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16 Januari 2009

The Goal.com Top 50

Inilah daftar pemain Juve yang masuk Top 50 Goal.com

Giorgio Chiellini (28)

Alessandro Del Piero (22)
Gianluigi Buffon (17)

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PROFIL : Amauri Carvalho de Oliveira


Amauri Carvalho de Oliveira (born June 3, 1980 in Carapicuíba, São Paulo), better known as Amauri, is a Brazilian football player. He plays as a striker for Italian Serie A team Juventus.

Club career

He played at the prestigious Viareggio Tournament in Italy with his Brazilian Club, he was young and received many offers from Italian clubs, but he decided to choose a Swiss club to slowly start his career in Europe. After two seasons in Switzerland for Challenge League team AC Bellinzona, Amauri was signed by Parma and immediately loaned to Napoli in January 2001, making his Serie A debut on April 14, 2001 in a league match against Bari.

He then played for Piacenza in Serie A for the 2001–02 season, Messina in Serie B in the 2002–03 season and Chievo Verona from 2003 to 2006.

During his time for Chievo, and especially in the 2005–06 season, ended with a qualification to the preliminary phase of UEFA Champions League (also favoured by the 2006 Serie A scandal), Amauri showed most of his potential, becoming one of the key players of the team.

Palermo

On August 31, 2006, the last day of the 2006 summer transfer period, Amauri was sold to Palermo for around €8 million, after having scored two goals in the return match of the third qualifying round against PFC Levski Sofia.

Immediately from his debut with Palermo, Amauri became a fan favourite and a key player for the Rosanero, scoring eight goals in 18 league matches until December 2006. A serious knee injury in a league match against Siena prevented him from playing for seven months; however Amauri recovered in time for the start of the 2007-08 season, being immediately featured in the regular lineup for Palermo's first match against AS Roma. He scored his first goal in the new season in the next match, a 4-2 away win to Livorno.

Juventus

On May 30, 2008 Amauri completed a €15.3 million (plus the full property of Antonio Nocerino and the co-ownership of Davide Lanzafame) move to the Italian giants, Juve. Since his arrival Amauri has impressed greatly in training and put on superb performances during Juventus' pre-season campaign. Against Serie C2 side AC Mezzocorona, he scored five goals in a 7-1 victory. He also has impressed and also hit the back of the net versus Brondby and versus Borussia Dortmund. He also impressed during Juventus' TIM Trophy against AC Milan and Inter, and Juventus' English Tour, in the Emirates Cup and against Manchester United in a classic at Old Trafford. He will fight for a first team position along with Alessandro Del Piero, David Trezeguet, and Vincenzo Iaquinta.

International career

Amauri, who never appeared at the international level for the Brazilian team, has recently asked to acquire an Italian passport, as he has lived and played in Italy for five years: therefore, he will be eligible in the future to play for the Italian national team. Following his impressive performances when at Palermo, he was suggested to be a potential call-up of the then Azzurri coach Roberto Donadoni, who stated he might be interested in calling him to the Italian squad.[1] He is now expected to choose between Italy and Brazil in the near future.In the month of December, Dunga made some statements that he was going to call up Amauri but that he was not guaranteed a national team spot.

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Marchisio, Chiellini, Iaquinta To Return Against Lazio

Good news for Juventus as Marchisio, Chiellini, and Iaquinta are all expected to recover from injury in time for the match against Lazio on Saturday...

uventus overcame Catania 3-0 in the Coppa Italia on Wednesday and now are looking for a repeat performance against Lazio on Sunday evening.

The Biancocelesti are likely to provide a much more stern test for Claudio Ranieri's men, but they will be boosted by the return of three Italians.

Midfielder Claudio Marchisio, striker Vincenzo Iaquinta, and defender Giorgio Chiellini have recovered from their respective knocks and are all expected to be named in 'the Tinkerman's' squad for the match at the Stadio Olimpico, according to Calciomercato.

The Bianconeri fans will be especially pleased with the return of Chiellini, who ahs been a rock in the backline all season and will be key in attempting to stifle the Lazio attack, which has scored 29 goals this season.

Meanwhile, central midfielders Tiago and Christian Poulsen completed the full training session on Thursday and could also see some action on the weekend.

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Inter Berlari, Juve Mengejar


Inter Milan harus terus berlari untuk menjauhi kejaran Juventus. Sebaliknya, Bianconeri bisa memanfaatkan kondisi yang sedang on fire untuk memepet Nerazzurri.

Bagaimana aksi kedua David Beckham?

Kabar baik diterima sang pemuncak klasemen Inter Milan. Gelandang serang Dejan Stankovic sudah mulai kembali berlatih. Sepekan silam, tanpa Stankovic pasukan Jose Mourinho ditahan imbang Cagliari 1-1. Hal itu membuat jarak poin yang dipunyai La Beneamata dengan runner up sementara, Juventus, tinggal empat poin.

Stankovic kemungkinan bisa diturunkan saat Inter melawat ke Bergamo guna menghadapi Atalanta, Minggu (18/1/2009). Kemenangan menjadi penting bagi Inter guna terus menjauhi kejaran Juve. Yang harus diingat, La Dea -- julukan Atalanta -- adalah jago kandang. Mereka hanya dua kali kalah di Bergamo. Beruntung catatan away Inter pun cukup baik yaitu enam kali meraih tiga poin.

Sementara, Juventus harus melawat ke Olimpico Roma guna menghadapi laga berat melawan Lazio. Juventus kini sedang agresif. "Si Nyonya Tua" belum terkalahkan dalam delapan pertandingan terakhir yang mereka ikuti.

Kemenangan terakhir diperoleh tengah pekan silam, di mana Juventus membabat Catania 3-0 di 16 besar Copa Italia. Pelatih Claudio Ranieri menyatakan puas dengan penampilan anak asuhnya.

"Saya meminta anak-anak untuk bermain dengan ritme seperti musim lalu dan hari ini mereka berhasil menunjukkannya. Tim ini semakin kompak dari laga ke laga," kata Ranieri pada situs resmi Juventus.

"Saya gembira dengan kembalinya Buffon dan Cristiano Zanetti, dengan performa apik Sebastian Giovinco, dan debut menawan Ariaudo. Penampilan seperti kala melawan Catania ini yang kami perlukan di dua laga ke depan, melawan Lazio dan Fiorentina," kata Ranieri.

Sementara Milan, ujian berat mereka pekan lalu dilalui dengan cukup bagus, dalam arti tidak sampai kalah. Bagaimanapun hasil seri 2-2 melawan Roma merupakan awal yang baik bagi Paolo Maldini cs pasca kedatangan Beckham.

Walau penampilan debut Beckham biasa-biasa saja, namun ia banjir pujian. Ia dianggap cepat beradaptasi dengan lingkungan barunya. Perlu dinantikan bagaimana permainan bintang Inggris itu di partai resmi keduanya bersama Rossoneri.

Kondisi Milan tengah baik. Rumor pendekatan Manchester City terhadap Kaka, sudah ditepis pemain yang bersangkutan. Kaka sudah menyatakan kesetiaannya di San Siro.

Sang calon lawan, Fiorentina, memahami bahwa laga melawan Milan merupakan laga yang sulit. Hal itu diungkapkan oleh pemain tengah Riccardo Montolivo. "Melawan Milan akan menjadi partai yang sulit. Rossonerri merupakan satu dari sekian banyak tim kuat di dunia. Kami akan bermain seperti Fiorentina dan menumpahkan kemarahan di lapangan," tukas Montolivo pada situs klub AC Milan.

Fiorentina akan menjadi tamu Milan dalam pertandingan hari Sabtu (17/1) malam. Dalam konteks misinya masuk zona Liga Champions, peluang mereka memasukinya di minggu ini cukup berat karena pesaingnya, Napoli, akan menghadapi tim juru kunci, Chievo. Napoli hanya unggul satu poin dari La Viola. Genoa, yang memiliki nilai sama dengan Fiorentina tapi unggul selisih gol, akan melawat ke markas Lecce.

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Juve hunt new Pato


Juventus are scouring South America for the next big thing after watching 19-year-old Alexandre Pato [pictured] blossom at rivals Milan.

According to Tuttosport, Renzo Castagnini, Juventus’ chief scout, is on his way to Caracas, Venezuela for the Sub 20, a talent rich youth tournament.

Castagnini attended the Sub 20 last year and discovered Edison Cavani. His club, Danubio, fixed his price at £5m, but Juventus were unwilling to take a chance on him.

Cavani has since joined Palermo while Juventus have changed their philosophy and are now willing to gamble on youth.

This year, the Bianconeri have their sights set on Dentinho, a 19-year-old Brazilian striker who plays alongside Ronaldo at Corinthians.

Real Madrid are also interested in his signature and have been quoted a price of £20m for the youngster’s services.

The Spanish giants have stalled, though, believing the player’s value overly inflated. Juventus are reportedly willing to join Real and bid for Dentinho should he become cheaper.

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