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It's primarily an understanding of the timing of the cross that matters. Very hard for a forward if he doesn't know whether the crosser is going to put it in first time or not. I'll be controversial and sit in the middle and say that I thought Evra was okay overall.

Evra wanted to put crosses into the box quite a lot earlier than Juve's other players typically do (which is something I like a lot - much harder for the defence if the ball comes in before they are properly back in position). Anyway, it'll take some time for the other Juve players to...

Tidy enough performance from Juve. Controlled the game pretty much throughout and never looked like conceding from open play. Thought there were a few differences between Conte's Juve and Allegri's Juve, even if the shape is much the same (though I'll have to see how things look against...

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I guess Asamoah had a tougher international break than most and is being rested with a view to the CL game.

Agreed.

:boh: It won't be Caceres or Marrone.

The quote was: That suggests to me that he only views a back four as impractical when Chiellini and Barzagli are unavailable. He'd be happy to play a back four so long as either Chiellini or Barzagli are available.