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Thu 07 Jul 2010Juve expect pure football
FOR THOSE of us brought up on tales of Milan’s arrival back in 1974 at St Mel’s Park, where they were famously held to a scoreless draw by Athlone Town, the sight of the Juventus bus pulling into Tallaght stadium yesterday was a strangely disappointing affair.
Folklore has it that the misery endured by then manager, Giovanni Trapattoni on his first trip to Ireland, as well as by legendary players like Angelo Anquilletti, Romeo Benetti and Albertoni Bigon started when they descended from their team bus to discover there was some deep mud to be negotiated before they made it to their dressing room.
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