Tag: Juventus

A definitive answer to whether Gonzalo Higuain and every other player is worth their transfer fee

Juventus paid €90 million for Gonzalo Higuain — the 28-year-old destroyer of Lionel Messi’s dreams and Serie A’s top scorer last season. This is a lot of money for any player, let alone one who is closing in on 30 years old. And so it has prompted the indignant question raised every time there is a transfer fee larger than what is currently accepted to be within the always rising range of normality: Is he worth it?

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Luca Toni chips in a penalty during his final match, retires like a boss

World Cup winner Luca Toni went out in pretty much the best way a guy on a relegated team could hope by audaciously chipping in a penalty and beating Serie A champions Juventus 2-1. The 38-year-old striker, who was Serie A’s top scorer as recently as last season, executed the Panenka that sparked cheers from both sets of fans in the 43rd minute before doing his signature celebration for the last time.

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DTotD: Paul Pogba taken down by champagne slicked floor

Juventus sealed their record fifth consecutive Serie A title with Roma’s 1-0 win over Napoli, prompting the usual celebrations of bouncing around while spraying champagne. But since the players were in a room with a hardwood floor instead of the dressing room, this created hazardous conditions. And Paul Pogba fell victim to them.

While attempting to take a selfie while moshing around, Pogba slipped on the wet floor, then looked like he was trying to walk on ice as he attempted to get back to his feet.

This is a video that likely gave France manager Didier Deschamps a heart attack so close to Euro 2016, but Pogba appeared to survive the ordeal without any ill effects.

This has been the Dirty Tackle of the Day: a chronicling of unfortunate events. 

You can now watch more than 16 consecutive hours of Gigi Buffon making saves

Unsure what to do with yourself to make it through the tedium of the international break? Well Juventus have come to the rescue by uploading a 973-minute long video of Gianluigi Buffon making saves to celebrate his Serie A clean sheet record of the same length.

As Juve point out, at the 4:07:57 mark, the video matches the time it takes to travel from Turin to Rome by train and at 9:16:57 it lasts as long as the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Please alert your family before you start watching this video. Not that 16 hours is long enough for anyone to worry about not hearing from you, but surely they will be able to make arrangements to help you assimilate back into society after making it all the way through.

Inter fans taunt Juventus with dreamy tifo

Juventus came up one win short of becoming just the second Italian club to ever win the treble last season, but Barcelona were just too much for them to handle in the Champions League final.

In case Juve and their fans somehow forgot this bitter end to an otherwise stellar campaign, fans of the only Italian club to ever win the treble, Inter, produced a large tifo display to remind them before Sunday’s 0-0 draw in the derby d’Italia. It also included a subtle nod to Juve’s time in Serie B as a result of their Calciopoli punishment.

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All the reasons why Barcelona won the 2015 Champions League final

Barcelona completed a perfect end to the season by beating Juventus 3-1 in the Champions League final to win their second treble in six years and fourth European Cup in 10 years. For a club that has supposedly been in crisis every other week for the last three years, that’s quite impressive. But for a club with three of the best players in the world scoring goals by the bushel for them, it also makes complete sense.

Though that last fact might seem like enough to put Barca past Juve, there was actually much more to it. These are all the reasons why Barcelona won…

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