? http://www.football-italia.net/79192/spanish-interest-cuadrado Jan 31, 2016 Reports in Spain claim Juan Cuadrado has been offered to Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. The winger is on loan at Juventus, but without a redemption clause, so the Bianconeri would have to negotiate with Chelsea for a permanent transfer. The English side want to recoup as much of the €30m they paid for the Colombian international as possible, but CalcioNews24 reports that the Turin giants are not entirely convinced by Cuadrado, so don’t want to spend big money to get him. According to Don Balon, the player’s agent Alessandro Lucci has offered his client to Barcelona and Atletico Madrid in the event Juve don’t sign Cuadrado outright. Atleti are believed to be the more likely option, as Barça signed Aleix Vidal in the summer, so are well-covered at right wing.

CHIEVO VERONA - JUVENTUS - MATCHDAY 22 Sunday, January 31st, 2016 - 12:30 PM Marc'Antonio Bentegodi stadium, Verona Referee: Daniele Doveri Line-ups: Chievo-Juventus http://www.football-italia.net/79195/line-ups-chievo-juventus? Jan 31, 2016 Juventus seek a record 12th consecutive Serie A victory in their visit to Chievo, but both sides are forced into revamps. It kicks off at the Stadio Bentegodi at 12.30 CET - 11.30 GMT. Max Allegri has overseen an extraordinary comeback and a win here would put Juve top of the table for at least a couple of hours. It would also allow him to equal Antonio Conte’s all-time club record run of 12 Serie A victories on the trot. The Bianconeri are forced to make changes, as Mario Mandzukic and Kwadwo Asamoah are out for three to four weeks each, while Mario Lemina is still unavailable. Patrice Evra also sits out a ban, but Roberto Pereyra is on the bench for the first time in three months. Alvaro Morata ended his 20-game goal drought with a brace in Wednesday’s 3-0 Coppa Italia semi-final win over Inter and that breakthrough came at the perfect time, because he fills in for Mandzukic alongside Paulo Dybala. Chievo held Juve to a 1-1 draw in Turin back in September, but have beaten the Old Lady just once in 25 Serie A meetings, home and away. That stalemate earlier this season ended a run of six consecutive defeats to the Bianconeri. Rolando Maran is also forced into changes, as Simone Pepe, Perparim Hetemaj, Riccardo Meggiorini, Alessandro Gamberini and Mariano Izco are injured. Bostjan Cesar sits out a ban following his dismissal against Lazio, but above all this is Chievo’s first game since selling top scorer Alberto Paloschi to Swansea City for €10.5m. Roberto Inglese therefore partners Paul-Jose Mpoku with support from Valter Birsa. Chievo: Bizzarri; Cacciatore, Dainelli, Sardo, Frey; Castro, Radovanovic, Rigoni; Birsa; Inglese, Mpoku. Chievo bench: Bressan, Seculin, Spolli, Pinzi, Gobbi, Pellissier, Costa, Damian, Depaoli Juventus: Buffon, Barzagli, Bonucci, Caceres, Lichtsteiner, Khedira, Marchisio, Pogba, Alex Sandro, Dybala, Morata Juventus bench: Neto, Rubinho, Rugani, Chiellini, Padoin, Sturaro, Hernanes, Pereyra, Cuadrado, Zaza, Favilli http://www.goal.com/en-gb/tables/serie-a/13?ICID=SP_TN_127

CHIEVO VERONA - JUVENTUS - MATCHDAY 22 Sunday, January 31st, 2016 - 12:30 PM Marc'Antonio Bentegodi stadium, Verona Referee: Daniele Doveri Chievo-Juventus at risk? http://www.football-italia.net/79193/chievo-juventus-risk? Jan 31, 2016 The early kick-off between Chievo and Juventus could be at risk, as there’s heavy fog in Verona. Defending champions Juventus look to win their 12th Serie A match in a row at Stadio Bentegodi this morning, but the weather may call a halt to proceedings. The stadium is shrouded in fog, and Sky reports that the match could be called-off due to poor visibility. The match kicks-off at 12.30 CET - 11.30 GMT, so updates are expected in the next half hour. http://www.goal.com/en-gb/tables/serie-a/13?ICID=SP_TN_127

ANDREA BARZAGLI TO EXTEND JUVENTUS CONTRACT http://www.juvefc.com/barzagli-to-extend-juventus-contract/? Jan 31, 2016 Andrea Barzagli is hoping to see out the remainder of his career at Juventus and is expected to sign a new two-year deal. The defender joined I Bianconeri in 2011 and has become a cornerstone of their formidable defence. His current contract ends in June but Barzagli isn’t ready to call it a day just yet. “I’d like to see out my career at Juventus. We will calmly discuss it with the club,” he told Sky Sport Italia. Juve are expected to offer the defender a new two-year deal which will be finalised in the coming week. Turning his attention to the game against Chievo, the veteran defender explained Juve’s recent turnaround “We have rediscovered our solidity and confidence,” added Barzagli. “Compared to the start of the season we have changed the mentality of the team. There is more sacrifice from everyone, we’re back to pushing hard the way we did in previous years. “Now we mustn’t think of the run of victories, as instead focus on one game at a time. “The Champions League draw was not kind to us, but Bayern can say the same thing. We are facing a powerhouse of European football, they picked the toughest opponent in the pot.”

CHIEVO VERONA - JUVENTUS - MATCHDAY 22 Sunday, January 31st, 2016 - 12:30 PM Marc'Antonio Bentegodi stadium, Verona Referee: Daniele Doveri Mandzukic injury gives Morata chance - Allegri The striker struck twice in the Coppa Italian in midweek and his coach has urged him to rediscover his goalscoring touch in Serie A. http://www.goal.com/en/news/723/serie-a/2016/01/30/19826732/allegri-morata-now-has-chance-to-shine?ICID=TP_HN_1 Jan 30, 2016 Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri says the absence of Mario Mandzukic due to injury over the coming weeks could give Alvaro Morata the chance to shine. Mandzukic has been ruled out for up to four weeks with a muscle problem sustained in Wednesday's 3-0 Coppa Italia victory over Inter. Morata scored twice in that win to end a 20-match dry spell, later conceding off-field issues had taken their toll. But the Spaniard could now find himself featuring from the start more regularly, as Allegri seeks to fill the void left by Mandzukic. Morata will hope to rediscover his Serie A form when Juve visit Chievo on Sunday, as he tussles for selection with Simone Zaza and the prolific Paulo Dybala. "Unfortunately we're without Mario Mandzukic and Kwadwo Asamoah," Allegri told a news conference. "We hope to have Mario back before Bayern. "After his Coppa Italia double, Alvaro Morata must also get back to scoring in Serie A. "I need to pick the right players for Chievo. Mario's absence will allow the other three strikers more game time." Roberto Pereyra returns from injury for the fixture, which could see Juve move above league leaders Napoli ahead of their clash with Empoli later in the day. "We're still two points adrift of Napoli. Winning would enable us to go top ahead of the other fixtures," he added. "It's imperative we come away with all three points." Leonardo Bonucci is confirmed to start, while a late call will be made on Giorgio Chiellini. http://www.goal.com/en-gb/tables/serie-a/13?ICID=SP_TN_127

CHIEVO VERONA - JUVENTUS - MATCHDAY 22 Sunday, January 31st, 2016 - 12:30 PM Marc'Antonio Bentegodi stadium, Verona Referee: Daniele Doveri Maran: 'Chievo can shock Juve' http://www.football-italia.net/79164/maran-chievo-can-shock-juve? Jan 30, 2016 Rolando Maran assures Chievo “believe” in their chances of beating Juventus, even without Alberto Paloschi. It kicks off on Sunday at 12.30 CET - 11.30 GMT. “It has been a bit of a turbulent week between transfer issues and a few too many injury problems,” confessed the Coach in a Press conference. Riccardo Meggiorini, Alessandro Gamberini, Mariano Izco, Perparim Hetemaj and ex-Juventus man Simone Pepe are unavailable again, while Bostjan Cesar is suspended. Paloschi completed his transfer to Swansea City last night for a reported €10.5m (£8m). “His sale should not trouble us, as the transfer window is part of the sport. Alberto had this opportunity and we all wish him the best, but our journey must continue. “We need to bring out the best of ourselves to face an opponent like Juventus. Over the last few weeks they have steamrollered everyone in their path. “This form has to give us further motivation, because from 200 per cent performances you can get unthinkable results. We believe that we can get points because we want to have a go. “My lads proved throughout the season they are up for the test and won’t hold back or be remissive when faced with a challenge. “Physicality will be essential, as Juve are strong in those terms as well as in their technique.” Chievo squad for Juventus: Bizzarri, Bressan, Seculin; Cacciatore, Frey, Gobbi, Sardo, Dainelli, Spolli, Costa; Birsa, Pinzi, Rigoni, Castro, Radovanovic, Damian, Depaoli; Pellissier, Mpoku, Inglese http://www.goal.com/en-gb/tables/serie-a/13?ICID=SP_TN_127

RUMOURS: Cuadrado keen on Barcelona move The Chelsea winger is on loan at Juventus but the Bianconeri are unlikely to make the deal permanent at the end of the season, leading to renewed links with Spanish clubs. http://www.goal.com/en/news/14222/transfer-talk/2016/01/30/19826432/-? Jan 30, 2016 Juan Cuadrado's agent will sound out Barcelona over a potential move for his client when his loan at Juventus expires, according to Don Balon. The Chelsea winger has made 16 appearances in Serie A this season but the Italian champions are unlikely to take up their option to sign him permanently in the summer. Cuadrado lasted just half a season at Stamford Bridge and is unlikely to have a future in the Premier League, with his agent pushing for a move to Spain. Atletico Madrid are reportedly admirers of Cuadrado but have so far been unable to do a deal and Barcelona unsuccessfully attempted to sign the Colombian in 2014 with a view to deploying him as an attacking right-back.

CHIEVO VERONA - JUVENTUS - MATCHDAY 22 Sunday, January 31st, 2016 - 12:30 PM Marc'Antonio Bentegodi stadium, Verona Referee: Daniele Doveri Juve squad for Chievo http://www.football-italia.net/79152/juve-squad-chievo? Jan 30, 2016 Juventus have Roberto Pereyra back in the squad for their trip to Chievo, but Mario Mandzukic and Kwadwo Asamoah miss out. It kicks off on Sunday at 12.30 CET - 11.30 GMT. Mandzukic and Asamoah are out for approximately three to four weeks after picking up muscular problems during training. Mario Lemina is also still sidelined and Patrice Evra sits out a ban, but Pereyra returns after a three-month lay-off. Juventus squad for Chievo: Buffon, Chiellini, Caceres, Khedira, Zaza, Marchisio, Morata, Pogba, Hernanes, Alex Sandro, Barzagli, Cuadrado, Bonucci, Padoin, Dybala, Rugani, Neto, Lichtsteiner, Sturaro, Rubinho, Pereyra, Favilli http://www.goal.com/en-gb/tables/serie-a/13?ICID=SP_TN_127

CHIEVO VERONA - JUVENTUS - MATCHDAY 22 Sunday, January 31st, 2016 - 12:30 PM Marc'Antonio Bentegodi stadium, Verona Referee: Daniele Doveri Chievo - Juventus MATCH PREVIEW http://www.football-italia.net/SerieA/match/preview/70035 Jan 30, 2016 With Juventus one game short of matching their 12-win streak from 2014, few people would fancy their opponents in Sunday’s lunchtime fixture, Chievo, to be more than an afterthought. Think again. If there’s one team that has been unpredictable this season, it’s Chievo. From cleaving Lazio 4-0, drawing 3-3 with Roma and pipping Bologna at the death, to losing 3-2 to both Udinese and Genoa, and bowing to Milan 1-0… they’re a tough one to call. What isn’t tough to work out is how they’ve managed to stay up. Chievo have made a mint out of ageing veterans and spare parts like Dario Dainelli Alessandro Gamberini, Ivan Radovanovic and Alberto Paloschi. Oh, and former Catania players! Albano Bizzarri, Lucas Castro, Gennardo Sardo, Mariano Izco and Coach Rolando Maran himself are the low-cost ingredients you need to survive in this league. Maran has actually made something spectacular out of nothing. Remember Eugenio Corini’s Chievo? They were as dull as he was exciting as a playmaker. Maran has come in, kept the defence solid and gotten the likes of Castro, Roberto Inglese and Valter Birsa to play at a high level. There is one problem. The Mussi Volanti will have to improvise a gameplan without both the suspended Bostjan Cesar and imminent Swansea City signing Paloschi. Juventus aren’t in a forgiving mood at the moment. Chievo tripped them up early on in the season, when it looked like the Bianconeri could do nothing right. Worse, Juventus fans will remember their last visit here… as the time Kingsley Coman dazzled everyone in August 2014, before disappearing inside Max Allegri’s sticker album. The Old Lady is surfing a wave of enthusiasm, massacring Inter in the Coppa Italia midweek was good, recovering Alvaro Morata (who netted a brace) was even better. He’ll be needed too, as Mario Mandzukic is out for four weeks with a thigh tear. In midfield, Sami Khedira is finally a protagonist after his long injury layoff. Some questions abound in defence, where Daniele Rugani can’t seem to get a game for love nor money. Keep an eye on: Dario Dainelli and Nicolas Spolli (Chievo) - Albano Bizzarri’s fantastic 2014-2015 season owed something to the defensive stability that Maran brought with him, and which has been sorely missing over the past month. Five total clean sheets mask a defence that can go AWOL with alarming regularity, Bostjan Cesar alternating good games (the first half against Lazio, his performance against Empoli) with terrible blunders against the Roman sides, his red card last week costing Chievo a game they were leading 1-0. So it’s up to shrewd buy Dainelli and Nicolas Spolli, lately of the Roma bench, to improvise a partnership. Dainelli didn’t look amazing the last time he played without Cesar. Bizzarrelly, that was against former team Fiorentina… and alongside his former partner in central defence, Gamberini! Form Guide: Chievo (L D W D L) Juventus (W W W W W) Last season: Chievo 0-1 Juventus Stat fact: These sides faced off 25 times in Serie A, home and away, with 17 Juve wins, seven draws and just one Chievo victory in January 2010. The Flying Donkeys scored 21 goals and conceded 46. Chievo (probable): Bizzarri, Cacciatore, Gamberini, Spolli, Gobbi; Pinzi, Radovanovic, Castro; Birsa; M’Poku, Inglese Suspended: Cesar Juventus (probable): Buffon, Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini; Lichtsteiner, Khedira, Marchisio, Pogba, Alex Sandro; Morata, Dybala Suspended: Evra http://www.goal.com/en-gb/tables/serie-a/13?ICID=SP_TN_127

CHIEVO VERONA - JUVENTUS - MATCHDAY 22 Sunday, January 31st, 2016 - 12:30 PM Marc'Antonio Bentegodi stadium, Verona Referee: Daniele Doveri Allegri: 'Juve respect Chievo' http://www.football-italia.net/79150/allegri-juve-respect-chievo? Jan 30, 2016 Max Allegri assured Juventus “cannot lower the concentration levels” against Chievo and welcomed Roberto Pereyra back. It kicks off on Sunday at 12.30 CET - 11.30 GMT. The Bianconeri are one match off equalling Antonio Conte’s record of 12 consecutive Serie A victories. “I am interested in the fact there are another 17 rounds to go this season. We can win eight in a row, but if we don’t get the necessary points to win the Scudetto, then it’s all irrelevant,” said the Coach in a Press conference. “Chievo play a very organised and smart style of football, so it certainly will not be easy. “Leo Bonucci will play, Giorgio Chiellini I’ll decide tomorrow, Martin Caceres recovered pretty well from the Coppa Italia, Andrea Barzagli and Daniele Rugani are fine. It’s good to finally have a choice of defenders. “We’ve lost Mario Mandzukic and Kwadwo Asamoah. Hopefully Mandzukic can recover for Bayern Munich, if not he’ll be in the second leg. There’s no point signing a striker just for the sake of it. Hopefully he’ll be back within a month. “Alvaro Morata found his goal and took great responsibility to convert a penalty, but over the last couple of weeks you could see in training he was back in shape and more confident in front of goal. “I have to use the players most suited to the game. Simone Zaza has the best goals per game average, with Mandzukic out it’s natural there will be more room for the others to compete for his spot. “The last minute signing we’ve got is Pereyra, as he is called up and at our disposal. He is a very attacking midfielder, so with him we have other tactical options too. “There is competition for places, so if someone doesn’t deliver in one match, he risks being left out the next. “We cannot have distractions, especially as we are two points behind Napoli. In fact, this’ll be the first time – as we play earlier – that we can temporarily overtake Napoli and go top of the table. “We must respect Chievo, just as Genoa and then Frosinone. In order to be top of the table we have to notch up a certain number of points. We look at tomorrow’s game as a victory that needs to be achieved. “I have very responsible lads and all our objectives are very clear. I doubt it’d be possible for us to lower the concentration level. “What happens on the pitch will say if we deserve to win tomorrow, but what we cannot do is get the approach wrong.” Allegri is continually asked about links with the Premier League jobs at Chelsea and Manchester United. Will he 100 per cent be the Juve Coach next season? “You have to ask the club that! I have a contract, but Juventus could fire me tomorrow! We have to be focused on the task at hand and not what is written in the papers. We’re in the Scudetto race, the Coppa Italia semi-final and it’d be nice to reach the Champions League Final again – even better to win it.” Juventus crushed Inter 3-0 in the Coppa Italia semi-final on Wednesday, so are they still in the title race? “Let’s not forget you said that same about Juventus a couple of months ago! We have to see everything with balance, Juve played a great game against a good Inter and we mustn’t just assume it’s all the fault of one team or credit to another.” http://www.goal.com/en-gb/tables/serie-a/13?ICID=SP_TN_127

Barzagli: 'Juventus to the end' http://www.football-italia.net/79144/barzagli-juventus-end? Jan 30, 2016 Andrea Barzagli would “like to see out my career at Juventus” and explains their extraordinary turnaround. The defender’s current contract expires in June, by which point he will have turned 35, but he’s not ready to hang up his boots yet. “I’d like to see out my career at Juventus. We will calmly discuss it with the club,” he told Sky Sport Italia and Mediaset Premium. A new deal is expected to hold him to the Turin giants until 2018. Meanwhile, tomorrow against Chievo they are seeking a club record 12th consecutive Serie A victory. “We have rediscovered our solidity and confidence,” added Barzagli. “Compared to the start of the season we have changed the mentality of the team. There is more sacrifice from everyone, we’re back to pushing hard the way we did in previous years. “Now we mustn’t think of the run of victories, as instead focus on one game at a time.” Juve hope they can keep this form up going into the Champions League Round of 16 with Bayern Munich. “The draw was not kind to us, but Bayern can say the same thing. We are facing a powerhouse of European football, they picked the toughest opponent in the pot.”