Marco can beat his man one on one though and we will need that in the second leg. He showed he is not afraid to run at the Chelsea defenders and scared them a good bit. With Camo out it is best to not experiment and play Marco. Giovinco would be useful in doing a similar job on the Left wing as we will ned penetration and players to run at the chelsea defenders inorfer to score goals but Nedved was great against Chelsea. We could try playing him in the center though.
--Del Piero-----Amari----
Giovinco--Nedved--Momo--Marco
Molinero--Chiel--Leggro---Mellberg
-------------Gigi--------------
I would be tempted to play IQ or Trez at somepoint given the DP and Amauri tandem's lack of goals recently. Also with Gio,Ned and MArco I think we would not have to worry about getting balls into the box.
In reality though I think Ranieri is going to play MArchisio with Momo, NEdved on the Left and Marco on the right. That could also get the job done imp and would be defensively more sound. The key thing for us is keeping the clean sheet. We can get goals without having to go super offensive (we defn could have easily scored in the first leg)
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I'm definitely sure of Marco's abilities, but sometimes he can get so inconsistent that he irritates you. When he is on form, he is dangerous as seen in the Parma days, but he has yet to put that sort of performances in a Juve shirt yet. Another alternative is to play Giovinco, a player who will cause so much headache to the Chelsea defence.
It is good to see Nedved performing against Chelsea, but I don't see Nedved being a 90-minute player now. He definitley needs more rest, not playing week in and week out and show up on the pitch against Chelsea in the return leg. If Nedved can give such a great performance against Chelsea @ Stamford Bridge, I don't see why eh can't perform in the home leg.
Chiellini needs more games to gain his fitness and sharpness. He seemed to be day-dreaming against Chelsea until he got a rude awakening from the Drogba goal. Legro needs a stepup from this performance. Mellberg should start as a RB and Molinaro should improve massively otherwise he will be shot.
As for Momo's partner, I will say Marchisio gets the nod. We will most probably see something like this:
---------Del Piero-----Amari----
Nedved--Marchisio --Momo--Marco
Molinero--Chiellini-- Leggro---Mellberg
-------------Gigi--------------
Giovinco for Marco and Trez to come in the 2nd half if the scoreline is still 0-0
Hopefully we don't end up in penalties