First of all, the score is alright considering we were playing away. Our performance was good as well..
Detailed report:
First of all, unless Marchisio was not fit I disagree with starting Tiago over him. Marchisio adds so much to the team than Tiago and has much better control of the midfield.
Now to the main problem. We are doomed with out first 10-15 min. Look at most of our games, we concede very early in the game then when the clock strikes 15 min we fire up well and start looking for the equalizer. We have to find a solution NOW for this problem our we won't progress further. Whether we are playing home or away, the problem persists. The Sampdoria game, we conceded in the first 10 min then we spent the rest of the match searching for the equalizer. In Palermo if it wasn't for Buffon we would have conceded at least twice in the first 15 min.
Over all, our performance was good. A few players were off their game but in general decent performance especially when you take into consideration that we are playing away.
Buffon: couldn't do anything for the goal. And was on his mark otherwise when tested. 6.5
Melberg: He is no RB. Defensively he was ok but offensively he was anything but impressive. 5.5
Legro: Decent performance if you exclude the first 10 min. His second half appearance was pretty good. 6.5
Chiellini: He is yet to reach his top level but that is expected since he was sidelined for a while. An Alright performance 6
Molinaro: Ran ALOT. But as always he left his mark many times which was pretty dangerous against us. He plays from his heart and for that he deserves our respect BUT he has to improve ALOT. Terrible passing mistakes at critical areas and times. Legro had to cover for him a number of times 5.5
Camoranesi: Although in fairness sake he only played less than 3 games in total the whole season, I expected more. The reason was simply emotional from my side. He is yet to reach his top level of fitness. Unfortunately, we won't see him reaching that this season because he cannot stay fit long enough. Thanks goes to our medical and fitness staff. 5
Sissoko. MOM enough said. He was everywhere. 8
Tiago: I know some of the members here and even "some online rating" rated him high BUT it was clear, at least for me, that the midfield functioned better with Marchisio in it. He had an alright game. He did give Del Piero a nice assist, but thats about it. Sissoko was doing the heavy duty work for the whole midfield alongside Nedved. 5.5
Nedved: What can I say about him. Maybe the most distance covered by a player in both teams, yet I think he was the eldest on the pitch. Deserves all respect. Was close to give us the equalizer at the end of the game where we should have been awarded a corner kick. 7
Amauri: Chelsea's defense gave him a hard time. There were periods in the match where he had completely disappeared. Did not get enough support from the midfield (Tiago and Camo's jobs). Never the less gave some bother to the Chelsea defense. 6.5
Del Piero: Started off the game slowly but immediately after the goal he came to life. His performance got better as the game progressed. Unfortunately, as in the case of amauri, did not get enough support from Tiago and Camoranesi, so he had to drop back alot almost to half our field to get the ball going. Ran alot and was close to scoring. 7
Marchionni: Made his presence felt from the first second. Was far superior to Camoranesi. He opened up the field and gave a chance for Del Piero and Amauri to stay up ahead and receive some assists. The midfield literally fired up once he has put a foot on the field. 7
Marchisio: Same as Marchionni. very good performance. Proved once again he should be a first 11 choice for us. His partnership with Sissoko is out best choice in the center of the midfield. He was so good and covered all his bases that Ranieri was willing to risk taking off Sissoko and bring in another striker. Although He was alone in the center of the midfield against the likes of Lampard he held his ground well. Saved us with his hand ball. 7
Trezeguet: Severely lacking match fitness. Had a good chance from a brilliant assist from Del Piero where in his usual day would easily score it (trezeuget's standards). Cannot be rated because he played for 5 min only. N/A.
Ranieri: as said before IF Marchisio was ready he should have started. I am not sure about putting melberg in the RB position while Grygera is ready. I agree with brining in Trezeguet for Sissoko in that time. Changes were all forced except the last one so nothing can be said about that. The team did improve alot in the second half so he did do something right. 6
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