[Champions League] JUVENTUS 0-2 Bayern München (April 10, 2013) (38 Viewers)
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Really dissapointed the two legs didn't produce the type of football that lead us to the quarters, completely relapsed into conservative Capello era cautiousness, seemingly devoid of any ideas and real hunger, sure we needed to keep our head but you can't win a game by letting Bayern have the ball and creating no chances.
I could accept the scoreline of 2-0 with us throwing the kitchen sink at them. But we simply turned a mush performance. Not out on a high by any means possible.
I could accept the scoreline of 2-0 with us throwing the kitchen sink at them. But we simply turned a mush performance. Not out on a high by any means possible.
My post was in reference to how easily Bayern could control the game. Once one of their midfield got possession, all they needed to do was play the ball back to their teammates in defence and they could retain possession easily. Quagliarella and Mirko can't cover two players each. It doesn't matter if you have Kuyt-Olić there either, they can't cover the entire width of the pitch against a team that is set up efficiently. All of Bayern's control stemmed from this ability to have the safe option in playing the ball back and starting over again. Juventus weren't taking any risks, it was the approach you might see to a regular Serie A game. There was little pressure high up the pitch.
Would you see Vidal, Lichtsteiner and Pepe fighting for possession in more forward places? You know the answer to that. Even in possession I was getting annoyed at Padoin+Asamoah not pushing themselves forward and trying to create an extra threat behind the Bayern defense. Something Licht does regularly, even Isla did it once or twice.
Obviously the team needs better strikers, but it doesn't end with lacking a couple of forwards/requiring extra experience, it has been a very disappointing pair of Champions League games from Juve.
Would you see Vidal, Lichtsteiner and Pepe fighting for possession in more forward places? You know the answer to that. Even in possession I was getting annoyed at Padoin+Asamoah not pushing themselves forward and trying to create an extra threat behind the Bayern defense. Something Licht does regularly, even Isla did it once or twice.
Obviously the team needs better strikers, but it doesn't end with lacking a couple of forwards/requiring extra experience, it has been a very disappointing pair of Champions League games from Juve.
We need to have the 4-3-3 back in our plan, at least for plan B, especially when we needed to score 3..3-5-2 wont get us goals against top CL teams,especially if we dont have any wingers with real speed and technique to get past players.
I dont know what happened after halftime, we played even worse,Pogs,Mirko and Quag played a good first half,especially Pogs,he just didnt show up in the second.
I dont know what happened after halftime, we played even worse,Pogs,Mirko and Quag played a good first half,especially Pogs,he just didnt show up in the second.
We shouldn't be ashamed, we lost against which is maybe the best team in Europe at this moment. And there's no shame on that.
I'm a bit sad because we didn't did our best at both games, on this one we looked more confident and all that, but just wasn't enough. We didn't showed hunger, anger, desire and the hope to be the winners on this competition. We always seemed to be happy to get "this far".
TBH I think we could have totally kicked out Galatasaray, Málaga, maybe PSG, maybe Barcelona and also even we could have given a good run to BVB. But Real Madrid and this Bayern were our most dangerous opponents. We needed a bit more of luck.
Everybody learned a lot from this first season on the Champions League. IIRC Borussia Dortmund on their last Champions League season, which was the first one in a while, were last on group stage! We, on the other side, reached quarter finals. Look where they are now, there's hope. We just have to make the correct moves, seize all this experience and come back harder, better, faster, stronger, hungrier, with more anger and we will do even better next season.
I'm a bit sad because we didn't did our best at both games, on this one we looked more confident and all that, but just wasn't enough. We didn't showed hunger, anger, desire and the hope to be the winners on this competition. We always seemed to be happy to get "this far".
TBH I think we could have totally kicked out Galatasaray, Málaga, maybe PSG, maybe Barcelona and also even we could have given a good run to BVB. But Real Madrid and this Bayern were our most dangerous opponents. We needed a bit more of luck.
Everybody learned a lot from this first season on the Champions League. IIRC Borussia Dortmund on their last Champions League season, which was the first one in a while, were last on group stage! We, on the other side, reached quarter finals. Look where they are now, there's hope. We just have to make the correct moves, seize all this experience and come back harder, better, faster, stronger, hungrier, with more anger and we will do even better next season.
:theflag: FORZA JUVE AND FUCK BAYERN :theflag:
So you still didnt enjoy beating Chelsea, Shakhtar or Celtic? Chelsea might not be on the top level of Euro teams, but were CL holders, and I, for one, loved our two games against them.
I did. Bayern are probably the best team in the world at the moment, as bad as we played over two legs, no shame AT ALL in going out to them.
I did. Bayern are probably the best team in the world at the moment, as bad as we played over two legs, no shame AT ALL in going out to them.
