Aerobic Strengthening And Tactics In Pinzolo This Morning

Third day of repeats for Juventus: this morning the bianconeri underwent six repeats, always on a distance of 1,200 metres. The aerobic strengthening work is important to fill the tanks with petrol in view of a long and busy season.

Before the athletic part, the bianconeri worked on technical and tactical aspects with the midfielders working with Sormani on ball possession and circulation while the attackers and the defenders worked with Ferrara and Maddaloni on movement during non-possession and re-starting.

Momo Sissoko worked in the gym as scheduled and was later joined by Alessandro Del Piero who did not take part in the repeats but underwent a personalized training program.

In the afternoon the team will be back on the field for the second session, the last before the test against Cisco Roma on Wednesday at 17:30hrs (live on Juventus Channel).

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Juventus-Cisco Roma On Juventus Channel

Juventus are preparing to play their first summer friendly match. After the last few days of intense training, the bianconeri will get back to playing matches. At 17:30hrs at the Centro Sportivo Pineta they will in fact play a friendly against Cisco Roma, a team of the Lega Pro second division (ex-Serie C2).

The match will be aired live on Juventus Channel which will link-up to Pinzolo a quarter of an hour before kick-off. Interviews from the side-lines, interviews and live commentary with the technical participation of Massimo Carrera in an event which is not to be missed.

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Great Feast In Aid Of The Sant’Anna At Chalet Fiat

For the second consecutive year, the foundation “Crescere Insieme al Sant’Anna” managed to win itself an important bit of space in the Juventus summer training camp. After the great experience of 12 months ago, yesterday evening – Monday 13th July – the high level dinner was repeated.

The location was changed from the Prà Rodont restaurant to the Chalet Fiat in Madonna di Campiglio close to the arrival point of the cable car of the Spinale. The attendance was even greater then that of last year. Over 160 people attended raising €6,000 (from entrance fees and final lottery) also thanks to the extraordinary participation of the Juve troop.

Directly from the summer camp venue in Pinzolo came Ciro Ferrara, Alessandro Del Piero, David Trezeguet, Tiago and Momo Sissoko. This was a fundamental contribution to the success of the evening as was the participation of the partners who also gave a helping hand: Fiat, New Holland, Bet&Click, Apt Pinzolo Madonna di Campiglio and Funivie Campiglio.

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Zanetti: «I’m Playing My Cards"

You write Pinzolo and read Juventus. You write Pinzolo and also read Cristaino Zanetti. The midfielder from Carrara confirmed himself as being a camp-man in Val Rendena since together with Jonathan Zebina he is the only player to have taken part in all of the Trentino summer trips.

Four years, much experience gained and much will to give his contribution for the cause. New coach, new schemes but the same strong will as always:

"The competition has grown? It is normal that the great teams have many players but I am convinced that like always it will be the field to decide and the coach will choose not according to names but according to what he sees. With Diego’s arrival we will change our mode of play but this is not a problem for me and there will always be space for all".

Zanetti begins his season in Trentino with clear ideas. He knows what to ask of the new season and of the future.

"Last year I was conditioned by an injury I suffered in August which was made worse by the rush to get back. It is for this reason that I hope to have a physical condition which enables me to express myself as best I can. I am ready to play all my cards while respecting everyone. My contract expires in 2010? We will soon meet with the directors to discuss and my hope is to stay here and win something important while wearing this jersey".

After a year in Serie B and two in A, Zanetti wants to gain some satisfaction with the bianconeri. The proposal of the midfielder are not very different from the ones of his mates in the past few days:

"I never saw a great gap between us and Inter, not even in the last seasons. Last season we were conditioned by a number of injuries especially at important times. It will not be a race between two teams because Roma, Milan and Fiorentina are there too. We want to do well and with the charge given by the new coach. I see Ferrara as he was when he played: a good defender who was always concentrated and careful for every detail".

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More Hard Work This Morning. Afternoon Free.

The hard work in Pinzolo continues. After the four repeats of 1,200 metres each yesterday, this morning the bianconeri underwent five, continuing the work on aerobic strength. Before the athletic part, the team took part in technical training: the midfielders were busy with Ferrara perfecting pressing and ball-less movements. The back line worked with Maddaloni on positioning, while the attackers trained with Sormani on long balls.

After half an hour the repeats began with the participation of Diego. Sissoko stayed in the gym as scheduled while Del Piero continued to work with Sormani, working on a special physical programme with the use of the ball, a technical and aerobic strengthening session of great intensity.

After the hard work of these last few days the bianconeri will now have time for some rest, Ferrara in fact granted the team a free afternoon.

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Summer Village Goes Crazy For Del Piero

It was a festive Sunday for the thousands of Juventus fans who visited Pinzolo and the epilogue was no less: at the end of the afternoon training session in fact, the stage of the Summer Village hosted captain Alessandro Del Piero driving enthusiasm sky high in what was one of the most awaited moments by the public.

Alex thanked all for their affection with which he was greeted and responded cheerfully to the many mistakes asked by Valeria Ciardiello and dj Nanà, some of which serious and others lighter in theme. Speaking of these first days of camp the captain confirmed the common sensation, that is, that the team is highly motivated:

"We are working with great enthusiasm, even if this is not an easy time seeing the fatigue but after all it is rightly so. These are important days. The coach, the staff and some players are new but everything is going on well and we hope it will continue in this way because we want to win. We hope it will be a great season, better then the last".

After having thanked Diego, who had defined him a football genius, Del Piero said he is happy to be close to home:

"The Dolomites are part of me, seeing that I am from Veneto and so I feel they are my own even if we’re on the other side. Here the environment is spectacular, for the view but also for the welcome we receive".

Finally, Alex quenched the curiosity of the fans saying that he calls Ferrara mister and not Ciro, “It is only right”, that his favourite cartoons as a child were Goldrake and Holly e Benji and what work he would have liked to do if he hadn’t become a footballer (an electrician). Asked how he passes his free time during the camp, he answered with a joke: "A man of a certain age must rest". The rest of a warrior.

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Alex And Brazzo, Two Goals Each In The Mini-Matches

Juventus have got down to business. As announced by the technical staff in the last few days, as from today the athletic work load is being increased and the schedule is being respected. The bianconeri began with a technical session.

The defenders were followed by Maddaloni, perfecting movement in phases without the ball while the midfielders and the strikers worked with Ferrara and Sormani on triangulizations and long balls.

After approximately 30 minutes the athletic session began with the binaconeri divided according to role and kept busy with four repeats of 1,200 metre runs. Once again it was Christian Poulsen who impressed together with Momo Sissoko setting very good times.

"It is work to strengthen the aerobic side which will be repeated in the coming days, after having verified the reaction of the players" explained trainer Andrea Scanavino on Juventus Channel. Alessandro Del Piero and Diego did not take part in the session with the rest but worked in the gym.

Diego remained in the gym with Cristiano Zanetti even in the afternoon while the captain was regularly on the field. The team was first busy in a series of ten-a-side mini-matches on a reduced field, playing first one touch football and giving a great show particularly thanks to the two shots by Sissoko which went inches wide and a plastic-like overhead kick by Amauri saved by Kirev.

After another mini-match with low balls the group was divided once again into two. This time it was once again long balls and shots at goal for midfielders and attackers while the defenders took care of positioning on crosses and one-on-one football.

This was followed by yet another mini-match, this time an 8-a-side one, which ended 4-3 for the team with green bibs which had Del Piero and Amauri as forwards both of whom scored. The captain scored twice, just like Hasan Salihamidzic his opponent of the day. The other goals were scored by Tiago for the greens and Trezeguet for the whites.

On Monday Ferrara will grant half a day of rest to the team who will only have a morning session.

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Juve fans battle over Cannavaro

There is a battle brewing between Juventus fans and those ultras protesting against Fabio Cannavaro and Jonathan Zebina.

The role of the ultra’ in Italian football has always been a tricky one and there is set to be a deep split within the fanbase, which is already evident in pre-season training.

Cannavaro’s return from Real Madrid three years after he walked away in the midst of the Calciopoli scandal is the focus of the trouble.

The World Cup winner and the other Confederations Cup players do not begin training in Pinzolo until Thursday, but ultras already chanted slogans against him during this week’s sessions.

‘Madrid dumped you, Napoli repudiated you, only your avarice brought you back to us,’ read one banner, while others declared Canna ‘a traitor.’

Zebina was also targeted for abuse, but he was never a particularly popular figure among the Bianconeri fans.

Unusually, the majority of supporters turned on these hardliners with their own chants and jeers, but the situation is set to escalate when Cannavaro actually joins the squad.

The ultras have already been using fireworks and smoke bombs during the training sessions to make their protests clear.

According to Turin-based newspaper Tuttosport, the deep split between the sets of Juventus supporters could blow up next week with Cannavaro’s arrival.

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