Can't write Chinese here at work...
A piece of big news for the Juventini (Juventus fans)!!! I just read on the Bloomberg news that Juventus is coming to Asia for a tour after the end of this Serie A season! Wow!!!! 
But as they are planning to do only three football matches, so which cities do you think they are going to play in? In a city in Japan, I am pretty sure (as Japan is one of their biggest markets), and then probably in South Korea too (but hope not). Let's hope that they'll be playing in a city in mainland China and then also in Hong Kong too!!! 
The news has been confirmed by a Juve official, but I can't see any announcement yet published on http://www.juventus.com. Maybe it will come out some time soon.
Unfortunately, some of the major players like Buffon, Del Piero, Palladino and Chiellini may not be coming if they will be serving "gli Azzurri" for the EURO 2008 (but Marchionni should be coming...hee hee..). Let's hope we can soon enjoy another big match of Juventus in Hong Kong since 2005!! Hurray!! 
News from Bloomberg on February 27, 2008
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(ESP)-JUVE REVEAL ASIA PLANS
2008-02-27 09:41 (New York)
JUVE REVEAL ASIA PLANS
TURIN, February 27 (Serie A) - Juventus are set to embark on a tour of the
``Asia-Pacific region'' following the conclusion of the current Serie A season.
Juve have signed an exclusive agreement with international sports agency MP & Silva, which will see the company organise and market the tour. The tour is planned to take place between May 19-31 and will see a Juventus first-team squad, minus those players involved in Euro 2008, play three matches in the region. MP & Silva have started discussions with several Asian football federations, clubs, sponsors and companies with regards to staging matches and will announce an
itinerary in the coming months.
``As Juventus FC has a strong following in the Asia-Pacific region, we are ooking forward to working together with MP & Silva to help us draw closer to ur ever growing Asian fanbase,'' said Marco Fassone, Juventus' chief sales and arketing officer.
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-0- Feb/27/2008 14:33 GMT
-0- Feb/27/2008 14:41 GMT
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