This photo sums up our set piece defending. Not a single Juve player jumping
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[CL] Atlético de Madrid 2-2 JUVENTUS [September 18th, 2019] (22 Viewers)
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Wow these Zenit St. Petersburg players are passive as fuck. Why didnt our players watch and learn from their mistakes?
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Zonal marking on set pieces has become popular recently. It is favored by some of the top managers out there like Klopp, Sarri, Benitez, Mazzari and so on. It has been thoroughly tested and proven to be the most effective way of ensuring that you concede massive amount of goals from set pieces. It's practisioners are not unlike cult followers, in that no matter how much they fail with it, they refuse to switch to man marking.
I wasn't expecting a win so a draw is acceptable. Although being two goals up is a bit hard to swallow.
We just can't seem to play a full 90 mins of football. We needed another month of preseason preparation. New coach and new tactics, brought in new players who haven't played enough football over the past 12 months...the good thing is we haven't lost a game yet regardless of the current challenges.
We just can't seem to play a full 90 mins of football. We needed another month of preseason preparation. New coach and new tactics, brought in new players who haven't played enough football over the past 12 months...the good thing is we haven't lost a game yet regardless of the current challenges.
Omg...
First off all - Totally agree!
The good thing is we are only starting our campaign so many errors can be fixed and we could be ready for the later stages.
The bad - I am wondering if it is just me or do you see Sarri`s game as way too predictable?
To sum off these 4 games we have played - Our intentions on the field have changed which means we are more likely to win a final now IMO BUT we do have some major issues to resolve if we want a final.
1. Set piece problem
2. Danilo - He only played 2 games so tough to really judge but he was simply horrible vs Atletico - Many attacks came from his side and he looks frightened when having the ball against an Atletico player.. I really hope to see more of Danilo vs Napoli rather than Danilo vs Atletico.
3. Higuain - He is a good player and when he plays you know what you get but its very tough playing with such a heavy player - We have to upgrade over him (He is a very good scorer though)
4. Dybala - I want him sold for his sake and for Juve sake - He can be much better at another team and he seems useless for us so cash in on him and get a forward who can play our system.
The good thing is we are only starting our campaign so many errors can be fixed and we could be ready for the later stages.
The bad - I am wondering if it is just me or do you see Sarri`s game as way too predictable?
To sum off these 4 games we have played - Our intentions on the field have changed which means we are more likely to win a final now IMO BUT we do have some major issues to resolve if we want a final.
1. Set piece problem
2. Danilo - He only played 2 games so tough to really judge but he was simply horrible vs Atletico - Many attacks came from his side and he looks frightened when having the ball against an Atletico player.. I really hope to see more of Danilo vs Napoli rather than Danilo vs Atletico.
3. Higuain - He is a good player and when he plays you know what you get but its very tough playing with such a heavy player - We have to upgrade over him (He is a very good scorer though)
4. Dybala - I want him sold for his sake and for Juve sake - He can be much better at another team and he seems useless for us so cash in on him and get a forward who can play our system.
Overall, while result is crap, I liked what I saw. For a 4th iirc game it's a pretty good progress. One thing I hope we do in some less meaningfull game is bench Pjanic for Bentancur. Miralem plays like Jorgihno recently, and I mean it in a bad way – just one-twos when moving ball from the back and that's it, no real magic from him. Bentancur is not a magician himself, but he is a great tackler, can cover more ground much quicker. Maybe he can offset workloud of Blaise if we bench him for Rabiot, or Higgy with Dybala.
Two ways to look at this.
1. In our toughest group game we completely dominated them. Two goals from open play, quite a few chances, more % ball posession, promising start. A draw isnt that bad
2. We keep on conceding goals from set pieces. So far we have conceded, 5 goals and 4 came from set pieces. It’s fixable but we lack aerial hight.
It’ll depends on how Sarri fixes the defence. It isnt easy without Chiellini, even Allegri couldnt properly do it without Chiellini.
Also. Sarri needs to come with a plan. Yesterday it wouldve been more logical to introduce Demiral and go 532 rather than Ramsey
1. In our toughest group game we completely dominated them. Two goals from open play, quite a few chances, more % ball posession, promising start. A draw isnt that bad
2. We keep on conceding goals from set pieces. So far we have conceded, 5 goals and 4 came from set pieces. It’s fixable but we lack aerial hight.
It’ll depends on how Sarri fixes the defence. It isnt easy without Chiellini, even Allegri couldnt properly do it without Chiellini.
Also. Sarri needs to come with a plan. Yesterday it wouldve been more logical to introduce Demiral and go 532 rather than Ramsey