[CL] JUVENTUS 1-0 Monaco (April 14th, 2015) (47 Viewers)

[fredrik]

Playing pirlo in the return match would be stupied. He almost gave me an heartattack with his horrid passing, playing right to monacos strenght. Seems our players are too nervous when the game is in balace, which is worrying...

 

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[Post Ironic]

This was reminiscent of Conte days vs. Copenhagen where the team couldn't open the scoring without a penalty. This team would look so much better playing on the counter than having to face defensive teams

Yes. Because Monaco isn't considered one of the best defensive teams in all of Europe, they're not at all better than Copenhagen.

 

[Hist]

okay result but bad performance. Having said that, we were calm which is most important for me. The return leg should be even easier.

 

[Scottish]

Crucial win. Defensively and in terms of tenacity we had the old Vidal back. Loved seeing Buffon so assured with every save. Was disappointed in Lichtsteiner's performance, it was like he only had 75% of his energy reserves. Did he lose his 3rd lung?

We did seem shaky from 10 mins till the penalty. We came out flying in the second half, Allegri must have given a good talk at half time. I had thought those nerves had been vanquished along with Dortmund. Every time we win in Europe it will diminish further.

Fino alla fine

 

[juventus4life]

So there was contact.

 

[Scottish]

And by the way I was impressed by how solid Monaco's defense was. Tevez and Morata barely got anything and had to rely on counter attacking opportunities but Monaco did such a good job of getting back and looked far better at it than BvB.

 

[Stu]

I'm still struggling to see the contact in the penalty. It looked very soft, the ref benefited us in some crucial plays.

Anyway, horrible performance, great result. Pereyra seemed to be our only chance of creating something, and Vidal did very well in the second half. Bonucci and Chiellini were great.

And now I'm more sure that we desperately need 2 full backs who can run and be aggressive. Evra and specially Litch hurt the team a lot offensively, one of the reasons we lack width.

What are you talking about? Tevez and Vidal missed glorious chances, neither of which Pereyra created, and Morata had a good opportunity too. Monaco set up to be very difficult to break down and I was happy with what we managed to create. Not a great performance but no way in hell was that a horrible performance.

 

[Hist]

People hating on Pirlo, he was instrumental in the goal, as well as Morata's volley miss, as well as launching an attack down the right when no-one picked up the cut-back.

Clearly a bit rusty after two months out, but even with a bit of rust he created some of our best chances!

Overall a decent performance, if far from great.

The important part is the clean sheet, as now they'll have to open up in the second leg and that doesn't suit them.

Even today, when they were solid and good on the counter we had at least four clear-cut chances. They had one golden chance (Carrasco) and one pretty decent one which Buffon saved at the near post.

They're decent, but limited, nothing I saw tonight made me fear we'll go out in the second leg.

Its whats fashionable here. Marchisio was worse.

 

[Elvin]

Err sis... oh wait

 

[sallyinzaghi]

Thought it was a good game because we recovered from our initial mentảl block.

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

Its whats fashionable here. Marchisio was worse.

I really like your posts usually, but you are so biased towards Pirlo

 

[happybum]

Next time Allegri should just instruct the players to sit back and counter. Give them a taste of their own medicine.

 

[piotrr]

Did Morata clip his own leg? http://gfycat.com/AridMellowJabiru

 

[Stu]

Buffon 7
Lichtsteiner 6
Bonucci 7
Chiellini 6.5
Evra 6.5
Marchisio 6.5
Pirlo 6.5
Vidal 7.5
Pereyra 7
Tevez 6.5
Morata 6.5

Barzagli 6.5

Vidal was an absolute monster. Should've scored in the first half and misplaced a few passes but defensively he was fantastic.

 

[CAPITANO]

I think we'll play 3-5-2 from the start.

Vidal-Marchisio-Pereyra midfield.

That would be nice but Pirlo will start, Max already saying how important he was with his set pieces and ball movement

 

[Amer]

Btw. NO CARDS

The ref was amazing tonight.

So if Vidal gets a yellow card in the return leg is he suspendend for the semis or all cards are erased at that point?

 

[radekas]

Did Morata clip his own leg? http://gfycat.com/AridMellowJabiru

 

[happybum]

Did Morata clip his own leg? http://gfycat.com/AridMellowJabiru

From that angle it's not the clipping that caused the foul, but the pushing which lead to Morata clipping his own feet.

 

[Stu]

The Pirlo bashing is silly. He started poorly with some bad passes that put us under pressure but he's a big part of the reason we won that match. Sublime ball to Morata for the penalty.

 

[zizinho]

Buffon 7
Lichtsteiner 6
Bonucci 7
Chiellini 6.5
Evra 6.5
Marchisio 6.5
Pirlo 6.5
Vidal 7.5
Pereyra 7
Tevez 6.5
Morata 6.5

Barzagli 6.5

Vidal was an absolute monster. Should've scored in the first half and misplaced a few passes but defensively he was fantastic.

Buffon 7? that was easly a 10