and Dazaifu Tenmangu shrine are followed by a farewell dinner with Sagan Tosu president Minoru Takehara
The Juventus Legends rounded off their stay in Japan with a trip to watch one of the country’s most loved sports – baseball – played live at the state-of-the-art Yahoo Stadium by the SoftBank Hawks, who emerged victorious over the Lotte Marines.
With president David Trezeguet back in Turin for yesterday’s UNESCO Cup 2015 press conference, Toto Schillachi (who played in Japan for four years with Jubilo Irata) and Fabrizio Ravanelli acted as the Legends’ representatives, meeting sponsors and posing for photographs with excited fans in the stadium.
The duo then joined the rest of their team-mates in taking to the field before the game, greeting the 35,000 strong crowd and throwing several souvenir miniballs into the stands.
The afternoon saw them visit the Dazaifu Tenmangu shrine, located 20 kilometres outside Fukuoka, before ending their stay in the Far East with a dinner hosted by Sagan Tosu president Minoru Takehara.
The defensive wall turns 34 today. Many happy returns from everyone at Juventus!
Centre-back Andrea Barzagli is celebrating his 34th birthday today.
Since joining from Bundesliga outfit Wolfsburg in January 2011, the stopper has established himself as a stalwart of the Bianconeri spine, winning four consecutive Scudetto titles and two Italian Super Cups in the process.
The ever-dependable defender has become an obstacle for opposition strikers to try and overcome, and he showed his mettle as a substitute when helping see out Tuesday’s 2-1 Champions League semi-final first leg triumph versus Real Madrid.
Barzagli will spend his birthday alongside the rest of his team-mates as they gear up for Saturday’s Serie A encounter against Cagliari.
Everyone at Juventus Football Club would like to wish Andrea many happy returns on his special day.
Here are the match officials and fixture for the 2014-2015 Italian Serie A Week 35 – Thirty-fifth Round on Saturday 9, Sunday 10, Monday 11 May 2015 as designated by the Italian Referee Association (AIA).
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Italian Serie A Tickets for next 10 games
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The Italian Referee Association (AIA) has designated Referee Sebastiano Peruzzo to direct the Serie A Week 35 game Juventus vs Cagliari on Saturday 9 May 2015 at the Juventus Stadium, Italy at 18:00. Peruzzo will be assisted by Giorgio Schenone and Fabio Galloni, goal-line officials Dino Tommasi and Ivan Pezzuto and fourth official Mauro Vivenzi.
Saturday 9 May 2015
Serie A Week 35 / 35ª Giornata / 16esima del girone di ritorno
