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Despite Chiellini's absolutely back-breaking error, an error that basically took us from 100% qualification to significantly less than that, we are still in a great place. The tactics have dictated themselves for the next match. Dortmund has no choice but to open themselves. We have no choice...

I don't think Allegri is that stupid Pedro. We saw against Atletico how conservative we were. We didn't open ourselves at all to them. Of course we didn't create anything either but you can see the mentality is different. I think we will sit deep and try to counter. And in possession we will...

I agree. Marchisio is a top, top DM. When I saw him single handedly kill an Atletico counter attack in our first encounter I knew he was something special there. Vidal-Marchisio-Pogba is one of the best 3 man mids in the world. It's a shame we never see it. But even if we use them, we have...

This is pretty much what I'm hoping for. The 4-3-1-2 can at least keep a defensive shape but when we recover the ball we can't fuck around with Pirlo and Bonucci.

Tevez can also play like a false 9 with Morata on the LW looking to cut in behind and Pereyra on the RW doing nothing but crossing since he's actually good at that. Then you have space for Pogba to make moves up the centre of the pitch unlike now where there are literally THREE players in his way.

You need Lichtsteiner vs. Reus. He's smarter than Martin. He can play rough and get away with it. Caceres has the potential to give up a penalty, take a red or make a big mistake in possession.

Who said I was in favour of the 3-5-2?

People got mad at Pereyra for almost assisting Pogba who missed a header from the goalline.

I hate this formation so much. It's not even funny how easy it is to press us when all our players are in the centre of the pitch. Hopefully we play some strong catenaccio and have a 100% chance conversion rate like against Celtic.

You mean Vidal right?

Llorente to kill the counter press by standing up top like a light tower and bringing down ball after ball behind Dortmund's press. :tuttosport:

I'll tell you I'd prefer the 3-5-2 over the 4-3-1-2 with Llorente and Pirlo.

Chiellini on the flank getting pressed by Dortmund. :tuttosport:

Dortmund is not a hard problem to solve. They are a counter attack team. They press well. Their back line is slow and bad and their defensive mids offer no protection. If we go there with Llorente trying to hold the ball up and Pirlo trying to play regista in between our CBs we will be...

Lichtsteiner-Bonucci-Chiellini-Evra Vidal-Marchisio-Pogba Pereyra Morata-Tevez Counter attack.