Who are Matteo Brunori and Giacomo Vrioni???
4 June 2022
It is a tricky task to find time to scout the horde of players we have outside the senior squad, whether in the U23 or U19 sides at the club, or plying their trade out on loan domestically or further afield. I tend to look first at appearances, injuries, formations, then am always drawn to […]
The marvel of Miretti
8 April 2022
With the season expectations now narrowed to 4th spot in the table, with sole remaining potential for silverware in the coppa italia, many minds are moving to the Summer. When great hope abounds of further widespread renovation of the squad. Given the large bail-out bundle of cash injected by EXOR to manage our debts and […]
Give the kids a chance…
18 January 2022
We seem rather strapped for cash. I don’t know the exact figures and doubt anybody knows them. It is never good business sense to reveal you are poor. Yet our financial matters seem harrowing, in whatever reality can be grasped and taken as something near to our reality. The squad is overpaid and bulging with […]
Juventus Youth report
2 August 2021
Zauli enjoyed a decent debut season as coach with the Juve u23 side, with the team just squeezing into the top 10 for a respectable mid table finish and qualification for the season end knock-out tournament. In the first game of the playoffs, we beat 5th placed Pro Patria 1-3 away>>> Promising midfielder Rannocchia, tricky […]
Who is Giacomo Vrioni?
14 April 2021
Now and then I come across a transfer fee in the youth ranks which instantly makes me raise an eyebrow. Then delve to take a deeper peek at why we have invested far more than a 50k punt on a hoped for gem in the rough. The most recent of which is Giacomo Vrioni. Who in […]
Juventus U23 2020/21: Who They Are and Who Can Make The Jump
19 March 2021
With Covid-19 and injuries ravaging Juve’s 2020/21 compact season, we’ve seen quite a number of U23 players regularly pop-up in our squad lists. If memory serves, it’s been a while since any youth team players actually made the team: Claudio Marchisio, Paolo De Ceglie and Sebastian Giovinco in 2006 (Ironically, they probably wouldn’t have made […]
Juventus Youth Sector focus
13 February 2021
It seems like a different age, maybe a different man, when I last found time to delve into the youth sector. So much is happening both on and off the field, the world more challenging than ever before with each day, let alone week, providing further torment. Yet with the new boss finding his feet, […]
Juve U23 beat Padova to progress to Serie B play-offs!
12 July 2020
I had thought it was all over for the B team, and yet, it transpires that through winning the Serie C coppa italia, Pecchia’s troops qualified for the first round of the promotion playoffs. Goals: 54′ Zanimacchia, 67′ Frabotta Juventus U23 (4-2-3-1): Loria; Di Pardo (46′ Wesley), Alcibiade, Coccolo, Frabotta; Fagioli, Toure; Zanimacchia (69′ Beruatto), Rafia (69′ […]
Triumph for Juve B team and something curious…
30 June 2020
Fabio Pecchia ended his debut campaign as U23 coach with victory in the Serie C coppa italia final on Saturday. Goals from Brunori and Rafia earned the side a 2-1 victory over Ternana. Unsurprisingly its the first time we have ever won this competition. The remaining Serie C championship fixtures (outside the playoffs) were cancelled […]
Looking to the future – Will Juve give youth a chance?
5 January 2020
With the senior side failing to spark into life, drudgery abounds domestically with some life still found on the European front, it seems a good time to look to the youth sides and investments for a progress report and to highlight any gems in the mega rough. The fear of course is that Paratici will […]