[Champions League] Juventus v Artmedia Bratislava (August 13th, 2008) (24 Viewers)
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playing 4-3-3 at home is what ranieri should do. We need to create and dominate from first minute till the end. Playing with 4-4-2 won't help alot specially in creating chances and they'll probably defend so its gonna be even harder for us.
We can use chiellini as our LB in those games (don't think they'll cause many troubles to legro and mellberg in the center). Those small teams are tricky and can cause many problems specially if we didn't attack them fiercly....
We can use chiellini as our LB in those games (don't think they'll cause many troubles to legro and mellberg in the center). Those small teams are tricky and can cause many problems specially if we didn't attack them fiercly....
It certainly won't be as easy as the name of the opponent suggests.
Artmedia, 3 years ago, were the biggest surprise of the CL. In the qualifying rounds they eliminated Celtic (after beating them 5:1 in Slovakia) and then they eliminated pretty strong Partizan on penalties.
In the group stages they missed out on the 2nd place by one single point and they finished 3rd in the groups, ahead of Porto (they've beaten Porto 2:3 in Portugal and there are very few examples after that where Porto lost at home)
Anyway, i don't really know how good today's Artmedia is compared to that Artmedia from 2005/06 but one thing is clear : they will defend with 10 men and play counters.
Even if we lead 1:0, or even 2:0 they will defend. The problem will occur if we find it hard to brake their 10 men defense, the result stays 0:0 for a long time and our guys start getting nervous.
But if we do brake the deadlock we should attack till the end, without stop. It will be of huge importance if we get a big win. That way our best players get 2 and 1/2 weeks of rest before serie A starts.
FORZA JUVE
Artmedia, 3 years ago, were the biggest surprise of the CL. In the qualifying rounds they eliminated Celtic (after beating them 5:1 in Slovakia) and then they eliminated pretty strong Partizan on penalties.
In the group stages they missed out on the 2nd place by one single point and they finished 3rd in the groups, ahead of Porto (they've beaten Porto 2:3 in Portugal and there are very few examples after that where Porto lost at home)
Anyway, i don't really know how good today's Artmedia is compared to that Artmedia from 2005/06 but one thing is clear : they will defend with 10 men and play counters.
Even if we lead 1:0, or even 2:0 they will defend. The problem will occur if we find it hard to brake their 10 men defense, the result stays 0:0 for a long time and our guys start getting nervous.
But if we do brake the deadlock we should attack till the end, without stop. It will be of huge importance if we get a big win. That way our best players get 2 and 1/2 weeks of rest before serie A starts.
FORZA JUVE
Well Artmedia is currently the best team in Slovakia. They won the championship and the cup in the 2007-2008 season.
Well recently they played something like 4-1-3-1-1, that means they play with only 1 true DM (compared with us), than with 3 ceative and active midfielders (who can defend very well as well), a SS and a striker.
As I said it before they are very solid in defending and at counter attacks.
The first and the most important thing is to eliminate their main man: Kozák, who is the best assistman in Slovakia. If we can keep him quiet, we are on the right track.
Well recently they played something like 4-1-3-1-1, that means they play with only 1 true DM (compared with us), than with 3 ceative and active midfielders (who can defend very well as well), a SS and a striker.
As I said it before they are very solid in defending and at counter attacks.
The first and the most important thing is to eliminate their main man: Kozák, who is the best assistman in Slovakia. If we can keep him quiet, we are on the right track.
Chiellini was originally a left back and an extremely good one as well before he was converted to CB, mainly because of injuries to the squad. He played at LB for the Azzurinni when he was their captain and was menacing...in fact thats where he played during Zambro's last year with us...he was Zambro's back up...so LB is also his "natural position" he is so good he has 2 "natural" positions
What is most important is that we bring the game to them and game on right from the moment the clock starts ticking. That way hopefully we'll intimidate them and thus control and have the upper hand. (Okay nothing new.)
So let's just hope Juve will do it. This is our first important match and a lot of people have been saying we have one of the most impressive attacking lineups - let's put that on show Juve.
I wouldn't even want to think about what will happen if we don't seal the deal with Artmedia..
So let's just hope Juve will do it. This is our first important match and a lot of people have been saying we have one of the most impressive attacking lineups - let's put that on show Juve.
I wouldn't even want to think about what will happen if we don't seal the deal with Artmedia..
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