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Claudio Marchisio Can Handle the Pressure (Celtic vs Juventus)
On paper, Celtic did everything they should have done against Juventus, but football is a match that’s mostly decided on execution, not planning and tactics. The Juve midfield might have been subdued for most of the match but eventually, their superiority when it came to quality, presented by the finishing of Claudio Marchisio, was a bit too much.
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Juventus FC – Cost of Building the Current Squad
The big Italian clubs hardly base their squads on home grown talent, and Juventus are no different, spending just under €200 million to assemble the current group of players, some on co-ownership deals, with Gianluigi Buffon, arriving back in 2001, still the most expensive player on the team.
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Oscar Wonder Goal Doesn’t Help in Champions League Opener (Chelsea vs Juventus)
For a short while, it looked like Oscar was having a dream debut in the Champions League, scoring two first half goals, including one perfect and memorable one to give Chelsea a 2-goal lead. Alas, Juventus were serious when they declared they were coming to Stamford Bridge to score, coming back with an Arturo Vidal goal and later on a Fabio Quagliarella equalizer in the second half, endning the match at 2-2.
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Juventus Crush Napoli 3-0; Blow Serie A Title Race Wide Open
Juventus suddenly remembered to start scoring, beating Napoli impressively at home 3-0 with goals from Leonardo Bonucci, Arturo Vidal and Fabio Quagliarella, putting them 2 points behind AC Milan in the Serie A table and hurting Napoli’s chance of repeating their Champions League campaign next season.
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Juventus in Possible Match Fixing Trouble Again
Juventus involved again in corruption allegations? Italian football and the Serie A just can’t get a break, and for known reason. Anything even slightly suspicious that happens is immediately magnified. First it was Napoli’s Morgan De Sanctis and now, with Juventus acting as the lightning bolt, is Arturo Vidal’s penalty against Cesena.