Major Blooper by Platini..

The comments made by UEFA President Michael Platini recently have caused a bit of a stir, he commented about how Juventus should consider themselves to be in the final 8 of the Champions League and how Celtic stood no chance.


As a Juve fan myself, I had a rather mixed feeling about this, on one hand I was glad that Juve were once again held in such high esteem, but on the other I felt a little uneasy. He was being incredibly unfair to a team that beat Barcelona, showing that they had quality but he was also opening Juve up to the conspiracy theories, should luck determine their victory. I for one am sick of Juventus being associated with scandal and these comments didn’t help!

Platini is the president of the competition and should be smart enough not to comment on the game, as the media will inevitable take this and whip everyone into a frenzy. Platini is known for being honest and open, but this is one situation that the former Juventus player should have kept his mouth shut.

Celtic have shown that they have the quality and the will to get this far, and lest we forget, it’s called The Champions League for a reason; they are the best teams in their respective Leagues. I’m just glad that no one from the Juve came out and said something like this. They seem to have their heads screwed on right, as Captain Gigi Buffon has nothing but good words for his opposition and the young keeper, he even went as far as saying he “ could be one of the best young goalkeepers”. Now that is class!

The Old Lady would be wise to ignore the comments made by Platini, if they start to believe it, complacency may set in and that is always a mistake! Anything can happen over two legs and the loss of Giorgio Chiellini will mean that Juve will have to be extra sharpe!

Juve in 2013 ...

What will the New Year hold for the Bianconeri? We don't know, all we know for certain is that 2012 wasn't half bad! Winning the title was perhaps the most satisfying moment as Juventus had a torrid time before that, finishing seventh in the league, out of the Scudetto race and out of Europe, critics didn't see this coming and to remain unbeaten for an entire season, well, what can you say?!

There were raised eyebrows upon hearing that Antonio Conte was appointed as Coach, but it worked out perfectly. The former Juve midfielder had just helped Siena return to Serie A and had little experience at managing in the top- flight. Conte surprised everyone with Juve's 49 game unbeaten run, and this record was not the only thing that impressed everyone- including me! He won his games with a brand of football that reflected his personality, it was both aggressive and never gave in even when they were trailing.

The comments coming from Arturo Vidal are great to hear, it is always a good sign when your players believe they have the ability to win everything. Yet he must not get to ahead of himselfor he may run the risk of winning nothing, because last year they didn't have to worry about the Champions League. Also last season they did draw a lot of games- 15 to be exact, and in a knockout game with the likes of Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and yes, even Manchester United, it will not be easy!

Juve play their games with such a high intensity that sometimes I fear that they might burn out. Not to mention that if they don't get the goals early on that they have some difficulty getting the goals. All the talk is that because they haven't got the "big name" striker they are still lacking. I tend to disagree, they may not have the big names but they have intelligent players that work for the team. Intelligence goes a long way because these player know how and when it is best to go forward and attack or when it is better to defend, And this can help them maintain their momentum and energy, as they wont just be running around like headless chickens!

Maintaining their concentration and motivation will be up to Conte, but something tells me he has a handle on it! All I'm saying is that Vidal has to remember that they have to beat the best teams in Europe before they can think about doing the treble and that's no easy feat especially in your first year back.

I'll be with you guys no matter what happens, I'm proud to be a Juventino!

Cagliari V Juventus

A game that was not as easy as the score-line might suggest, this was a plucky Cagliari side that were not at all intimidated by their opponent's. A little bit of luck and some odd referring decisions helped the Bianconeri and they were crowned Winter Champions. But above all Alessandro got on the score sheet twice! Hopefully this will boost his confidence, and if Juve don't get the " big name striker", it wont matter as much.

The big news ahead of the game besides where it was going to be played, was the fact that Giorgio Chiellini was going to be out for 2-3 months. Chiellini is such a rock in that back three that it was going to be a challenge to play without him. Instead we had Martin Caceras, he had only started five games so far and you could see why, he was seen to be a little unsure on the ball and did give the ball away a number of times. A little slack was due, as he hadn't played and was noticeable rusty. One was a little confused as why the youngster Luca Morrone was not given a shot, he had played in the centre of defence before and had the energy and enthusiasm to go against this fiery side from Sardinia.

Juventus started this game at a surpising tempo, not as high as we have become accustomed and Cagliari were surprisingly organised and quick of the mark. They were so quick in fact, they were the first to score on 16 minutes. It was a well taken penalty by Mauriscio Pinilla, Gigi Buffon went in the right direction but could do nothing to stop the ball from flying past him into the net.

Juve did all they could to get back into the game but it became obvious that some changes had to be made as they were losing the ball in midfield to easily. The pressure was all Juve as they had a whopping 66% possession, and they did try and make it count with 30 shots and 10 of them were goal bound. Yet it was some fine saves by Micheal Agazzi that helped keep Cagliari in front.

In the second half The Old Lady player with more urgency and were helped a little when Davide Astori got his second yellow card and was given his marching orders in the 64th minute. The home side had a lot to do anyway but now with 10 men it was going to be difficult to say the least! Juve were in the ascendancy and they had an opportunity to level the scoring in the 71st minute when a Cagliari player was deemed to have tripped Sebastian Giovinco. Arturo Vidal stepped up to take the penalty, but he ballooned it over the crossbar.

Yet they didn't have to worry about it too long as Alessandro Matri was on hand to score against his old club. Nearly all the second half was played in the attacking half and with 6 added minutes it the perfect chance to break the wall of Cagliari players, and it was Matri again and just to add a cherry on top, Mirku Vucinic scored the third.

It may have took them a while to get started, but when they did it was like poetry in motion!

Good TV.....

... A thing of the past, it's sad really because not so long ago TV and movies used to be so much better, better characters, better dialogue and an intelligent storyline, now it's all about sex and violence. Don't get me wrong, these two aspects were always present but whereas they had relevance, now they are just placed in there for the sack of having violence and sex.

Tv shows used to be great, and it wasn't as if it was all that long ago, shows like Lost, Battlestar Galactica and Boston Legal to name but a few ended around  early 2000 to 2010, so not that long ago. I had a brief moment of hope when a show called The Mentalist started. It was a brilliant cop drama that had a good set of actors but above all a good story with excellent writers.

It centred around a character that suffered a tragedy, but that tragedy went on to long. Where it had a natural ending ( season three finale) they decided to drag it  out instead of innovating and coming up with a new story arc like The X-files, they just decided to extend it to the point of being ridiculous!

I grew up with shows like the X-files, where the show drew on actual events but moulded it to the show. They relied more on good dialogue between the characters rather then now where they will just distract you with fancy and unnecessary action scenes and nudity. Shows used to encourage the audience to think but now they do everything they can to prevent that, instead they try and encourage you to focuses on what they're wearing and who they're doing!

The X-Files like the Mentalist had a single tragedy that was driving the lead, but whereas The X-File went from strength to strength after they revealed what happened to Mulder's sister, The Mentalist missed the opportunity to try something new after Jane killed the serial killer: Red John and just became weaker and is insulting to anyone with half a brain cell! Not only that but it is unmemorable, I constantly forget what has happened in previous episodes, whereas before, we actual had discussions about the episode and where the story might take us, now I can't wait for it to end!

The general public has been systematical dumbed down by the media. And most of it is because now if show don't immediately do well they will be cancelled. And the way that they determine whether or not a show is doing well is by going by the "ratings", but that's not exactly the most accurate way to determine how well a show is doing. You cannot actually determine whether the person watches the entire show, how many people actually watch the show and you can not get an accurate result because you will never have enough information to conclude what the entire population is watching.

I have to a large extent actually stopped watching new shows and instead watch re-runs of Boston Legal or just dip into my box sets of The X-Files, BSG,Lost, Heroes and Due South. Shows used to have strong. Intelligent and witty story lines now they just have canned laughter or shows that lecture you like you're a child, which I find insulting. Show like Boston Legal and The X-File challenged the social norm and encouraged you to question things more, I miss that!!!

Gianluigi Buffon

Gigi as he is lovingly known by the supporters, he is highly regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the world and it is evident by the number of accolades he has accumulated over the years. He is a keeper that exudes confidence and he is a true captain as he is always seen marshaling the troops.

For any players to be regarded as the best of anything, he must always remain a professional whenever in the public eye, and that is true with this man as he personifies excellence where ever he goes.

Recently Buffon collected  the Cartellino Viola award along with Milan boss Allegri in the wake of Novembers clash at the San Siro for their sportsmanship. The game ended with the home side winning, but after a dubious handball decision that went against Juve. This could have lead to outrage and there could have been conspiracy theories for days to come, except there wasn't thanks to the utter class from these two men.

Every Biaconeri fan could see that the team was not playing up to their usual standards and were being outplayed by the Milanese. The handball decision was a mistake, as later viewing showed that it hit Nocherino, but instead of dwelling on this one incident, Buffon just admitted that his team were outplayed by their opponent and sometimes mistakes happen in the game and that sometime they benefit from them and other times they don't. He showed his class and that is exactly why he is adored in Italy.

Allegri admitted to the fact that it was an error and that perhaps a draw would have been a fairer result. The Italian game has displayed great class and professional respect and the rest of Europe should show their respect to Calcio again!

Masters of Self Destruction?

Culture of violence




I am not surprised about yet another tragedy in the States. This is the second mass shooting this year that we’ve actually heard about, but perhaps this was the most tragic as it was elementary children that lost their lives. There was another shooting that happened in the summer in a cinema in Colorado, something of a trend has been happening for a long while but I hope now, they won’t be able to ignore it and actually take steps to prevent it from happening again.

But for a country such as America, it won’t be as straightforward as taking away the guns. There is too much money and politics involved, not to forget that they are the most paranoid people in the world, and they believe that danger is around every street corner- even gated communities with private security! One would think that maybe there is a reason that people and Countries tend to dislike them, they do remind me of the schoolyard bully, constantly humiliating everyone and taking things that don’t belong to them, then being left confused when they realise everyone hates them and they have no friends.

People are exposed with images of violence every day of their lives, from the moment they get up to the moment they got to sleep, they are exposed to it from the way the news is presented to video games, they have started to glorify it and because people are exposed to this kind of media 24 hours a day, they BELIEVE it’s true, that they need to be on their guard all the time and thus it becomes a normal part of everyday life. But this type of extreme paranoia can only lead to an extreme anxiety.. And is that really a way to live?

The availability of guns has to be looked at more carefully, and it’s not even normal handguns, these were military spec with extra clips of ammo to insure maximum casualties!! Does anyone see how barbaric it is, and what saddens me even more is the response by some of these “news” presenters, they actually believe that if the teachers had guns, it wouldn’t have happened??!! Do they believe that teachers will be calm and decisive in that kind of situation?? They haven’t been trained by Jack Bauer, there will just be more casualties! And lest we forget, Jack Bauer is a TV character, but he is another example of how they glorify violence.

The legislators ( gun lobbies) would go on about how they have strict regulations and can control who can have access to these weapons, but how much control do they really have when an allegedly disturbed person can just buy a military grade gun?? Something is not right! It goes even deeper, it’s about how they treat the mentally ill, this goes again to people not caring, I mean how does a disturbed person just be able to roam the streets and why isn’t there a better way of helping these people before they become a danger to society? The response will probably be the same as always, just lock them up, they respond to any and every threat that way. They believe that just by keeping them in a cage that they are actually dealing with the problem but in all actuality they are just creating more violent offenders.

In the wake of this tragedy gun sales have actually gone through the roof! What is wrong with these people? More violence is there only response to EVERYTHING!

Speading sickness..

The sickness in this society

I was walking through Windsor and was so sickened when I saw homeless people sitting opposite Windsor castle, that just describe this country down to a T doesn’t it. People starving and freezing with no place to go, while you have this enormous VACANT building just across the road from them. It’s despicable that they should call this country “ Great” Britain, I mean what’s so frekking great! The fact that we have empty castles while there are people with no roofs over their head! I don’t believe that’s at all “moral” do you?

How can these people sleep at night knowing that there are people out there starving and probably going to freeze to death? I mean what kind of uncaring sods are we turning into where we care more about profits than people?

The glaring fact is that things are just going to get worse, bills and other living costs are going to increase and the most vulnerable in society are going to get hit. In case you didn’t hear about it, austerity is going to continue for at least another five years!! The whole of Europe united in protest against these actions and did it by putting their bodies on the line, and how does the UK respond?? Firstly by condemning those actions and just blaming the “lazy Europeans” who just don’t want to work. But the UK fails to grasp who really is to blame.

The poor old couple or the students are not to blame yet they are forced to live with debts that will take almost a lifetime to pay off due to the obscene tuition fees that they have been burdened with. That is what we have done; we have condemned future generations to work of the debts of this society. It all started with letting the bankers getting away with stealing all our money and then the government using OUR money to bail them out, while they go off and do the same thing all over again. But God forbid we should put stricter regulations on the “banksters”, no, we should just strip the public of any benefits or rights because it's easier, and do you know why it’s easier here??? People here are so easily distracted and deceived by the media, that they would turn on each other rather than go after the people who are meant to be running this country.

Do you have any idea what austerity really is?? It is just the modern word for slavery, after all you will have to work like dogs for the rest of your lives and at the end of it you won’t even get a liveable wage. Wages have not increased for the last ten years, yet everything else including PUBLIC transportation seems to be going up every six months! Why is this being allowed to happen? All the government is doing is pushing more and more people into extreme poverty. And by having a more poverty stricken society you will also get more desperate people, which will then inevitably lead to more crime.

I heard something on the radio this morning that left me with a feeling of utter disgust. I did not get the specific because the media is purposely vague on important matters, but when it comes to Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt we know the intimate details! Anyway, they briefly talked about how some people are so desperate that they have resorted to stealing food, and what I found disturbing was the response by the officials, which was basically how people shouldn’t steal when it can affect businesses and jobs!! So apparently, they would rather have half the population starve to death rather than disrupt business!!

What kind of government would rather lose their people than potential business?? People wake up, and see what is going on here… we are living in a Fascist country, where the promise of profit is more important than the promise of the people, something has gone seriously wrong here and we have been so oblivious to all the signs and have let it happen without putting up any form of resistance, but that's not the most enraging thing, this country has the arrogance to say that it's better than Europe and everyone else!! At least in European countries you wont find rubbish and puke in the main streets like you do in oxford circus!!

Juventus v Atalanta

Or as it's otherwise known as, The Old Lady versus The Giant Killers. Atalanta had come to acquire this nickname due to the fact that they have beaten both Milan clubs and were not to be underestimated.
Yet Atalanta could not make another big club from the northern regions of Italy suffer as Juve ran riot with a 3-0 victory in the first half an hour. Juventus extend there lead at the top by 7 points as Inter lost to Lazio on Saturday.

The game started of in usual way with Juventus keeping a lot of the ball. Mirko Vucini was the first player to inflict damage on the side from Bergamo. He was able to curl the ball with only the Atalanta keeper to beat. Almoat immediately German Denis could have equalised if it was not due to the quick thinking and intervention of Gianluigi Buffon. Buffon was a spectator for a major part of the game, only having to make 2 saves compared to Andrea Consigli's 9. However Buffon was always quick and alert to any danger, because he is a professional after all.

Just ten minutes later Juve had the chance to inflict further damage on the away side when they were given a free kick in an optimum area. Andrea Pirlo duly obliged when his direct free-kick curled over the wall and found its way in the top left hand corner of the goal past Consigli.Confidence was flying high as five minutes later Giorgio Chiellini had a shot from 20 yards just whistle by the post!

Juve did not have to wait long- 7 minutes to be exact before making it 3-0. Claudio Marchisio further demonstrated Juventus' dominance when his 25 yard thunderbolt of a shot went past the fingertips of the Atalanta keeper. All credit to Atalanta, they didn't let their heads drop but any response was made difficult when Thomas Manfredini committed a second bookable offence and left his team to fight on without him.

After the sending off Juve had an opportunity to take their foot off the gas, yet they continued in true fighting spirit. In the second half they had further opportunities to inflict damage on the visiting side. Yet it did not seen to happen as both Sebastian Giovinco and Fabio Quagliarella were either caught offside or were just wide of the target.

The first half blitz by Juventus was deemed enough as they won the game with ease and above all... a clean sheet for Buffon!!! Because no matter how great a keeper you are, this is the one stat that many people remember. Now we want a victory against Cagiari, so we can officially call Juventus Winter Champions!!

A closing society?

The following are indications that society is closing:

1. Make people afraid of an internal and external threat
2. Secret prisons, where torture can take place undisturbed by the trifle of law
3. Develop a paramilitary force
4. Keep a watchful eye on ordinary people
5. Detain and release ordinary citizens- to show them you have the power
6. Restrict the press, so that you only get the news they want you to have
7. Label any dissent as an act of treason and criticism as espionage

8. Change the law when it suits you.

Any of this familiar????

One step forward, 10 steps backwards

Personality Disorder Checklist


• Unconcern for the feeling of others

• Inability to maintain meaningful/ long term relationships

• A complete disregard for the feeling of others

• Repeated lying, dishonesty and manipulating people in order to make a profit

• Not being able to feel any guilt or remorse

• Not having the ability to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviour.





The above is just a basic checklist, but I have a strong feeling that we can apply them to anything in this society. That is a sad thought, and it’s not just individual people but large corporations and entire governments. In this so called “developed countries”, everything is pushed towards the idea that if you don’t step on each other, you will not get far in life; it’s ingrained in everything we see and where it was a stigma to do the above, now it is encouraged!



A few points from the list pop out as soon as you read through it, the first one is: a complete disregard for the feeling of others. This can be proven just by reviewing what kind of television we watch amongst others. The “reality show”, first of all it’s not reality, the mere fact that it is being filmed and that there are cameras changes everything from what we would normally do. The format of these types of show are basically the same, a combination of humiliation and shame with a final dose of judgement and finally exclusion.



It makes me sick to my stomach that society has stooped this low into a world of depravity, yet these countries claim to be the moral compass which everyone should follow, the hypocrisy is nauseating. But it doesn’t stop at a person’s viewing habits but also the habits and practises of the governments and corporations. They make it policy just to think about the ends rather than the means, they don’t care whether or not they hurt anyone because of their actions, all they care about is profit. This kind of collusion between government and corporation reminds me an awful lot of Fascist Italy under Mussolini.

People have become so uncaring about anything other than themselves, and a large part is because of the media. Television shows, newspaper article all perpetuate this notion that to get to the top of the ladder you must be cold and willing to screw people over if it means success. All this has done is giving birth to a nation of selfish and hostile individuals, that will only pay you any attention if they will get anything out of it.



The next two points can be covered together as they have the same type of theme running through them. The first one: repeated lying and manipulating other for a profit and incapacity to feel any guilt. Now what springs to mind…. The banking sector!! They have used our money in their fraudulent activities and made US bail them out and then had the nerve to blame the public and calling everyone else lazy and have twisted the issues, so that it looks like it was inevitable and now it’s up to the public to suffer austerity for their errors!



Austerity is just the modern way of saying that we’re all slaves. Any benefits that we used to receive like a liveable wage will disappear. Not only will wages continue to decline but the cost of everything will increase, plunging more people into poverty. What the hell is wrong with everyone? Everyone has been tricked into believing that we must pay an obscene amount of taxes while the rich get away with paying the bare minimum.



The media is very crafty about how they go about distracting us with news about the royal foetus and how companies like Amazon have been avoiding tax, let me tell you one thing, the rules for big companies are written in such a way that they can pay pennies and get away with it, so in the end it’s the laws in this back ward country that need to be changed. What made me laugh hysterical is when they described these companies as being “ immoral”, I mean seriously, this government can hardly comment on morality, they are still opposing the tax on the wealthy! How is that moral? When you have people living out of dustbins and they get no help while you are bending over backwards to accommodate the rich and their private jets?!!

And the little help that we do get, will be rendered useless as living cost continue to rise, and it’s not as if it’s easy to get help, you have to jump through hoops for years before you even get considered and they will do whatever they can to make sure you get the peanuts!



I urge people to open your eyes to the truth, we are living in a fascist society and day by day they are trying to bring back the “ good old days” of the aristocracy. The society we live in now ticks all the boxes at the start of this piece and we’re all encouraged to be SOCIOPATHS!

The best league in the world.. Really?

Juventus have made it out of their group and have condemed the Holders Chelsea to the Europa League. But it wasn't all plain sailing as Juve had drawn the first three games, and dropping vital points that could have helped with my level of anxiety on the last day. Their final game against Shakhtar Donesk was always going to be difficult as the Ukrainians had won three games while only drawing 1 and that was against Juve.  Shackhtar only lost twice and they both had an element of fortune about them, the first was a narrow 1-0 to Chelsea and the second was again a 1-0 loss this time to Italian champion Juventus who were helped by a unfortunate own goal. Having said all that, when Shackhtar do lose, they don't lose by much!

It is no secret that The Old Lady has had some difficulty scoring goals, but to get far in a major competition you have to have a solid defensive line, as Chelsea showed last season by winning this competition by focusing on defending.

Juve have defied critics and the polls by getting out of their group, now all they have to do is get to the latter stage of the competition for Italian pride. As Juve are the only one besides Milan that hail from the Italian Peninsular, a lot will be riding on them to put some credibility back into Calcio. Italy lost their third CL spot to the Bundesliga which no one can dispute, having watched the German League on numerous occasions, I have to admit they are very impressive. What I do have an issue with is the English Premier League.

The EPL has four spots and two of the teams have been eliminated before the competition has really got started. Man City were the first to be shown the boot having not won a single game! And  they are the current holders of the EPL- says a lot about the league! Chelsea on the other hand won this competition last season and they couldn't find a way to win comfortable and we mustn't forget that they were pummelled earlier this season when they played the winners of the Europa League; Athletico Madrid. Chelsea's new boss Benitez hit the nail on the head when he eluded to the fact that other teams have surpassed them in quality.

Even Man Utd lost  their last game to Cluj and they were hardly convincing in their previous wins. What Benitez said in his post match conference had alot of truth in it, English teams are all about speed and being physical, and that may be sufficient in the League where everyone plays like this, but on the big stage the team have started to evolve and have learnt how to play well without being big and strong- just look at Barcelona. One of the major problems with English teams is that they've become arrogant and have stopped trying to evolve, when this happens other teams will overtake you and embarrass the league as a whole!

Fragile Beauty

Is this progress..Really?



How far have we fallen as a civilization? It makes me sad just thinking about it, just the sheer coldness and how everyone has become so uncaring and oblivious to anything other than profit. People have always had a love affair with money that goes without saying, but now it has gone to a point where people are willing to stand on each other’s dead corpses to get an extra buck, it’s absurd!

It is not just individual people who think like this but entire governments. The purpose of having an elected government is so that they will be able to make decisions that benefit the entire population not just the elite few or the corporations. One has to keep in mind that corporations have only one objection- to make a profit, and if they have to stand on a few necks and screw some people, they will. It is up to the government to regulate them and make sure they are not taking advantage of the people and that they stick to the rules.

Many places in the so called “developed world” will allow these big companies to bend the rules, sometimes even write new laws to accommodate them, but for the struggling household they will enforce the law to death! It’s simply unfair and immoral.

This country has no right to be talking about morality; London is one of the most corrupted cities in the western world! A certain banking scandal started here, not to forget that the UK is a tax haven for the rich and entitled! And lest we forget how much the tax the average Joe, and where does it all go, because it doesn’t go towards improving vital infrastructure or towards any improvements on the NHS!



People in this country have become so complacent and arrogant that they have no idea that the rights that people have fought hard to achieve are slowly being eroded away. The only thing that would wake them from this zombie state is if they raised the price of alcohol! As long as the people are pissed off their heads they won’t notice if their houses were taken away and they were replaced by cardboard boxes!!

The people here are so repressed that they feel the need to get drunk everyday just to distract themselves from their meaningless consumer driven lives. Is there anything of any note here where you cannot find anywhere else? Shopping streets can be found anywhere, and you know what- they’re better. We have a lot to learn from Europe, they know how to live and some things are to sacred to privatise, like public transport, although because the banks decided to frack most of Europe, I fear this may change as the “ work till you die” culture may become more evident in some of the last nations of beauty and culture.

( free speech, got to love it!)

Juventus V Torino

This was a very special derby, " Derby della Mole"  and is always a heated  as Torino is mainly supported by the locals as it is more of a local team, whereas Juventus is supported all over Italy and the world. Il Granata has had its fair share of success mostly between the late 1920's and 1970's where they won 7 Serie A titles amongst others. But ever since the tragedy of Superga where " Il Grande Torino" tragically lost their live on May 4th 1949, Torino have been a far cry from Il Grande Torino, the team who won 5 Serie A titles in a row.

In the season 2011-2012 this current crop of players were promoted to Serie A after 3 years languishing in the lower tiers.

Torino did give Juventus a real run for their money but after Kamil Glik saw red after 36 minutes after a dangerous challenge on Emmanuele Giaccherrini, it was always going to be tough for Torino to get a foot in and it seemed that it was going to be a matter of time before the great wall of Torino cracked.

After numerous chances, most of all from Paul Pogba, who had 5 shots, some were just wide but others were cracking saves by the Torino Keeper, Andrea Pirlo had a penalty after 41 minutes, it seemed as though lady luck was a Bianconeri, but to everyones surprise he ballooned it over!

The half ended goal less but with both teams still having to do some work, most notably Torino who had to try and deal with Juventus' attacks with a man light. It wasn't long before the pressure got to them and it the 57th minute Juve youth product and local lad Claudio Marchisio bravely headed in the goal that would break the deadlock. Ten minute later it was another "Turin lad" to score, Sebastion Giovinco coolly slotted in the second, Juve did not stop piling on the pressure as there was still time for an upset, Marchisio scored his second in the 84th minute to insure a comfortable victory.

This victory not only insured that Juve remain on top but was a glowing endorsement of Juve's youth Academy as they were in scintillating form. Now all eyes should turn to the Midweek clash against Shakhtar in the Champions League, where Juve just need a point to qualify but in all honesty all three would be even better!

FORZA JUVENTUS!