It is a tricky task to find time to scout the horde of players we have outside the senior squad, whether in the U23 or U19 sides at the club,…
With the season expectations now narrowed to 4th spot in the table, with sole remaining potential for silverware in the coppa italia, many minds are moving to the Summer. When…
We seem rather strapped for cash. I don’t know the exact figures and doubt anybody knows them. It is never good business sense to reveal you are poor. Yet our…
Zauli enjoyed a decent debut season as coach with the Juve u23 side, with the team just squeezing into the top 10 for a respectable mid table finish and qualification…
Now and then I come across a transfer fee in the youth ranks which instantly makes me raise an eyebrow. Then delve to take a deeper peek at why we…
It seems like a different age, maybe a different man, when I last found time to delve into the youth sector. So much is happening both on and off the…
I had thought it was all over for the B team, and yet, it transpires that through winning the Serie C coppa italia, Pecchia’s troops qualified for the first round…
Fabio Pecchia ended his debut campaign as U23 coach with victory in the Serie C coppa italia final on Saturday. Goals from Brunori and Rafia earned the side a 2-1…
With the senior side failing to spark into life, drudgery abounds domestically with some life still found on the European front, it seems a good time to look to the…
Whilst the seniors were made to appear laboured, disjointed, ancient in their movements when faced with the youthful exuberance of the Ajax squad which outplayed them over both legs of…
It has been a fair while since I delved into the youth sector, though I have been keeping abreast of the general form of the primavera and of course the…
A brief overview of international endeavor of our youth sector… Allessandro Busti,18, made his international debut for the senior Canada side in their recent 5-0 drubbing of Domenican Republic in…
The Juve B team finally kicked off their maiden voyage in Serie C (Girone A) with a home tie against a well seasoned Alessandria side. The opponents just missed out…
After much debate, much pushing, legal challenges, threats of boycott and still no set fixtures in place or even an official squad list, finally we are on the verge of…
Better late than never, comes the best parts of an interview with the technical director of the Juve Youth Sector – Federico Cherubini. Who is also vice Sporting Director under…
A brief glimpse at our progress thus far in the annual Viareggio tournament… Juve 2-2 Rijeka JUVENTUS (4-3-3): Busti; Vogliacco, Pereira, Zanandrea, Anzolin; Morrone (1 ‘St Muratore), Fernandes, Portanova (15’ st Morachioli); Del Sole…
The weather has been Hades. 43C yet still the beach was crowded, as I waded up and down the bay to try ease my mangled neck, considered how the more…
(NB early September) Much time has passed, the season has begun in truncated fashion and many are seeing the return to action now, with the champions league set to commence…
Italy kick off their U20 world cup campaign today with a tough fixture with Uruguay, who topped the South America qualification tournament earlier this year. The match will see recent…
Finally the curtains have been closed on a typically lively Winter mercato for the youth sector of Juventus. As is all too often the case, there were a flurry of deals…