Rome: Juventus midfielder Andrea Pirlo has praised Antonio Conte as one of the finest football managers in the world. Under the guide of Conte, Juventus have developed into one of Europe's strongest football sides and are continuing to improve - something that Pirlo believes to be largely down to the talents of the coach, reports Xinhua. "I am extremely lucky - I met Antonio Conte," Pirlo said. "I had so...
03:31 PM, Apr 21, 2013
Turin: Antonio Conte made an uncharacteristic hash of his team selection against Bayern Munich last week and the Juventus coach cannot afford to get it wrong again as his side chase a two-goal deficit on Wednesday. The Serie A champions and leaders, lucky to escape with a 2-0 defeat after they were hopelessly outclassed in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final, must also overcome the absence of suspended...
08:27 AM, Apr 09, 2013
Bayern Munich's Jupp Heynckes has spent days and nights studying his opponents ahead of Tuesday's first leg. ...
09:40 AM, Apr 02, 2013
Celtic, beaten 3-0 at home, need to end Juventus' 17-match unbeaten European run and re-write the Champions League record books when they visit the Italian champions. ...
09:13 AM, Mar 05, 2013
Juventus got back to winning ways with a 4-0 win over Udinese in the Serie A with two stunning goals from Pogba. ...
08:44 AM, Jan 20, 2013
Defending champion Juventus strolled to a 3-0 win over 10-man Atalanta in Serie A on Sunday, scoring the opening goal after just 80 seconds. ...
10:18 PM, Dec 16, 2012
The two midfielders are among the 23-man shortlist for the honour and the eventual winner will be revealed Jan 7. ...
06:02 PM, Nov 29, 2012
Milan: Juventus dominated but were held to 0-0 by Lazio in Serie A on Saturday, just three days before their key Champions League match against Chelsea. Leonardo Bonucci hit the crossbar for Juventus but the defending champions - who had scored 10 goals in their previous two matches - could not find a way past Lazio goalkeeper Federico Marchetti. Marchetti pulled off a spectacular stop, changing direction midair to keep...
08:48 AM, Nov 18, 2012
Rome: An early onslaught of goals gave Juventus a comfortable 4-1 win over Roma and old nemesis Zdenek Zeman on Saturday, extending the Turin club's unbeaten streak in Serie A to 45 matches. Midfield maestro Andrea Pirlo gave Juve the lead with an expertly placed free kick in the 11th minute at Juventus Stadium, Arturo Vidal converted a penalty in the 16th and Alessandro Matri added another in the 19th...
09:11 AM, Sep 30, 2012
Milan: Juventus showed they have not been affected by off-the-pitch issues as they beat Parma 2-0 in their Serie A opener on Saturday. Stephan Lichtsteiner scored nine minutes into the second half and Andrea Pirlo doubled his team's tally four minutes later to get Juve's title defense off to a winning start. Assistant coach Massimo Carrera was standing in for coach Antonio Conte, who was banned for 10 months for...
08:31 AM, Aug 26, 2012
CNN-IBN experts discuss the possible permutations and combinations of Euro final between Italy and Spain. ...
09:15 PM, Jul 01, 2012
Rafa Benitez has warned Spain that Italy have players other than Andrea Pirlo capable of dictating the Euro 2012 final at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev. The Juventus midfielder has earned many plaudits for his performances in the tournament to date, but the former Inter and Liverpool boss pointed out that Daniele De Rossi and Thiago Motta could also prove influential if ignored by La Roja. "Spain, like England and...
05:31 PM, Jun 30, 2012
London: Ray Wilkins believes England could have had their own Andrea Pirlo at Euro 2012 had Paul Scholes been convinced to play. The Manchester United midfielder was capped 66 times by the Three Lions, scoring 14 goals, before retiring from international football in 2004 at the age of just 30 following the European Championship in Portugal. Despite rumours of a return both under Steve McClaren and Fabio Capello, Scholes never...
01:22 AM, Jun 29, 2012
Germany boss Joachim Loew has highlighted stopping Andrea Pirlo and winning the midfield battle as key to his side defeating Italy in their Euro 2012 semi-final clash on Thursday night. Die Mannschaft enter the last four as the only side to have won all four of their games so far but their coach remains concerned by the threat posed by the Azzurri and their midfield maestro. "Pirlo is an exceptional...
11:00 AM, Jun 28, 2012
Poznan: Fabio Capello has taken the time to praise Italy midfielder Andrea Pirlo following his stellar performances against Spain and Croatia at Euro 2012. The Juventus playmaker provided the assist for the opening goal in the Azzurri's 1-1 draw versus the titleholders last Sunday, and scored an exquisite free-kick in the stalemate with Croatia on Thursday. "The player who has made the difference is [Andrea] Pirlo," Capello stated to Uefa.com....
01:00 AM, Jun 15, 2012
