Juventus to visit Australia

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

disco_mart wrote:

C'mon guys, us vs Juventus would have sold out, they are a far larger club then the Galaxy.

But they don't have a Beckham. Whether we like it or not our football is VERY anglocentric, much more than even Australia's (despite Craig Foster's bigotted clap trap). A city 1/10th the size of Melbourne with a devout, but small Italian contingent - many who hate Juventus - would be a significant risk and highly unlikely to justify the cost.

If Juve were wearing the costs then try it as an experiment, if Terry has to pay for it out of his pocket and only 10k turn up ? He and the club are screwed.

Totally agree.

Besides, between the European Cup and the Olympic Games, perhaps they will be able to field their Reserves of the Reserves for a game in OZ!

VUW AFC - Victoria University Football for life

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Cheers HN, I thought that was the case. be interesting to see what happens if we did (When) win it!

Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!

The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

wellington wouldnt b big enough to host that kinda event!
if they came 2 n.z auckland would b there beat bet!

u saw the chaos of the l.a. galaxy game!

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Uhm, what?

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Elisa-Ronaldo wrote:

wellington wouldnt b big enough to host that kinda event!
if they came 2 n.z auckland would b there beat bet!

u saw the chaos of the l.a. galaxy game!

Chaos? nope went off without a hitch from what I experienced!

Queenslander 3x a year.

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Elisa-Ronaldo wrote:

wellington wouldnt b big enough to host that kinda event!
if they came 2 n.z auckland would b there beat bet!

u saw the chaos of the l.a. galaxy game!

What? Not big enough to host Juve?

Do you mean

a) we couldn't cope with the amount of spectators or

b) we wouldn't fill the stadium?

a - We would have no trouble with a full house.. don't know of any trouble for the Galaxy game.

b- There's no way the stadium would be a sell out for an Italian team without big big names, but why would Auckland be any better? They are hopeless at supporting football up there.

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