I'm surprised so many of you are still upset. I was upset that night but after waking up the next day I was good. The problem is having too big expectations I guess. Anyone who actually expected us to win it this year has to live in some different reality. Last season we were stronger and we didn't win it. After so much shuffling with the squad we were never going to win this thing. The worst part about last Summer is that our midfield dropped in quality so much it's not even funny. Sure thing is Pirlo was done, but he still was perfect to have last season because Max could rotate him and Marchisio a lot or even play both. Pirlo in a wheelchair still gave us much more than Hernanes could ever hope for. If he sucked he at least was a decoy, because many coaches choose to man mark him which gave much more room to Pogba/Vidal/Pereyra. Vidal wasn't himself last season (abysmal
) but he's still so much better than all of those who came last Summer. Unlike many here I'm not hating on the guy because the level he played for us makes him one of the best players I've seen in Juve's shirt.
So yeah, the drop in quality was already an indication that we wouldn't go as far as last season. Sure, we're cruising through Serie A but after 4 years of consecutive scudetti people should have known it doesn't mean jack shit when it comes to CL. This year we don't play good football at all, it's almost as rigid as it was under Conte. I know it's better to win it in a rigid way than play beautiful football and lose but in CL you aren't getting a result at Allianz if you hoof the ball for an hour, even if you're 2-0 up. I was afraid of us dropping deep at some point and starting to play 'the pussy football' meaning let's kick it away and then we'll worry what to do next. Once they scored I expected the team to collapse because at that moment they weren't going to play it properly anyway, Bayern gained too much momentum, we couldn't bounce back at any point. At the end of the day we have a lot of positives to take out of the tie. For me this team we concluded was never complete so I'd say we really punched above anyone's expectations (mine too tbh).
We have to keep as many players as possible and get a few new ones who will make us complete. If we pull it off, we're a contender for the big ears, but this competition can never be taken for granted. It's too dangerous to become obsessed with CL, just ask milan and merda fans.
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