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Team: Juventus (away)
Opponent: Torino
Competition: Serie A

Result: 2-0

A solid win for Juventus as Camara scored in the 62nd and BvR scored 4 minutes later with a header from a freekick.

BvR Stat Line:
Pas Cmp Key Tck Won Key Hea Won Key Ast Sho On Int Run Off Fou Fld Con Rating
37 24 0 3 2 0 9 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 75 8
1 Goal

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Team: Juventus (away)
Opponent: Fiorentina
Competition: UEFA Cup Semifinal 1st Leg

Result: 1-1

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Team: Juventus (home)
Opponent: Milan
Competition: Serie A

Result: 0-1

Milan won the game with a goal in the 87th. BvR had 4 chances, but his best opportunity came in the 67th win he hit a ferocious shot that was saved by Pierini's fingertips.

BvR Stat Line:
Pas Cmp Key Tck Won Key Hea Won Key Ast Sho On Int Run Off Fou Fld Con Rating
24 16 0 5 2 0 5 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 1 0 2 79 7

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Team: Juventus (home)
Opponent: Inter
Competition: Italian Cup Final 1st Leg

Result: 2-3

An excellent performance from MOM BvR gone to waste by a terrible game from Juve keeper Rene Seegers. Inter scored with a penalty before BvR broke through with a great finish on a Camara through ball just before half. After the restart, BvR hit a left-footed half-volley for his club to take the lead. Inter got an own goal and a header from a corner to retake the lead.

BvR Stat Line:
Pas Cmp Key Tck Won Key Hea Won Key Ast Sho On Int Run Off Fou Fld Con Rating
24 14 0 7 3 0 4 1 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 3 78 9
2 Goals

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Team: Juventus (Away)
Opponent: Brescia
Competition: Serie A

Result: 1-1

A strong game from BvR even though he didn't score. The home side scored first, but Juve attacking for the rest of the game and finally got an equalizer in the 53rd. BvR skimmed the top of the bar just before halftime and came close later in the game, but no winner could be found.

BvR Stat Line:
Pas Cmp Key Tck Won Key Hea Won Key Ast Sho On Int Run Off Fou Fld Con Rating
46 36 4 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 77 8

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Team: Juventus (home)
Opponent: Fiorentina
Competition: UEFA Cup Semi-final 2nd leg

Result: 0-2

Juve soundly beaten as BvR continued to watch his new club in European competition.

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Team: Juventus (home)
Opponent: Napoli
Compeition: Serie A

Result: 0-1

Napoli continued to have Juve and BvR's number, shutting out the striker for the whole game, thanks in part to Juve having a player send off in the 33rd minute. BvR's worst game of the season.

BvR Stat Line:
Pas Cmp Key Tck Won Key Hea Won Key Ast Sho On Int Run Off Fou Fld Con Rating
33 24 0 5 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 80 5

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Team: Juventus (away)
Opponent: Spezia
Competition: Serie A

Result: 2-1

BvR bounce back with a brilliant performance on the road. After Spezia scored with a pk early in the game, BvR drilled home a right-footed shot in the 22nd to tie the game. He proceeded to create chances for the rest of the game, but it took a Camara curler from long range to get the win.

BvR Stat Line:
Pas Cmp Key Tck Won Key Hea Won Key Ast Sho On Int Run Off Fou Fld Con Rating
32 23 3 3 1 0 13 3 3 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 3 77 9
1 goal, MOM


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Team: Juventus (away)
Opponent: Inter
Competition: Italian Cup Final 2nd Leg

Result: 0-0

Complete failure of Juventus to try and win this game and the cup. Inter dominated and should have had a more comfortable aggregate win. Only two chances for Juventus in the game, and one of those was a wild overhead kick from BvR that nearly killed a linesman.

BvR Stat Line:
Pas Cmp Key Tck Won Key Hea Won Key Ast Sho On Int Run Off Fou Fld Con Rating
33 21 0 3 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 78 6

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Team: Juventus (home)
Opponent: Fiorentina
Competition: Serie A

Result: 5-1

A ridiculous game in which Fiorentina had 3 players sent off. BvR scored in the 16th and then Camara had 4 penalties for Juventus' goals. The Juve captain won 3 of the penalties in this joke of a game.

BvR Stat Line:
Pas Cmp Key Tck Won Key Hea Won Key Ast Sho On Int Run Off Fou Fld Con Rating
37 25 0 4 1 0 12 5 3 3 6 5 1 2 0 0 4 73 10
1 Goal, MOM

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Team: Juventus (home)
Opponent: Roma
Competition: Serie A

Result: 2-2

Roma looked to do just enough to stay in 1st place, despite BvR scoring twice and earning MOM. BvR scored in the 16th and 69th only to see Orlando Bustos equalize for Roma. Maximo Janz was sent of late in the game for a reckless challeng on BvR.

BvR Stat Line:
Pas Cmp Key Tck Won Key Hea Won Key Ast Sho On Int Run Off Fou Fld Con Rating
43 29 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 5 4 3 1 2 0 1 76 9
2 Goals, MOM

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Team: Juventus (away)
Opponent: Bologna
Competition: Serie A

Result: 0-1

Juve outplayed on the road, managing only one chance. Bologna scored late in the game as BvR's new club finishes 6th in the league.

BvR Stat Line:
Pas Cmp Key Tck Won Key Hea Won Key Ast Sho On Int Run Off Fou Fld Con Rating
39 24 0 4 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 71 7

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<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> ************************************************** ********************************************** Italian Serie A - Sunday 21st May 2017********************************************** ************************************************** ================================================== ============================================== 2016/7 Table============================================= ================================================== =Pos Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag Won Drn Lst For Ag Pts--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1st C Roma 34 12 1 4 27 15 10 5 2 30 11 72 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2nd Milan 34 10 5 2 24 8 11 3 3 28 19 71 3rd Napoli 34 12 4 1 30 10 9 2 6 26 19 69 4th Lazio 34 11 2 4 28 15 6 3 8 28 33 56 5th Bologna 34 11 2 4 30 17 5 5 7 23 24 55 6th Juventus 34 10 5 2 26 12 5 4 8 17 15 54 7th Bari 34 9 2 6 24 20 6 7 4 18 21 54 8th Palermo 34 9 4 4 26 18 6 2 9 17 20 51 9th Inter 34 6 5 6 12 12 7 4 6 21 22 48 10th Cagliari 34 6 4 7 29 26 7 3 7 23 21 46 11th Fiorentina 34 6 2 9 14 20 7 3 7 24 24 44 12th Genoa 34 5 6 6 19 21 6 3 8 23 28 42 13th Torino 34 6 2 9 22 25 6 3 8 17 19 41 14th Spezia 34 8 2 7 23 20 3 4 10 13 25 39 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15th R Brescia 34 3 6 8 11 19 6 1 10 11 18 34 16th R Atalanta 34 2 2 13 20 44 6 4 7 17 19 30 17th R Verona 34 4 4 9 16 28 3 3 11 16 35 28 18th R Ternana 34 2 4 11 17 37 3 3 11 15 25 22 ================================================== ============================================== 2016/7 Goals============================================= ================================================== =Pos Player Club Apps Gls-------------------------------------------------------------------------1st BvR Juventus 32 20 2nd Emilio Gentilini Lazio 26 19 3rd Danilo De Pascale Fiorentina 31 (1) 17 4th David Camara Juventus 34 16 5th Bruno Milan 32 (1) 15 ================================================== ============================================== 2016/7 Assists=========================================== ================================================== ===Pos Player Club Apps Asts-------------------------------------------------------------------------1st Danilo Battaglia Lazio 34 13 2nd Laudato Milan 27 13 3rd Riccardo Santoro Bologna 24 (2) 13 4th Pierluigi Tolaini Cagliari 26 (4) 11 5th Youssouf Hersi Lazio 26 (5) 9 6th BvR Juventus 32 9 ================================================== ============================================== 2016/7 Average Rating============================================ ================================================== ==Pos Player Club Apps Av R-------------------------------------------------------------------------1st José Augusto Lourenço da Napoli 31 8.03 2nd Emilio Gentilini Lazio 26 7.96 3rd David Camara Juventus 34 7.88 4th Máximo Janz Roma 24 7.88 5th BvR Juventus 32 7.88 ================================================== ============================================== 2016/7 Man of Match============================================= ================================================== =Pos Player Club Apps MoM-------------------------------------------------------------------------1st BvR Juventus 32 8 2nd David Camara Juventus 34 6 3rd Luca Pace Inter 32 6 4th José Augusto Lourenço da Napoli 31 6 5th Georgio George Milan 28 (4) 6 </pre>

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<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> ************************************************** ********************************************** Juventus - Sunday 21st May 2017********************************************** ************************************************** ================================================== ============================================== 2016/7 Senior Club Stats============================================= ================================================== =No Name Apps Gls Con Pens Asts Yel Red MoM Av R--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------21 Argüello, MatÃ*as 7 (8) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6.93 16 Basile, Matteo 21 (16) 1 0 0 5 4 0 0 7.05 12 Basso, Gabriele 19 (16) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6.37 6 Bedin, Emanuele 17 (12) 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 6.41 33 Brambilla, Massimo - - - - - - - - ---- 49 Buffro, Yo 36 6 0 3 (3) 5 7 0 0 7.19 10 BvR 24 15 1 0 8 1 0 7 7.79 9 Camara, David 53 21 0 7 (7) 7 6 0 9 7.83 30 Di Corcia, William - - - - - - - - ---- 31 Di Matteo, Cristiano 0 (3) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6.67 23 Di Palma, Rosario 3 (9) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6.67 13 Fava, Fabio 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 2 Filipe, Pedro 36 (7) 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 6.95 24 Guido, Carmine 20 (13) 1 0 0 6 3 0 1 6.91 28 Lombardo, Pierpaolo 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 22 Markovic, Drazen 32 (3) 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 6.51 27 Masiello, Luca 34 (1) 0 0 0 0 6 0 4 6.80 20 Montanari, Davide 2 (4) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6.67 35 Moreira 53 2 0 0 1 4 0 2 7.26 7 Oliva, Riccardo 41 4 0 0 3 1 0 1 6.88 29 Orsini, Riccardo 4 (7) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.64 8 Pedretti, Giuseppe 2 (4) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 6.83 26 Piccioni, Domenico 10 (8) 1 0 0 2 4 0 0 6.89 3 Ponomarev, Gennady 31 (6) 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 7.16 1 RamÃ*rez, Diego 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---- - Román, Fernando 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---- 17 Savchenko, Roman 13 (15) 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 7.07 19 Schiavon, Pasquale 37 (3) 0 0 0 2 11 2 1 6.97 14 Seegers, René 52 0 40 0 0 1 1 1 7.17 32 Soro, Giacomo 39 (1) 7 0 0 3 1 0 2 7.13 18 Trinidade de Souza, Ânder 17 (15) 5 0 0 5 1 0 2 7.06 15 Vaccaro, Francesco 13 (5) 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 6.94 39 de Andrade Vieira, Júlio 37 (3) 3 0 0 6 5 1 2 7.03 </pre>

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The season that was: (selected exerpts):

Few would have expected that Roma would have been able to make up the gap that Napoli has extended on them in the first 13 games of the season, but that is exactly what they did over the last 21 games of the season. Roma, led by midfielder Maximo Janz who had joined the club in the summer, Roma jumped to the top of the table, and despite struggling down the stretch, did just enough to hold off Milan.

What makes this even more impressive is the blockbuster move of their captain and leading goalscorer BvR to rival club Juventus. Lacking BvR's almost guaranteed goal every game, Roma found a way to succeed anyways...

And so we come to Juventus, as the old lady of Turin once again disappointed. Sitting in 8th place after 13 games, the arrival of striker BvR should have helped the club climb further up the table, but they could only manage moving up to 6th. In European competition, BvR's late arrival (or the club's failure to register him) meant Juventus was severely lacking in goalscorers and they went out to Serie A Rivals in the latter rounds of the UEFA Cup...

As to BvR, it is a bit strange to discuss a player who leads Serie A in goals despite having switched midseason, as having a dissappointing year, but that is what we must say. The striker generally performed well, but was shut-down in Juventus' most important games, and rarely showed good form on the road.

BvR will have to show more in his future career at Juventus for us to know whether the purchase was worth it...

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The End

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Epilogue:

In the summer of 2017, long-time Roma manager Alberto Zaccheroni retired after Roma's successful Serie A title. The first thing that new manager Claudio Guerra did was sign a striker: BvR.

After just half a season with Juventus, BvR left the club for 12 million dollars (a tidy 10 million dollar profit for Roma). BvR had been named Foreign Player of the Year for Serie A, and had finished 3rd in the World Footballer award.

In the 2017/2018 season that followed with Roma, BvR scored 25 goals in all competitions as Roma finished 3rd in Serie A well behind an AC Milan side that cruised to an early title.

In what can only be described as 'expected' based on his past history, BvR came off the Roma bench in the 2nd half of the Champions Cup Final against Napoli with the score tied at 1-1. The 33-year-old BvR scored withing 5 minutes of coming into the game to give Roma a 2-1 lead and ultimately the win. This was BvR's 5th Champions Cup medal.