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Unless Juve are suddenly going to greatly improve their movement in the final third, I think they need to go back to playing 4-4-2 and taking the risk of leaving the game slighly more open.

I'm more interested in him getting crosses in. His shooting isn't good enough that I would set up a plan around it.

Well, the left wing is certainly more open, as Chiellini doesn't get as high up and is more inclined to move inside a bit. It would probably increase the chance of Krasic getting one-on-one with a defender.

Juve aren't letting him play in his most effective position. Most of the time he has to start narrower, so he isn't able to start running before he's closed down, which makes things much more difficult. Get him the ball in this position, or a little deeper, and he'll still do damage: At the...

Almost no-one can beat their man the majority of the time and Krasic moving inside is making it easier for people to close him down quickly. Juve need to get him the ball wider and more often. If he still fails to do his thing then, I'll criticise him, but just now he's being wasted to make...

Juve need to figure out how to organise the fullbacks and wingers when attacking. On the right hand side, Lichtsteiner is getting high up the pitch and looking to put crosses in (most of them not very good). To create this space, Krasic is moving inside and being made largely irrelevant...