UCL Draw Thread

[Baker 1]

Hi there!

I'm a Juventus fan, and i really can't wait to see our teams battle each other on the field, i'm sure that these match will be very exciting!

I completely agree with Juventus Fan

Wow, nice way to talk, i bet you feel very strong now !

Apart from this, hello everyone, i'm a Juventus fan from Italy.

The draw was very interesting, we look forward to play you at Stamford Bridge and at our new Juventus Stadium.

I read some positive comments from you guys about our team.

Some others instead seem to understimate us... maybe you shouldn't: after the 2006 relegation we've gone trough some difficult seasons, but when our former captain Antonio Conte joined us as a manager last year, things finally changed... the DNA of the old Juve came back, the spirit of never give up came back... like you probably know we won the league with ZERO defeats, we also reach the final of the Italian Cup and this year we already won the Italian Supercup (the equivalent of your Community Shield).

Another thing that Conte brought to this team is a very high quality football, the best in Italy, and i'm not saying this because i'm a fan.

If you look at some stats from last season games, you will notice that we always had a lot of ball possession (3rd team with more ball possession in Europe last year, see here: http://tinyurl.com/czz3bde), we never throw away the ball, not even when it's near our box.

Our defence was also very good last year (just 20 goals conceded in 38 games, best of the league), but in my opinion the strongest zone of our team is the midfield.

Pirlo, Vidal and Marchisio all had a magical season, and this year we add Isla and Asamoah, who had a very good start of the season (a goal in the Supercup, an assist in the first Serie A match vs Parma).

A greeting to all of you and sorry if my english wasn't 100% correct !

Stefano, Italy.

[Pinturicchio 5]

Can't believe people are underrating Juventus that much. You'll be surprised. Juventus are the Italian champions, they didn't lose a game in the league last season. If you think we'd get a result from them easily then shame on you, just because Juve haven't been in the CL recently people forget that they are one of the most successful teams in Italy.

Nothing but respect for Juve, we'll need to play our strongest team at top form to beat them.

Juve XI I'm expecting is:

Buffon

Lucio - Barzagli - Chiellini

Pirlo

Lichtensteiner - Marchisio - Vidal - Asamoah

Giovinco - Vucinic

Something like that anyway. A very strong team.

This should be a great match.

I hope Conte we'll go with

Buffon

Barzagli---Bonucci---Chiellini

Isla---Vidal---Pirlo---Marchisio---Asamoah

Vucinic---Giovinco

[gary gordon 1,777]

IF City get knocked out of the group stages again i will laugh my ass off!

[Pinturicchio 5]

IF City get knocked out of the group stages again i will laugh my ass off!

Who won't?

[Leif 6,006]

Juventus is definitely underrated on this forum.

It's only really their front-line which is lacking. Matri is no world beater.

On his day though, Vucinic is.

Bendtner who's also arriving, although many jokes are made about him, will be tricky. He's not easy to handle. I'm curious to see how he fits in at Juve though.

They've also got Buffon.

A lot of people disagree with me as they don't really watch Serie A, but in my opinion, Buffon >>> Casillas.

Buffon will try and make particular saves which some goalkeepers could only dream of.

If we just got 'easy' draws each season like Manchester United, triumphs wouldn't feel as spectacular.

Hopefully we can get past Juventus, but don't expect us to; even though we are Champions Of Europe.

They have an incredible team chemistry. Only comparable to Barcelona.

The club feels like a family, so every single drop of emotion from every single player will drop onto the pitch when we play.

I'm excited.

[Marsholeni 0]

Chelsea, be careful

This is the juventus style...

and then they dedicated the victory to an indicted

[Shulz 23]

Chelsea, be careful

This is the juventus style...

and then they dedicated the victory to an indicted

if you watched the game, why don't you also show some videos of how napoli dind't even try to play football, doing some killer tackels since the beginning of the match? their attitude brought that on themselves, with violence and polemics, not some conspiracy theory made up from non sportive fans like you =) and I don't really expect you to know anything about what is happening to the one you call "indicted" and the scandals of the trials that always bring shame to our country either.

you just fill your mouth(in this case your keyboard) with judgement cause you prefer to hate and trash rather than try to respect this sport.

btw, you should really think about what you're doing. I came here to talk with our future rivals, with respect and admiration. trying to comunicate and make our future rivalry even more stimulating. while you came here to disrespect me, Juventus and over 14 millions fans just in Italy. you proud of yourself?

I haven't seen one single english chelsea fan behave like you do, the only aggressive ones were, if i'm not mistaken, a chinese, a brasilian and an italian. world fans should really learn from english supporters... and for that, thanks to all Chelsea fans that welcomed us here, in their home. =)

[scleone1987 4]

Hi guys, I'm new to the forum. I'm a Juventus fan and I'm proud to be on the same group stage of the European Champions. Well, I think we're still not the same as of pre-calciopoli era, but we have got good defenders even if no one of them is on the top 5 european defenders list (only 20 goals in 38 league matches conceeded last year); the midfield is our strong point, with the "Principino" Marchisio, the playmaker Pirlo and Arturo "Guerrero" Vidal who, albeit the name suggests he's a tough player, is also a very talented one; never to forget the new players Asamoah and Pogba (special thanks to Man Utd ). The lack of a good striker is important but on the other hand Vucinic is a very talented player. We do not definitely have a defensive play but we like ball possession and we do a great pressing over the opponent when we're not possessing the ball, and this mostly helps us to keep the opponent far from our goal.

I think Chelsea will top the group as you have the best players and the new ones like Hazard will contribute to dramatically improve your squad. I hope but don't know if the Old Lady will manage to be qualified for the round of 16 but I'm sure we'll see a spectacular show from these two great teams!

[Marsholeni 0]

in the Serie A is the same...not only with neaples

this is the first match of this year...

ahhhhhh....juventus style....we love it sooooo much! :blue scalf:

I think people are smart enough to evaluate that images

[Juventus fan 14]

Oh God, why you Napoli fans keep going on with anti-Juventus post ?

How immature it is ? Looks like it's your only meaning of life !

As i said yesterday, you are not even respecting Chelsea fans by posting this, because you're only filling up their forum with junk.

By the way... http://tinyurl.com/8oswmcr

...i also think that people is smart enough to evaluate this picture...

And this is my last post about Napoli, because unlike someone else, i want to respect who is hosting us here.

[zolayes 14,489]

Hi guys, I'm new to the forum. I'm a Juventus fan and I'm proud to be on the same group stage of the European Champions. Well, I think we're still not the same as of pre-calciopoli era, but we have got good defenders even if no one of them is on the top 5 european defenders list (only 20 goals in 38 league matches conceeded last year); the midfield is our strong point, with the "Principino" Marchisio, the playmaker Pirlo and Arturo "Guerrero" Vidal who, albeit the name suggests he's a tough player, is also a very talented one; never to forget the new players Asamoah and Pogba (special thanks to Man Utd ). The lack of a good striker is important but on the other hand Vucinic is a very talented player. We do not definitely have a defensive play but we like ball possession and we do a great pressing over the opponent when we're not possessing the ball, and this mostly helps us to keep the opponent far from our goal.

I think Chelsea will top the group as you have the best players and the new ones like Hazard will contribute to dramatically improve your squad. I hope but don't know if the Old Lady will manage to be qualified for the round of 16 but I'm sure we'll see a spectacular show from these two great teams!

welcome ..you seem to have arrived in the middle of an Italian civil war ...Fans from other clubs are always welcome if they treat the forum with respect .

[edetarod 2,155]

lol, so many Juve fans here all of a sudden...

really looking forward to the games, too bad Del Piero won't be there...

and Torres vs Buffon

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

People are trying so hard not to underestimate Juve that you are ending up overrating them. They are good and can be tricky, but let's be honest and skip the graciousness. We should top this group with few problems.

I can't see Juve BEATING us. We may draw away but beat them at home. Shaktar away could probably be the trickiest match but we should be fine. I know we have some tough games before/after the CL matches but we have a deep squad with quality players, so should deal with it pretty comfortably.

[Danelka 209]

Gotta love how a conversation about a Champions League group turned into a Juventus - Napoli debate on a Chelsea forum.

[Shulz 23]

Gotta love how a conversation about a Champions League group turned into a Juventus - Napoli debate on a Chelsea forum.

I am really sorry, in fact I'm not replying anymore to childish arguments =)

People are trying so hard not to underestimate Juve that you are ending up overrating them. They are good and can be tricky, but let's be honest and skip the graciousness. We should top this group with few problems.

I can't see Juve BEATING us. We may draw away but beat them at home. Shaktar away could probably be the trickiest match but we should be fine. I know we have some tough games before/after the CL matches but we have a deep squad with quality players, so should deal with it pretty comfortably.

of course forecasts are on your side, but I believe that the round will depend on how both Juve and Chelsea will do against Shakhtar, that I hope will only decide which one will pass first and which second.

Last year we managed to tie 2 and win 2 out of 4 matches in season against Milan, which was a great team before they sold Ibra and Thiago.

you are surely stronger than Milan, but both our teams got stronger so I'm expecting two balanced games.

but I must admit that I'm worried for the effeciency of your game against teams with great ball possess. if barca always struggles the most against Chelsea that means we will need a great performance! may the best win =)