I'm not getting any Italian football on TV for at least another few months, so for now I have to settle for reading about games and seeing goals and other important stuff on Youtube. That, however, will not stop me from spreading the Juve love here, so I come bearing match pictures, quotes and other peculiarities that I collected from around the net. Enjoy.
First of all, you might have figured out the result of the game already. It ended in a 1:1 draw, which was a shame from Juve's point of view, since they were up 1:0 until the 89th minute or thereabouts. In fact, Fiorentina even managed to equalize after being reduced to 10 players, so it's no wonder that Juve's coach Ranieri was upset at the draw. He even called his squad "a bunch of dummies" for allowing 10-man Fiorentina to equalize.
Yes, he really said that.
Now, let's have a look at the pictures:
I find this hug sort of adorable, especially considering the tension ahead of the game.
This Swede had to take the blame for Fiorentina's equalizer. Swedish teletext were not pleased.
Juve's lovely, Czech goalscorer. I'll try to refrain from going into hysterical fangirl mode already at the third pic.
Especially for
blackmoonruby...
Captain's expression is too funny here.
...and he's not the only one who can make a funny face.
Juve group hugs are always lovely.
Ale and Pavel.
Then, just some random pictures from the game - I don't think I could come up with a caption for every single one, so I just post them for your enjoyment.