The sports betting odds on Juventus could improve next season as the team has a new head coach in Luigi Del Neri. He signed a two-year deal with Juventus on Wednesday. Juventus has not been a top team to take in Internet sports betting but with Del Neri at the helm they could be improved.
Sports betting odds were mixed on Juventus this past season in Serie A as they were just about a .500 team. Del Neri expects them to be improved next season. New president Andrea Agnelli and director general Giuseppe Moratta also want improvement. Del Neri was the coach at Sampdoria this season and he led them to a fourth place finish in Serie A, a successful year vs. the sports betting odds and a place in the Champions League qualification rounds. Sampdoria finished this past season with 67 points behind Inter Milan, AS Roma and AC Milan.
Del Neri has a good history in Serie A. He led Chievo Verona to a lot of success including a UEFA Cup spot and his record at Sampdoria was solid. He didn’t even coach at Empoli and Porto as he left both of those jobs before the season even started. He was fired at AS Roma in 2005 but he was only on the job for a short time.
Juventus was seventh in Serie A this past season as Internet sports betting statistics indicated so they could use Del Neri’s leadership. Ciro Ferrara was fired as coach in January and interim coach Alberto Zaccheroni didn’t do much. Juventus has a new president in Andrea Agnelli who is the nephew of former owner Gianni Agnelli. Juventus was demoted after a match-fixing scandal in 2006 but the team was in the top three the next two years before struggling this past season. This past sports betting season they didn’t get much out of Felipe Melo or Diego. Juventus is a popular team in Italy and they are capable of bouncing back quickly. Juventus will be the first team to own their own stadium in 2011 and that should help them financially.
Sampdoria is shocked that they lost their director and coach after a very successful season. Rarely does a team have such success in sports betting then lose their head coach. Sampdoria is hoping that top players like Giampaolo Pazzini don’t end up leaving as well.