PIRLO'S NEW LOOK JUVE FACE ROMA CHALLENGE.

 

Andrea Pirlo's new-look Juventus face their first major test this season on Sunday when the Serie A champions tackle Roma.

Juventus kicked off their bid for a 1 0th consecutive league title with a 3-0 win over Sampdoria to hand Pirlo a win in his first-ever match on the bench.

But the 41 -year-old will face a difficult second weekend in the Stadio Olimpico against a Roma side still smarting after being handed an opening round defeat at Verona for fielding an unregistered player.

Since arriving last month Pirlo has brought in younger players such as defender Arthur and US midfielder Weston McKennie, with veterans including Miralem Pjanic, Gonzalo Higuain and Blaise Matuidi leaving.

Swedish debutant Dejan Kulusevski got the champions off the mark with his debut goal for the club, and this week Spanish striker Alvaro Morata rejoined Juventus where he played with Pirlo from 2014-2016.

There has also been a movement among the backroom staff with former Juventus goalkeeper Marco Storari this week joining the setup with the role of developing new talents.

Pirlo's contemporary, Italian Storari, 43, played for Juventus for five seasons, from 2010 to 201 5, winning four

Scudetti, two Italian Super Cups and an Italian Cup.

The changes have given a new impetus to the club, said Welsh midfielder Aaron Ramsey.

"When we train we have fun," said

Ramsey. "The work is hard but gives us

great satisfaction.

"We started well and with the new coach, and the new staff, new ideas have also arrived.

"There are great players and we can all play together, but Inter have a good team and Napoli and Milan are strong."

The pressure, meanwhile, is mounting on Roma coach Paulo Fonseca after just one match, which officially ended in a goalless draw against Verona, before forfeiting the game.

There are reports that former Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri is being lined up by the club's new American owners.

Northern rivals Inter Milan and Atalanta both open their campaigns after their season starts were pushed back because of their summer European commitments.

Antonio Conte's Inter host Fiorentina with Atalanta heading for Torino, the side the Bergamo club whipped 7-0 in their last meeting.

AC Milan travel south to promoted Crotone without star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who has tested positive for coronavirus.

The 38-year-old Swede scored both goals in their opening round win over Bologna.

"It's an unexpected absence that weighs heavy, also because it adds to the already large number of absentees," said club technical director Paolo Maldini.

Napoli host Genoa, against whom they have lost just once in their last 21 Serie A meetings, before next week's clash against Juventus.

One to watch: Juventus forward Paulo

Dybala prepares to make his return against Roma, having been sidelined since July 26 with a thigh injury picked up when Juventus wrapped up their ninth consecutive 'Scudetto'. Dybala, 26, scored 17 goals in 46 matches last season including 1 1 in Serie A.

Key stats: 12 - Lazio's unbeaten run against Cagliari

4 - Juventus are winless in their last four league away games

1 — Inter Milan were just one point behind Juventus last sesaon

Fixtures (all times GMT): Saturday

Torino v Atlanta (1300GMT), Cagliari v

Lazio (1 600), Sampdoria v Benevento (1 600), Inter Milan v Fiorentina (1845)

Sunday

Sunday

Spezia v Sassuolo (1030GMT), Napoli v

Genoa (1 300), Hellas Verona v Udinese (1 300), Crotone v AC Milan (1 600), Roma v Juventus (1845)

Monday

Bologna v Parma (1845)

Williams instructions.

 Rather than get mad at people that want to see you fail, have compassion towards them because the issue is not because they really hate you, the issue is that they don’t understand why  you are getting blessed and they are not, why they are doing the same thing you are doing but you keep getting extraordinary blessings and they are not.

That’s why you notice that when people insult you for no reason or something they have no business talking about especially on social media and when you click on their profile you notice that they are not on the same social or financial status as you. They don’t understand the difference between hard work and hard work+ Grace. So rather than hate them  and spoil your beautiful heart towards human beings because of what they said to you and making you have an evil heart like them (which is what has kept them stagnant) , have some compassion for them  because their frustration is coming from a place of unproductivity.

ARREST OVER RICIN ENVELOPE ADDRESSED WHITE HOUSE.

 US authorities confirmed an arrest

Sunday over an envelope addressed to President Donald Trump that contained a substance identified as the poison ricin.

The suspect was a woman who was carrying a gun when she was arrested by authorities, according to US media reports.

US media reported Saturday that authorities had intercepted an envelope laced with ricin addressed to Trump.

The letter was discovered earlier last week and did not reach the White House, according to The New York Times and CNN.

The Times said it was believed that the letter was mailed from Canada.

Mail addressed to the White House is first inspected and sorted in depots just outside Washinaton

WILL WILFRED ZAHA LEAVES CRYSTAL PALACE THIS SUMMER??

 Roy Hodgson has 'no idea' if Wilfried Zaha will still be at Crystal Palace beyond this transfer window.

Zaha scored twice against Manchester United on Saturday to down his former club and make it two wins from two for Palace this season.

 

The 27-year-old is arguably the most talented player outside the top six and has made it clear he wants to move on if a bigger club come calling.

Speaking to talkSPORT on Monday, Hodgson expressed his hope that Zaha will stay at Selhurst Park but accepts he could go if the right offer comes in.

Hodgson told the Jim White show: "He is under contract, he is not on the transfer list and we don't want to sell him.

"But of course I would be naive to say a situation where the club doesn't want to sell doesn't mean you don't get offers which are going to cause you some problems.

"At the moment, that hasn't happened so I will continue to enjoy having him available."

Asked what chance there is Zaha will still be at Palace after the transfer window

 

"I'm a realist and I realise that if a club comes in and pays what the club thinks he is worth and he desperately wants to go, it will be hard for us to keep him. But until that day comes, there is no point in me speculating.

  can even hope that because Wilf is a

Palace man through and through that he

 

will see a team that could be getting better and looking to go forward and maybe he will accept that staying here isn't quite that bad."

Zaha has been linked with numerous clubs in recent seasons and came close to joining Arsenal in 2019.

Everton and Borussia Dortmund have been talked about as potential suitors this summer.

GODWIN OBASEKI DECLARED WINNER IN EDO STATE.

 A massive crowd of supporters stormed the airport to welcome Governor Nyesom Wike back to Rivers State after he led the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to victory in Edo State.

Wike is the Chairman of the PDP National Campaign Council for the Edo Governorship election which held on Saturday, 19th September 2020.

The PDP candidate, Godwin Obaseki , polled 307,955 votes to defeat all other candidates and was declared the winner by INEC’s Returning Officer, Prof. Akpofure Rim-Rukeh.

After leading his party to victory in Edo State, Wike returned to his home state on Sunday and had a rousing welcome from Rivers people.

Godwin Obaseki has been declared winner of the Edo state governorship election, but his victory did not come as a surprise to many who followed developments in the state in the build-up to the election.

After being disqualified from the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship race, Obaseki defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) w. he emerged its flagbearer and subsequently adopted a people-centred campaign.

Unlike Osagie Ize-Iyamu, his main challenger who was barely seen or heard during the campaign, Obaseki understood that in politics, as James Wilson puts it, the supreme power resides in the people.

In 2015, it was the change mantra that the APC used to end the 16-year reign of the PDP. In 2019, the “O To’Ge” movement consumed the over four decades of the Saraki political dynasty which dictated who got what in Kwara and what did the Obaseki campaign come up with in 2020? “Edo No Be Lagos”.

“Edo no be Lagos” was used as a reference to the way the powers that be in Lagos denied Akinwunmi Ambode a second term ticket. Seeing that the APC in Lagos retained power despite denying Ambode a return ticket, admirers of Obaseki in Edo warned the state APC leaders, especially Adams Oshiomhole, not to give Obaseki what they termed an “an Ambode treatment.” But the former APC national chairman would have none of it.

So, when the “Ambode treatment” was meted out on him, his supporters vowed that the governors political foes would pay the price. Apt and summative, “Edo no be Lagos” came as a warning prior to the election and spread like a wildfire on the election day.

A daring Edo resident confronted an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) who was reportedly caught trying to manipulate votes in Uronigbe south, Orhionmwan local government area.

After asking the official about his personality and background, the woman followed up tongue-lashing him: “Edo is not Lagos. Please tell them that Edo is not Lagos. Here, we decide who governs us; nobody decides for us.”

The message resonated loud and clear. No other way to prove it than in the result of the election. The PDP broke into the strongholds of the APC and secured victory.

While the campaign lasted, one issue that the two leading candidates in the election could not run away from was Oshiomhole, the man who marketed them to Edo residents at different intervals. However, the duo .ed the Oshiomhole game from, different perspectives.

While Ize-Iyamu struggled effortlessly to convince the people that he was not tied to the apron string of the former governor, Obaseki literally begged the people to assist him to dethrone a godfather.

While the people of Edo were bent on sending a message that godfatherism is gone for good, Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the APC, seemed to have added fuel to fire through the 4:53 minutes video he released in the election week. But the people responded in unison: “Edo No Be Lagos”. Now that the godfathers in Edo have been put in their place, which state is next?

OH MY GOD WHAT A POWER MESSAGE BY WILLIAMS

LETTER TO MY GENERATION 

Seek first Gods kingdom and it’s righteous and everything else will be added to you. Don’t chase what is in Gods hands, chase what is in his heart and what is in his hands will follow. Don’t allow what is going on in the world today about fake pastors and churches weaken your believe and love for God, the enemy the devil is only trying to separate you from the will and plan of  your Heavenly Father for you , The attack on the church and his  genuine prophets is targeted at you losing faith in God and his power but I tell you this, this attack won’t stop, it will get worse, protect yourself in Christ with his 

words and in prayers because the attack is on your destiny. Don’t be part of this “Woke” generation that don’t even have control of the air they breathe and make you turn your back on the one who created life itself. We only have a limited time here on earth and we will give account of the life we were given and what we did with it.So do your possible best to see that you serve God with everything in you for the rest of your life. Because it’s better to serve God in your youth than when your bones are old and weak. I gave my life to christ 17 years ago and my biggest regret is that I didn’t give it earlier than that. I have seen people that regret not serving God but I have never seen anyone that regretted serving him. He has never failed me and I know he won’t fail you too. JESUS LOVE YOU.

 

Zubby Micheal show up the expensive chairs he bought in his mansion (video)

 Na we dey here, blessed up. It's a great, inviting you guys to celebrate with me.