Because he didn't take Rabiot off on a yellow.
- - - Updated - - -
Roma were way more threatening than we were in the box.
- - - Updated - - -
Roma were way more threatening than we were in the box.
Buy on AliExpress.com
Andrea Pirlo (67 Viewers)
- Thread starter Mark
- Start date
- Tags the goat of midfield
Buy on AliExpress.com
Yeah. Been in Italy for 2-3 days with new team and coach, new tactics. Imagine the reaction from these guys if Morata had missed those two chances Dzeko did. One might even say Dzeko’s massive choking stopped Roma from picking up all 3 points today. 
What im pissed the most about, is how Pirlo is trolling us. When he was asked in the pre-match interview about whether he is planning an overhaul lf the team when facing Roma compared to Sampdoria, he chuckled and said that there was absolutely no need for that. Then he goes on and does this crazy shit of playing Cuadrado on the LwB position, and putting Morata in after only being in with us for couple of days. I was disapointed by Pirlo this weekend.
Last edited:
We showed glimpses of some good football but we didnt push forward enough, I think is fine to sometime kick the ball forward from goal kick rather than always starting from the back,with midfield pair of mckennie and rabiot,whom none are that good with first touches nor protecting the ball, doing this all the time can get us into bad situations often.
Also still saw too many going to the back when we were already nearly in the opposing half, too little early crosses or thru balls, which made our attack easily read. Imagine if Roma had better defenders and wing backs, they would have double the counters. We werent aggresive enough with pushing to their penalty area when we have players like Kulu Ramsey Morata and CR7.
I hope Pirlo sees the faults our players tend to do when already in the final third and fixes this,we could be scoring so many goals.
Also still saw too many going to the back when we were already nearly in the opposing half, too little early crosses or thru balls, which made our attack easily read. Imagine if Roma had better defenders and wing backs, they would have double the counters. We werent aggresive enough with pushing to their penalty area when we have players like Kulu Ramsey Morata and CR7.
I hope Pirlo sees the faults our players tend to do when already in the final third and fixes this,we could be scoring so many goals.
Football Italia
Andrea Pirlo admits the 2-2 draw with Roma was ‘a step back’ in terms of performance for Juventus, but ‘we are a work in progress’ and explains what didn’t quite work.
The coach changed one player from the 3-0 win over Sampdoria, Alvaro Morata for Gianluca Frabotta, but that resulted in a transformation of their tactics.
Cristiano Ronaldo twice got them back on level terms after Jordan Veretout goals, even though Adrien Rabiot was sent off for two bookable offences on the hour mark.
“We faced two completely different teams this season, so I knew our approach would be totally different to the one against Sampdoria,” Pirlo told Sky Sport Italia.
“It was a step back in terms of performance, but this is a work in progress and we haven’t had an opportunity to play pre-season friendlies to test these things out.
“It was ultimately a point gained, as we were a goal down twice and then down to 10 men, while we have some players like Arthur who haven’t really played for six months.
“We wanted to make the most of one-on-one situations, as we knew Roma would attack in numbers, but it didn’t go quite the way we hoped. It was always going to be tough against an organised team.
“We tried to keep the midfield lines tight to not allow space for the trequartista. At times it worked, at times it didn’t, but we are having to test all these situations during a match, seeing as we didn’t have pre-season friendlies.”
The way Pirlo sets out his players remains very fluid, with three at the back mutating into four, Aaron Ramsey in more of a free role, but always two in midfield.
“We have midfielders suited to a two-man system, so Bentancur, Arthur and Rabiot all have these characteristics and we have to put them in the condition to give their best.
“Unfortunately, these are all situations you can’t test out in training, it needs to be a match. Arthur needs time to adapt to Serie A and to our style of football, not to mention he’s not fully fit after so long out of action,” continued Pirlo.
“Bentancur played if anything too much last season, he ended the campaign exhausted and has been doing specific training work to get back into shape.
“We’re very glad to have Ronaldo, as he doesn’t just provide goals. He ran more when we went down to 10 men and that was a great help to his teammates.”
Dejan Kulusevski and Juan Cuadrado went wide this time around, but struggled to get genuine scoring opportunities.
“We knew it could be difficult down the wings, as Roma have very aggressive defenders. We should’ve spread them out more, but got the movements wrong and all went in the same direction, so that didn’t create the spaces we were looking for. These are areas where we can certainly improve.”
Pirlo was asked if Inter have more strength in depth than Juventus now they’ve brought in Achraf Hakimi, Arturo Vidal and Aleksandar Kolarov.
“I don’t know if it is better than ours, but it is certainly stronger than last season, as they brought in players of quality. I think it’ll be a battle to the very end. I told the lads substitutions would be important this evening, especially seeing what happened with Inter last night, and that was true.”
Andrea Pirlo admits the 2-2 draw with Roma was ‘a step back’ in terms of performance for Juventus, but ‘we are a work in progress’ and explains what didn’t quite work.
The coach changed one player from the 3-0 win over Sampdoria, Alvaro Morata for Gianluca Frabotta, but that resulted in a transformation of their tactics.
Cristiano Ronaldo twice got them back on level terms after Jordan Veretout goals, even though Adrien Rabiot was sent off for two bookable offences on the hour mark.
“We faced two completely different teams this season, so I knew our approach would be totally different to the one against Sampdoria,” Pirlo told Sky Sport Italia.
“It was a step back in terms of performance, but this is a work in progress and we haven’t had an opportunity to play pre-season friendlies to test these things out.
“It was ultimately a point gained, as we were a goal down twice and then down to 10 men, while we have some players like Arthur who haven’t really played for six months.
“We wanted to make the most of one-on-one situations, as we knew Roma would attack in numbers, but it didn’t go quite the way we hoped. It was always going to be tough against an organised team.
“We tried to keep the midfield lines tight to not allow space for the trequartista. At times it worked, at times it didn’t, but we are having to test all these situations during a match, seeing as we didn’t have pre-season friendlies.”
The way Pirlo sets out his players remains very fluid, with three at the back mutating into four, Aaron Ramsey in more of a free role, but always two in midfield.
“We have midfielders suited to a two-man system, so Bentancur, Arthur and Rabiot all have these characteristics and we have to put them in the condition to give their best.
“Unfortunately, these are all situations you can’t test out in training, it needs to be a match. Arthur needs time to adapt to Serie A and to our style of football, not to mention he’s not fully fit after so long out of action,” continued Pirlo.
“Bentancur played if anything too much last season, he ended the campaign exhausted and has been doing specific training work to get back into shape.
“We’re very glad to have Ronaldo, as he doesn’t just provide goals. He ran more when we went down to 10 men and that was a great help to his teammates.”
Dejan Kulusevski and Juan Cuadrado went wide this time around, but struggled to get genuine scoring opportunities.
“We knew it could be difficult down the wings, as Roma have very aggressive defenders. We should’ve spread them out more, but got the movements wrong and all went in the same direction, so that didn’t create the spaces we were looking for. These are areas where we can certainly improve.”
Pirlo was asked if Inter have more strength in depth than Juventus now they’ve brought in Achraf Hakimi, Arturo Vidal and Aleksandar Kolarov.
“I don’t know if it is better than ours, but it is certainly stronger than last season, as they brought in players of quality. I think it’ll be a battle to the very end. I told the lads substitutions would be important this evening, especially seeing what happened with Inter last night, and that was true.”
Clear and honest answers. Just don’t experiment with those wingbacks anymore.
- - - Updated - - -
Its a shame that we had the wrong players in the wrong positions, together with underperforming McKennie, Morata and post-penalty Rabiot. Still I think we can play some nice direct football with 2 CM’s indeed.
- - - Updated - - -
Its a shame that we had the wrong players in the wrong positions, together with underperforming McKennie, Morata and post-penalty Rabiot. Still I think we can play some nice direct football with 2 CM’s indeed.
Fully agree. We know absolutely nothing about his behaviour in these situations, but the mistakes were big. And insisting in Cuadrado on the left till the end is a worrying signal.
Just hope he doesn't overcomplicate it
- - - Updated - - -
Don't know about the Chiellini part, but the rest is absolutely spot on.
Just hope he doesn't overcomplicate it
- - - Updated - - -
Don't know about the Chiellini part, but the rest is absolutely spot on.
