Anything and Everything about the Wonderful Club in Turin.
From anti-Juve pictures, articles, doping case, to Calciopoli which was Inter's creation. Yes THEY ARE A CLEAN CLUB.!!!!
Ladies and Gentlemen this will be "brief".
If Juve are magical then Cicciolina is a virgin (Cicciolina is a pornstar).
From L'Equipe, after Juve's doctor Agricola was found guilty in the Doping Trial in Turin
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WITHOUT DOPING AND REFS JUVENTUS IN INTERTOTO
Final act of the trial against Juve in
One of the magistrates said in his final statement:
"Constant use of doping, both in low and high quantities, given to Conte and Tacchinardi, to speed up their recovery".
"Epo was given to the Juve players. This is proven by the blood tests results, and more specifically by the hemoglobin values. There are clear, definite and worrying signs of this".
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Casalbore, making public motivations for the conviction of club physician Riccardo Agricola, claimed the Juventus doctor resorted to the use of drugs and substances -- "some absolutely forbidden such as EPO" -- to fraudulently improve the performance of players and "influence results" which could not have been achieved with regular training systems, reported the Italian news agency ANSA on Thursday.
"The doctor succeeded in reinforcing in a fraudulent manner the performances of players in competitions in which they were involved," said Casalbore.
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ROME, April 28 (Reuters) - Juventus do not have to hand back titles won in the mid-1990s even though the club's doctor was found guilty of doping offences, the international Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne has ruled.
The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) had asked CAS for its advice following the outcome of a trial in
That verdict raised fears the club would have to surrender titles it won during that period, including three Italian Serie A championships and the 1996 Champions League.
"The use of pharmaceutical substances that are not expressly banned by sporting law and that are not similar to illegal substances cannot be punished by disciplinary action," CAS was quoted as saying in La Gazzetta dello Sport on Thursday.
CAS's judgement is, however, far from the end of the matter. CONI sought advice from CAS only on one part of the
Agricola was also found guilty of administering the banned blood-booster EPO. That verdict is under appeal.
Should
The magistrate who conducted the original investigation against Juventus, Raffaele Guariniello, said the case remained open.
"I've read the sentence of the Court of Arbitration. Now I'll wait for that of the Court of Appeal," he said.
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November 30, 2005 2:00PM
TURIN, Italy (AP) -- The prosecutor in the appeals trial of the Juventus doctor convicted for administering banned substances said Wednesday that doping by the Serie A club was premeditated.
Club physician Riccardo Agricola was given a suspended sentence of 22 months in November 2004 for providing drugs, including the banned hormone EPO, to Juventus' players from 1994-98.
"It was not an occasional administration, but the creation of a real chemist shop at the service of the athletes," general prosecutor Raffaele Guariniello told the Italian news agency ANSA.
Prosecutors are requesting Agricola's sentence be increased to three years and two months and that club chairman Antonio Giraudo, who was acquitted, be convicted and given a two-year sentence.
Cesare Zaccone, one of Juventus' defense lawyers, said that Guariniello's "arguments had been already swept away in the previous trial."
The appeals trial was adjourned to Dec. 14. The court will either issue a sentence or accept defense lawyers' demands for more reports from experts.
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The header says: When Juve went to Serie B for a couple of days - 80 years ago they were relegated, but they got away with it.
The main points of this article:
In 1910 Juve was last in the Italian championship, but back then no teams were relegated.
In 1913 Juve was at the bottom of the table of the 6 teams Piemontese Group of the Italian championship. That meant Serie B.
An emergency meeting was called, and Juve was on the verge of ceasing to exist. But then 2 Juve officials managed to negotiate a deal: since there were 7 teams in that Group if Juve was going to be relegated, the League decided to let Juve stay in Serie A.
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Episode I, The Founding
In a year 1986, few people, who just got out of jail wanted to form an football club. Names of the three people who started are unknown, but there are pictures of those three:
A guy, who came up with the idea:
A former son of mafioso:
And a women, also know as "La Vecchi Signora" in english, "The Old Lady":
They met at an lonely afternoon to talk about it. All of them had a short time remaining in a prison. (Only 1-year) They loved football, but most of all they wanted to win, even by cheating, that's why they were in prison. It was their main objective and once they reached an agreement on founding the club, which happened shortly, the first man said: "We will win! We will pribe, we will dope, we will kill to win! This club will win!" The outside walkin time was over. "Back to the cells!" - shouted the guard!
Next day, they started to get members for the club in jail. There were trials where they chose 10 players who will get out last year. But only 8 people managed to come to the try-outs, here are pictures of those. They all look very old, but the age didn't matter because winning wasn't an problem.
Weeks after, few days before the team got out, they came up with a team name:
J - jewlery that they will offer as a pribe
U - unit that will work together on big deals...
V - vandalism that they will do to Italian football
E - escape - they manage to escape out of every situation
N - numberless times they gonna cheat
T - tactis they will use to get the wins on their side
U - ultraclean - their reputation in their fans
S - sabotage they will use to get referees make decisions that will suit them
All together, it's Juventus.
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Episode II, The First Year
The small group started working on basic stuffs first. They first thinked about colours. They came up with a idea, that the colours should be black and white, like in prison. Everyone agreed on this part, because then no-one would have seen them offering pribe to the referee once the black-white Tv's game after some decades.
Then they started to think about the mascot. They were searching black and white animals or other creatures. They only found one, it was zebra. They quickly stole an zebra outfit from an local shop and also hired an prison sanitar to be in it. Here is it in full size:
Then they went to other Italian prison's to get new members. Finally they had an big squad, with a lot of man. They found an awesome player there, who was there from America, he's name was Ralph:
At the start, they needed to get (read: steal) some money to get the shirts, so they played with their own shirts, which they found from closets at home where they last went 20 years ago. Here is the 1987 year team:
It was yes very young, but they had some $$$ and that's where the age doesen't matter. The oldies (pic posted in Episode I) unfortunately were caught in big bank robery and went back to jail, even the pribe didn't help. Only the three founders were left, they went to find new players again. They found an talented bank robber, thanks to who Juventus started to rise which we talk about later.
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From La Gazzetta Dello Sport
TURIN - Training sessions behind closed doors aren't anything new at Juventus. The water balloons thrown by security staff to the Juve fans are something new though. It might sound like a joke, but it actually happed yesterday morning, around the outside wall of the Sisport Centre in Olivero Street, during a normal morning training session for the bianconeri.
Around 12.30 pm a small group of fans, including kids with their mums and dads went out despite the freezing cold just to catch a glance of Trezeguet and his teammates. Some kids were looking through gaps in the fence, others were standing on their parents' shoulders and watching over the wall, just looking at the Juve players and taking some pictures. They were just waiting for the players to come out and hoping to get some autographs.
This was obviously way out of line according to security staff. After ordering the fans to move away, they lost their temper and without any warning they started throwing water balloons at them, without even aiming. Several fans couldn't manage to get out of the way and were forced to leave, soaked in the freezing cold.
Some of them managed to laugh about it, promising to buy season tickets for Torino next year.
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PREVIEW:
The probable starting XIV of Juventus againist Palermo:
Christian Abbiati
Manuele Blasi
Fabio Cannavaro
Lilian Thuram
Giorgio Chiellini
Mauro German Camoranesi
Emerson
Patrick Vieira
Pavel Nedved
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
David Trezeguet
Paolo Bertini (He has been better since his bad match versus Milan where he couldn't create much, Juve lost 1:3)
Lion
Baglioni
Key Man:
Paolo Bertini - He's a player who can change the curse of the match with even not touching the ball. Usually, he does earn his weekly pribe. Juventus fans are surely hoping that he does that again on Saturday, otherwise, they are in trouble.
Prediction:
Juventus will grab the lead thanks to questionable penalty. Then minutes after
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Q: What does Moggi do when in trouble?A: He calls to Italian Referee's Association.
Q: How many hair does Del Piero have?
A: Wouldn't it be better to ask "how many hairs he doesen't have"?
Q: What does Juventus team to on summer holidays?
A: They collect cocaine in South-America.
Q: What does Juve officals usually say?
A: We haven't done anything illegal!
Q: How much money Juventus earned on ticket's last season?
A: Not enough to full-fill Blasi's, Cannavaro's and Mutu's drug need.
Q: Why come Juventus have so many fans in Italy?
A: They do bring in a lot of money in betting.
Q: Who is Juventus'es biggest partner?
A: Mastercard.
Q: Why Juventus usually doesen't buy a lot of players?
A: Every moron knows the answer.
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Juve accused in Sagnol 'scandal'Friday 20 January, 2006
Juventus have been accused of flouting FIFA regulations by persuading Willy Sagnol to sign for them illegally in November, according to reports in Germany today.
Football magazine ‘Kicker’ have alleged that Sagnol signed for Juve in November - two months before he was eligible to do so - and was effectively coerced into staying at Bayern this month after their furious directors discovered the news.
The Bavarian club’s President Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and chief executive Uli Hoeness are reported to have threatened to consign the France international to playing in the reserves for the rest of the season, thereby placing his World Cup chances at risk, if he went ahead with his move to the Italian club at the end of the season.
Sagnol consequently agreed a four-year-contract with Bayern and his U-turn was reportedly then explained to Juventus by his agent, Stephane Courbis, who had allegedly already received his commission for the player’s transfer.
Courbis, ‘Kicker’ claim, went to Turin on January 2 to disclose the predicament to the Bianconeri directors and ask them not to go to FIFA with the binding contract that had been already signed by the defender weeks beforehand.
The player ran the risk of receiving a suspension by FIFA as he was not allowed to talk to other clubs concerning his future until January. Juve, meanwhile, were hamstrung by the fact that they were also in breach of FIFA regulations for talking to a player not yet within six months of his contract expiry.
Rummenigge famously launched a broadside at Juve general director Luciano Moggi at the time accusing him of Mafia-like behaviour and - if Kicker’s allegations are true - the Bayern chief’s anger can now be more clearly understood.
"I do not want to have anything else to do with Moggi," Rummenigge told Bild am Sonntag. "They are not gentleman. That is the Mafia."
Sagnol, meanwhile, will have lost face with Bayern fans, whom he claimed were one of the main reasons behind his reason to stay with the German champions.
"The fans and my great relationship with Uli Hoeness convinced me to renew my contract with Bayern," he stated.
Only a few weeks prior to signing for the Munich club he had said: "I’m going to Juve. I can’t wait to team up with my friends David Trezeguet, Lilian Thuram and Patrick Vieira."
For his part, Moggi categorically denied yesterday ever having had any discussion with the full-back.
"We have never had any contact with Sagnol," he said. "The papers spoke about it because we said that he was a good player."
Bayern had already lost Robert Kovac to the same club for nothing the previous season.
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La Gazzetta dello Sport
Not like this
Disastrous refereeing as Juve win with an offside goal
Corriere dello Sport/Stadio
Del Piero and poison
Alex comes on to score the winner against Udinese but it was offside
Tuttosport
Poisoned Scudetto
Del Piero’s goal offside, Inter furious
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OH JUVENTINO, NON TI SENTIAMO
ALZA LA VOCE PER FAVORE TI PREGHIAMO
MA LA REALTA', E CHE NON RIESCI
PERCHE' COI FURTI SIETE MUTI COME PESCI
VI CONOSCIAMO, BRUTTI LADRONI
RUBATE SEMPRE E POI ROMPETE ANCHE I COGLIONI
CON LE MAZZETTE CI SAPETE FARE
MA POI ALLO STADIO NON VI SI SENTE CANTARE.
IN SERIE B, DOVEVI ANDARE
MA CON I SOLDI IN SERIE "A" SI PUO' RESTARE
ALLORA AVANTI, A TUTTA FORZA
SENZA RUBARE TU NON PUOI RESTARE SENZA
E INFINE LORO, LA BANDA BASSOTTI
MOGGI, GIRAUDO, BETTEGA TUTTI CORROTTI
SCUDETTI, COPPE, TUTTO A CASA LORO
QUELLO CHE SONO IL MONDO GLIELO CANTA IN CORO…
LADRI DI MERDA / JUVE JUVE MERDA
Oh Juventino, we can't hear you
Please, shout louder
But the thing is, you just can't
After all the robbing, you're just mute like fishes
We know you, dirty thieves
You steal all the time, and then have the nerve to talk
You're masters of the bribes
But then at the stadium, you can't even sing
You should go to Serie B
But with money you can always stay in Serie A
So go on
You know you just can't live without robbing
And there they are, the thieves
Moggi, Giraudo, Bettega, they're all corrupt
Scudetti, Cups, they keep everything at home
But what they really are, the whole world is singing it together:
"Thieves *******s, Juve Juve Shit!"
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I finally saw the highlights of Juve v Parma. The penalty given to Gobbi is simply out of this world. These pics won't make it as clear as watching a clip, but just look at Vieira, he could be a professional diver:
And then, at the 92 minute, Cannavaro first has both arms around Corradi's chest:
Then around his neck:
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Look how Diver just drags his leg over Cordoba's and then dives:
So, Paparesta gives the free kick to Gobbi. This is how he positioned the Inter wall:
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One ugly motherfucker!!
Juve fans hit rock-bottom.
It reads "Luciano (Moggi) we're all behind you, leave the Triade alone (Triade=Moggi/Giraudo/Bettega).
This is how Moggi was in charge of Pairetto's decisions about refs.
Send me Consolo, Battaglia and Cassana' for Messina. For the Berlusconi Cup give me Pieri, ok?
This is how Moggi picked the refs - Many conversations between Pairetto and Moggi who 'suggests' who he wants
Call the tall muppet... Yeah, Facchetti.
If the ref is awake, he'll get rid of half of Udinese.
Moggi-The names of the refs
Djugarden with irony and poison: "A disgrace, and there was no need for it".
Fans furious "Moggi, get out".
Earthquake Moggi
Zeman: Juve use to be an example
Juve and the Triade (Moggi/Giraudo/Bettega) close to divorce
Illegal betting, Buffon under investigation
Serie A ruined by Moggi
The Moggi System is discovered, 41 under investigation
Moggi called Bergamo and together they would pick the refs
Paparesta questioned for 8 hours. "If I said what they did to me in Reggio I would have never been a ref again"
This is how they managed to pilot how refs were picked - A journalist would pick a ball with the Serie A game, but the designator (Pairetto or Bergamo) would pick the ball with the ref's name. Those balls were marked.
Juve in B - A 300 Million Disaster
29th Scudetto for Juve. Or maybe not?
Moggi gives up and starts to cry - 6 hours of questioning - After 4 the former Juve official starts to cry at every question, it's like a river
Paparesta: "Yes, refs were intimidated - Moggi's reaction after the Reggina game showed how much power he had over us"
Terrorized by Moggi - Bologna's former owner Gazzoni: "I was afraid Moggi would send us to Serie B"Shopping with Police escort for Moggi's girlfriends
Juve withdrawn from the stock market. Novellino ready if they go to Serie B
Moggi's relationships with Police officials and judges - Moggi to his secretary: "Get 2 watches for the Colonel, but don't tell Giraudo or he'll steal them
Sono 109 anni
che aspettiamo questo evento, si
Grazie a Don Luciano
E' Serie B
E vi e andata pure bene perche'
dovevate andare in Serie C.
Ma noi ti accontentiamo
della B.
Serie B, Serie B, Serie B, Serie B
Pure l’uccellino in Serie B, oh oh oh.
Orologi e Maserati
non vi serviranno a un cazzo qui.
Benvenuti gobbi
in Serie B.
La domenica Sportiva,
la lasciate a noi che siamo in A.
Per voi c’e' A tutta B, il lunedí.
Serie B, Serie B, Serie B, Serie B
Contro il Frosinone in Serie B.
Serie B, Serie B, Serie B, Serie B
Derby col Crotone in Serie B.
Se volete potete anche iscrivervi a un Inter Club
Perche' dovete sapere che c'e' gente che in questi luoghi
Non ha mai vinto un cazzo
Serie B, Serie B, Serie B, Serie B
Pure l’uccellino in Serie B
L'album delle figu poi
ti costa quasi la meta'
quando hai i giocatori in Serie B
Trovate il Pampa Sosa e i campioni della terza eta'
C'e' anche Nippo Nappi
In Serie B
Serie B, Serie B, Serie B, Serie B
Pure l’uccellino in Serie B
Serie B, Serie B, Serie B, Serie B
Giuve a meno 30 in Serie B
Bisogna sempre crederci
perche' c'e' sempre qualcuno che ci permette di farlo
Grazie Juventus
Per questo momento e per i momenti dell'anno prossimo
Co' u cazz che ci vado in Serie B
Piuttosto vado a giocare tutta la vita nel Napoli
O all'isola di Ponza
Meglio ancora
It's been 109 years
Waiting for this moment
Thanks to Don Luciano
It's Serie B
And you were lucky because
You should have gone to Serie C
But we're happy anyway
Serie B
Serie B, Serie B, Serie B, Serie B
The little bird as well, to Serie B (*)
Watches and Maserati
Won't give you shit here
Welcome Gobbi
To Serie B
The 'Domenica Sportiva' **
You can leave it to us, we're in Serie A
For you there's 'A Tutta B'** on Mondays
Serie B, Serie B, Serie B, Serie B
Against Frosinone in Serie B
Serie B, Serie B, Serie B, Serie B
Derby against Crotone in Serie B
If you want you can even join an Inter Club
You should know that around here
Some people never won shit
Serie B, Serie B, Serie B, Serie B
The little bird as well, to Serie B (*)
The stickers' album will be at half price
When your play in Serie B
You'll find El Pampa Sosa and the champions over 50
There's even Nippo Nappi
In Serie B
Serie B, Serie B, Serie B, Serie B
The little bird as well, to Serie B (*)
Serie B, Serie B, Serie B, Serie B
Giuve at minus 30 in Serie B!***
You should always believe
There's always somebody that makes you believe
Thank you Juventus
For this moment and next year's moments
Phuck this, I'm not going to Serie B
I rather play all my life for Napoli
Or for Ponza Island
Even better
* The 'little bird' thing is about an ad for a mineral water, Uliveto. The main star is Del Piero who drinks it while a little bird is flying around him.
** The 'Domenica Sportiva' is the TV program where they show Serie A goals on a Sunday evening. Highlights of Serie B games are shown on Mondays in a different program called 'A Tutta B'
*** Sadly it's no more minus 30
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Juventus have been fined 7,500 euros from the sporting authority following failure to respect the one minute silence to honour the memory of Giacinto Facchetti, when the fans shouted offensive remarks.
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"You all know that for me, football is about happiness, but only when it's 11 players against 11, when it's 11 against 12 it becomes sad."
"They can punish me, they can fine me, but at this point I can't stay silent,"
"It's shameful, and the whole world should know it."
"There was a clear penalty against me and the referee was the only one who didn't see it. After this match, and after other events, I feel robbed. It's shameful."
"We can't go on like this, with referees always favouring Juventus."
Frustrated Ronaldo Nazario da Lima speaks out after the infamous Juve-Inter clash back in April 1998.
"As far as the immorality cited by Giraudo is concerned, I don't think I have to explain to Giraudo what the immoral things in Italian football really are. He should know them well"
Inter legend Giacinto Facchetti (RIP) harshly responds to ex-Juve manager Anotnio Giraudo.
"The benefits that Juve has had this year and in the other years are scandalous"
Roma's volcanic owner Franco Sensi Speaks out.
"Why should we be amazed? Juve has so many resources it can draw on"
Another angered Roman - Serse Cosmi
"I'm speechless, never have I seen a single match filled with so many episodes in favour of a team"
"Next time Juve should give us a phone call and we won't even bother to play the match"
Udinese board member Mr. Leonardi in an interview after Del Piero (and the linesman) beat Udinese 1-0 in Turin.
"Was there a clear penalty in Inter's favour? I've been in Italy for ten years and nothing has changed."
Inter captain Javier Zanetti is tired of constant "mistakes" going one way only..
"I have no choice but to believe that referees have a complex," "They don't do this on purpose. It's a habit. They are afraid of hurting Juventus. It's the rule, not an exception."
"There is a kind of virus that infects our referees: call it psychological slavery."
An excerpt from a Massimo Moratti interview with leading Italian sports paper La Gazzetta dello sport. how wrong did he turn out to be huh ?
“Well I didn’t watch their game against Liverpool. I preferred to watch wrestling for four hours. But things went just as I hoped they would go.”
Ex-juve forward Fabrizio Miccoli comments on the bianconeri's UCL exit in 04/05 at the hands of Liverpool
"When I shake a juventino's hand, I then count my fingers"
Nerazzurri idol and vice-president L'Avvocato Prisco.
“I don’t think the Doctor drugged himself”
None other than THE man himself, Zdenek Zeman, comments on juve's doping trial
"They're no gentlemen at Juve, they're all Mafiosi"
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge isn't too pleased with juve's ways of wheeling and dealing
"Cheating bastards"
Straight to the point, the hot-headed yet lovable Brian Clough after Juve controversially beat his side Derby County in a European Cup semi-final
«Did they draw the game? We don't give a damn, it's a different category».
Roma midfielder Simone Perrotta on Juve's draw at Rimini.
"Ceccarini was the only person in the world not to have seen the penalty"
Ex-Inter coach Gigi Simoni comments on the match that shocked the footballing world..
"There is just a team in the entire world which is favoured by the refs and it is not in the world cup, but plays in Italy"
Inter fan favourite Youri Djorkaeff responds to allegations of host nation's favouritism during France 98.
"The extra points handed to Juve prove that things will never change"
Zeman, again.
"Juve knew about everything I was doing."
Moggi, the sellout..
“Great job! You took out half their back four”
Tony Damascelli, a journalist, congratulating Luciano Moggi after two Bologna defenders received bookings that banned them from facing Juventus the next weekend
With all respect for Juve, this will not go down in history as the cleanest of championships.
La Gazzetta dello sport on Juve's 25th Scudetto
“Better second then a thief”
Fiorentina fans displaying a banner to express their discontent at the way Juventus nicked the Scudetto at Catanzaro in 81/82.
"If you are looking for thieves, you'll find them in the other locker room!"
Hellas Verona coach Bagnoli explodes after witnessing a dubious penalty awarded to Juventus in the 1985 European Cup second round. To compound his misery, his team were denied a stonewall penalty in the second half.
"No no, it was no penalty. Corradi had the wrong shoes on and just slided because of the pitch"
Parma coach Mario Berretta reacts sarcastically to questions from journalists regarding the clear penalty not awarded to Bernardo Corradi in Juve 1-1 Parma, 05/06.
"I wouldn't know how to say what Juve's scudetti were made of..."
Inter patron Massimo Moratti responds wittily to disgraced Juventus manager Luciano Moggi.
“The dossier that was given to us included so many infractions made by Luciano Moggi and Antonio Giraudo, who were representing the club at the time.
“There wasn’t much to do considering their illegal actions, and Juventus was inevitably responding for them.
“Our situation was tragic, what could we do? We couldn’t defend Moggi or Giraudo.
“There were so many accusations against us and the obvious punishment was Serie C. So we asked for the Serie B without penalisation.”
“We deserved Serie C, so being put in Serie B was a good result - we did it to make Juve survive”
Juventus chief attorney Cesare Zaccone, also known as the saviour
"The only thing you know is stealing"
Triestina fans not appreciating the referee's decision to annul a perfectly good goal vs. Juventus...In Serie B..some things never change, as the saying goes..
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Anyway, Gobbi don't change, this is how they won the big match against Genoa, 1-0, nice control with his arm by Zalayeta, he shoots, ball doesn't cross the line but heyyy, no probs, JuBe goal. Then Buffon kills the Genoa striker but penalty would be too harsh against GoBbi eh? Merde.
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Jubentus announce sponsorship deal with Turin Taxi firm.
Jubentus have announced after ceasing their former sponsorship with tamoil they will now be sponsored by Moggi Taxi's.
Luciano Moggi, driver and CEO of Moggi's Taxi has said that it offers a unique opportunity for himself and Jubentus: "Since the summer I have had a lot of free time and was not sure what to do with myself, in my haste I had already pre-ordered christmas presents for my referee friends so had lots of new cars lying around the front drive of my house, so setting up a taxi firm killed two birds with one stone."
Moggi also claims that the taxi firm sponsorship of Jube also give him the chance to regain his involvement in Italian football: "I've missed football and now can restart my role again for Jube, I'd like to see the bastards at the football federation and police wire tap the taxi radio."
Asked about recent photos showing him giving a lift to AC Bbilan manager Carlo Ancelotti, Moggi had the following to say: "Carlo asked me for a favour or two, seeing if I could get them back into the title race, I told him, who do you think I am, Jesus, he could feed 5,000 from two loaves of bread and some fish, but not even he could perform such a miracle of getting Bbilan back in title race."