To those wondering what's up with the pessimism, let's be honest with ourselfs here, just take a look at the probable line-ups and you'll eventually notice the discrepancies between us and theirs.
1) MDS(RB) + Barzagli(RCB)
2) Khedira(RCM) + Bentancur(CDM) + Matuidi(LCM)
I'd just be lying if i say otherwise, there are some blatantly obvious weaknesses in this line-up and that simply tends to inspire more pessimism than anything else...
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Sorry to break this to some of you but i'm genuinly one of the most optimistic guys around here when it comes to crucial fixtures as this one and that's usually down to Max's methods that pumps my confidence up, tho on this occasion it's highly unlikely we'll see another masterpiece, seems as rather more of a masterstroke than anything else tbh, there's simply no proper foundation for Max to build on here... Our only realistic bet is being clinical upfront, available depth in atack will definitely play a big part aswell as Allegri's ability to read the game with impactfull changes but again let's not get carried away by that because Madrid has a even stronger depth and not just in atack but on overall every position, regardless of the way we look at it this game is as tough as it could possibly get for us.
However, this does not necessarily mean we must give up and have our hopes down before the game even started, we'll need some good luck on our side aswell because games as this usually do tend to be decided by incidents and if we avoid silly mistakes while keeping a cool head then there's always a chance to prevail, but it'll likely take a perfect clinical perfomance today and if there's a team out there that could upset the odds, that's surely Juventus no doubt. And i'd personally be lying again if i say i don't have any hope heading into this tie but atm i'm more or less pessimistic of our chances because there's just no way of accurately predicting how this gonna go with our current line-up, hopefully the boys will overcome the individuality gap and somehow manage to prevail through sheer will and team spirit.
Tho if i am to sum it up, all in all i believe that probably only a miracle(as in absolutely outstanding clinical performers) will get us through over this two legs.
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We just can hope that when we get crushed our management learns it's lesson this time and will start to spend big money. Right, @Vialli_92?
