[CL] Bayern München 0-0 Juventus Sept. 30th 2009 (38 Viewers)

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I think folk are being very harsh on the team and Ferrara after this performance.

finally someone making sense..

+REP

 

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[BarkuZ-yes i am an ass]

HEY, Diego actually did well defensively. He saved our asses on two occasions on counterattacks with sliding tackles, one of which was against Robben in our box as the last man back. Get off his back.

Yea,offensive midfielders are being brought on for their splendid defensive work. I didn't watched the game I went back home from Graz,but when all people praise Diego for his commitment in defence I could imagine how we looked in offense. BTW,Ribery's dummy on Che was world class as I can see

 

[Luca]

Good post Red, agreed. Even if its annoying to settle for a draw we did in 2nd half, when Bayern were totally tired as heck and couldnt do squat.

What pissed me off was how bad our corners were, and to make it worse, not only where they bad, but in first half in particular, our own corners gave Bayern the chance to counter real quick almost every single time. Really bad corners.

Worst was grosso's at the end, and then ribery was completely in the clear, thank god the ref blew.
Also grosso's shot was terrible when the ball fell to him and we looked for the first time in the game in a good position to set up a good attack so he chose to just hack at it completely.

 

[Snoop]

I think folk are being very harsh on the team and Ferrara after this performance.

We were taken aback somewhat with the tempo and width Bayern played with early on, but we recovered pretty well after the first 20 minutes or so.

The defence did very well and they had to because the midfield didn't keep the ball as well as they needed to to make the formation and the personnel we played effective.

However, the midfield did a much better job of protecting the defence in wide areas, which suggests they are starting to grow accustomed to playing the 4-3-1-2.

I thought the Poulsen for Diego sub was sensible in the circumstances and the change to the 4-4-2 closed the game out very nicely.

My only real complaint about Ferrara is that he didn't throw Del Piero on for the last few minutes. Chances were hard to come by, so I would have given Del Piero the last ten minutes or so to see if he couldn't do something to win the game.

Buffon - Okay. Not that much to do. Closed angles well, but unconvincing on some crosses.

Grygera - Solid. Got done by Ribery once or twice, but that is only to be expected. Kept Ribery very quiet in the second half and didn't give the ball away much
Legrottaglie - Excellent. Held his position well and made some vital interceptions
Chiellini - Similar to Legro.
Grosso - Struggled against Robben, but did better in the second half. A couple of good crosses, but also some poor decision making in attack.

Camoranesi - Very good game. Held possession well and drove the team forward when possible. Also got through a power of work in defence
Melo - Struggled to get involved early, but came into the game later on. Kept the ball reasonably, but his passing wasn't particularly incisive
Marchisio - Good work in defence, but gave the ball away too often

Diego - Worked hard, but clearly isn't even close to being match fit. Incredible chase back and block in the first half

Iaquinta - Invisible for long periods and made some poor decisions. Needed to work the channels more. Unlucky on the chance late on
Trezeguet - Worked hard and linked the play as well as he ever does. Unlucky on the volley

Poulsen - Was decent. Pressed the ball well and played short, simple passes when in possession. The cool head that our midfield needed
Amauri -
Tiago -

Almost similar thoughts here, but boy, you are so biased on Grygera.

 

[BarkuZ-yes i am an ass]

On the other hand,Bayern is among top5 euro sides atm....so draw is a good result IMO.

 

[Bjerknes]

I think people have a hard time dissecting performances from results, which is nothing new.

If we would have lost on a Ribery dribble from the right, I can guarantee you that the ratings and analyses would have been much worse from some here.

I'm just glad that's not the case for the sake of the team.

 

[Luca]

finally someone making sense..

+REP

I haven't seen many people critise ciro, just the idiots who write crap and it sticks in your mind.

 

[Red]

Almost similar thoughts here, but boy, you are so biased on Grygera.

I've never hidden the fact that I like Grygera.

You won't find many games where Ribery only gets away from his man two or three times in an entire game.

 

[Osman]

Worst was grosso's at the end, and then ribery was completely in the clear, thank god the ref blew.
Also grosso's shot was terrible when the ball fell to him and we looked for the first time in the game in a good position to set up a good attack so he chose to just hack at it completely.

Yeah that long bal/shot from Grosso l really infuriated, wtf was the point? Does he think he can score 40 ms from goal in a bad angle from the left? When the sound thing to do is cross/pass or advance? Seriously. It annoys me as much as him passing Poulsen instead of crossing the freekick we had in that last second in the Genoa game. Poor decision making that is not easy to forget.

 

[only-juve]

We lacked a player similar to del piero upfront IMO. We need a younger version of del piero in this team.....

 

[SABSAB]

HEY, Diego actually did well defensively. He saved our asses on two occasions on counterattacks with sliding tackles, one of which was against Robben in our box as the last man back. Get off his back.

Yep. And the team left him all alone so what should he do.

 

[Bjerknes]

he was not completely owned as you put it, just a few moments in the 1st half...other than that, Ribery was not going anywhere

Whatever you think, man.

Grygera is a wonderful right back indeed.

 

[Ahmed]

We lacked a player similar to del piero upfront IMO. We need a younger version of del piero in this team.....

or we could have brought on the Del Piero we already have

 

[bianconero]

As I said at half time: a load of old codswollop was being spouted about how poor Juve were. In fact, the were rather good, but Bayern were superb. Ribery, was almost unplayable. The injury to Robban was a blessing to Juve.

Overall, lots of positives and a good point for Juve.

Still I wish Diego had more options to open the play by moving the ball outwards to the wings.

 

[Hennes]

I think people have a hard time dissecting performances from results, which is nothing new.

If we would have lost on a Ribery dribble from the right, I can guarantee you that the ratings and analyses would have been much worse from some here.

I'm just glad that's not the case for the sake of the team.

That's what I was trying to say. If Ribery makes that one (biiiiig) chance nobody defends the defenders sergio: ) here.

 

[Luca]

Yeah that long bal/shot from Grosso l really infuriated, wtf was the point? Does he think he can score 40 ms from goal in a bad angle from the left? When the sound thing to do is cross/pass or advance? Seriously. It annoys me as much as him passing Poulsen instead of crossing the freekick we had in that last second in the Genoa game. Poor decision making that is not easy to forget.

It was the most numbers we had forward during the whole game and their forwards had broke forward too so grosso really should have used his brian more it was a great foothold in the bayern half to build from. It's by far the biggest regret of the match.

 

[Tomice]

Whatever you think, man.

Grygera is a wonderful right back indeed.

He isn't wonderful.

He is soild defensively, like him or not.

 

[Ahmed]

Whatever you think, man.

Grygera is a wonderful right back indeed.

it isn't what I think, it was right there in front of everyone

never said that he was, but you can trust him to do a good job defensively, which you can't really say about any of the other RB options Juve currently has

 

[Geof]

Disappointed with what I saw, but ok with the result.

Let's get 6 points v Maccabi and we'll only need one good game to be in the 1/8th, where the real business is on!