I trust Sturaro way more. If monaco is going to focus on counters, there is no way in hell that starting Pirlo is a good idea.
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[CL] JUVENTUS 1-0 Monaco (April 14th, 2015) (5 Viewers)
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Monaco will dig in with a deep lying defence. Their scattered counters will be executed by few players, little to no gegenpressing to our CM until 15 meters away from their box.
This is not Dortmund rushing with 5 players at our CB. Pirlo will have plenty of time to wander around 50 meters from their goal to look for the pass.
This is not Dortmund rushing with 5 players at our CB. Pirlo will have plenty of time to wander around 50 meters from their goal to look for the pass.
Only the two games against Leverkusen, one against Arsenal and all league games after we drew them.
In my opinion they are very unlikely to score from open play, all their CL enemies were defensive idiots and still they scored only like 7 goals in 8 CL games. It is safe to say that even with a Pirlo as CM "weakspot" they dont have the quality to overcome the rest of our machinery. This will be a game of patience for us, with few to none chances for them. A setting where you don't want a Sturaro at all. Marking Pirlo? Leaves more space for Pereyra, Vidal, Tevez, Morata
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In my opinion they are very unlikely to score from open play, all their CL enemies were defensive idiots and still they scored only like 7 goals in 8 CL games. It is safe to say that even with a Pirlo as CM "weakspot" they dont have the quality to overcome the rest of our machinery. This will be a game of patience for us, with few to none chances for them. A setting where you don't want a Sturaro at all. Marking Pirlo? Leaves more space for Pereyra, Vidal, Tevez, Morata
Remember: We fans are not part of the team, nothing we say has influence on our team's performance. That's a disclaimer to avoid statements as "well if the players think like that we are doomed" It's the players' job to think and act differently.
Pirlo has to play IMO. We need his passing to spread the ball well enough in order to break down their bus. Don't see any reason to go with 3 at the back, that'll be vulnerable against their counters with our CB's having to cover some pretty fast players outwide. They play with Berbatov only uptop, so that will mean they aren't exactly going to put much pressure on our backline. Tevez is going to have to open them up in all honesty. What's important is that we open up the scoring, if we do that they'll be forced to open up and we can start carving them open. The longer we struggle to get the first one in, the tougher the tie is gonna be.
Pirlo entering in 2nd half if its still 0-0 would be ideal.
Also, he needs to get benched so we can test his reaction, because next season he probably shouldn't start most of the games, at least in Europe. I have a feeling he will never accept to be regularly benched, and this could cause problems later on.
Also, he needs to get benched so we can test his reaction, because next season he probably shouldn't start most of the games, at least in Europe. I have a feeling he will never accept to be regularly benched, and this could cause problems later on.
Questi i convocati di Leonardo Jardim per la sfida contro la Juventus:
PORTIERI: Caillard, Stekelenburg, Subasic;
DIFENSORI: Abdennour, Carvalho, Echiejile, Fabinho, Kurzawa, Raggi, Wallace;
CENTROCAMPISTI: Carrasco, Dirar, Kondogbia, Moutinho, Silva, Toulalan, Traoré;
ATTACCANTI: Berbatov, Germain, Martial, Matheus.
PORTIERI: Caillard, Stekelenburg, Subasic;
DIFENSORI: Abdennour, Carvalho, Echiejile, Fabinho, Kurzawa, Raggi, Wallace;
CENTROCAMPISTI: Carrasco, Dirar, Kondogbia, Moutinho, Silva, Toulalan, Traoré;
ATTACCANTI: Berbatov, Germain, Martial, Matheus.
"No other club in the world has this kind of effect to you" 0.32sec.Very true.
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Mighty line up.We are gonna crush them.
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I thought Carvalho is injured, Toulalan too.
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No it is not.And Sturaro will get his first yellow up to the 10-th minute.We need Pirlo for this one.
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Mighty line up.We are gonna crush them.
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I thought Carvalho is injured, Toulalan too.
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No it is not.And Sturaro will get his first yellow up to the 10-th minute.We need Pirlo for this one.