Photo Daily | September 13 | Italian Fans, 1930s
Wonderful as every photo daily shot is, I don’t usually take the time to comment on the photos, since they normally speak for themselves. This one, though, I wanted to highlight particularly, and urge you to look at the full-size original on Flickr. The photo is by monaco obbediente on Flickr, and was a photo bought by his grandfather 74 years ago. It’s of a Juventus game in June 1933, though it’s not quite clear who they played — if anyone can find out more, please let us know.
The bow-ties, the hats, the smiling soldier (fascist Italy!), the well-dressed women — there’s even the protrusion of a hat of a real Carabiniere right at the front. What a shot.
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Juventus played two home games in June 1933. A 3-0 win over Milan on June 11 (which I believe is the game they clinched the Championship) and a 5-0 win over Palermo on June 25.
The Flickr page says that the fellow’s grandfather told him it was Sparta Praha, but that he has determined that didn’t play in June 1933. He now thinks it was a 6-3 win over Ujpest Dozsa of Hungary.
That match was the return leg of the quarter final of what Italians call the Coppa Europa Centrale (better known in English as the Mitropa Cup, the best of the several international club competitions that pre-dated the creation of the European Cup). The win (with Juve’s oriundo striker Raimundo Orsi scoring four goals) put Juve through, but they were knocked out in the semi-finals by Austria Vienna.
Very basic match details here:
http://www.juworld.net/partita.asp?idpartita=533
As anyone who has been to Torino knows, the old Communale (which is where this match was played) was infinitely superior to the out of town white elephant that is the Stadio delle Alpi. The new Communale (aka Stadio Olimpico) built on the same site is a significant improvement (with all modern conveniences) but is too small for big matches and cursed with very heavy-handed security. It will be interesting to see what Juve do with the redevelopment of the Delle Alpi over the next few years.