I agree, he was in some instances very much a liability; but those couple of tackles were necessary, timely, and did a great deal to tighten things up and impose our defence on Real at a critical juncture of the match.
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What a shame Caceres isn't in that line-up; he's proven when the team is against it. With exception to THAT intercept in the group game last year, he was one of our best players against Madrid, and his experience playing for Sevillia and Barça would be indispensable when...
Fcking love Luca Toni, it's a shame Conte never bothered to use him... And brought in Borriellol instead, which as we can see in hindsight, was bollocks.
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Absolutely, we could've used him in Brasil like we did in South Africa back in 2010. Instead Prandelli subbed on f*cking Parolo, Thiago Motta and Fatantonio... :sergio:
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