junkhead Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Why people are happy to see such cheating scum doing well, I don't understand. And to think I used to really like them. Well I have always liked Juve and still do. It was 4 or 5 people of the board that cheated. The players, the coach, the fans new nothing about what was going on and I have so much sympathy for all of them Its not there fault what so ever and yet there the ones which get the s*** for it. 4 or 5 people have cheated? man, this club is rotten to the core - they've paid for at least 20 of their titles over the years.. others do it too, cause that's the italian way, but juventus are consistent and that's why they don't really have any fans in italy, only abroad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 To be fair almost every single italian league match was fixed over the last 10-15 years, they just caught Juve because they were heading on the road to be an unstopable force in Italy,i remember most of Milan's games were full of decsions made for them,the whole league was rotten to the core not just Juve , but they were used as scape goats. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gggg Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 cause that's the italian way, but juventus are consistent and that's why they don't really have any fans in italy, only abroad Juventus have the biggest fanbase of any Italian club inside and outside of Italy, the only place they dont have many fans is in Turin and the ground being in the mountains doesnt help fill the stadium. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUFC06 Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 To be fair almost every single italian league match was fixed over the last 10-15 years, they just caught Juve because they were heading on the road to be an unstopable force in Italy,i remember most of Milan's games were full of decsions made for them,the whole league was rotten to the core not just Juve , but they were used as scape goats. Agree with you. The main blame is for the people on the Juventus board not the players,fans and coaches. The italian league is the most corrupted from the big leagues(Premiership,Primera,Bundesliga,French league) and all the teams have cheated some way or another.Juventus got the blame because they cheated on the highest level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 http://inbedwithmaradona.com/journal/2016/5/19/the-great-and-the-controversial-serie-a-1997-1998 Couldn't think of where else to put this but that match against Inter is the most obvious example of refereeing corruption of any match that I've watched. Cracking read though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raconteur Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 http://inbedwithmaradona.com/journal/2016/5/19/the-great-and-the-controversial-serie-a-1997-1998 Couldn't think of where else to put this but that match against Inter is the most obvious example of refereeing corruption of any match that I've watched. Cracking read though. I remember following Serie A quite closely at the times, supporting Inter. I knew in my heart that it was more than just a disgruntled fan blaming the ref for a few dodgy calls. Calciopoli killed any interest in Italian football for me. Inter might have one a few virtually unopposed, but it was so hollow... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ads Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 http://inbedwithmaradona.com/journal/2016/5/19/the-great-and-the-controversial-serie-a-1997-1998 Couldn't think of where else to put this but that match against Inter is the most obvious example of refereeing corruption of any match that I've watched. Cracking read though. I remember following Serie A quite closely at the times, supporting Inter. I knew in my heart that it was more than just a disgruntled fan blaming the ref for a few dodgy calls. Calciopoli killed any interest in Italian football for me. Inter might have one a few virtually unopposed, but it was so hollow... Always been Parma for me, quite ironic really with this thread...unbeaten season in Serie D this year though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 http://inbedwithmaradona.com/journal/2016/5/19/the-great-and-the-controversial-serie-a-1997-1998 Couldn't think of where else to put this but that match against Inter is the most obvious example of refereeing corruption of any match that I've watched. Cracking read though. Brilliant read, that. Brought back a lot of memories. The quality in that league at the time was insane. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikky Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Still baffles me that Juve sold Vieri that summer; I hated Pippo Inzaghi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Recoba, Bierhoff, Baggio, Cafu, Del Piero, Ronaldo, Zidane. The contentious incident reminds me of NUFC's Gravesen moment against Everton with much lower stakes obviously Great article though, cheers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shays Given Tim Flowers Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 The glory days of Football Italia Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Just rewatched the tackle, Iuliano just charges at him, hilariously bent. West challenge is much brighter mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Great article - followed Serie A back then through countless hours of reading match reports online and catching the odd game when our random channels here in the USA would cover it. Was a Milan fan then and basically followed Maldini like I did Shearer at that point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Recoba, Bierhoff, Baggio, Cafu, Del Piero, Ronaldo, Zidane. The contentious incident reminds me of NUFC's Gravesen moment against Everton with much lower stakes obviously Great article though, cheers. Dario Hubner ffs. Need to start following Serie A again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Great read. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Serie A in the 90s = 0 fucks league. Rampant cheating, match fixing and shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 It's funny at the end of that article he talks about the two best players getting 66 goals between them when nowadays Messi and Ronaldo get that themselves half the time and Suarez, Neymar etc. rack up 40 or whatever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Just the 59 for Suarez. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 It's funny at the end of that article he talks about the two best players getting 66 goals between them when nowadays Messi and Ronaldo get that themselves half the time and Suarez, Neymar etc. rack up 40 or whatever. Well Italian back then was far harder to score in than the Spanish league of today tbf. Ronaldo also scored 34 league goals in 37 games in his only season in La Liga back then as a 20 year old. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 '90s Italian matches were almost always low-scoring games iirc, the defences were absolutely nails to break down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 '90s Italian matches were almost always low-scoring games iirc, the defences were absolutely nails to break down. Thou shalt not pass. http://s44.radikal.ru/i105/0907/ee/01fead19c971.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Remembering the 39. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickthemagpie Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 You would think it never happened. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 How come this never gets discussed? I obviously feel for those at Hillsborough but it's shocking how this gets totally forgotten about. The fire at Bradford too. I guess there was more controversy with Hillsborough like... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 How come this never gets discussed? I obviously feel for those at Hillsborough but it's shocking how this gets totally forgotten about. The fire at Bradford too. I guess there was more controversy with Hillsborough like... Because there wasn't a massive cover up and it didn't take years for them to get to the truth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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