The Old Lady is Back

By: Daryl | August 25th, 2007

Juventus, The Old Lady of Italian football, marked her return to Serie A in style today, crushing Livorno 5-1 with a hat-trick from David Trezeguet and two goals from Vincenzo Iaquinta. Though the whole Moggi scandal was, well, a scandal, this feels like good news for two very good reasons.

1) It’s a return to normality for Italian football. To have a strong Juve team in the top flight, having done their penance, makes Serie A feel like the real deal again. In turn that has to be good for football as a whole right?

2) It’s great for players like Trezeguet, Del Piero, Buffon, Nedved and others who stuck with the club in Serie B last season. Many other players would have deserted a relegated club like rats from a sinking ship (I’m looking at you Jermain Defoe) so the loyal players deserve a good season.

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Category: Serie A, World Football

Tags: David Trezeguet, Juventus, Serie A, World Football, World Soccer

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• Martha |  August 25th, 2007 at 8:21 pm

  
  
  

  From what I saw Juve, actually weren’t that impressive, Livorno are just terrible and completely fell apart at the end. Juve have a long way to go before they’re back on par with the top teams.

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• The-Man-in-your-head |  August 26th, 2007 at 5:03 am

  
  
  

  . Many other players would have deserted a relegated club like rats from a sinking ship (I’m looking at you Jermain Defoe)

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• kabelo |  August 27th, 2007 at 1:50 am

  
  
  

  juve for life . nw italian football is worth watching . all u juve haters can go to hell ha ha ha ha

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