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Chiesa fit to play against Udinese but there might be a new injury setback Federico Chiesa is poised to make his return for Juventus in the upcoming match against Udinese this weekend following a period of absence due to injury. The Italian international has faced challenges with various injuries recently, and concerns arose after the game against Inter Milan, with reports suggesting another setback. ............ Chiesa has quickly recovered from the knock sustained against Inter Milan, requiring only two days to regain fitness. In contrast, concerns now surround Dusan Vlahovic’s availability for the upcoming match, as he is currently undergoing personalised training. This development strongly suggests that Vlahovic encountered a physical issue during the match against Inter Milan, prompting Juventus to closely monitor his fitness in the coming days. ............ Read more -> https://www.juvefc.com/chiesa-fit-to-play-against-udinese-but-there-might-be-a-new-injury-setback/

Hans Nicolussi Caviglia insists Juventus is always aware they are in the title race Juventus midfielder Hans Nicolussi Caviglia has spoken about expectations on the club as they battle to win another league title. ............ Inter Milan remains the favourites to be champions at the end of this season, and they set down a marker in the title race at the weekend. The Nerazzurri remain one of the best clubs in the continent, which means Juve will truly struggle to catch them at the top. The Bianconeri are trying their best to stay in the race, and Nicolussi Caviglia admits there is an expectation because winning is in the club’s DNA. ............ “For our cohesion and our DNA. There is a very strong sense of belonging, we have grown up here and it is important to pass it on to new ones. The awareness was there even at the beginning.” ............ Read more -> https://www.juvefc.com/hans-nicolussi-caviglia-insists-juventus-is-always-aware-they-are-in-the-title-race/

Alcaraz comfortable both as a midfielder and as a false nine The new Juventus midfielder was unveiled earlier today Juventus weren’t particularly active during the January transfer window, but did make a significant move right at the end of the month bringing in Argentine youth international midfielder Carlos Alcaraz from Southampton in England. The youngster had caught the eye last season playing in the Premier League with the Saints, and has maintained that form this season in the Championship. Earlier today, the player was officially unveiled during a press conference and the 21-year-old spoke to the media. ............ “I’ve been here for a week, I’m happy and I’m doing well. I’m training with the group, who gave me an excellent welcome. My debut in the match against Inter didn’t go well in terms of the result, but it allowed me to break the ice with a big match. It’s a shame about the scoreline, but we’re already focused on Monday evening’s match.” ............ “I have played in various positions in the past. I feel comfortable both as a midfielder and as a false nine. Now I’m in the process of adapting: the coach tried me as a right-sided midfielder, but in general I’m willing to play in any position. I hate losing - even in training, I always want to win, I always want to win trophies, this is my attitude. I feel great trust from the coach, and I will try to repay it.” ............ “I can only be pleased to have been associated with great champions of Juventus’s history. I know I have to do well, I want my name to be remembered here. As a kid my inspiration was Cristiano Ronaldo, so wearing this shirt is a dream come true. I always chose Juventus when I played PlayStation, if they didn’t let me I got angry. “Arturo Vidal was a huge success in black and white, the comparison with him flatters me. My task now is to work according to my potential, I want to achieve great results. I just have to think about myself.” ............ “I arrived in a group where there are many top players. The one who impressed me the most is Manuel Locatelli. I consider him an excellent player, he has great technique, training with him excites me, I will learn a lot by watching him play. “I immediately spoke to Danilo, he asked me how I was, and he had many words of comfort. There’s a family atmosphere and I have to thank both him and the rest of the team for their involvement over my first few days.” Read more -> https://www.blackwhitereadallover.com/2024/2/8/24066453/juventus-carlos-alcaraz-southampton-loan-midfielder-false-nine-ronaldo-vidal-locatelli-danilo

“You can’t buy dreams.” Ceferin fires another shot at the Super League Alexander Ceferin has launched a renewed critique of the European Super League as its proponents continue their efforts to establish the competition. Recent legal developments have favoured the Super League, granting them the autonomy to proceed with forming the competition by securing a significant victory against UEFA in court. The court’s decision was based on a ruling against UEFA’s perceived monopoly, empowering the Super League to intensify its efforts to ensure the success of its endeavours. ............ “They can do what they want, even joining the “Zombie League” as it is called by English fans or what I call “Pleonexia League”. Pleonexia is the desire to have more and more, more money, more power, more capital, more prestige, more of everything it fuels a sense of superiority, greed and pride. They can’t get enough of it.” And again: “They always want more and they don’t care if others have less, they are superior. “They always want more even if it means destroying the rest. This is why it is dangerous. Football fans are not stupid, fans know that football is not for sale. You can’t buy dreams.” ............ Read more -> https://www.juvefc.com/you-cant-buy-dreams-ceferin-fires-another-shot-at-the-super-league/

Juventus needs a sacrifice from Wojciech Szczesny to hand him a new contract Wojciech Szczesny is among the Juventus players whose contracts are nearing expiration. The Bianconeri’s primary goalkeeper has consistently demonstrated his reliability, notably salvaging the team from a potential setback during their recent fixture against Inter Milan. His remarkable saves played a pivotal role in mitigating the extent of the defeat, thereby maintaining a respectable scoreline for Juventus. Szczesny is keen on extending his stay at the club beyond his current contract, which is set to conclude in 2025. Despite receiving interest from Saudi Arabia last summer, the Polish goalkeeper has expressed his desire to remain with Juventus. ............... Read more -> https://www.juvefc.com/juventus-needs-a-sacrifice-from-wojciech-szczesny-to-hand-him-a-new-contract/

De Laurentiis: “Giuntoli mi ha nascosto che era juventino, certe cose non le tollero” Quindi il direttore della tua squadra deve fare anche il tifo per la squadra medesima. Invece di guardare alle capacitá di una persona, De Lamentis guarda alla squadra per cui un suo dipendente fa il tifo. Ma alla sua etá il presidente del Napoli non é ancora diventato saggio? Allora non lo diventerá mai e continuerá a coprirsi di ridicolo.

Inter consolidate title race as Juventus stall out The league leaders were simply better, and it showed. The stakes of Sunday’s Derby d’Italia were spelled out quite simply. If Juventus won, they would lead the league by two points. Even though Inter could catch them with their game in hand, it would set up a sprint to the finish between the two teams with only one game separating them. If Inter won, they’d increase their lead to four points, with their game in hand giving them the potential for a seven-point lead when all was said and done. It was easily the biggest Serie A game Juventus had played in years. Their task was certainly not easy — go to the San Siro and beat a team that has for most of the year throttled the rest of the league. Ultimately, it was a task they weren’t up to. Juventus simply couldn’t create any sort of danger in Inter’s half of the field. Any attempt to build something in the attacking third came to screeching halts, thanks to bad judgement, bad passing, or, in one crushing play that will be the standout moment from Juve’s standpoint, bad touches. ............ Massimiliano Allegri came into the game thin in the attack. Moise Kean was still injured, and Arkadiusz Milik was suspended after his foolish red card last weekend against Empoli. That left him with only a just-recovered Federico Chiesa as depth behind his starting pair of Dusan Vlahovic and Kenan Yildiz. The team was lined up in the usual 3-5-2. Wojciech Szczesny was at the base of the formation, with Federico Gatti, Bremer, and Danilo protecting him. Andrea Cambiaso and Filip Kostic manned the wing-back spots, with Weston McKennie, Manuel Locatelli, and a returning Adrien Rabiot in midfield. ............ Inter immediately started the game on the front foot. ............ It wasn’t particularly surprising to see Juve drop back into the more defensive posture that had defined the first part of the season in an away game at the San Siro. What was a surprise was just how far they dropped. Much like earlier games this year, particularly the game against Fiorentina, the team dropped so far back that it became nearly impossible to get themselves out of their own half. Any attempt at a counterattack forced Juve to either pass or dribble the ball through multiple lines of Inter players or hoof the ball forward and hope Vlahovic could hold the ball up long enough for other players to get involved. The problem with the former was that Juve simply couldn’t get past Inter’s press. ............ All this led to a situation in the first 15 to 20 mintues of the match where Juve simply couldn’t get any sort of attack moving. In the first 10 minutes Inter’s possession stat was an astonishing 84.7 percent, and 10 minutes later they had still had three-quarters of the total possession. ............ It wasn’t until close to the half-hour mark that Juve started to level things out. In the 32nd minute, a glorious opportunity to turn the game on its head went begging when, after McKennie made a fantastic run through the middle of the defense, he set up Vlahovic with a perfect pass into the left channel. It was the kind of attack Vlahovic has been lethal on in the new year — but this time he fluffed it badly, taking a very heavy first touch and not being able to get a shot off at all, wasting a golden chance to score against the run of play. It was a mistake Inter punished just six minutes later. Pavard was the fulcrum of the move, dishing the ball off to Darmian and then moving into the right channel. There, he took a floated ball from Barella and tried a scissor kick. He missed, but it bounced through into a place that Thuram could take a swipe at it. He didn’t get his header on it either, but it bounced into the chest of Gatti, who was marking the Frenchman, and into the goal. There hadn’t been anything Gatti could’ve done differently, and the main fault for the goal really lay with Locatelli, who watched Pavard walk past him into the box but didn’t move to address it at all, instead marking empty space and leaving him totally alone for the pass. ............ Perhaps the best chance for Juve to equalize came in the 67th minute. Gatti, looking to atone for his own goal, bore down on a layoff by substitute Timothy Weah and hit a laser beam of a shot that flew only just wide of the far post. But that was pretty much all the danger Juve could put together. Indeed, even with the close call by Gatti, Juventus still hadn’t found the target with a shot, and wouldn’t until a tame Vlahovic effort in the 72nd minute was easily handled by Sommer. Inter, meanwhile, were incredibly unlucky not to add multiple goals to their tally. Szczesny had to make two remarkable saves in the last 20 minutes that kept the game from getting out of hand. The first came off a textbook Inter counter when Dimarco found a completely unmarked Barella at the back post, only to see Szczesny make himself big and divert his thunderous volley with a kick save. He made another incredible stop three minutes from time when Denzel Dumfries found Marko Arnautovic with a perfect ball behind the defense, but Szczesny got his trailing hand up just in time to deflect the striker’s attempt at a tap-in. ............ LE PAGELLE WOJCIECH SZCZESNY - 8. Those saves in the second half were simply remarkable. He kept this scoreline from being a good deal uglier than it was. FEDERICO GATTI - 5.5. I’m certainly in the minority here, but I didn’t think Gatti had a horrible game. He made a couple of good defensive interventions throughout the game, and there was nothing he could’ve done differently on the own goal. That said, the own goal IS on his line, and he got burned for pace once or twice, so I can’t give him a passing grade. BREMER - 8. Kept Lautaro Martinez remarkably quiet (two shots, none on target), which is always ingredient No. 1 in terms of having a chance against Inter. He also had some fantastic moments, including his first-half intervention against Thuram. Even without the highlight moves, his overall stat line — three tackles, an interception, a block, and nine clearances — would qualify for a high grade. DANILO - 7. Got a completely undeserved booking midway through the first half, but that didn’t keep him from going in hard on Inter’s attackers. A game-high three interceptions and six clearances kept the team close. ANDREA CAMBIASO - 5.5. ............ WESTON McKENNIE - 6.5. One of the only real attacking outlets all game, Wes led the team in key passes (3) and and was credited with four clearances on the back end. His run through Inter’s defense really should’ve been rewarded with an assist. MANUEL LOCATELLI - 5. ............ ADRIEN RABIOT - 5. Rust clearly showed in Rabiot’s first game back. He looked aimless at times and didn’t do any of the things in midfield that have made him such a threat the last season and a half. Completely outplayed by Barella and Mkhitaryan. FILIP KOSTIC - 4.5. ............ KENAN YILDIZ - 5. Looked very much like an 18-year-old in this game. Part of that was how isolated the forwards were, forcing him to fight through some unwinnable scenarios, but he also found out just how physical a really meaningful Derby d’Italia can be. Hopefully he takes that experience and learns from it. DUSAN VLAHOVIC - 5. I’ve seen people be pretty harsh on Vlahovic, and his flub of McKennie’s pass in the first half was really bad, but he was also as isolated as we’ve seen him be in quite some time. Often he was so badly outnumbered that he really had no chance to do anything — a moment comes to mind in the first half where McKennie managed to break out only for his only option to be a cross to a Vlahovic that was being defended by no less than four men. He put in work, though, and even popped up tracking back in defense for a few good plays. The flow of today’s game was simply against him. SUBS FEDERICO CHIESA - 5. Didn’t get a lot going against an Inter defense that was well settled in by the time he was brought on. I’d have brought him on earlier, unless the physios had given Allegri a strict number for his minutes. TIMOTHY WEAH - 6. ............ FABIO MIRETTI - NR. ............ ALEX SANDRO - NR. Why was he on the field when the team was trailing? CARLOS ALCARAZ - NR. Probably the most surprising move of the night. He tried his best under the circumstances but didn’t have the time to show much of anything. MANAGER ANALYSIS As I said before, I think we all expected a more defensive posture from Max Allegri in this match, but the degree to which he sank was a bad mistake and set the tone for the entire match. To go corto muso against Inter in the San Siro was not an invalid strategy — frankly, it was the best way to go — but I think Allegri overdid it a little bit, and like a few games early in the season put the team so far back that it was impossible to break out. When you play this way, especially against a team like Inter, you need to give yourself enough room to bust through your opponent a few times to keep them honest. Instead, Juve were quickly sealed into their half of the field for almost half an hour and were never able to get a rhythm going, which affected the team’s attack for the rest of the match. It also forced a couple of the players — Vlahovic in particular — to play in ways that don’t suit their talents best. Allegri’s game management was also ... strange. He waited a good long while to introduce Chiesa, although as mentioned before that might’ve been due to medical advice. The fact that he then waited until there were three minutes left to introduce his next set of changes was baffling. Even more so was the fact that Samuel Iling-Junior — the perfect sub for this kind of situation — was stripped off and ready to go at the touch line before being inexplicably sent back to the bench for Alex Sandro, of all people. Then, two minutes later, he sent in Alcaraz, who for all his promise has had all of one, maybe two training sessions with his new team, not to mention no time to do anything at all. Allegri’s sub patterns have greatly improved from his first two seasons back in charge, but this game was a throwback to those old days, and it wasn’t a good look. One last note: This result makes Allegri’s decision to punt and settle for a draw in the first game between these two teams at the Allianz look even worse to me than it did at the time. ............ Had Allegri attempted to win the home game, even with this loss they’d still be within touching distance of Inter. Taking the draw and hoping that Inter would drop off later in the season was passive, bordering on scared, and isn’t the attitude a true championship team needs to have in order to compete at the top of the table. As we’ve seen, Allegri has very much lost that bet, and the consequence was stark: the end, for all intents and purposes, of the title race. ............ Read more -> https://www.blackwhitereadallover.com/2024/2/5/24061524/inter-milan-juventus-derby-d-italia-2024-serie-a-matchday-23-final-score-result-match-recap-analysis

Allegri: Inter always the favourites, Juventus need more experience Coach’s comments as trip to Milan pretty much ends any chance of a Scudetto fight Juventus’ loss on Sunday night at Inter Milan appeared to sound the death knell for any Scudetto challenge, but coach Massimiliano Allegri insisted that the result was no surprise to him. Read more -> https://www.blackwhitereadallover.com/2024/2/5/24061610/inter-milan-1-0-juventus-serie-a-match-recap-reaction-allegri-comments-vlahovic-scudetto-favorites

Juventus 0 - Inter Milan 1: Initial reaction and random observations Well, that could have gone a whole lot better, huh? Facing the Scudetto favorite on their home field was always going to be a challenging affair for Juventus on Sunday night. That means a repeat of a performance like we saw in the first Derby d’Italia or even last weekend from Max Allegri’s squad wasn’t going to bode well. That’s why the hope was that Juve, coming off a very impressive month of January before they dropped points against Empoli in Turin, could seriously try and give Inter a run for their money. Turns out, that those hopes ... yeah, they were dashed rather quickly. Allegri did his damndest to corto muso it up in what proved to be a very cagey kind of first half, one in which Juventus couldn’t do much going forward. Even things opening up much more in the second half couldn’t equal any sort of success against one of the toughest defenses in Europe to score against. That meant the one time that the ball did find the back of the net, a Federico Gatti own goal late in the first half, proved to be the difference in Inter’s 1-0 win over Juventus at the San Siro that now gives the current Serie A leaders plenty of breathing room at the top of the table — and the chance for even more knowing that they have a game in hand. The performance that Juventus laid out there did not match the one of their opponent, and Inter certainly could have added onto their lead in the second half if not for a pair of world-class saves from Wojciech Szczesny on two of the Nerazzurri’s best scoring chances of the night. ............ Juve finished with one shot on target. One. It came in the 72nd minute. And that one was a slow dribbler off the left foot of Dusan Vlahovic from just outside the box. The xG of that shot? 0.07. That’s not great. ............ Once Juventus fell behind by a goal eight minutes before halftime, they needed to suddenly ramp things up after Allegri set things quite deep to begin the game. The second half was much more open — Juve actually outshot Inter 10-6 — but again, it’s not like Sommer was called into action time and time again. ............ Juventus could have gone into Sunday night’s game with the Serie A lead. Instead, thanks in large part to Arek Milik getting sent off and putting his team behind the 8 ball for well over an hour, Juve dropped points against Empoli, a team that hadn’t done much of anything right for the previous three months. They followed it up with this kind of performance against the best team in the league — which, no matter how you slice it, is going to be a tough ask even when Inter aren’t at their high-flying best. But this loss now makes the chances of seriously giving Inter a run for their money into the spring is even more of an uphill battle. Maybe they get back into a very close race, I dunno, but this just feels like a major punch to the gut on a night where Juve could have announced themselves as a big-time threat to the team everybody expects to win the title. RANDOM THOUGHTS AND OBSERVATIONS All of that being said — and this will hurt to say — but Inter are the better team overall and they were the better team on the night. This two things are simply the truth and there’s going to be no conspiracy theories thrown out there to try and tell you otherwise. Maybe this is going to be an unpopular opinion, but here goes nothin’: I’m not sure that Gatti could have done a whole lot more against Marcus Thuram on what proved to be the only goal of the night. Could he have been a little closer to Thuram? Maybe, but then you’re also risking him throwing himself to the turf with even more contact as Gatti’s going for the ball. (And we all know how refs have been with Inter PKs this season!) So, yeah, it’s hard to say because you’re suddenly going from trying to anticipate where the ball will go as Benjamin Pavard flies through the air to trying to fend off Thuram and clear the ball. Just a brutal thing to try and defend. In more positive defensive opinions, I sure am happy Juventus swooped in and signed Bremer from under Inter’s nose because damn is that guy good. Ten minutes in and this is what the possession numbers looked like: Inter 80%, Juventus 20%. At times it felt even more than that. Juve nearly doubled that total by the end of the first half with 39% possession. But there was one very noticeable thing outside of the score at halftime: Juve had no shots on goal. The big one, of course, was Dusan Vlahovic’s touch letting him down after a simply great run from midfield by Weston McKennie. It’s the most obvious of obvious statements, but Vlahovic has to do better there. It just gets magnified even more with how few chances Juve had in the opening half. ............ Wojciech Szczesny’s best save of the night occurred in the 69th minute. Nice. Please note that the previous bullet point was written in the 70th minute and well before the save Szczesny made about 17 minutes later that was even better than the first one. If Szczesny didn’t make either of those saves, this could have been an extremely ugly night and the theme of this thread would be a whole lot more grumpy than it is now. ............ This was a night in which Kenan Yildiz looked very much like the inexperienced 18-year-old that he is. That’s obviously not a shot at him because he’s never played in this kind of game before outside of when he started Turkey’s game against Germany a few months back, so it’s totally understandable. But, you know, let’s not kill the guy. ............ Why is Alex Sandro being thrown on when you need a goal? Somebody answer that for me. Outside of when Federico Chiesa and Timothy Weah came on, Allegri’s timing on the subs just didn’t make much sense. They just came way too late for my liking knowing what the score was and how the second half was going. Charly! We got to see Charly Alcaraz! One day of training and you’re thrown in as a late sub in the Derby d’Italia. What a time. I feel like Weston McKennie’s performance was one of the few bright spots to take out of this one. He played very well. ............ Read more -> https://www.blackwhitereadallover.com/2024/2/4/24061355/juventus-inter-milan-2024-serie-a-matchday-23-final-score-result-initial-reaction-random-observation

Juventus Player Ratings vs Inter: Szczesny Heroics Not Enough ............ Juventus (3-5-2) Wojciech Szczesny – 7.5 The Polish goalkeeper was the best player on the pitch, pulling off a series of fantastic saves, including jaw-dropping stops against Nicolo Barella and Marko Arnautovic. However, it wasn’t enough to salvage a point. Federico Gatti – 5.5 Ironically, the Italian defender was the only man to beat the supreme Szczesny this evening. But despite this extremely costly error that saw him direct the ball into his own net, he looked solid and composed at the back while also producing the Old Lady’s most dangerous chance of the match with a promising long-range shot. Gleison Bremer – 6.5 Although he had his scares at the back, the former Torino man pulled off some vital interventions, including an inch-perfect tackle to deny Marcus Thuram at the final instance. Danilo – 6 A decent display at the back from the Juventus captain overall, even if his clearances weren’t always the cleanest. Andrea Cambiaso – 5.5 A rather disappointing effort from the Italian wingback considering his high standards. Failed to pose a threat on either flank and was dispossessed in dangerous areas on a couple of occasions. Clearly lost his duel with Federico Dimarco. Weston McKennie – 6.5 The American was easily the pick of the midfield bunch. At times seemed to be the only player capable of producing something for Juventus. Stormed into the box on a swift counter-attack that was eventually squandered by Vlahovic. Manuel Locatelli – 5.5 ............ Adrien Rabiot – 6 The Frenchman put on a hardworking shift but he’s clearly not in his finest physical shape after making his return from injury. At times struggled to keep up with Barella’s pace. Filip Kostic – 5.5 ............ Kenan Yildiz – 5.5 The teenager hardly saw the ball and it certainly wasn’t his fault that Juventus implemented a defensive strategy that failed to capitalize on his best traits. Dusan Vlahovic – 5 The former Fiorentina man allowed himself to get quickly frustrated with the back of support, earning himself a needless booking. Should have done better when McKennie fed him in front of goal, but his heavy first touch let him down. Substitutes Timothy Weah – 5.5 ............ Federico Chiesa – 5.5 Replaced Yildiz in the second half but suffered an identical fate. Often found himself running towards a sea of Nerazzurri players with very few Juventus shirts accompanying him. Alex Sandro – N/A Fabio Miretti – N/A Carlos Alcaraz – N/A Read more -> https://cultofcalcio.com/juventus-player-ratings-vs-inter-szczesny-heroics-not-enough/

Outstanding Szczesny’s performance not enough as Juventus lose Inter Milan secured a 1-0 victory against Juventus in the Derby d’Italia this evening, demonstrating that sometimes, a single goal is sufficient to clinch a game. The encounter between the Nerazzurri and the Bianconeri was widely regarded as a pivotal match determining the Serie A title. Juventus, having dropped points in their previous game against Empoli, entered the match with the imperative to secure a win at Inter. However, the Nerazzurri proved formidable, and it was the exceptional efforts of Wojciech Szczesny that kept the scoreline at 1-0. ............ For many Bianconeri supporters, this defeat signals the potential end of their team’s title race. However, with several games remaining, Inter will face tough opponents in the weeks leading up to the season’s conclusion. The pertinent question now emerges: Can Juventus rebound from this defeat and secure victories in their upcoming matches? The answer will unfold in the remaining fixtures of the season. Read more -> https://www.juvefc.com/outstanding-szczesnys-performance-not-enough-as-juventus-lose/

Ma non é solo Vlahovic. É un campionato di nevrotici e di attori della commedia dell'arte. Proteste continue. Hanno rotto. Seguire la serie A non é consigliabile a chi non ama le polemiche come me.

Inter piú forte

Inzaghi é nevrotico

Spero in una partita senza aiutini

Official Juventus team to face Inter Milan ............ Read more -> https://www.juvefc.com/official-juventus-team-to-face-inter-milan-2/

Preview: Inter vs Juventus – Team News, Lineups & Prediction Serie A fans await Sunday with bated breath as Giuseppe Meazza sets the stage for the 251st official Derby d’Italia between eternal rivals Inter and Juventus. More than just bragging rights is at stake, with only a point separating the two most successful Serie A clubs ahead of the kick-off. ............ Match Preview ............ Juventus Regardless of which side of the spectrum of liking Allegri you stand, the man is a mind-game expert. He seized the opportunity of Juventus’ slip-up against Empoli to name Inter ‘absolute’ favorites to dethrone out-of-sorts holders Napoli in the build-up to this contest. In reality, he must be believing in his side’s Scudetto prospects after overseeing a jaw-dropping 19-game unbeaten run in competitive action (W15, D4). On top of their sensational spell of form, the visitors can find more inspiration in their sublime away record against Serie A top-six sides this season. They’ve not only avoided defeat in all three such fixtures (W2, D1) but have yet to concede a goal, suggesting one strike could be sufficient to win the derby. However, a more prolific performance could be on the cards. Before Empoli took advantage of their numerical superiority, Juventus had notched up 18 goals in their opening five competitive matches at the start of 2024. Team News Except for long-term absentee Juan Cuadrado, Inter boss Inzaghi can call upon the rest of his squad for this contest. He must be thrilled to welcome Hakan Calhanoglu and Nicolo Barella back from suspension, as he needs all hands on deck to take an all-important three points. On the other hand, Nicolo Fagioli and Paul Pogba are still on the sidelines due to suspensions, with Milik joining them after picking up a red card against Empoli. Moise Kean and Mattia De Sciglio are still in the treatment room, as is winter addition Tiago Djalo. But there’s a chance for Federico Chiesa to partner Vlahovic up top. Inter vs Juventus Potential Lineups Inter (3-5-2): Yann Sommer; Benjamin Pavard, Francesco Acerbi, Alessnadro Bastoni; Matteo Darmian, Nicolo Barella, Hakan Calhanoglu, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Federico Dimarco; Marcus Thuram, Lautaro Martinez. Juventus (3-5-2): Wojciech Szczesny; Federico Gatti, Gleison Bremer, Danilo; Andrea Cambiaso, Weston McKennie, Manuel Locatelli, Adrien Rabiot, Filip Kostic; Kenan Yildiz, Dusan Vlahovic. Inter vs Juventus Prediction Connoisseurs of attractive, action-packed football will unlikely enjoy this fixture. Many recent meetings between Inter and Juventus have resembled a chess game. Given the stakes, another similar approach seems inevitable, as we expect a share of the spoils. Prediction: Draw Read more -> https://cultofcalcio.com/preview-inter-vs-juventus-team-news-lineups-prediction/

Preview: Inter Milan vs. Juventus - prediction, team news, lineups Italy's top two go toe to toe in Serie A's Saturday night showdown, as Inter Milan meet Juventus in an eagerly-awaited Derby d'Italia. The Calcio giants convene at San Siro, with Inter leading Juve by a point in the standings - and the Nerazzurri also have one game in hand. Match preview ............ A 1-1 draw in November's reverse fixture, when goals from Dusan Vlahovic and Lautaro Martinez saw the spoils shared in Turin, left Juventus with a tally of seven points from a possible nine in their three most recent league meetings with Inter. Victory in Milan would now take them above their old foes and back to the Serie A summit, after suffering a prolonged spell in the Nerazzurri's shadow. Max Allegri's men will surely arrive at San Siro confident of pulling off another positive result, having posted 53 points so far: on all 10 previous occasions in which Juve have picked up as many at this stage of the season, they have always gone on to finish first. Seven wins in eight games across all competitions have helped the Bianconeri narrow the gap to Inter and secure a place in the Coppa Italia semi-finals, though they dropped points for the first time this year in last week's 1-1 home draw with Empoli. Arkadiusz Milik's early red card left Juve in a tight spot at the Allianz Stadium, but red-hot Vlahovic - reborn in 2024 - scored after the interval, before Tommaso Baldanzi pulled the visitors level later on. That left Allegri waiting to become the first coach to reach the milestone of 1000 points in Serie A, but a win on Sunday would take him over the line; lifting Juventus to the pinnacle in the process. Team News ............ Juve's main marksman, Dusan Vlahovic, has failed to score in seven previous games against both Milan clubs at San Siro, but the Serbian striker has rattled home five in his last three outings and is certain to start, with Arkadiusz Milik suspended. Amid a quiet winter window at the sharp end of Serie A, Juventus signed Carlos Alcaraz on loan from Southampton, but the Argentinian midfielder should start on the bench, as Adrien Rabiot has recovered from a calf problem in time to play. Federico Chiesa is still troubled by a muscular issue but could feature as a substitute, while fellow forward Moise Kean will not be involved after a switch to Atletico Madrid unravelled when he failed a medical. Inter Milan possible starting lineup: Sommer; Pavard, Acerbi, Bastoni; Darmian, Barella, Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; Thuram, Martinez Juventus possible starting lineup: Szczesny; Gatti, Bremer, Danilo; Cambiaso, McKennie, Locatelli, Rabiot, Kostic; Yildiz, Vlahovic We say: Inter Milan 0-0 Juventus Inter (13) and Juventus (12) have collected the most clean sheets in Serie A this season, conceded the fewest shots on target, and shipped the fewest goals. Following a tense stalemate in November's reverse match, the pair could now draw both league fixtures for the first time since 2002: caution will come first at San Siro. Read more -> https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/inter-milan/derby-ditalia/preview/preview-inter-milan-vs-juventus-prediction-team-news-lineups_535874.html?cQx=NN&newsnow

Szczesny rejects renewal offer, Juventus reignite interest in two possible alternatives Juventus goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny has reportedly rejected a contract extension offer, prompting the club to consider alternatives. The Pole triggered an automatic renewal clause last season, pushing back the deadline to 2025. However, the Bianconeri are looking to tie down their reliable Number One with a longer deal while decreasing his salary. The 33-year-old is one of the club’s highest earners, collecting around 6 million euros as net wages per year. But the custodian has rejected the club’s proposal. The source claims that Szczesny has told Juventus that he doesn’t intend to renew his contract beyond 2025. Therefore, the Bianconeri are now searching for a replacement, someone who would either join the club this summer or in 2025. ............... Read more -> https://www.juvefc.com/report-szczesny-rejects-renewal-offer-juventus-reignite-interest-in-two-possible-alternatives/

KHÉPHREN THURAM https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khéphren_Thuram Nazione: Francia Luogo di nascita: Reggio Emilia Data di nascita: 26.03.2001 Ruolo: Centrocampista Altezza: 192 cm Peso: 90 kg Nazionale Francese Soprannome: - Alla Juventus dal 2024 Esordio: 19.08.2024 - Serie A - Juventus-Como 3-0 Ultima partita: 01.07.2025 - Mondiale per club - Real Madrid-Juventus 1-0 51 presenze - 5 reti Khéphren Thuram-Ulien (Reggio Emilia, 26 marzo 2001) è un calciatore francese di origini guadalupensi, centrocampista della Juventus e della nazionale francese. Khéphren Thuram Thuram con il Nizza nel 2022 Nazionalità Francia Altezza 192 cm Peso 90 kg Calcio Ruolo Centrocampista Squadra Juventus Carriera Giovanili 2007-2013 Olympique de Neuilly 2013-2016 Boulogne-Billancourt 2016-2018 Monaco Squadre di club 2018-2019 Monaco 2 14 (1) 2018-2019 Monaco 0 (0) 2019-2020 Nizza 2 4 (0) 2019-2024 Nizza 141 (9) 2024- Juventus 51 (5) Nazionale 2016-2017 Francia U-16 12 (1) 2017-2018 Francia U-17 6 (0) 2018 Francia U-18 8 (0) 2019 Francia U-19 7 (1) 2021-2023 Francia U-21 18 (2) 2023- Francia 1 (0) Biografia È nato a Reggio Emilia nel periodo in cui il padre Lilian, anch'egli calciatore, giocava nel Parma. Il suo nome di battesimo è ispirato al faraone egizio Chefren. È il fratello minore di Marcus Thuram e il cugino di Yohann Thuram-Ulien, entrambi a loro volta calciatori. Caratteristiche tecniche Centrocampista dotato di notevole forza fisica, dinamico e bravo tecnicamente, ha un buon tiro e un'ottima accelerazione. Bravo nell'impostazione della manovra e nel gioco aereo, nel 2018 è stato inserito nella lista dei migliori sessanta calciatori nati nel 2001 stilata dal The Guardian. Carriera Club Monaco e Nizza Dopo gli inizi in diverse squadre giovanili, nel 2016 Thuram entra a far parte del settore giovanile del Monaco. Debutta fra i professionisti il 28 novembre 2018, nella partita di Champions League persa per 2-0 contro l'Atlético Madrid. Il 26 giugno 2019, in scadenza di contratto, viene tesserato dal Nizza. Il 3 ottobre 2020, segna il primo gol con la maglia del Nizza. Con il club nizzardo, rimane per cinque stagioni, durante le quali colleziona complessivamente 167 presenze e nove reti. Juventus Il 10 luglio 2024, Thuram viene acquistato a titolo definitivo dalla Juventus, per un totale di 20,6 milioni di euro, firmando un contratto quinquennale con il club bianconero. Fa il suo esordio il 19 agosto, disputando da titolare la prima giornata di campionato contro il Como, vinta per 3-0. Il 29 dicembre mette a segno le sue prime reti con la maglia della Juventus, siglando una doppietta nella partita casalinga contro la Fiorentina, pareggiata per 2-2. Nazionale Ha giocato nelle nazionali giovanili francesi comprese tra l'Under-16 e l'Under-21. Il 16 marzo 2023 viene convocato per la prima volta in nazionale maggiore, con cui esordisce 8 giorni dopo subentrando nel finale della sfida vinta 4-0 contro i Paesi Bassi.

Khéphren con il papá Lilian Thuram

Crypto Enters the Field: Juventus Welcomes Zondacrypto as Sponsor The firm's logo will adorn Juventus players' jerseys for half the season. Stadium branding will accompany home matches for the next two seasons. Zondacrypto has announced its sponsorship of Juventus F.C., one of Italy's most successful football clubs. The partnership, unveiled with anticipation by both parties, marks a stride in Zondacrypto's expansion into the Italian market while reinforcing Juventus' stature as a global footballing powerhouse. ............ Read more -> https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/crypto-enters-the-field-juventus-welcomes-zondacrypto-as-sponsor/

Former Juventus and Inter star previews the Derby d’Italia Former Juventus and Inter Milan star Gigi De Agostini has analysed the upcoming clash between the two Serie A giants this weekend, shedding light on the nuances that differentiate the two clubs. Despite Juventus possessing formidable resources, they have proven to be a significant obstacle for Inter in their pursuit of the Serie A title. The Bianconeri’s well-equipped squad has been a formidable contender, making it challenging for Inter to establish a clear lead. However, De Agostini suggests that an Inter victory in the upcoming fixture could be a pivotal moment in the title race, potentially instilling a sense of invincibility in the Nerazzurri moving forward. ............ “In these races, anything can happen. Juve must possibly win, but certainly avoid losing. I’m sure of a great performance from the Bianconeri. If I had to do an analysis of the two teams, I would say that in defence and attack, they are equal, Inter is stronger in midfield. “However, when these types of games are played, any technical discussion is cancelled. It can be defined as a championship match. The Nerazzurri team is more complete, it would be enough to see the spare parts available to its coach, so it is the favourite to win the title. However, the Bianconeri are having a good championship and also have fewer games to play than their rivals.” ............ Read more -> https://www.juvefc.com/former-juventus-and-inter-star-previews-the-derby-ditalia/

Journalist insists Juventus needs Rabiot and Chiesa for Inter match Juventus is confronted with the possibility of entering the upcoming fixture against Inter Milan without the services of key players Federico Chiesa and Adrien Rabiot. Both players have been sidelined due to injuries, resulting in their absence from the Bianconeri’s recent matches. Despite speculations that Chiesa and Rabiot might have been available for the last game against Empoli, Juventus opted not to risk their participation, prioritising their recovery for the critical encounter against Inter Milan. ............ Journalist Stefano De Grandis agrees to this and says: “To keep up with this Inter, Juventus will need to be at their maximum potential and in this sense, the recoveries of Chiesa and Rabiot will be fundamental. The backbone of Juventus, with Danilo, spared against Empoli to avoid the risk of disqualification, as the defensive leader, Rabiot as the midfielder and Chiesa up front, with the possibility of splitting the match with the entry of Yildiz.” ............ Read more -> https://www.juvefc.com/journalist-insists-juventus-needs-rabiot-and-chiesa-for-inter-match/

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