First Team: Juventus

First Team: Juventus is an American and Italian six-part docu-series about the Italian association football club Juventus F.C., which was originally released through Netflix on February 16, 2018.[1] It is the first on-demand series about an association football club on Netflix.[2]

First Team: Juventus
GenreDocu-series
Narrated byD.B. Sweeney (English)
Tommaso Vittorini (Italian)
Country of originUnited States
Italy
Original languagesEnglish
Italian
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers
  • Michael Antinoro
  • Fred Christenson
  • Johnson McKelvy
  • Will Staeger
ProducerIMG Original Content
CinematographyJohn Tipton
Editors
  • Gabriele Cassia
  • Andrea Fumagalli
  • Lorena Luciano
  • Matt O'Connor
  • Elena Toccafondi
Running time37–42 minutes
DistributorNetflix
Release
Original releaseFebruary 16 (2018-02-16) –
July 6, 2018 (2018-07-06)
External links
Website

The first three episodes came out on Netflix on 16 February 2018, which followed the club throughout the 2017–18 season, by spending time with the players behind the scenes both on and off the field; the other three episodes were released on 6 July 2018.[1] It featured behind the scenes moments with various Juventus players.[3] The voice of D.B. Sweeney (English) and Tommaso Vittorini (Italian) narrated the series.[3] Significant moments of Juventus' season were documented. The first part of the series featured Juventus' season debut with Cagliari, to the defeats with Barcelona and Lazio, the celebrations for the 120 years of club history with president Andrea Agnelli, and the clashes at the top with Napoli and Internazionale and with the decisive Champions League match against Olympiacos.[3]

The second part of the series featured Juventus' round of 16 and quarter-final Champions League Champions League match-ups against Tottenham and Real Madrid respectively, the team's Serie A loss to Napoli in a tight title race, win over Inter, Coppa Italia Final win over Milan, eventual conquest of the league tile secured after a draw with Roma, and final farewell to Juventus captain Gianluigi Buffon after 17 years with Juventus, in the last match of the season against Hellas Verona.

Episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal release date
Part 1
11"Episode 1"February 16, 2018 (2018-02-16)
22"Episode 2"February 16, 2018 (2018-02-16)
33"Episode 3"February 16, 2018 (2018-02-16)
Part 2
44"Episode 1"July 6, 2018 (2018-07-06)
55"Episode 2"July 6, 2018 (2018-07-06)
66"Episode 3"July 6, 2018 (2018-07-06)

References
  1. "First Team: Juventus FC coming to Netflix on February 16!". juventus.com. 22 January 2018.
  2. "NETFLIX TO LAUNCH JUVENTUS DOCUSERIES". TVB Europe. 18 October 2017.
  3. Antonio Corsa (19 February 2018). "Il documentario sulla Juve di Netflix è un esperimento riuscito" (in Italian).
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