Match day 33 of the 1997/98 Serie A season would be one of the most dramatic in the leagues history. Title favourites Juventus welcomed Renzo Ulivieri’s Bologna to the...
Read MoreClassic Match: Torino vs. Juventus 2001/02
In the week leading up to match day 24 of the 2001-02 Serie A season, all the talk was of the Derby di Torino. Quite rightly so, as back...
Read MoreDouble delight: Juve Kings of Italy, Toro Kings of Turin
“The Turin derby isn’t one of Italy’s biggest, it’s not as big as the Milan derby or the Rome derby, or even the Genoese derby” says Roberto, a Juventus...
Read More‘No winner’: The Allemandi Scandal and the Turin Derby of 1927
The summer of 1927 was scorching-hot in Turin. Temperatures were high and the city was alive with discussions about the last Scudetto, a Scudetto that was about to be...
Read MoreMichel Platini and his Derby della Mole debut for Juventus
Last December, Michele Platini, who worked for FIFA from 1998 to 2002 and was UEFA president from 2007 to 2015, was banned from football for eight years after being...
Read MoreBilly Chalmers and Juventus: The curse of the Derby della Mole
Matt Busby, Ally McCoist, Alex Neil and Lee McCulloch, these are just a few of the famous and not so famous names of football players and managers who have...
Read MoreAnalysing Juventus’ need to move on from the 3-5-2
It all started with an away game in Naples half a decade ago. Juventus travelled south to face Napoli on a chilly November night aiming to retain their unbeaten...
Read MoreJuventus vs. Napoli: A tale of Italy’s regional divide
Juventus versus Napoli is one of Italian football’s classic rivalries. On the field, it has pitted some of Serie A’s finest players against each other; the goal-scoring genius of...
Read MoreClassic Match: Juventus vs. Napoli 1997/98
Napoli travelled north to Turin back in March 1998 with the Partenopei desperately trying to hang on to their Serie A status, having won only two games and with...
Read MoreClassic Match: AC Milan vs. Juventus 2000/01
Serie A didn’t have to wait long for its first real blockbuster of the 2000/01 season. Matchday three would see Carlo Ancelotti’s unbeaten Juventus travel to the red hot...
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