There were no toilets in the airplane?
I was sitting beside two fat british ladies, and was afraid to move because i was pretty sure i would involuntarily fall to the temptation of pressure just by moving my body. It didnt help that the toilet was constantly busy, and that the flight was full of turbulence.
I was basically sweating my @ss off for 2 hours, afraid to move.
Just like im doing now, waiting for this game.
Anyways.........
When it comes to the actual match:
Key points: (in my opinion)
I feel the midfield battle will be huge in this game.
If Kroos and Modric starts pulling the strings and dominates possesion too much, we will have big problems. I have seen quite a lot of their matches this year and when they start manipulating that midfield, weawing past lines, teams end up with huge spaces to cover, where they have dynamic and sharp players that take full advantage.
We must not let them get too comfortable in our half, unless when we plan to counter them!
I have my concerns over Pjanic and Khedira being up for the task but they have proven me wrong before so i hope they will be ready to get their hands extra dirty for this game.
- Marcelo is a key player for them this season (other than Ronaldo offcourse).
In this season there have been certain matches where they have destroyed teams from his side only.
He is extremely dynamic and a threat to any team. Those overlaps kill teams. We need to solve this.
He must be shut down somehow.
Then you have Ramos and his golden head on set pieces and a lot of other variables.
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However, i feel we have a good chance of winning.
We need the same mentality and tactical cunningness we had against Barca.
Max needs to tinker a perfect gameplan, and i am in no doubt he will do a solid job in this aspect.
We must take our chances. (Higuian will hopefully be motivated to silence his critics)
Luck is also huge in these type of games. But lets create our own luck in this game and not leave it up to chance or stupid mistakes (Evra vs Bayern).
We must control our own luck.
We did that brilliantly against Barca.
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But most of all we need that Classic Italian Grinta, passion, team spirit and routine to build our confidence as the game progresses.
Buffon smiling, Chellini raising his arms after a solid tackle, Bonucci shouting in comanding fashion.
This is what they fear. This is the true Juve.
11 days to go.
Can't wait.
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