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Sebastian Giovinco has spoken about the past, present and future as he eyes more playing space at Juve…

 
Juventus ace Sebastian Giovinco believes the reason he never played under former coach Claudio Ranieri is because he wasn’t liked by the Roman as he pledges to stay in Turin.

The Italian under-21 international has made only a handful of appearances this season. He was outstanding when he played, but Ranieri preferred leaving him on the bench. Giovinco hopes that what a change of coach he will get his chance, and he insists he has no intention to leave his home town.

“Will I leave Juventus because I have no space? No. I have already shown that I can play in Serie A, and for Juventus,” Giovinco told Tuttosport.

“Obviously I was not liked by Ranieri if I didn’t play often. However, now I want to play my chances.”

Giovinco briefly touched on all Bianconeri topics, from Diego’s arrival, Inter’s strength, and the new coach question as he takes everything in his stride.

“Something needs to be changed tactically with Diego’s arrival as he is not used to playing out on the wing,” added ‘La Formica Atomina”.

“We have to correct something to be on the same level as Inter. New coach? I am a player, not a director.

“Now we have to focus on the game against Lazio.”

Juventus can guarantee a second place finish by beating the Roman side on Sunday afternoon.

Speaking about Lippi’s squad call-up, “If you’re not playing at the club – he said calmly – you can not go to the National Team. I have to think about Juve first then I think about Azzurri”.

As Juventus appointed Ciro Ferrara as their new coach, I decided to make some new avatars (including 1 animation). No offense but I really don’t like Ranieri, who on earth chose Marchionni over Giovinco for the LM position? Anyway, enjoy!

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Even though this article doesn’t mention a single word about Giovinco but it would likely open a chance for him playing in last 2 games of the season.

Claudio Ranieri has been sacked as Juventus coach after a poor run of results and youth team boss Ciro Ferrara has taken over, the club said on Monday.

The Turin side are a point above fourth-placed Fiorentina with two matches left and are in danger of slipping out of an automatic Champions League berth after a run of seven Serie A games without a win.

Fourth place guarantees only a spot in the Champions League qualifying rounds.

“Juventus announce that Claudio Ranieri has been sacked as manager. From today the first team has been entrusted to Ciro Ferrara,” a statement said, without confirming whether Ferrara was a short-term appointment.

Ferrara, a former Juventus defender, is also Italy assistant manager but has never coached a club before.

The former Italy international, who also played for Napoli, won seven Italian championships as a player and one Champions League with Juve in 1996.

Former Chelsea coach Ranieri succeeded Didier Deschamps in June 2007 after Juve were promoted back to Serie A following their demotion for match-fixing.

BAD RUN

They finished third last season and made a decent start to this term, beating Real Madrid home and away in the Champions League, but the recent bad run has shown no signs of ending.

Sunday’s 2-2 home draw with Atalanta, played in an empty stadium after fans were banned for racist chanting, proved to be the last straw for the board despite officials previously saying Ranieri would be safe until the end of the season.

Media reports have said former Juve midfielder Antonio Conte, who has led Bari to promotion to Serie A this season, is among the frontrunners to take over fulltime if Ferrara’s appointment is temporary. AS Roma coach Luciano Spalletti and Gian Piero Gasperini, who has said he is staying as Genoa manager, have also been linked with the job.

Ranieri had not been popular with fans for several weeks and has recently left top striker Alessaandro Del Piero out of his lineups.

Apart from forward Amauri, Juve’s purchases under Ranieri have generally disappointed with midfielders Tiago and Christian Poulsen especially struggling.

Italy’s best-supported club are in the process of buying Werder Bremen’s Brazilian playmaker Diego and re-signing Real Madrid and Italy defender Fabio Cannavaro for next season.

In view of the Under 21 European Championship which will be taking place between the 15th and 29th of June in Sweden, Pierluigi Casiraghi sent in the list of 40 players which he selected to UEFA. This the first list, from which on the 1st of June, the 23 players who will particpate in the competition will be chosen.

There are four bianconeri in the list of 40 names: Lorenzo Ariaudo, Paolo De Ceglie, Sebastian Giovinco and Claudio Marchisio.

Below is the complete list:
Goalkeepers:  Consigli (Atalanta), Fiorillo (Sampdoria), Seculin (Fiorentina), Sirigu (Ancona).

Defenders:  Andreolli (Sassuolo), Ariaudo (Juventus), Bocchetti (Genoa), Capelli (Atalanta), Criscito (Genoa), De Silvestri (Lazio), Esposito Andrea (Lecce), Marzoratti (Empoli), Motta (Roma), Pisano (Cagliari), Ranocchia (Bari), Rubin (Torino), Santacroce (Napoli), Santon (Inter).

Midfielders:  Abate (Torino), Barilla’ (Reggina), Bottone (Vicenza), Candreva (Livorno), Cerci (Atalanta), Cigarini (Atalanta), De Ceglie (Juventus), Dessena (Sampdoria), Lanzafame (Bari), Marchisio (Juventus), Morosini (Vicenza), Poli (Sassuolo).

Attackers:  Acquafresca (Cagliari), Balotelli (Inter), Di Gennaro (Reggina), Giovinco (Juventus), Macheda (Manchester United), Mendicino (Lazio), Osvaldo (Bologna), Paloschi (Parma), Paolucci (Catania), Pozzi (Empoli).

The 3rd Memorial Ferramosca & Neri is a youth tournament organized by the Atletico Mirafiori in memory of the two youngsters who passed away in December 2006. May 2nd, 2008 saw the start of the “3rd Memorial Alessio Ferramosca e Riccardo Neri”, which Giovinco acted as a special godfather to the occasion.