Expectations have risen a great deal at the Turin outfit, where Champions League football was eluding them; they now find themselves defending their Serie A title.
Going unbeaten throughout a whole footballing season is by no means a small feat; however, Juventus came ever so close to making it the complete season when they went into their last match of the season against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Napoli-c40003. This tie was for the crown of the Coppa
Italia, as it was the final of the Italian Cup being played at the Olympic Stadium in Rome. The Bianconeri giants were unable to maintain momentum going into the final of the Coppa Italia, and eventually lost out to the Vesuviani by 2-0 on the night.
However, despite their inability to capitalise and secure the perfect season, it was a season where Juve broke one record after another, and any team replicating their feats in the 2011-12 season would be highly commendable.
Besides being the first side to remain unbeaten in the League for the entirety of its campaign, Juve secured the biggest away win in the Lega, when they overcame Fiorentina by a mammoth margin, that of 5-0. They had a great defence unit and the bedrock of
that defence were the defensive stalwarts in the form of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gianluigi-Buffon-c14833 cannot be discounted as being part of that impressive defence that conceded only 20 goals on their way to have
the best defensive record in the Serie A.
Juventus overtook the record of most number of matches unbeaten in the Lega, and he equalled the record set by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabio-c13152 Capello (28 game unbeaten run) with victory against Fiorentina. The Lady Killers are still on course to add on to that tally, as they have
not been defeated in the Serie A since last season. Another notable achievement of Antonio Conte would have to be securing victories in both legs of the Derby d’Italia, against bitter rivals, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan. This was the first time since 2005-06 that Juve were
able to do this.
Conte bought a number of key acquisitions in the 2011 season as he signed http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arturo-Vidal-c6760 from the Bundesliga giants, Bayer Leverkusen; and he turned out to be a great signing for the club. Another inspired signing by Conte was acquiring the services of Andrea
Pirlo from AC Milan, and it is safe to state that had it not been for him, Juve might not have been able to win the Scudetto.
Pirlo had the highest amounts of assist in the Serie A last season. Conte also sidelined fringe players, or those players that did not fit his style of play. He remained loyal to his style of play, much to the dismay of players like http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Amauri-c5381 and Iaquinta.
After winning the Scudetto, Juve have been busy in strengthening and reinforcing their side for the defence of their Championship. They have made a couple of inspired signings this season, which include the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mauricio-Isla-c24922 from
Udinese. They have bought another player on a free transfer this season, and this time it is the former Internazionale and Bayern Munich defender, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lucio-c22597.
Juventus are keen to bolster their attack and despite signing Giovinco back from Parma, they are in need of a prolific goal scorer and have been linked with the Spanish forward, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fernando-Llorente-c13671.
Another hurdle coming in the way of success of Juve is the fact that Antonio Conte has been sentenced to a ban of 10 months. Massimo Carrera has taken over the reins of the club till Conte serves his ban or till his ban gets overturned.
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