DD's Journeyman European Tour

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JUVENTUS

PRE SEASON PREVIEW
Season 6 - 2016/2017​


Following a 4th season in a row outside the top 2 Juventus Decided to part ways with Antonio Contie

Serie A season begins with Juventus announcing Darran Donald has completed a deal to take over the club and will be in the stands for the opening game of the season against Fiorentina

Serie A match day 1
Fiorentina 2-2 Juventus
Valencia, Marchisio


Press Conference

Sky Italia
Juventus are the most successful team in Italian competition but have won a single Coppa Italia in the last 13 years. You have never failed to deliver a league title , which will crack first?

Darran
I think we can win the league although I've missed the transfer window and the chance to bring in my own players I do believe im taking over a squad strong enough to win the league, Otherwise I wouldn't have too the job.

So a new season and a totally different challenge having missed the chance to improve the squad im stuck with Antonio Conte's squad which should still run them close

Targets
Seria A - Top 2 finish
Italian cup - Beat everyone except the Milan teams
Champions league - last 16 then play it by the draw


Main summer transfers
Maralem Pjanic moves to my old team Man City
Inter spent big on Papastathopolous £18m and 2 regens P Bustos £18m, Butti £10m
Fiorentina also spent big Konoplyanka £17m, D Boyata £12m, and amazingly Boudebouz for £10m
Wifred Zaha joined Man UTd for £14m


Managerial changes in the summer
Roberto Carlos replaces Mancini at Athletico Madrid
Rudi Garcia takes over former Champions leauge finalists Lyon
Stuart Pearce took over England after Rafa Benitez was sacked for a group stage exit at Euro 2016

Euro 2016​
Italy win Euro 2016 in a penalty shootout against Russia, Turned down Turkey and Scotland jobs. Will look into internationals after the world cup 2018


Champions league draw

Third seeds but a group I think we have a great chance in. Arsenal aren't anymore the good. PSG Are rich but not spent much or well and Cluj are the whipping boys

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Juventus 2016

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Many of the stars from the 2012 still remain at the club. Arturo Vidal, Chiellini and Marchisio making up the spine of the side. Added some premier league influence in Kalou and Nani along with one especially good looking regen John Valencia who scored against Fiorentina

 
September

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A Good start to my reign at Juventus with an unbeaten month despite still trying to find my best first 11


News
Juventus pick up Xabi Alonso on a free to add strength to the midfield
Juventus come from 2-1 down with 10 men to win 4-2 against AC Milan




Juventus 0-0 PSG - Champions League Match day 1
Arsenal Put 8 Past Cluj to show who's the dominant force in the group


Juventus 1-0 Genoa
Nani


Roma 0-3 Juventus
Ighalo 3


Juventus 4-2 AC Milan
Nani 2, Krasic, Marilungo


Cluj 0-4 Juventus - Champions League Match day 2
Valencia, Montero, Marliungo, Ighalo

Another month dominating the league however in Europe Arsenal prove to be two strong and we couldn't keep up with two o f the best forwards in the world Niang and Rooney


Juventus 1-0 Palermo
Marilungo


Arsenal 3-0 Juventus - Champions League Match day 3


Juventus 3-0 Udinese
Marilunga 3


Reggina 1-5 Juventus
Nani, Marilungo 2, Krasic 2


Juventus 2-0 Novara
Nani, Marilungo


Good month for the champions league as were top and need only a draw at home to Culj to qualify but should now win the group. League had two uncharacteristic bad results with defeat to Lazio and a draw at home to the mighty Inter


News
Chelsea appoint Carlos Queiroz after sacking Michael Laudrup
Beat Arsenal after total domination in Turin
Disaster in Rome as we loose 2-0 to Lazio and have Nani get his 2nd red card of the season in disappointed performance


Juventus 1-0 Arsenal - Champions League Match day 4
Nani


Lecce 0-2 Juventus
Montero, Marilungo


Juventus 3-0 Catania
Marilungo, Marchisio, Ighalo


Lazio 2-0 Juvnetus


Paris SG 0-3 Juventus - Champions League Match day 5
Marilungo, Matri, Nani


Juventus 1-1 Inter
Montero

A terrible month domestically worst of which was 2 points dropped to bottom of the table and biggest rivals Torino


The News
Only shock in Champions league was Inter failing to qualify or win a game in a group of Chelsea, Schalke and YOung Boys of Bern
The draw for the knockout phase drew us against Zenith St Petersburg




Torino 2-2 Juventus
Krasic, Nani


Juventus 4-0 Cluj - Champions League Match day 6
Ighalo 2. Matri. Boniperti


Juventus 2-1 Parma
Vidal, O'G


Chievo 0-2 Juventus
Nani 2


Juventus 0-0 Atalanta


Very proud of our first half of the season with the same bunch of players who finished 3rd last term. Top the table just by 3 points but with the two Milan teams making awful starts to the seasons we have a great chance.
In Europe im hoping the small changes I've made in my tactics for European games will see us continue our upturn in form.

The star of the season was a striker i almost put to the reserves. Former Sampdoria forward Guido Marilugo with his league goals taking us to the top.

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January Transfers​

Hamsik, transfer listed by Man City where he had been the key in my midfield was bought for a mere £6.25m off
the transfer list

Vagner Love, Was sitting on a free transfer and he will be brilliant back up for Marilungo

Hugo Perez was on the list of contracts expiring in 6 months and thought I'd take him now and get him settled in
the team, Very good prospect for £10m

Romario was bought as cover for the veteran Lichstiener and i couldn't get a new left back in to replace Sandro



Outside of the old lady the big transfers were an AMAZING REGEN Andres Pavoni to Real MAdrid £40m, Ross Barkley following his run of player of the months with a £22.5m move to Chelsea and Robert Lewandowski to Man City for £17m

Aguero wins 4th world player of the year in a row
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January​


News
League gap extended looking very good for the title
Added a lot of strength to the squad with 4 new signings and cleared out a lot of deadwood from my reserves
Already through to the cup Semi Finals


Cagliari 0-4 Juventus
Nani 2, Marilingo, O'G


Juventus 3-1 Torino - Coppa Italia 1st round
O'G, Marilungo, Vidal


Juventus 2-0 Napoli
Sandro, O'G


Juventus 3-0 Fiorentina
Chiellini, Nani, O'G


Palermo 0-2 Juventus- Coppa Italia Quarter Finals
Love, Vidal


Genoa 0-3 Juventus
Hamsik, Love 2

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February​


The News
Vagner love on a free transfer continues to be a inspiration Though he wasn't so good this year!

Sunderland takeover, History repeating itself



Cagliari 0-1 Juventus - Coppa Italia semi final 1st leg
Chiellini


Juventus 5-3 Roma
Hamsik, Marchiso, Love 2, Nani


AC Milan 0-3 Juventus
Martin, Love 2


Zenith 0-1 Juventus - Champions League first knockout phase 1st leg
Vidal


Palermo 0-0 Juventus


Juventus 4-0 Bolognia
Love, O'G, Perez, Chiellini




March​


News
Huge gap in Serie A. Ridiculously easy!

Champions League last 16. Bayern Munich, Man City and holders AC Milan all knocked out at the last 16 stage


After easy progression in the champions league Man Utd await in the Quarter finals after they disposed of the
mighty Young Boys of Bern. Barca or Lyon await the winners in the Semi

Made our way to the Coppa Italia final after a 4-2 Aggregate win against. Ac Milan wait in the final

Udinese 1-1 Juventus
Marilungo


Juventus 1-0 Reggina
Love


Juventus 3-1 Zenith - Champions League first knockout phase 2nd leg
Krasic, Monterio, Vidal
Agg Juventus 4-1


Novara 0-2 Juventus
Marchisio, Marilungo


Juventus 3-0 Lecce
Nani, Love, Vidal


Juventus 3-2 Cagliari - Coppa Italia semi final 2nd leg
Marilungo, Chiellini, Hamsik
Agg 4-2

Won the league and beat Man Utd then Went on a disastrous run following our miracle at Old Trafford


News
Juventus win the league with 5 games to spare to claim first title in 13 years
Juventus shock Man Utd by knocking them out of the champions league quarter finals
Semi Finals puts them together with Barcelona's conquers Lyon
Juventus go 32 games unbeaten in all competition until
Controversial penalty and a failure to score left our champions league campaign hanging by a thread


Catania 1-3 Juventus
Marlingo 3


Juventus 0-0 Man Utd - Champions league quarter final 1st leg


Juventus 1-0 Lazio
Love


Man Utd 0-2 Juventus - Champions league quarter final 1st leg
Vidal, Vagner Love
Agg Juventus 2-0 Man Utd


Inter 2-2 Juventus
Nani 2


Juventus 4-0 Torino
Nani, Montero 2, Chellini


Parma 0-0 Juventus


Juventus 0-1 Lyon - Champions League semi final 1st leg


Juventus 1-1 Chievo
Martin




May

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Failed to show up against Lyon again as we fall out of the champions league at the semi finals
Lost the Italian Cup final against AC Milan despite dominating
Have totally petered away at the end of the season. Ever since the Man Utd game we've been a few gears short of our best.


News
Truly humped by Lyon who go to the final to face Real Madrid
In the final Real Madrid won there 10th Champions league title

Lyon 2-0 Juventus - Champions League semi final 2nd leg
Agg 3-0


Atalanta 2-1 Juventus
Marilungo


Juventus 3-0 Caglari
Perez, Marilungo, Nani


Napoli 2-2 Juventus
Boniperti, Marilungo

Season review
Brilliant season from what i expected at the start. Took a team with no additions from distance challengers to the top of the table and running away with the league. slightly dissapointed with how the season ended since we had been on the crest of a wave and on for the treble but Vagner loves goals dried up and our performances lagged awfully by the end of the season costing us a easyer semi final against Lyon and the Italian Cup against AC Milan. Going to try again next season before moving to France or Spain​
 
JUVENTUS

PRE SEASON PREVIEW
Season 7 - 2017/2018​




A easy title win proved Donald to be the perfect man for the job aligned with a brilliant run in the champions league


Italian super cup​
A very tight affair with no goals ended up going to a sudden death penalty shoot out


Targets
Seria A - Winners
Italian cup - Winners
Champions league - Semi Finals


Juventus transfers


IN
Abdel Sedik - Scouts had a great report on him after I seen him in a search. Will go streight to Left Back


Jordan Ayew - After Neymar and others refused my offers Ayew was the best player left standing and will lead my attack next term



Out
No major players leaving just bit parts and reserves




Other Main summer transfers
Liverpool shocked the **** out of me by signing Vladimer Weiss for £39m
Ac Milan signed Giuliano and Leonel Galeano costing £34m




Managerial changes in the summer
Walter Mazzarri took over free spending Ac Milan
David Moyes, sacked by arsenal joins Liverpool haha




Champions league draw


Second seeds but a tough group than last season. Barca!! eekView attachment 242718View attachment 242721
 
We've played like ****** Egyptians, And not very good ones

September

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Slip up at Novara aside a pretty good start to the defense of Seria A
Ayew kicks off for Juvi with two hattricks


Juventus 3-0 Fiorentina
Ayew 3


APOEL 1-3 Juventus - Champions league match day 1
Ayew 3


Novara 2-1 Juventus
Valencia


Juventus 2-1 Lecce
Ayew, O'G


Catania 0-2 Juventus
Ayew, Montero




October

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Three bad results in 7 days. The two games in Seria A our defense was certainly not up to the task and we'll have to look at this. Barca on the other had were simply way too good


Juventus 2-0 Werder Bremen - Champions league match day 2


Juventus 2-2 Bolognia
Martin, Perez


Siena 3-2 Juventus
O'G, Nani


Barcelona 3-1 Juventus - Champions league match day 3
O'G


Juventus 2-1 Palermo
Ayew 2




November

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Topsy turvey month of doom. Brilliant 4-0 win against title challengers Inter and 9-0 my biggest win against Apoel but coutnered by being torn apart by Roma and dropping points in every other Seria A game makes me nearly forget we drew 1-1 with Barca


Roma 3-0 Juventus


Juventus 4-0 Inter
O'G, Nani, Hamsik


Juventus 1-1 Barcelona - Champions league match day 4
Nani


Brecia 2-1 Juventus
Ayew


Juventus 1-1 Cagliari
Hamsik


Juventus 9-0 Apoel - Champions league match day 5
Sandro, Love, Marchiso 2, Nani 4, OG






December

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Horrific league run continues dragging us down to 10th! It finally ends with 3-1 win at Atlanta in the last game of the year
Comfortably through in Europe


Chievo 1-0 Juventus


Juventus 2-1 Napoli
Nani, Perez


Werder Bremen 1-2 Juventus - Champions league match day 6
Ayew, Marchiso



Udinese 1-0 Juventus


Juventus 3-1 Atalanta
Perez, Love 2




January

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Playing much better creating plenty of chances but the defense is still leaking, Especially against Milan
Flopped out of the Coppa Italia at home to Catania


Empoli 1-5 Juventus
Nani, Ayew 3, Valencia


Genoa 1-1 Juventus
Perez


Juventus 1-1 Lazio
Ayew


Juventus 4-1 Varese - Coppa Italia 1st Round
Vidal, Perez, Ayew, Nani


AC Milan 4-1 Juventus
Nani


Fiorentina 1-2 Juventus
Ayew 2


Juventus 1-2 Catania - Coppa Italia Q-Final
Ayew


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Transfer window

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We made no changes as we had some key players returning from injury so im confident we can fight out way up from a disastrous 6th!




To compound my misery Real made the biggest signing of the winter window. Regen Jose Toscano for £21m who i bided for but was Quoted £3m and didn't think he was worth it. Oops
 
February

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Finally get a settled team and quickly shut up shop with the defense improving massively


Juventus 4-0 Novara
Nani 2, Ayew 2

Lecce 1-1 Juventus
Ayew

Juventus 1-0 Catania
Ayew

Bolognia 1-3 Juventus
Hamsik, Perez, Ayew

Juventus 1-0 Lyon - Champions league last 16 1st leg
Perez

Juventus 3-0 Siena
O'G 2, Bonucci

Knocked out Lyon in the last 16 to set up quarter final with Athletico Madrid
Match against Roma is my 400th game as a manager
Came from behind to beat strugiling Inter 4-2
Month ends with disaster as goal and assist machine Jordan Ayew gets injured for the rest of the season


Palermo 0-2 Juventus
O'G, Perez

Juventus 2-2 Roma
Ayew, Mailungo

Lyon 1-1 Juventus - Champions league last 16 2nd leg
Bonucci
Agg Juventus 2-1 Lyon

Inter 2-4 Juventus
O'G, Montero, Bonucci, Perez

Juventus 3-0 Brescia
Love 2, Montero

Cagliari 0-4 Juventus
Nani, Love 2, Perez


April

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A 120th minute winner from Vagner Love got us past Athletico Madrid in the Quarter finals of the champions league
Draw Chelsea in the Semi Finals
Lead Chelsea 4-1 but they fought back to 3-4 how vital will this be in the race to the final
Beat second place Udinese 4-0
A look into the future shows AC Milan on the final day is THE key fixture of the season
Inter Drop into 3rd bottom




Athletico Madrid 1-1 Juventus - Champions League quarter final 1st leg
Perez

Juventus 3-0 Chievo
Love 2, Sandro

Juventus 2-1 Athletico Madrid - AET - Champions League quarter final 2nd leg
Love 2
AGG - Juventus 3-2 Athletico

Napoli 1-1 Juventus
Perez

Juventus 4-0 Udinese
Love, Nani, Vidal, Martin

---Early match Chievo 1-0 AC Milan, Must get a result against Atalanta to close the gap to 1 point
Atalanta 0-2 Juventus
Vidal, Love

Chelsea 3-4 Juventus - Champions League Semi finals 1st leg
Hamsik, Nani, Love, Vidal

Juventus 3-0 Empoli
Love, Vidal, Chiellini


Juventus 4-3 Chelsea - Champions League Semi finals 2nd leg
Love 2, Nani, Hamsik
AGG - Juventus 8-6 Chelsea

Thrilling second leg but Juventus reach Champions League final in a repeat of the 1998 final against defending champions Real Madrid

 
Oh... Your heart is stone cold; not including May in your update.
Now I've to wait for another day. ****.
 
MAY


SERIA A - Let the title battle commence

Juventus V AC Milan​


May 5th


Juventus 3-0 Genoa
Vidal, Love 2


AC Milan 1-0 Napoli
Pato
89th winner from Pato keeps Milan on top but our goal difference is now +5 better



May 12th


Lazio 0-3 Juventus
Love, Hamsik, Marilungo
AC Milan 3-0
Necip, Pato, Sigurosson
Both teams pick up fairly easy wins to set up a title decider on the final day. At the other end Inter fall back into the final relegation zone.


In other new shock of shocks Padova win Coppa Italia


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Final day of the season is up NEXT...............................
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Seria A Match 38​


The whole season comes down to 1 match. MUST WIN against AC Milan otherwise the title goes to Milan. A Win and i keep up my 100% record of league title success


Juventus V AC Milan​


Juventus team news
Arturo Vidal suspended while long term suffering Jordan Ayew is out forever!


AC Milan Team news
AC Milan at full strength


The match


Juventus V Milan
1st half
27th minute Hugo Perez injured - OUT OF CL FINAL
Hamsik Goal - 1-0 Juventus
Totally domination in the 1st half

2nd Half
64th minute Pavel Mamaev off injured
68th minute Romario sent off, Violent conduct
69th minute shut up shop will take the 1-0 hope to grab a second on the counter attack


FT 1-0 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you Marek Hamsik

13 points behind on February the 1st and by god what a turn around to win the league on the final day. Utterly delighted.

Also well down the the table Inter Milan do go down to Seria B. How with this squad


Next. Champions League final against defending champions Real Madrid
 
Champions League Final 2018

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Real Madrid V Juventus​


Juventus team news
P Mamaev and Hugo Perez injured in the title decider against AC Milan and is out for the season
J Ayew has been out for months still not fit
Claudio Marchiso booked in the Semi and out of the final


Real Madrid team news
Mem Ozil and G Higuain both booked in the semi with Barca Both miss the final.
Starting center back M Hummels and his back up Raul Abidol are both injured


The Match​



First Half
18- Real Madrid score against the run of play - L Remy 1-0
39- Real Madrid have there claws in the game and get a second - L Remy 2-0
HT Real Madrid 2-0 Juventus


Second Half
49- Montero cross turned in by Casillas. Come on Juvi- RM 2-1 J
74- Double change. Rare appeance for Bonipert for a tired Montero and the retiring S Lichstiener making his final appearance
89- Subs worked! Repeat of first goal Boniperti cross turned into his own goal by superstar Pavoni 2-2!!!!!
90- Sub for potential pens - A Matri, good at pens - off M Martin no good at pens. Lets hang on!!!
FT - Real Madrid 2-2 Juventus


Extra Time
114- EEK Lamela goal RM 3-2 J
116- Right back up the park Love and Nani do a 1-2 Nani screams into the box and scores. All square again 3-3
122- Real can't break through my defensive line but Khedira can shoot through it RM 4-3 J
123- FT - AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH So DANG CLOSE!!!!
AET - Real Madrid 4-3 Juventus




Gutted with how close we came to dragging our team through to a penalty shoot out but proud at the same time. A Tragic way to end my time at Juventus!


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Heartbroken Donald leaves the Old Lady​




Following one of the most dramatic end of season battles in Serial A and then a tragic defeat against Real Madrid in the last minute of extra time he feels he cannot take the team further and has left immediately but will take a few weeks off before looking for a new job with his Wife wanting out of Italy but Inter are already attempting to offer him a huge deal to save there team!

 
Awesome read, as always! Sad ending at Juventus, you deserved to win.
Do you have a club in mind which you are aiming for or just waiting until some club with high reputation is free?
 
Wife????????????? When did you and Jacki get hitched? Why was I not the flower girl. Hmph
 
Zyvron said:
Awesome read, as always! Sad ending at Juventus, you deserved to win.
Do you have a club in mind which you are aiming for or just waiting until some club with high reputation is free?
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Thinking between two jobs if they come up.

Rebuilding Inter in Seria B is tempting
Barca have been overtaken by Real in Spain and its the only big country i've not been in yet, Considered France if nothing here appeals.

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Wife????????????? When did you and Jacki get hitched? Why was I not the flower girl. Hmph
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Told you i was heading down the road today, Wrong turn at Glasgow ended up at Gretna, No football teams so had to do something with the time :p
 
England appointed Steve Bruce, France got Rennais manager Frederic Antonetti, Spain Hired a regen and Italy got in touch with a fellow by the name of Darran Donald about becoming there new manager.

Darran signs up till the 2022 world cup in UAE but will continue to look towards getting club work at the nearest opportunity, AKA Inter and Barca never came up.
 
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