There’s something strange in the Italian Serie A matchday this week. The strange thing is the “Old Lady” is smiling throughout Italy at that time. In case you are wondering what on earth I am talking about or wondering whether my sanity is still within me, what I meant by Old Lady is simply Juventus FC. (Again, as per the previous entry, no prize for guessing the correct answer…)
To cut the long story short, all old boys of Juventus were shining for their respective clubs in all the matches.
First and foremost, Inter Milan, the incumbent champions of Serie A. Ibrahimovic, who is a former Juventus player netted 2 goals in their 3-0 victory over Sampdoria. Secondly, Adrian Mutu, another former Juventus player who was there for 2 years scored a goal to equalize the score to 2-2 for his club Fiorentina against my beloved AS Roma and thus earning Fiorentina a point from that match. The last one is perhaps the most significant one. Fabrizio Miccoli, former Juventus striker scored the winning goal at the very last minute to give his club, Palermo a 2-1 victory over AC Milan.
Besides the Serie A, there are similar phenomena in Serie B. A former Juventus defensive midfield Alessio Tacchinardi scored the opening goal for his club, Brescia in their 2-2 draw against Bologna.
By looking at all these, we could clearly see that Juventus is the team of the week. Everyone who is associated or at one point connected to Juventus was smiling.
Let us hope that in the next matchday of the UEFA Champions League, the lady-luck will be on AS Roma’s side in their match against Manchester United in the “Theatre of Dreams” which is the Old Trafford Stadium. In this match, AS Roma will require luck if they are to get their revenge for the 7-1 drubbing against the same opponent in the same venue as well as the same competition last season.
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