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Sun 20 Apr 2008

Melbourne Victory to play Juventus in friendly

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Date : May 30

Venue : Telstra Dome, Melbourne, Australia

Fixture : Melbourne Victory vs Juventus.

It is a game that has Victory officials licking their lips in anticipation, with the A- League side rumoured to get around 40% of the gate receipts. Apparently, the Newcastle Jets also made an attempt to bring Juventus Down Under for a friendly, but failed.

While several Juventus players like Buffon, Iaquinta and Del Piero may not make the trip because of national team commitments, one can be sure of seeing players like Pavel Nedved and Mohammed Sissoko in action.
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Sat 8 Mar 2008

John Aloisi is Sydney’s marquee player for the 2008-09 season

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This happens to be my first post on the A-League. One might ask how it came about ? To be honest, I was doing a bit of research on FIFA World Cup qualifying. As I was doing the 2006 edition, I saw that John Aloisi was the man whose penalty kick sent the Socceroos into the World Cup. Aloisi as a footballer is not a new name- he has after all played for Coventry and Portsmouth in the Premiership, and Osasuna in the La Liga.

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