Sevilla v Juventus [1-2] Report & Ratings

Juventus came out ready winners against Sevilla in their first game in the peace cup with goals from Iaquinta and Amauri but Mauro Camoranesi has picked up yet another injury.

Juventus looked solid and organised as Amauri connected to Alex Del Piero’s corner to open the scoring on 27 mins. Mauro Camoranesi picked up a knock about an hour into the game and was replaced by Vicenzo Iaquinta. The big striker went on to double Juves’ lead as he latched on to a brilliant cross from Zebina to put Juve 2 goals to the good. A defensive error late on in the game saw Schillaci net a consolation goal for Sevilla, but overall, it was confident and assured performance from the Bianconeri as they start to adapt to Ferrara’s new formation.

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The new formation ~ 4-3-1-2

We’ve seen two friendly matches so far and preseason seems to be going well. Ciro Ferrara said from the outset that he wants to use a different formation to accomodate newly arrived Diego, and so far, he’s been good for his word, fielding a 4-3-1-2 formation. With Diego still carrying a knock and Giovinco recovering from nose surgery, Del piero has been called to fill the ‘trequartista’ role behind the two strikers, even though Alex has confirmed this is not his preferred position.

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‘Baby Montero’ & Santacroce – Secco is getting there

It’s been two seasons since ‘Calciopoli’ and you get the feeling that Juventus are only now getting back to the competitive level they displayed prior to demotion. The bit-part player’s signed in the interim, including Tiago Mendes, Sergio Almiron, Christian Poulsen and Jorge Andrade have looked average at best and criticism was rightly aimed at ‘transfer-guru’, Alessio Secco.

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Cisco Roma v Juventus [1-4]

Juventus played their first friendly of the summer against Cisco Roma yesterday and ran out ready winners, 4 – 1 despite not fielding any of the summers new signings. The match itself was notable for the new ‘Ciro Ferrara’ era and a change of formation – having played ‘4 – 4 – 2′ for so many years, Juve made the switch to 4 – 3 – 1 – 2 with Alex Del Piero playing behind Trezeguet and Amauri.

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In the centre…

Following on from the previous post, I have to admit the only part of the Juventus squad that worries me (and does seem to lack in depth), is the centre of defence. Last season we had a host of defenders including recent departures Olof Mellberg and Dario Kneverplayedamatchovic. Having sold Mellberg and returned Dario, that leaves us with a central defence of Fabio Cannavaro, Giorgio Chiellini, Lorenzo Ariaudo and Nicola Legrottaglie.

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Blues for a left back

With the big deals done, Juventus look set to back off from the transfer market and start planning their 2009/10 scudetto campaign. The club have spent almost £45 million and all of that had gone on just 2 players – Brazilian fantasista Diego and his fellow countryman, Felipe Melo. Now I can’t argue with the spending or the players we’ve bought, but surely there are at least 3 important areas the management have overlooked ?

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Felipe Melo – Money well spent ?

The deal is almost done – Melo has undergone his medical and should be putting pen to paper later today. He seems to have the right attitude about playing for the club; ” We can win everything, including the Champions League” he said earlier today.

At £21 million, Melo was far from a bargain and thanks to his performances at the Confederations Cup, he was certain to be snapped up by either Arsenal, Real Madrid or Juventus – Luckily enough, the player wanted to come to Turin and seemed set on joining fellow Brazilians Diego and Amauri.

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Welcome to the Juvefc.com Blog !

Hi there, just a quick introduction to the blog and me – I own and operate Juvefc.com, a Juventus fan site that’s been going strong since 2001. We’ve had various up’s and down’s over the years, but the site is still on the net, offering Juventus fans all over the world, the latest Juventus news, match reports, goal videos and various other bits and bobs.

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