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Nostalgic Serie A five-a-side teams: picking a line-up for … Juventus
Series continues in which writers have the impossible task of choosing a boiled down team from club’s entire history
By Richard Hall for The Gentleman Ultra
Picking a five-a-side team of Juventus greats is something of a thankless task. Aside from the love-or-loathe nature of Turin’s Old Lady in both Italy and beyond, they’re a club with a very rich history. League titles and Ballons d’Or gongs have been plentiful, as has Juventus’ contributions to Italy’s World Cup-winning squads. My own criteria have thus been; could this team play well together? And would they be well suited to five-a-side? The vast bulk of these players have played during my lifetime, but not all of them. As usual when Juve are involved, I’m expecting some controversy!
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