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    Juventus Champions of Italy

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    Post by Kuled Tue May 08, 2012 12:25 am

    Fonseca wrote:Fuck off Kuled
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    Post by Guest Tue May 08, 2012 12:26 am

    Chris wrote:
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    Wages man, wages.
    So your point was they spent brilliantly on the wages? Come off it. Laughing

    They took the gamble to invest in a player who was getting on a bit. That comes under spending, yes.
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    Post by Guest Tue May 08, 2012 12:39 am

    Schnix wrote:buffon
    chiellini
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    huge respect for those players
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    Post by Guest Tue May 08, 2012 12:50 am

    Eternal Witcher wrote:
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    So your point was they spent brilliantly on the wages? Come off it. Laughing

    They took the gamble to invest in a player who was getting on a bit. That comes under spending, yes.
    It's quite obvious you were talking about the transfer fee's but ok. Laughing
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    Post by Guest Tue May 08, 2012 1:15 am

    Whatevs. Rolling Eyes
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    Post by Weather130 Tue May 08, 2012 1:52 am



    Andrea Pirlo took many of the plaudits after Juventus secured the Scudetto on Sunday, with Alessandro Matri singling the midfielder out as "the player who really made the difference".

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    Juve defender Giorgio Chiellini celebrates the club's Scudetto win with supporters




    Can a single player transform a team that finished seventh in its two previous Serie A campaigns into one capable of winning the Scudetto undefeated? According to most of the Juventus players celebrating the club's 28th title on Sunday, Andrea Pirlo did precisely that.

    "Alongside Xavi [Hernández], Pirlo is the best midfielder in the world," said Simone Pepe after the 2-0 win against Cagliari Calcio which – combined with AC Milan's 4-2 loss to FC Internazionale Milano – secured the Bianconeri their crown with a game to spare. "He's completely changed our team; he actually transformed a group of several good players into a top side."

    That opinion was shared by forward Alessandro Matri, who has needed just ten goals to top Juve's scoring charts this term. "Pirlo was our point of reference on the pitch," the former Cagliari player explained. "The whole squad made a great contribution to this success, but Pirlo was the player who really made the difference for us."

    The 32-year-old midfield orchestrator joined Juventus on a free transfer last summer after not renewing his contract with Milan, and has missed just one Serie A game all season. In that time, he has weighed in with three goals and a league-leading 13 assists, and remarkably he has not lost a top-flight match since 18 December 2010. "I came here to win trophies and I'm very pleased to have done that already," he said.

    "I was just looking for different motivations; I liked the project here and was convinced it could be successful," continued the midfielder, who won the FIFA World Cup with Italy in 2006 and the UEFA Champions League twice with Milan. "Last season I suffered a few injuries but I was convinced I was still the number one and I think I proved it this season. I think I can play for many more years because I still enjoy it."

    If Pirlo was key to Juve's success, coach Antonio Conte was just as important, wasting no time in transmitting his well-known grit and commitment to his players after being appointed in the summer. "When I first came, I immediately told the players that if we had to lose, we'd do it while attacking," said the former Juventus midfielder.

    "This Scudetto is 100 times better for me than those I won as a player," he added. "I feel like this team is something I created and helped to grow along the way, but obviously I have to thank the players who've always followed me with this project and the fans who believed in us from the very beginning."

    Leader of a defensive line which has conceded only 19 goals in 37 games, meanwhile, Giorgio Chiellini emphasised that the Bianconeri still face two important games in which to make their season complete – their final league outing against Atalanta BC on Sunday and the Coppa Italia showpiece against SSC Napoli on 20 May.

    "We will celebrate, but just tonight," the Italy defender said. "We'll have maybe a couple of days to relax, but then we'll resume working hard because we want to finish the season unbeaten and we want to win the Coppa Italia as well. This team deserves success after all the hard work we've put in."

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    Last season I suffered a few injuries but I was convinced I was still the number one and I think I proved it this season. I think I can play for many more years because I still enjoy it
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    This Scudetto is 100 times better for me than those I won as a player
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    We'll have maybe a couple of days to relax, but then we'll resume working hard because we want to finish the season unbeaten and we want to win the Coppa Italia as well
    Giorgio Chiellini


    Since the final game is against Atalanta I think Juventus will end the season undefeated. After 37 games they are looking at 22-15-0 with 65 goals for and 19 goals against.
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    Post by Kuled Tue May 08, 2012 3:12 am

    Chiellini was awesome, he went to celebrate with the fans, don't see players do that often Laughing
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    Post by Kuled Wed May 09, 2012 8:58 pm

    Oh yeah, trophy presentation will be next week after the Atalanta game. Wonder if they will make it a whole season unbeaten, would be funny if they lose Laughing

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