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Yep, the trouble is defense. While I would want to credit the squad for pushing forward for a go-ahead or equalizer goal, we fell apart because we seemed to commit too much too soon, leaving us exposed to 3-on-2 and 4-on-3 situations in a heartbeat. That much was sloppy and it cost us the match.

I don't care how brilliant Buffon could be -- a goalie needs more than skill but a lot of luck if they are to defend against 3-on-2 and 4-on-3 situations as Juve suffered in the second half. Fuck him. I was hoping we'd shed all those fair-weather fake fan losers like him when we had two...

That's what happens when your goalie is in weakened form, you're plating a gimpy 3-5-2, and you're caught out in numbers on the counterattack.

Buffon was poor, but we got the numbers on our backline all wrong multiple times in this match. Replacing Buffon would not fix the core problem today.