THE JUVE CONNECTION

It's amazing to note that no fewer than 12 players of the teams involved in the 2006 World Cup Final have some form of connection(past or present) with Juventus FC, the Italian giants who are currently involved in the Serie A match-fixing scandal.

Italy

Gianluggi Buffon

Fabio Cannavaro

Gianluca Zambrotta

Emerson

Mauro Cameronesi

Alessandro Del Piero

Filippo Inzaghi

France

Lilian Thuram

Patrick Vieira

Zinedine Zidane

Theirry Henry

David Trezeguet

It is a great irony but an unsurprising twist of football that the world's currently most contreversial club would produce the bulk of the stars of the World Cup showpiece.

• Which will get their hands on the Cup of Life?
• Who will stay after the dust settles in Serie A?

These questions will be answered in the hours to come...