++ [ originally posted by venom ] ++
This part is somewhat confusing. Poor preparation for the match isn't it . I mean did Bayern possess as much threat as Messina in the eyes Capello. It was the only second time this season there were a big club against. Record so far then is 1-0-1. Were there some sort of illusion that this club has shown that it already has what it takes to challenge the double. Sure match against Inter was great but that was only one single match. Other than that the club's been winning against such a superpowers as Empoli, Ascoli, Parma etc. Results of upcoming matches against Milan and Bayern will show much more about the quality of squad.
well, let's not jump to conclusion so quickly.. we had our first setback of the season and it came in the CL where our position with BM is good and we both favourites to go through to the next round.. beside, yesterday's match was not a sign of how tough (or weak) is juve.. why..? simple, yesterday's match was a "mix & match" game from capello.. I don't know what went wrong with his decisions last night.. but he surely is the one to blame for the bad performance.. wrong selection of players and positions.. bad subs.. bad preparation.. he holds responsibility for the loss IMO... but, that's not that bad.. we are still in the beginning.. and who knows.. maybe things could've worked well in any other day.. it just wasn't our day.. we didn't play well.. we deserved to lose..
some notes on the match:
- the ref was unsound last night.. but can't blame him for the loss..
- Abbiati is good.. he was shaky last night, but that's one game out of 10 so far this season.. and let's not forget that he's buffon replacement.. not buffon himself.. he did well so far in the games he played and I can't attack him for one bad performance..
- the back line yesterday was creepy.. something was wrong indeed.. what..? IMO it was the (1) absence of Vieira, (2)Blasi as a right back..!!(3) drunk thuram (lol.. j/k).. (4) drunk chiellini (not kidding
) (5) the two DM, emerson and Giannecheda, were not that strong as a pair or individually.. capello should pay attention to that..
- the mid was aweful, camo was the only player that was doing something.. nedved wasn't in good form (we'll see a lot of that this season. he's getting old, can't blame him) and Ibra wasn't supposed to play in AM position.. he scored yes, but wasted lots of chances and ruined many times good chances to start or build a good counter attack..
- DP was in good form before the match.. yet, caps subs didn't start with him..!!
- it seems that zambrotta has forgoton how to play as RB/RB.. better keep him on the left flank..
- poor trez.. poor mutu..
all in all, we lost because of our bad performance, not because of BM is too tough for us.. in fact, I think they can't stand a chance against us here in Turin.. I'm waiting for revenge..