that's because we would give up the ball cheaply in MF with the team pressing forward...no way Grygo is ever gonna catch Ribery
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[CL] Bayern München 0-0 Juventus Sept. 30th 2009 (7 Viewers)
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pure defensive fullback? Come on man, maybe 2 seasons ago he was better than this, I liked him back then too, but from last season and till now, he keeps making errors after another, most of the time he is a terrible defender these days. You will lose your patience on him one day, I am sure of that.
Grosso is disappointing too these days, he is doing a little better than the other fullbacks (except Zebina), and is much better than De Ceglie and Molinaro combined, but still not enough, we need a right and left backs to not have games like these against the giants, and this is only Bayern btw, not those English teams or the Spaniards..
Grosso is disappointing too these days, he is doing a little better than the other fullbacks (except Zebina), and is much better than De Ceglie and Molinaro combined, but still not enough, we need a right and left backs to not have games like these against the giants, and this is only Bayern btw, not those English teams or the Spaniards..
I'll agree with that part simply because he kept his head and didn't get go completely crazy with the amount of runs ribery was making over him. Given ribery's quality he's lucky to be alive.
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on that part but could you really ever have predicted ribery getting silenced by grygera? No. And everyones got enough sense to know that, so considering my premonitions of this he wasn't massacred.
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on that part but could you really ever have predicted ribery getting silenced by grygera? No. And everyones got enough sense to know that, so considering my premonitions of this he wasn't massacred.
We were furious after the Genoa match, and responded with 1 half of football vs Bologna. We were going for a win here, yet never looked remotely interested. Even if this is a good result, I can’t help be feel disappointed.
Our gameplan was dangerous. We invited Bayern to win the game by letting them set the tempo. This was made worse since we couldn’t keep possession or close them down effectively. Allowing them space to create chance after chance, without a worry of a counter-attack (as proven by how far up Lahm was in the 2nd), is never a smart gameplan. All it takes is a tiny mistake, a deflection, a foul, a moment of brilliance, etc, to lose the match, yet we allowed Bayern to apply all the pressure. Considering the circumstances of our match a few days earlier (stopped attacking, less aggressive in midfield), you would have thought we would not pull the same tactic away against a much stronger side.
As for individual performances, I thought our defense did well. Legro in particular was a surprise. It was the only area of the pitch where we played as a unit. Our midfield and attack were on different wavelengths, and they rarely linked up.
As for the Poulsen change, it was a very unambitious sub, however, we didn't really have any options in terms of midfielders. Tiago was probably not fit enough to play 30 minutes of football on the backfoot. With that said, it is never a positive thing to see Juventus going for a tie 60 minutes into the game.
We are extremely lucky to walk away with a pt here. Bayern were clearly the better side and thoroughly deserved a win. These type of away performances will not get you far in the CL, and although I am still confident of our chances of qualifying, I hope we approach the away legs of our knockout games a lot differently.
Our gameplan was dangerous. We invited Bayern to win the game by letting them set the tempo. This was made worse since we couldn’t keep possession or close them down effectively. Allowing them space to create chance after chance, without a worry of a counter-attack (as proven by how far up Lahm was in the 2nd), is never a smart gameplan. All it takes is a tiny mistake, a deflection, a foul, a moment of brilliance, etc, to lose the match, yet we allowed Bayern to apply all the pressure. Considering the circumstances of our match a few days earlier (stopped attacking, less aggressive in midfield), you would have thought we would not pull the same tactic away against a much stronger side.
As for individual performances, I thought our defense did well. Legro in particular was a surprise. It was the only area of the pitch where we played as a unit. Our midfield and attack were on different wavelengths, and they rarely linked up.
As for the Poulsen change, it was a very unambitious sub, however, we didn't really have any options in terms of midfielders. Tiago was probably not fit enough to play 30 minutes of football on the backfoot. With that said, it is never a positive thing to see Juventus going for a tie 60 minutes into the game.
We are extremely lucky to walk away with a pt here. Bayern were clearly the better side and thoroughly deserved a win. These type of away performances will not get you far in the CL, and although I am still confident of our chances of qualifying, I hope we approach the away legs of our knockout games a lot differently.
Alex is still as fast as anyone on the turn and he knows his speeds gone so he adapted to short turns and it's made him great these last few years just a little flick here and twist of his body and he's turned his man and now he's got loads ofoptions ahead. This happens countless times.
I think we need him back this weekend, it will be a huge boost and hopefull kick start a winning mentality again
I think we need him back this weekend, it will be a huge boost and hopefull kick start a winning mentality again
and Zebina lacks the positioning/sense/skill to defend a player like a Ribery...I just don't trust Jonathan at all in these kind of matchups...and if we are expecting Grygo to bomb forward and create goals, then well, we have much bigger problems that Grygera vs. Ribery...we are not Inter and do not rely heavily as they do with Maicon