MAGAZINE OF THE JUVENTUS OFFICIAL FAN CLUB TORONTO FREE 2019 Issue #18 Noi perenni testimoni di una storia senza fine... Juventus: The Powerhouse We’ve Been Waiting For A Letter To Cristiano Member Encounters Ronaldo That Make You Wish It Were YOU zeb issue #18 1 MAGAZINE OF THE JUVENTUS OFFICIAL FAN CLUB TORONTO ISSUE #18 - 2019 Table of Contents 2 A Note from the Editor 3 News and Notes What’s been happening 4 7 Reasons to Become a Juventus Official Fan Club Toronto Member 5 The President’s Address Contact us at 6 Our Club Events What we’ve been doing [email protected] 8 Member Encounters See with your own eyes the perks of being a member of our club 12 JuTube Juventus-inspired links 13 Juve Kids Starting the little ones off right 16 In Memoriam Ricordiamo due amati fondatori del club: Rocco Lo Franco e Franco Luciani 18 Upcoming Events What we have in store for you in the year to come 19 Promote My Juve Club Members basking in their team’s colours 21 Le Competizioni Serie A, Coppa Italia, Coppa UEFA, Champions League 23 Social Media on Fire What we’ve been saying 24 A Letter For…. Letters in response to things that mattered to us 26 Top Ten Top 10 Serate di Massimo Allegri 28 JOFCT Around the World Seeing how far our club has reached 30 Juventus Around the World What our team is doing 31 Games Page Juventus Word Search 32 Dove Sono Adesso Alessandro DelPiero 34 Trendsetting How Juventus influences the world 35 Essentials Info all members should know 36 Comic Relief How soccer can make us laugh Tiziana Pace Editor in Chief Principal Writer Copy Writer Dear Readers, One of the most rewarding things I have ever done is to put together edi- tions of this magazine with all of our contributors. Not only is this a work of passion because of my love for Juventus but it also gives me the opportu- nity to get closer to the members of our club. They share everything with me: pictures, histories and even their transformations. They send me pic- tures of their newborn in a Juventus onesie because they are proud. And I am happy to see it because I can feel their enthusiasm. They tell me stories of when they were at a game and the players first walked onto the field. I've heard these stories in many variations before but I am still happy to hear them because I can smell the grass and hear the roar of the crowd with them. Each experience seems new to me. I never get tired of it. That's why it’s so much fun for me to put this magazine together. I get to “package” the joy and send it around to everyone. If you're a member, then these could be your experiences. And if you're not a member....my God....why aren't you? It's amazing! THIS IS A CONTRIBUTORS BILINGUAL Gina Pace Assistant Editor Francesco Mastrorizzi Writer MAGAZINE Vince Carlucci Sponsorship Coordinator You can write to us Ivan Groe Cover Design in either English or Italian with your comments, sugges- tions and submissions. Noi pub- blicheremo le vostre opinioni sia in ital- Download a Copy of Our Magazine! iano che in inglese. This magazine is If you can’t find a copy of this magazine for you so we are committed to mak- for yourself, if you want a digital copy, ing you comfortable to write in what- or if you want to share a copy ever language is easiest for you. with people that you know, Anche voi potete rendervi partecipi a you can visit our website at questa iniziativa dando il vostro parere www.jofctoronto.com sulla nostra rivista. and download a copy! 2 zeb issue #18 WHAT’S EXCITING The Juventus Official Fan Club Toronto’s Mem- The Juventus Official Fan Club Toronto finished bership Campaign for the 2019-2020 is fast ap- it’s 2018-2019 membership campaign with the proaching (in May!!!) You can join us by visiting highest membership count of all JOFCs in the our webpage at www.jofctoronto.com. western hemisphere, third in the world. Con- Download your membership form, fill it out, gratulations to all our members for making this email it in and pay - all online! You can even club extra special. join us “old-school” if you’d like: print out your form and mail it in with your payment. While you’re at our site, check out our club news, in- formation, galleries and back-issues of zeb. WHAT’S CHANGED In December we had both Lina Tullo and Vince Carlucci retire from the Board. They UPDATES have both earned their personal time, particu- Our Director of Business Development, Joe larly Vince who has spent many, many (did we Ciraco, keeps us busy on all of our social media say many?) years of service on the Board. We avenues. Stay updated and engaged with the wish them both the best! happenings of our club by: Around the same time, in heartbreaking in- • visiting our website stant, we lost our dearest friend and Board • joining our Facebook group Member Franco Luciani. As one of the found- • subscribing to our Twitter account ing members, Franco’s contribution to our club • visiting our Instagram page is immeasurable. We will forever feel his ab- • or click here sence and we will hold on to the memories of the time spent with him fondly (p.16). Keep track of what’s coming up on our social media sites so you never miss out on our exclu- WHAT’S NEW sive member events. We have a Wine Tasting It became necessary to Event, our Annual Picnic and a fall Gala com- reach out to our mem- ing up, just to name a few. bers to fill the empty spaces left on our Board by the three departures. We take a minute to send out In February we wel- a special THANK YOU to Vince comed new Board mem- Carlucci. Though he resigned bers John Groe, Daniel from the Board, he still took Pirillo and Sonia Martelli the time to continue to gather (right). We cannot wait for the new ideas, per- sponsorships for our magazine. spectives and enthusiasm that they bring to Thank you for all your help! our club! zeb issue #18 3 What do you get for becoming Access to members-only face-value a member, other than hanging tickets for Juventus games. around with the coolest crowd 10% discount in the city? Here’s a quick list. at the Multiple exclusive opportunities to get Juventus Store, up-close and personal with Juventus at in person An official club Allianz Stadium (“Walk About”, “Terzo and or online. magazine that keeps Tempo”...etc..) you updated on what’s A special going on. Admittance and/or discounts to Juventus gift just for Official Fan Club Toronto events which signing up may include: Meet & Greet with Juve with us. players (restricted to members-only), game viewing parties, an annual picnic, galas and more. A membership card signifying Official recognition by Juventus FC. At the end of last year, members of the JOFCT Board worked tirelessly to enhance our club with a new item: our own official scarf! Heavy knit, in black and white with our city name on it, this official scarf now enables you to show your pride for the team and membership to the Juventus Official Fan Club Toronto! It’s so awesome that we’re already on our second batch order! Yet some people have asked us: Where can you take this scarf? What can you do with it? We thought you’d never ask! For this issue of zeb, we decided that we’d play a little game of “Spot the Scarf!” As you flip through our newest issue, we’ll let you know where you can “Spot the Scarf”. Then come back and ask us this question again. 4 zeb issue #18 My dear friends, last March when the whole sta- dium came together to sing 241. That is our current count of along to the lyrics of Lucio Dalla, registered club members. This is in solidarity with Davide’s family an enormous achievement. A and Fiorentina. RIP Davide. growth of 130% from less than a year ago. We’re the largest Ju- We also lost of one our members ventus Official Fan Club in the of the JOFC Toronto family. This Western Hemisphere, and third past October long time board largest international club in the member Franco Luciani passed world. We are also one of the away. Franco was a big part of most active on the planet. We our club, a friend to everyone are an integral part of a very spe- and was loved by all. Franco is cial family: JUVENTUS. surely up in the stars with his idol Omar Sivori. RIP my friend. You will Our 2018 Trophy Tour last June never be forgotten. was a huge success. For many of our members, taking pictures with Recently we appointed three Mauro Camoranesi and Fabrizio new directors of the board. We appeared on “Box to Box” and Ravanelli and holding the welcome John Groe, Sonia Mar- other DAZN programming includ- Scudetto and Coppa Italia was a telli and Daniel Pirillo to the JOFC ing interviews with our club mem- dream come true. We look for- Board of Directors and, on behalf bers. Furthermore, in June we will ward to the opportunity to hold of all of us, we thank outgoing be having our annual “Black and another such event this year.