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To the surprise of many, Juventus did not part ways with Dusan Vlahovic during the summer transfer window earlier this year. There was no singular reason for that, and it resulted in the 25-year-old Vlahovic and his league-high €12 million net salary remaining on Juve’s books for the final year of his contract. So now, […]
Welcome to a brand new work week. And congratulations for getting through whatever the heck the Italian national team decided to do after going up 1-0 against Norway because that was … yeah, that was something all right. Sure, Italy was never going to get a win by nine goals that they needed to automatically […]
Considering we are just a few days away from new Juventus manager Luciano Spalletti having a full squad back at Continassa after the contingent of international players return to Turin, you maybe thought that a “no news is good news” situation regarding those same guys and their health might be developing. Nope, guess again. Juventus […]
Welcome to the back half of the weekend, everybody. You’re now officially more than halfway done with the final international break of the 2025 calendar year and last one until March. This time next weekend, we will know how Juventus have returned from the international break, with a Saturday evening visit to the Franchi in […]
Five years ago, as the world grappled with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Juventus were celebrating an unprecedented ninth straight league title. Little did they know, but it would be their final Scudetto for quite a while; Juve descended to a dismal fourth-place finish in 2020-21, finishing 13 points behind Inter Milan. And despite […]
Welcome to the weekend, my friends. You’ve made it through the first half of the November international break. Seven days from now, we will officially have Juventus back on the viewing schedule as they head to Florence to face the last-place team in Serie A. Ah, what could possibly go wrong! We’re one day closer […]
Rome wasn’t built in a day. Despite the Luciano Spalleti era starting with a well-deserved win over newly-promoted and plucky upstart Cremonese, Juventus stumbled back to their usual lackluster results with back-to-back draws against Sporting CP and the intercity Derby della Mole against Torino. The malaise following Igor Tudor’s firing wasn’t going to end in […]
Well, well, well. It’s Friday — and that means you’ve made it through another week. And the result of that is being just about halfway done with the November international break. You go another week, and then calcio is back. Maybe not in the same way that Fabio Capello said, but it is back rather […]
One of the most notable things to come out of Damien Comolli’s first meeting with the Italian media after becoming Juventus’ new CEO was the revelation that the club and Dusan Vlahovic had come to an agreement to basically table all contract talks until after the 2025-26 season. This self-described “understanding” or “pact” as Comolli […]
One of the best things to come from the initial rush of national team call-ups was the simple fact that some of Juventus’ best players weren’t going to be out on international duty and would get the chance to work with new manager Luciano Spalletti for an extended amount of time before Juventus’ next game. […]
Welcome back to the Zona Mista, everybody! It’s Thursday, so you know what that means … Well, other than some nonsense that’s about to follow, it’s also a very important game day for a certain former AC Milan midfielder who is now managing the Italian national team. So as Italy prepares to face Moldova in […]
While they try and get things back on track domestically, Juventus Women headed to Spain for a showdown with Atlético Madrid on Wednesday night in the Women’s Champions League. Following the disappointing last-minute loss to Bayern Munich late last month, this was the chance for Max Canzi’s side to try and build some momentum to […]
After an unfortunately time injury right on the cusp of the start of the 2025-26 campaign, young Juventus midfielder Fabio Miretti is back in action after making his season debut in last week’s draw with Sporting CP in the Champions League. It was a return to wearing Juventus colors that had to be delayed for […]
Hello, friends. It’s the Wednesday edition of the Zona Mista. And not only is it the official middle of the work week, but it’s also match day in the Women’s Champions League for Juventus Women, who have made the trip to Spain to face Atlético Madrid in a key league phase matchup. While we wait […]
Tuesday brought the somewhat expected news that Damien Comolli, who has only been Juventus’ general manager since early June, has taken on a new and much more prominent role in Turin after being promoted to be the club’s new chief executive officer. With the promotion, Comolli will now have a footprint in just about every […]
In a short announcement released earlier today, Juventus announced that Damien Comolli’s role with the club has been greatly expanded. The Board of Directors of Juventus Football Club S.p.A. (“Juventus” or the “Company”), which met today under the chairmanship of Gianluca Ferrero, resolved, inter alia, on the appointment of corporate officers and the granting of […]
It’s Tuesday and the Zona Mista rolls on. Doesn’t matter if it’s an international break or not, we’re back in the swing of things as Rino Gattuso heads into his second day of yelling at Italian national team players ahead of their big World Cup qualifiers later in the week. So what is there to […]
One of the downfalls that led to Igor Tudor being sacked as Juventus’ manager two weeks ago was the simple fact that his team just wasn’t scoring goals. And, as you can probably figure out, the fewer goals you score, then the less likely you are to win games no matter if it’s domestically or […]
It took all of one full week on the job for Luciano Spalletti to personally find out about the issues that have hampered Juventus over the last couple of seasons. You know, the reasons as to why there became a path for him to actually become manager of a team nobody really had thoughts about […]
It’s the beginning of a new work week, folks. It’s also the beginning of a new international break, with no club football on the schedule for the next 12 days or so. From Monday until Friday, we hopefully won’t have much going on when it comes to the club game. Which, a lot like the […]
The old line that every goalkeeper who plays against Juventus suddenly becomes some Titan-level mix of Lev Yashin and Gianluigi Buffon has gotten cliche over the years, but cliches often form around truth. And over the last week, it has been a deep truth. After watching Rui Silva reject shot after shot on Tuesday in […]
OK, this is getting ridiculous. Just days after settling for a Champions League point against Sporting CP in large part because goalkeeper Rui Silva went absolutely bonkers and denied what looked to be certain goals, forcing them to settle for a draw, it was deja vu all over again for Juventus in Saturday’s first running […]
At some point, you feel like Juventus should be able to take advantage of the plethora of scoring chances they have created under Luciano Spalletti over the last eight days. The problem is, getting to that point has felt like pulling teeth rather than actually enjoying the fact that Juve are looking better in attack […]
MATCH INFO When: Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025. 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 (3-4-2-1/3-4-3): Di Gregorio; Kalulu, Rugani, Koopmeiners; McKennie, Locatelli (c), Thuram, Cambiaso; Conceicao, […]
Once the final whistle sounds Saturday night at the Allianz Stadium, Luciano Spalletti will hopefully have a chance to breathe a little bit. He has been Juventus’ manager for all of a week now, but he’s about to manage his third game over that span because the schedule is unrelenting in the year 2025. And […]