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We seem to very much be entering the #SpallettiWatch portion of the contract extension announcement for Juventus and their veteran Tuscan manager. According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, things are pretty much all wrapped up when it comes to contract terms between Juve and Luciano Spalletti when it comes to his contract extension that he […]
Everybody expects Luciano Spalletti to be Juventus’ manager beyond the completion of the 2025-26 season even without his contract extension officially signed just yet. And if that is the case, then we are about to see what a man very much known for his fashion will do halfway across the world when the weather is […]
Juventus did their job against Genoa on Monday night. Their performance in the first half was incredible. Genoa were completely sealed into their own half, and the Bianconeri were up 2-0 before seventeen minutes were on the clock. They ought to have been up by a lot more, but poor finishing left some other excellent […]
Juventus are in a position where they need as many wins as they possibly can get over the fianl eight games of the season if they want any chance of qualifying for the Champions League next year. They got the first of those wins on Monday. After a dominant first-half effort, you would have thought […]
When you’re the chasing team in the standings, it’s always good knowing what your quarry had done. When Como played out a goalless draw in Monday’s lunchtime kickoff against Udinese, Juventus knew they had a massive opportunity. If they beat Genoa, they would close to within a point of the upstarts from the lake, and […]
Juventus knew they wouldn’t be able to jump back into fourth place no matter what happened during Monday’s lunchtime kickoff between Como and Udinese. But with what played out in Udine, Juventus’ opportunity to cut the gap between themselves and fourth-place Como was there for the taking. And they did just that. There were two […]
MATCH INFO When: Monday, April 6, 2026. Where: Allianz Stadium, Turin, Italy. Official kickoff time: 6 p.m. local time in Italy and across Europe, 5 p.m. in the United Kingdom, 12 p.m. Eastern time, 11 a.m. Central time, 9 a.m. Pacific time. STARTING LINEUPS Juventus starting XI (4-2-3-1/4-3-3): Perin; Kalulu, Bremer, Kelly, Cambiaso; Locatelli (c), Thuram; Conceicao, McKennie, Yildiz; […]
The final stretch of the 2025-26 season is officially upon us, my friends. And just like last season, Juventus’ Champions League qualification hopes hang on just how many points they can pick over the course of these final eight games. And in even a more extreme case when compared to last season, Juventus will need […]
During his time as Juventus’ manager, Luciano Spalletti’s pre-match press conferences have been rather informative and entertaining. That is no surprise if you’ve followed Spalletti throughout his managerial career considering he’s always been one of the more reflective and thoughtful coaches in Serie A, giving you the kind of answers that certainly reflect Spalletti’s approach […]
There’s no hurt quite like World Cup hurt. It probably has something to do with the periodicity of the world’s biggest football competition. You can’t shrug and say “Well, there’s always next year!” in the World Cup. A final defeat in the World Cup is four years of building expectations, qualifying process, thousands of small, […]
When looking at Juventus’ current roster, there are a lot of expendable parts. By that, there are a lot of players who either are ones that you would be totally OK with them selling this coming summer, or ones that the club will likely try like hell to get off the books because of their […]
Here we are in the last two months of the 2025-26 season. The title race completely passed us by months ago, and unfortunately that has become standard procedure in the last few years. After the tremendous run of results in January had us thinking of a comfortable spot in the top four in Serie A, […]
MATCH INFO When: Tuesday, March 31, 2026 Where: Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina Official kickoff time: 8:45 p.m. local time in Italy and across Europe, 7:45 p.m. in the United Kingdom, 2:45 p.m. Eastern time, 1:45 p.m. Central time, 11:45 a.m. Pacific time. STARTING LINEUPS Italy starting XI (3-5-2): Donnarumma; Mancini, Bastoni, Calafiori; Politano, Barella, Locatelli, Tonali, […]
It may take 90 minutes. It may take extra time. Hell, it may even go to penalties. No matter how long it actually takes Tuesday night, Italy’s chances of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup in North America comes down to one trip to Zenica and the Bilino Polje Stadium that seats no more than […]
We are in the middle of an international break, but we know once club football returns to our lives that it’s going to be a very stressful and important final stretch of the 2025-26 season for Luciano Spalletti and Juventus. That is because Juve’s Champions League hopes are … well, not great. At least that […]
A recent Slack exchange between yours truly and a couple of the other BWRAO regulars around here took a turn into a short discussion of Como’s ownership and their impressive form this season. They are a club that has gone from Serie B to competing for a spot in the Champions League within a couple […]
It’s been quite a few months that we’ve been hearing about the pie in the sky when it comes to Juventus’ summer transfer targets in the summer of 2026. It’s not a big-name striker. It’s not a big-name central defender to pair next to Gleison Bremer. It’s not a new starting goalkeeper, which has become […]
With just a few months remaining until the start of the summer 2026 transfer window, it’s undeniable that Juventus have their work cut out for them. They need to sign a center back (potentially two if Gleison Bremer’s fitness struggles continue), whilst left back and right winger are also two top priorities. And even if […]
MATCH INFO When: Thursday, March 26, 2026. Where: New Balance Arena, Bergamo, Italy. Official kickoff time: 8:45 p.m. local time in Italy and across Europe, 7:45 p.m. in the United Kingdom, 3:45 p.m. Eastern time, 2:45 p.m. Central time, 12:45 p.m. Pacific time. (Please note that the kickoff time might be an hour later than usual like it […]
We may be an international break, but the usual transfer rumor speculation that comes with no club football for two weeks has been replaced by a very obvious topic of discussion the past four days. That is because, in case you have completely forgotten or chosen to not go into a spiral of depression, Italy […]
At this point last year, Dusan Vlahovic looked to be heading out the doors of Continassa by the end of the summer transfer window. Contract talks had stalled, and just a few months earlier he had seen his good pal Federico Chiesa leave the club with a year left on his contract because the front […]
After hearing over the last couple of weeks that Juventus are looking to be players in trying to attract some of the bigger names on the free-agent market this coming summer, it probably comes as no surprise in that they have been linked to another one of those players on the second day of the […]
For the last two years, Juventus’ summer preseason tour hasn’t taken them all that far. It’s been a quick trip over to Germany and adidas headquarters, with all of the videos of players riding bikes to and from training around the company’s Herzogenaurach campus to follow. It doesn’t look as though that is in the […]
Well, that was extremely upsetting. Rather than go into the international break with a third consecutive victory, Juventus laid an absolute egg in the second half of Saturday night’s matchup with Sassuolo and subsequently paid for it with a 1-1 draw against a short-handed side that had mutliple starting players either ruled out completely or […]
The onus is always on the chasing team when involved in a late-season race for table positioning. They need to keep winning games in order to put pressure on the team they’re pursuing, and any slip-ups can see the gap between the two teams widen at inopportune times. Juventus are in that unenviable position right […]