Scrappy win against Leverkusen yesterday. Truth be told, our form has been rather awful the last 4 or 5 games. I don't see us remotely close of beating Juve if we maintain our horrible form. There have been some injuries and suspensions but that shouldn't be an excuse, as everyone was regularly praising the deep squad we have this year.
I'm very excited and curious of how our midfields will fare against one another, as I genuinely believe that both Juve's and Bayern's midfield is only topped by Barca's. I'm also wondering how we will break through your defensive barrier. I don't see us getting through in the middle. Long distance shots will probably be just as ineffective as shots will either be blocked or saved by Buffon. I guess our only chance is to create something from the wings through Ribery/Alaba on the left and Lahm/Müller on the right. What would you say is your defensive "weakness", if you could call it that way? What about standards?
Bayern is creating the huge majority of their goals from the wings and the quickly played shifts from Kroos/Schweinsteiger. That way, the defensive lines of the opponents get pulled apart. With the support of Lahm, who acts like a hidden playmaker from the sides, and Alaba, who is a fullback/forward-hybrid, they are able to build up a great pressure. Additional to that, there are truly great wingers with Müller (I rarely saw a player, who shows that imense kind of game-comprehension as he does. He exactly knows, at any time, where to run or how to use the space that his teammates are giving him) and a dribbling monster like Ribery, who I admire from the deepest part of my heart. I'd make some small, scarred little children with him if I could.
And there is the other part of the bavarian offensive: Kroos. That guy is like a universal connection between the central with Pigclimber and Müller, Ribery. It seems like he isnt doing much, but his clinical played shifts or his simple passes to the wingers are cruicial for our game. His long shots are dangerous as well. Still hes blamable of playing way too less deadly passes. When he was a teen, he was chosen as the best player of the U-17 World-Championship and the main reason for that were his unreal passes in the deep, penetrating any defensive line.
What I want to say is, that our whole offensive style of play doesnt have his origin from the central, but from the wings. Im really excited about how a tactical well educated team like Juve is going to react on that.
P.S.: Oh boy, my english sucks so bad... Sorry for that, guys! xD