“Now we have to stand up and be counted”

“It’s still a bitter defeat, because we played well, taking the lead and controlling the game. We’ve paid for an error and after their equalizer we couldn’t rectify the situation.” Alessandro Del Piero analyses the game against Udinese, looking to focus the attention on the upcoming fixtures: “We have to accept the critics and think about the next match. As I’ve said against Udinese we didn’t play badly and for several minutes we could run, play together and gave little away against the most in form team of the championship. This should be a starting point from this evening forward.” He commented on the supporters disappointment: “We are disappointed as well, because we have great ambitions and we would like to honour the name of Juventus. The difficulties that we’re facing increase our bitterness. Now we must stay together, stand up and be counted.”
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Juve Scored: Juve 1 Udinese 0

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Meeting Between Platini And The Serie A Executives

The meeting arranged by Figc between Serie A teams’ executives and the Uefa President Michel Platini took place yesterday afternoon at the Hotel Parco dei Principi in Rome. They addressed several matters: from the financial fair play to the initiatives against violence, racism and corruption, from the future of European competitions to the Uefa strategies in view of the next four years presidency (2011 - 2015) for which Platini is the only candidate. Juventus President Andrea Agnelli and MD-sports GM Giuseppe Marotta attended the meeting.

After the conference, the latter spoke to media about Juventus condition and targets: «The title? Football is so changeable, but our main object is to qualify for the next Champions League, as already stated at the beginning of this season. Actually, it depends on our opponents’ progress, not only on our squad. The championship is still quite balanced. The difference consists in crucial scorers and, unfortunately, we suffered from many injuries, like that occurred to Fabio Quagliarella. Intervening in the transfer market? We won’t just go through the motions of doing operations, even because now there are no important names suitable for Juventus».
Asked about Del Piero’s contract renewal, Marotta responded that: «Alessandro is a real legend in Juventus, a serious professional who earned the club’s and supporters’ respect. We will deal with this topic as soon as possible».
Finally, about Calciopoli, he said that: «Juventus rely on sports justice. We hope that a deep and accurate verification of the events could be carried out, because there is still a vague situation. We also hope that the solution will be achieved quite quickly».

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