{"id":489094,"date":"2026-01-03T09:11:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T09:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/489094\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T09:11:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T09:11:13","slug":"danilo-to-salute-juventus-fans-1-year-on-from-tense-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/489094\/","title":{"rendered":"Danilo to salute Juventus fans 1 year on from tense exit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>              <a class=\"mg-blog-thumb\" href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/danilo-to-salute-juventus-fans-1-year-on-exit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/juventus-v-cagliari-calcio-serie.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-861142 has-webp\" alt=\"Danilo of Juventus during the warm up prior to the Serie A match between Juventus FC and Cagliari Calcio at Allianz Stadium on October 06, 2024 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Jonathan Moscrop\/Getty Images)\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1200\/800;max-width:1200px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Danilo of Juventus during the warm up prior to the Serie A match between Juventus FC and Cagliari Calcio at  Allianz Stadium on October 06, 2024 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Jonathan Moscrop\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><\/a>              &#13;<\/p>\n<p>Former Juventus defender Danilo will be in the stands for the Serie A game against Lecce, finally able to salute the fans <a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/danilo-says-goodbye-to-juventus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a year after his controversial departure.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It kicks off at the Allianz Juventus Stadium in Turin on Saturday at 17.00 GMT (18.00 CET).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazzetta.it\/Calcio\/Serie-A\/Juventus\/02-01-2026\/danilo-torna-all-allianz-stadium-per-vedere-juve-lecce.shtml?refresh_ce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to La Gazzetta dello Sport<\/a>, Danilo is expected to be in the stands to cheer on former teammate Gleison Bremer in his 100th game for the Bianconeri.<\/p>\n<p>Although the fans will reserve a special welcome for the veteran, there is no walk around the pitch or formal salute planned by the club.<\/p>\n<p>Danilo felt pushed out of Juventus<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/juventus-fc-v-brest-pre-season-f.jpg\" class=\"lazyload lazyload wp-image-861143 has-webp size-medium\" alt=\"Danilo of Juventus FC celebrates after scoring goal 2-1 during the Pre-season Frienldy match between Juventus FC and Brest at Stadio Adriatico Giovanni Cornacchia on August 03, 2024 in Pescara, Italy. (Photo by Giuseppe Bellini\/Getty Images)\"  data- style=\"aspect-ratio:1200\/826;max-width:1200px\"\/>Danilo of Juventus FC celebrates after scoring goal 2-1 during the Pre-season Frienldy match between Juventus FC and Brest at Stadio Adriatico Giovanni Cornacchia on August 03, 2024 in Pescara, Italy. (Photo by Giuseppe Bellini\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/danilo-leaving-juventus-not-my-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The centre-back had openly declared he was frustrated<\/a> by the situation in Turin, when he was pushed out by then-coach Thiago Motta and director of sport Cristiano Giuntoli.<\/p>\n<p>The captain was shoved to the bench and pressured to accept a transfer back to Brazil with Flamengo.<\/p>\n<p>Danilo wore the Juventus jersey from August 2019 to January 2025, making 213 competitive appearances for the Old Lady.<\/p>\n<p>Both Thiago Motta and Giuntoli have since been fired, so there is a whole new hierarchy now.<\/p>\n<p>                                &#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tPost navigation&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Danilo of Juventus during the warm up prior to the Serie A match between Juventus FC and Cagliari&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":489095,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[221,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-489094","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-soccer","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115830396250480024","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}