What On Earth Is Going On At Juventus?

Juventus are the biggest, richest, and most successful club in Italian football, yet they’re currently 10th in Serie A, having just been deducted 15 points by the FIGC - Italy’s Football Federation.

It’s the latest in a series of setbacks for Juventus and Serie A, and it comes less than 17 years after the club was relegated to Serie B in the aftermath of the Calciopoli scandal.

So in this documentary, HITC Sevens takes a look at the current crisis at Juventus, how we got to this point, and why this can’t possibly be the end of it all.

[TGFLdn]

As a person that was a fan of Italian league football many many years ago, this was very depressing. Such a shame that the whole association is being held back by fossils and cons.

[steverd]

The first Italian club to ever build and own its own stadium wasn't Juventus but Reggiana in 1995 (Juventus came second many years later, so this still shows how big of an achievement that was for Juventus). Unfortunately, Reggiana went bankrupt a few years after building its stadium in a very Italian fashion. Reggiana's stadium was then bought by Sassuolo's owner company Mapei (hence, that's why it's now called Mapei Stadium) in 2013 at a bankruptcy auction, so it went back to being one of the very few privately owned stadiums in Italy.

[perfectsoundforever]

It's a shame because Serie A has actually been improving a lot in recent seasons. The league has become one of the most exciting and competitive to watch in Europe, with the style of play moving from a very defensive style to a fast counter attacking style, Serie A outscored the Prem in the last 3 seasons. I think the improvement of the Milan clubs, Napoli & Atalanta through smart scouting has also been important in ending Juventus' hegemony over league. Whilst Juventus crashed out of the Champions League, it's important to note that 3 Italian teams are in the Champions League knockouts this season with very favourable draws, it wouldn't be outside the realms of possibility to see one of them in Semis. Also i'm a bit unsure if Napoli will be picked apart, they're a far bigger club than Lille & Monaco, it's why Koulibaly took about 6 seasons to actually move, Kvara and Osimhen would probably command fees in excess of a £100 million too.

[guilhermebraganca]

An idea for a video. 1/4 of 2023 Brazilian Série A clubs are now owned by private groups instead of being traditional association clubs. The pros and cons of this shift, which is new for Brazilian football

(I.e my club, Vasco da Gama, is currently in its 1st season being owned by American private 777 Partners and in this month alone spent over $15 million in new signings, over 10x more than the entire last ten years)

[psykkomancz]

When I am interested in something happening in the world of football, HITC Sevens videos are the best way to learn about it. No one on YT provides such detailed and informative research on football topics as Alfie does.

[davidpalin]

The money in football is insane and unsustainable.
If people don't think that, then they are in for a massive surprise 🙄 😒

[ellemarr]

Woke up at 4 am in the US to see a new Alfie upload. Instantly clicked. Your work is miles above the rest of football YouTube 👏🏽

[gokulmanohar]

To paraphrase pro wrestler Paul Heyman here - Juventus are too big to be small, but too small to be big.

As a juve fan, this is an excellent video documenting the plight of serie a in general and the cat and mouse game of clubs chasing premier league giants, a game which they are loosing.

[mrb]

They've just had a 10 point deduction, and yesterday lost 4-1 to Empoli.

[VesaevusX]

On the probability of Napoli’s squad being picked apart at the end of the season:

While it’s obviously possible, it’s something that has been predicted every year for at least a decade at this point, and barring a few untimely departures in the first half of the last decade it never came close to happening.

Because of how most of the bigger (and similar) Italian teams are run, people expect Napoli to always be close to insolvency, but the truth is that it’s a surprisingly well run club when it comes to the financial side of things.

[jeremyforbes]

this is the start of the superleague. not nessecarily with the british clubs, but i cant see la liga/serie a giants not trying a merger of some sort over the next 10 years with the richest clubs from each league

also alfie makes a good point that the stadium infrastructure in italy is so freaking bad. its crazy that there has not been more investment

[johnwhittaker]

I still want to see one of these for Wigan. Since we went into administration it’s been a long rollercoaster of some very low lows, and some high highs, some very questionable decisions from the top including a manager sacked after just 9 games in charge. Genuinely never a dull day at Wigan, I’m shocked Netflix haven’t offered us our own show yet

[johnpannebaker]

Roma won the inaugural Conference League, making them the most recent Italian continental winner. Overall, superb video as always!

[MrCavanmoran]

Very impressed with the depth of research and clarity of delivery, keep it up!

[ObjectManiacJennifer]

Nearly had a heart attack when Arrivabene came up

[flex_]

7:54 I think you can consider the pictured Stadio Friuli/Dacia Arena and also Atalanta's Gewiss Stadium as the newest stadiums in the league. Of course having just 3 new stadiums it's still unacceptable for a league like Serie A, but things are moving forward a little

[mendozerosu]

Never knew Arrivabene moved from F1 to Juventus, very interesting!

[alfonsocascone]

Good job Alfie, you get my badge of honour for being the first major foreign youtuber to pronounce Calciopoli the correct way (as far as I'm aware of)

[peterbob]

24:51 João Cancelo from Manchester City to FC Bayern Munich after falling out and the news about Man City FFP breach. Now it makes even more sense after watching this video.

[natangweiitula]

Thank You Alfie. Been looking for a piece on juve for weeks ❤❤you’re the best