January is a month to forget. Let's hope February is short & sweet. Along with 4 league games, there is also the first leg CL match against Celtic on the 12th. 3 Feb at Chievo 9 Feb Fiorentina 16 Feb at Roma 23 Feb Siena
Only one to blame are ourselves. Bitching like that after the game does absolutely nothing, except harm the team.
i never understood why theres so much complaining in this sport period! the refs NEVER change their mind...its very very rare...yet its the culture of this sport to continue the complaining when all it does is make things worse. Especially after the game....its not like the ref is gonna call the game back and say ok lets redo this. Conte should know this better
It was the heat of the moment. Here we have the team trying to get the go ahead goal. Lichtensteiner puts in a nice cross. The defender handles the ball and takes away the chance. And the ref has no guts to call it. At that point, it is all adrenaline.
you know i always thought refs should be from other countries. Just so that they are somewhat unbiased. cuz all these refs prob have a fav team they grew up to. So no matter how professional u become there could still be that one little biased part of u who could give advantage to a rival team. Make them foreigners that are no biased and these problems would go away. But of course there would problems of language or what not but those can be solved too.
Conte: 'Not worried about Juve' By Football Italia staff Antonio Conte begins his touchline ban against Chievo and looks back over Juventus’ Coppa Italia exit, but insists “I am not worried.” The Bianconeri have had a very difficult start to 2013, seeing their eight-point lead whittled down to three and going out of the Coppa Italia semi-final against Lazio. “Is it a difficult time for us? If I look at the table, then I’d say no,” assured the Coach who begins a two-game touchline ban for insulting the referee. “If I see we are through to the Champions League knockouts and reached the Coppa Italia semi-final, then I say no. We deserved more against Lazio, both home and away, despite the fact we used the Coppa to help players gain experience and get more playing time. “A Coach cannot just look at the result. It can happen that you try to give your all, but then concede two goals with the only real chances. I am not worried. Apart from against Sampdoria, I was never unhappy with my team’s performance. Luck just isn’t on our side right now. “I did not consider us favourites before and I do not see us like that now either. This Scudetto will be won by the best team, as it was last season. Napoli are our direct antagonists and strengthened in the January transfer window, so they have everything it takes to win the Scudetto.” The Bianconeri were expected to strengthen over the January transfer window, but fans are unsure that Nicolas Anelka is the reinforcement they needed. “We tried to do what we could and what the other clubs allowed us to do,” continued Conte. “We have been clear since the first day that we do not have a large kitty to draw from. We could’ve done better, we could’ve done worse. “After all, apart from Mario Balotelli, the top players like Luis Suarez, Stevan Jovetic and Edinson Cavani did not move mid-season. “Anelka is in decent shape, calculating his last game was in October, and showed himself to be a professional. We are trying to perform a full immersion on him, so he can understand our systems. He will be on the bench against Chievo. “Are the fans disappointed? You can’t have everything straight away. Like other clubs, we are undertaking a process of growth. We’re not a complete team, though we did proceed very quickly, as we’ve only been working together for 18 months. It’s crazy to talk about a Treble.”
1 Buffon 4 Caceres 6 Pogba 11 De Ceglie 12 Giovinco 13 Peluso 15 Barzagli 18 Anelka 20 Padoin 21 Pirlo 23 Vidal 24 Giaccherini 26 Lichtsteiner 27 Quagliarella 30 Storari 32 Matri 33 Isla 34 Rubinho 39 Marrone