i count not winning the Europa League as a failure as well, considering the teams in it compared to ours and the manor of which we got knocked out
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I really dont like to be throwing more salt to the wound on this matter... but seriously, this.
The game against Benfica in our home....we did nothing. We not only had like 0 shots on goal... but our TACTICAL approach was non existent. Grinding , longballs galore etc.
A team with the players calibre of Juventus... should seriously put a lot of pressure in a semifinal against a team like benfica at the J-stadium, with all the respect they deserve.
And like someone said..we would have been destroyed in pieces by Fiorentina if Rossi and Gomez were in their top form against us. We got lucky there, thanks to a Pirlo freekick, twice.
Theres no point in defending some approaches from Conte. Simply theres isnt.