JUVENTUS FC (Juventus Stadium)

SERIE A, JUVENTUS FC 3-2 FROSINONE CALCIO, ATTENDANCE: 40,719

Ciao! This was the fourth, and final, game of a four day trip to Italy. Today I headed back to the city of Turin, where this adventure started last Thursday, as Juventus welcomed Frosinone to the Juventus Stadium.

The 'old lady' of Italian football, Juventus were founded in 1897 and are the second oldest football club in Italy behind Genoa CFC. They are the most successful club in Italian football with 36 league titles, 14 Coppa Italia and 9 Italian Super Cups. They have also won the European Cup (twice in 1985 and 1996), UEFA Cup (three times in 1977, 1990 and 1993) Cup Winners Cup (in 1983) and the Super Cup (in 1984 and 1996).

Juve famously play in black and white striped shirts, these colours were adopted in 1905 after being inspired by Notts County. For people of my vintage, the Juventus side of the 1980's led by legendary Frenchman Michel Platini, and also containing Zbigniew Boniek and Marco Tardelli, is the one that sticks in the mind. Of course there have been a couple of Welsh legends who have turned out for I Bianconeri in the shape of John Charles and Ian Rush, who infamously claimed he couldn't settle in Italy as "it was like living in a foreign country".

The Juventus Stadium was opened in 2011 and was the first modern, club owned stadium to be built in Italy. For sponsorship purposes it is currently known as the Allianz Stadium. The ground has a capacity of 41,500, was built on the site of the old Stadio Delle Alpi and is approximately 5 miles from the city centre of Turin; I'd bear that in mind if you ever need a quick getaway after a game!

I'll be honest and say that after the atmosphere of last night's game at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris, this stadium felt a little sterile by comparison.

This afternoon Juventus laboured to a 3-2 victory over struggling Frosinone and it took a 95th minute winner from defender Daniele Rugani to cruelly deny the visitors a deservedly point.

Dušan Vlahović put Juve ahead after just 3 minutes before Walid Cheddira headed home an equaliser after 14 minutes. Frosinone silenced the stadium when they took the lead after 27 minutes, Marco Brescianini firing home. Vlahović levelled after 32 minutes with a sublime left foot finish. All square at the break. Juventus dominated the second period but despite creating a few decent chances they didn't look like breaking the deadlock. Frosinone thought they had earned a deserved point but Rugani's intervention, with the last kick of the game, finally broke their resistance and their hearts.

That concluded a fantastic trip. A liitle bit hectic at times but well worth it. Until the next time, arrivederci!

TORINO FC (Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino)

SERIE A, TORINO 0-2 LAZIO, ATTENDANCE: 22,742

Ciao! This was the first game of a four game, four day trip to Italy. I started in the city of Turin as Torino welcomed Lazio to the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino.

It was a textbook away performance from I Biancocelesti. Torino created, and missed, a plethora of chances before Lazio's Mattéo Guendouzi (51) scored with their first effort on target. A second from Danilo Cataldi followed 5 minutes later and that was effectively game over.

The visitors were reduced to 10 men, after Mario Gila recieved a second yellow card, but Lazio were able to comfortably see the match out. Ex-Everton man Nikola Vlasic lined up for Torino and was probably their best player on the night.

Founded in 1906, Torino Football Club are among the most successful clubs in Italy with seven league titles, including five consecutive league titles during the 1940s. The Grande Torino, as the team was nicknamed, were regarded as one of the strongest footballing sides of the period until the entire team was killed in the 1949 Superga air disaster. In truth, the club has never really recovered.

Torino play their home games at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, renamed in honour of the 1940's team in 2016, which has been home since 1963. The ground was originally built in 1933 and named after Benito Mussolini before changing name to the Stadio Comunale after the war. The ground was redeveloped for the 2006 Winter Olimpic games and subsequently known as the Stadio Olympico.

Tram number 4 from the main station takes you to and from ground, so post match it was back into town where there was just about time for a quick snifter and a slice of pizza before heading back to the hotel.