A.S http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603 defender Juan confident of his team’s chances of winning Scudetto next season: Serie A news
A.S Roma defender, Juan, is confident that his team can win the 2011/12 Serie A title and will challenge for other tournaments as well.
The Brazilian is delighted with changes at the club recently and believes that the new regime will bring success along with them. The Giallorossi witnessed a change in ownership in April 2011 and the new owners clearly outlined
that they want results on urgent basis.
The new owners are huge fans of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604’s style of football and aim to deploy the same philosophy at the Stadio Olimpico Rome, so they appointed the Barcelona B manager, Luis Enrique, as their Head Coach.
The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sporting-89-c40576 Director at the club, Walter Sabatini, last week said that they opted for Enrique because he is the perfect man to help the club achieve its ambitions and Juan completely agrees with the chief.
The former Bayer Leverkusen defender believes that investment in new players will definitely strengthen the club and will put them on par with other top Italian sides including, A.C Milan, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan and Juventus.
The 32-year-old is eagerly looking forward to the 2011/12 season and wants to better the last season’s sixth place finish.
Talking to the reporters Juan said, "We are one of the favourites for the Serie A title and so are AC Milan, Inter and Juventus. In http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926, it is always the same teams that are fighting for the title,”
"The expectations have to be met out there on the pitch though. I am full of enthusiasm ahead of the new season. I am intrigued by the changes within the club and the new things could be a great motivation." added the Brazilian
Juan is also confident of his team’s chances of winning the UEFA Europa League and believes that his team is favourites to win the competition.
The Giallorossi have not won the Scudetto since the league win in 2000/01 season and Juan believes that there are many chances that the drought will end next season.
Juan joined the Italian outfit from Bayer Leverkusen in 2007 and played a huge role in guiding his team to win the Coppa Italia in his debut season.
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