Milan: Sampdoria became the only team to beat Juventus twice in the league under Antonio Conte as they secured a 3-2 victory over the newly-crowned Serie A champion on Saturday. Eder, Lorenzo De Silvestri and Mauro Icardi helped Sampdoria come from behind after Fabio Quagliarella had scored against his old team.
Emanuele Giaccherini reduced the deficit in stoppage time. Juventus striker Nicklas Bendtner fractured his wrist in the game and will have an operation on Sunday.
"I want to say a great thanks to these lads who have done something amazing in these two years," Conte said. "There's a bit of a bad taste but it was a nice night. It's a pity only for the 100th injury of Bendtner who really had an unlucky season. We should only continue to thanks these lads for their extraordinary achievements. It's disrespectful towards them to talk about the transfer market today. From tomorrow the club with start evaluating things."
Earlier, Sassuolo clinched promotion to Serie A for the first time in their history, finishing as Serie B champions following a last-gasp 1-0 victory over third-placed Livorno. Hellas Verona joined Sassuolo as runners-up after a goalless draw against fourth-place Empoli....
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08:35 AM, May 19, 2013
Rome: Juventus head coach Antonio Conte said he will discuss his future with the club following his side retaining the Serie A title with a 1-0 win over Palermo. "The bar has been raised higher and there is also an economic crisis in Italy. I thank president Andrea Agnelli, who wanted me here at Juventus, and for that I will be always grateful. I want what is best for everyone,"...
12:00 PM, May 06, 2013
Milan: Juventus head coach Antonio Conte claimed that his side's 1-0 win over AC Milan on Sunday night as a big step forward toward their second consecutive Serie A football title. Thanks to the win at home, the Bianconeri need only four points from the remaining five rounds to secure the title, reports Xinhua. "Milan were unbeaten in the second half of the season and we travelling up the table....
02:15 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Conte guided the Turin outfit to Serie A title last season, and has every possibility of repeating it this season. ...
02:47 PM, Mar 20, 2013
"It's a prize that pushes me to always try to improve," Antonio Conte, who led the Turin side undefeated to the title, said after the award. ...
10:45 PM, Feb 18, 2013
Juventus coach has been given a two-match ban for insulting match officials following the Serie A leaders' 1-1 draw at home to Genoa. ...
11:57 PM, Jan 28, 2013
With the European transfer window due to open January 1, the 18-year-old central defender should move to Turin in a matter of days, reports
Xinhua. ...
03:38 PM, Dec 25, 2012
Juventus' Simone Pepe will be out of action for a long time after suffering a second tear to his left thigh muscle. ...
11:54 AM, Dec 08, 2012
Conte was banned for failing to report match-fixing when he coached Siena two seasons ago. ...
11:11 PM, Dec 07, 2012
Milan: Defending Serie A champion Juventus will be looking to cap off an impressive week with a victory over a resurgent AC Milan on Sunday. Juventus took a big step toward qualifying for the knockout stage of the Champions League on Tuesday with a 3-0 win over Chelsea. "I hope that the best Juve is yet to come," coach Antonio Conte said. "The satisfaction has to be an added push...
05:33 PM, Nov 23, 2012
Rome: Juventus coach Antonio Conte's match-fixing ban was reduced from ten months to four months on Friday by Italy's sports arbitration court. Conte can now return on 8 December instead of next June. The ban stems from wrongdoing when Conte coached Siena in Serie B two seasons ago. The reduction came after the panel apparently concluded that Conte did not keep forward Salvatore Mastronunzio out of Siena's squad because he...
09:43 PM, Oct 05, 2012
Turin: Juventus boss Antonio Conte has reiterated that he was not aware of any match-fixing during his time in charge of Siena. It has been alleged that the former Italy international was aware of a plot to arrange the outcome of a crucial Serie B clash with Novara on April 30, 2011 - to play out a draw - and the 42-year-old's house was searched on Monday as part of...
04:01 PM, May 29, 2012
Rome: Italian police investigating a soccer match-fixing scandal placed Juventus trainer Antonio Conte under investigation and arrested the captain of Lazio Stefano Mauri and former Genoa midfielder Omar Milanetto, authorities said on Monday. The Italian football federation said Mauri was one of 14 people arrested. Italian authorities swept through the Italy national team training site near Florence on Monday and made more than a dozen arrests elsewhere as part of...
02:12 PM, May 28, 2012
Turin: Juventus coach Antonio Conte has signed a new three-year deal with the Serie A champions that will keep him with the club until 2015. Conte, a former Juventus captain, took over last summer from Luigi Delneri, who failed to take Juventus into the Europa League with a seventh-place finish in the Italian league. The 42-year-old Conte led Juventus to the league title this season and reached the Italian Cup...
09:34 AM, May 25, 2012
Milan: It is a buoyant AC Milan side which heads to Cesena on Sunday as they turns their attention back to Serie A following a dominant Champions League victory against Arsenal. Milan are all but through to the quarter-finals after humiliating the Premier League side 4-0 in the first leg. They also remain top of Serie A after Juventus drew 0-0 at Parma on Wednesday. "We can win both the...
02:31 PM, Feb 17, 2012
Milan: Juventus missed the chance to go back to the top of the Serie A table as they were held to a 0-0 draw at Parma on Wednesday. Antonio Conte's side had the better opportunities and could have taken the lead as early as the fourth minute when Giorgio Chiellini saw his header deflected off the post. Juventus also had two decent second-half penalty shouts turned down. The Bianconeri increased...
05:38 AM, Feb 16, 2012
