Tuttosport 18/03/99
Antonio Conte's goal against Olympiakos was Juve's 200th in its Champions
Cup history.
Conte called his goal his revenge, since it seemed that being Juve's
captain didn't mean much. Moreover, his gesture after the goal (silencing
the crowd) was meant as a warning to the Greek fans not to disturb the joy
of Conte and his teammates.
Carlo Ancelotti was impressed by the reaction displayed by his players,
saying that they were great in not losing their heads after the awful
start. He said that Juve's mistake was not using enough the flanks and that
everything changed when he put in Nicola Amoruso.
Olympiakos coach Dusan Bajevic said that Juve was lucky since they didn't
make any shots on goal.
All Juve players agreed that it would be better not to play against Bayern
Munich in the next round.
Angelo Peruzzi will probably miss Juventus-Roma and Italy's two qualifying
matches the following week. Michelangelo Rampulla admitted that he made a
mistake when Olympiakos scored.
A survey made by Nomisma says that Juve is the most followed team in Italy
with almost 11 million fans. Here are the results:
1. Juventus 10,600,000 fans (31.8%)
2. Milan 6,000,000
3. Inter 5,000,000
4. Napoli 2,300,000
5. Cagliari 1,150,000
6. Fiorentina 1,000,000
7. Roma 850,000
8. Lazio 700,000
Trade news : rumors are that Juventus wants to buy Serie B team Ravenna in
order to use it as a "minor league team". Giorgio Perinetti, currently
director of Juve's youth system, would become Ravenna's general director
and use Juve-owned players who are currently playing all over Italy.
In recent days, Juve made tries for Oympique Marseille defender Cyril
Domoraud and Porto forward Mario Jardel. In Domoraud's case, it will be
difficult to achieve anything since Inter has an option on the player and
Marcello Lippi asked specifically for him. Jardel looks like a "disturbing
move", since Juve is really after Ancelotti's pupil Hernan Crespo. Parma
asked for Filippo Inzaghi in exchange, but Juve's offer is Juan Esnaider or
Nicola Amoruso plus 15 billion lire (� 7.7 million, $ 9 million).
Daniel Fonseca has received offers from Sampdoria and Salernitana, but he
will only accept if either team remains in Serie A next season.
It seems that the acquisition of Dino Baggio is almost certain: Juve will
give 15 billion lire plus the joint ownership of Jonathan Binotto to Parma.
Before the end of the month, Alessandro Del Piero will probably sign the
new contract worth 7 billion lire (� 3.6 million, $ 4.2 million) per season
for 4 years (La Stampa says that it's for five years).
Manchester United has yet made another offer for Zinedine Zidane: 50
billion lire (� 26 million, $ 30 million). Juventus will refuse unless
Ancelotti says that Juve can sell him.
Tuttosport's survey continues. These are the players that fans do not want
Juve to sell. You can vote too by e-mailing Tuttosport at
[email protected]
1) Del Piero 1515 votes
2) Davids 1280
3) Inzaghi 1095
4) Zidane 880
5) Peruzzi 877
6) Montero 650
7) Ferrara 609
8) Di Livio 399
9) Tacchinardi 337
10) Henry 276
11) Conte 265
12) Tudor 215
13) Perrotta 195
14) Iuliano 177
15) Pessotto 151
16) Esnaider 148
17) Amoruso 145
18) Deschamps 109
19) Fonseca 108
20) Birindelli 105
21) Rigoni 102
22) Mirkovic 87
23) De Sanctis 79
24) Rampulla 74
25) Binotto 39
26) Paci 36
27) Blanchard 28
28) Grabbi, M�ller 27
30) Zalayeta 16
31) Zambrotta 8
32) Andorno, Sculli 5
34) Pellegrin, Pecchia 4
36) Zazzetta, Manfredini 3
38) Baccin, Rocchi, Barone 1
