Alberto Zaccheroni To Be Appointed New Juventus Coach On Friday

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thoughts?

Aaaaaaaaaah, g***.com.

But yeah, it'll be either Zac or Gentile appointed today, I'm hoping the latter.

It's Zac, virtually confirmed.

Inter failure, the sabotage is complete. Now all we need is Moratti to buy the club, sell all the best players and use it as a feeder club for Inter.

To say I am underwhelmed about the pathetic direction our club is taking is an understatement.

I suppose he will benefit from players coming back to fitness and he has experience, but what a shit appointment.

Blanc wanted Zac, Secco wanted Gentile. How the hell does the French volleyball director get to make sporting decisions like this? He is supposed to be in charge of financial decisions, nothing more.

want a denial? i will wrote one for you.

Worse than continuing with Ciro in your opinion?

If you could say to me we would have our players all fit I would stick with Ferrara, but he just can't deal with the situation, something has to change.

Bollocks.

The one good thing about Zac is that he has something of a reputation for doing well with teams in the shit during a season, we only have league games now and just have to get into the CL, maybe 3rd, and forget about this joke of a season. It's all about building now, when it should have been about challenging. That comes down to the clowns on the BOD.

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To quote Stephen Colbert:

fucking hell, what a stupid decision, it's inevitable what will happen, in a few weeks, months down the line, the same thing will happen

Sorry JuveJay

It's like Juventus are stuck where Liverpool were in the 90's

Zacc: “I have only coached one team of a great level and that was Milan; this Juventus is very close to it."

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Hmmm....A dig at Inter, good start

is he going to employ his ludicrous 3-4-3 formation?

Juventus and Inter have had a complete role reversal, because of fucking Farsopoli

I remember Cigol commenting before on how the sentence seemed too lenient for Juventus on promotion, because it was as if things had never changed, my, how they have changed.

Maybe Well we don't have a decent left back so maybe it'll be better

It's time to change, says Zac

Juventus's new boss Alberto Zaccheroni insists it is now time for the team to turn over a new leaf after a terrible couple of months.

The Bianconeri dismissed Ciro Ferrara on Friday after a run of nine defeats in 12 games left the Turin giants out of the Champions League, out of the Coppa Italia, and 16 points adrift of League leaders Inter.

Juventus President Jean-Claude Blanc tried to lure both Rafael Benitez and Guus Hiddink, but couldn't get either to commit and so the Bianconeri hired Zaccheroni as a caretaker until the end of the season.

The 56-year-old, who incidentally becomes only the third Coach ever to train Inter, Milan and Juventus, took his first training session at Vinovo today ahead of Sunday's match against Lazio.

Speaking at his official unveiling, Zaccheroni said: “It's right to turn the page. I recognise the previous work, because Juventus have proposed a winning-style of football, but I don't know the squad temperamentally.

“I like new challenges, a new cycle begins. The squad is very important and I don't know how many teams are superior to Juve. I will bring my shrewdness, but above all I am convinced that I will manage to win this challenge.

“I have only coached one team of a great level and that was Milan; this Juventus is very close to it.

“I have signed a contract until June 30, but I hope to put my directors in difficulty. Sitting on Juventus's bench is like being on top of the world. I will try to transmit my determination.

“I will ask the team to make all its talent available. We need to go and get results. We won't give ourselves limits. We'll see how much time it takes us to get on the right track.

“We are starting again with the idea shared about Juventus at the start of the season. Juve were tipped by many to win the championship.”

Juventus President Jean-Claude Blanc soon weighed in with some thoughts of his own, the first among which concerned Ferrara.

“I would once again like to thank him. I respect Ciro a lot on a professional and human plane. But football is cruel and at times it forces you to make painful choices.

“Zaccheroni guarantees experience at the highest levels, which is necessary in this difficult moment. The decision is shared by the board, the shareholders and the owner,” Blanc concluded.

Zac set to make changes

New Juventus boss Alberto Zaccheroni is planning to make several changes to his formation following the home draw against Lazio.

The Bianconeri Coach revealed that he is already working on a new strategy for the next Serie A game against Livorno.

“Against the Biancocelesti I saw an improvement but it was too early to change things,” noted Zaccheroni.

“My boys already understood what went well and what went wrong against Lazio. The Livorno game is coming soon, on the Saturday, and tomorrow I am planning to speak to my players in greater detail.

“In the last game we ended up playing too further up and rather than create openings we closed the space ourselves.

“There will be news against Livorno. I couldn't do it with Lazio because I didn't want to confuse the team.

“But regardless from the name or the number of midfielders I will field, I expect an overall better performance than the one against Lazio.”

Zaccheroni made it clear this team has everything to make it in the top four.

“Our target is entering the Champions League zone and from what I saw against Lazio proved to me that we have enough quality to do that.

“I have set no deadline though because this team needs to improve gradually. We are looking forward to the return of several injured players and that will mean a lot to us.”

Just not three at the back FFS, we can't defend with four and have hardly any midfielders fit.

Blog: Bank on Zac



Newly appointed Alberto Zaccheroni must lead Juventus to a top-four finish. Serafino Ingardia believes he will deliver as long as…

Following the axing of Ciro Ferrara and the appointment of Alberto Zaccheroni, many were left wondering whether the Coach from Cesenatico was the right man for this caretaker job.

Given that the length of his contract doesn’t imply a long-term future at the club, Zaccheroni will have only one main target to achieve – qualification for the Champions League.

I happen to know Zaccheroni personally as I interviewed him exclusively for Calcio Italia magazine back in November 2008. Zac gave me a positive impression, down to earth and hard working – a guy with plenty of calcio ideas though clearly past his best.

It is undeniable that after coaching Udinese, Milan, Inter, Lazio and Torino there was little left in his career. And he had done pretty well to be fair. Now this opportunity which came from nowhere gives him yet another chance to leave a mark on the footballing landscape.

Zaccheroni will no doubt have plenty to tell his men, but will his experience and ideas be enough to help the Old Lady’s cause?

There are many problems at the club which need dealing with. First of all the injury issue – 48 injuries over the past six months definitely needs some kind of investigation. Then there is a strictly tactical problem as he will have to understand what strategy suits his players the most. Ultimately, the controversy in the dressing room which undermined the spell of Ferrara.

There is a Brazilian clan at Juventus which must start collaborating. Felipe Melo, Diego and Amauri have grown apart from the team. Then there are the veterans who want to have a say in the manager’s decisions. On top of that the ‘anarchic’ Mauro Camoranesi standing on his own and youngsters lost in between.

Zac will have to make the most of his past experiences to tackle these issues. Juventus have a squad which can be comfortably compared to Milan and Inter. So if they are not on the same level the matter cannot be addressed to luck but to mental problems which Zaccheroni has to solve.

If he does that I can see them easily making the top three. Roma, Napoli and all the others are simply not as good as Juve in the long run. But the Bianconeri need to get back on track sooner rather than later.

So will Zaccheroni be able to deliver? I would definitely put my money on him.

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The two main issues are simply injuries and finding a suitable tactical system.

Should be assasinated for crimes against football.

worst manager in Juventus history, should be forced bum a red hot poker and wear colostomy bag for life