[CL] Juventus 2-1 Real Madrid (May 5th, 2015) (9 Viewers)

[Red]

442

Sturaro and Vidal wide?

 

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[GarfielD]

3-5-2...

 

[Hust]

Sturaro starts Juve-Madrid
By Football Italia staff

There are reports Stefano Sturaro will be a surprise Juventus starter against Real Madrid, with Arturo Vidal behind the strikers.

The first leg of the Champions League semi-final kicks off in Turin at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT).

Italian and Spanish media are scrambling to find clues for the starting line-ups in tonight’s big game.

According to the latest rumours emerging, Max Allegri will pick Sturaro instead of Roberto Pereyra in his squad.

Playing the ex-Genoa man in a deeper role would push Vidal further forward as trequartista behind strikers Carlos Tevez and Alvaro Morata.

It’s going to be a four-man defence with Patrice Evra and Stephan Lichtsteiner as full-backs around Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini.

The midfield is completed by Andrea Pirlo and Claudio Marchisio.

Sturaro joined in the January transfer window from Genoa and recently turned 22. He has played only four previous minutes of Champions League football in one appearance.

Juventus (probable): Buffon; Lichtsteiner, Bonucci, Chiellini, Evra; Sturaro, Pirlo, Marchisio; Vidal; Tevez, Morata

 

[Nicholas]

They can do the running without the ball to support the attack, but they can't run with the ball like Pereyra can.

That's true, we'll be relying alot on Tevez dropping much deeper but we should have more of the ball with Sturaro in midfield.

 

[Red]

...we should have more of the ball with Sturaro in midfield.

Not convinced it'll make much difference in that regard.

Don't know that Juve will want to have much of the ball anyway.

 

[Zacheryah]

The trade-off with Sturaro playing instead of Pereyra is that Juve may be able to put more pressure on Real Madrid's deep midfielders and win the ball in dangerous situations.

Vidal is obviously more likely to manage to do that when trequartista than Pereyra.

Was thinking this aswel. Vidal and Tevez is quite some pressure that could trouble reals buildup greatly.

Also means we are gonna take the game to them instead of sitting back

 

[icemaη]

Sturaro and Vidal wide?

Or Marchisio wide a la Del Neri era

 

[Nicholas]

Not convinced it'll make much difference in that regard.

Don't know that Juve will want to have much of the ball anyway.

With Pirlo, surely we would?

 

[Hydde]

And Tevez and Morata will have to carry hardcore. AT least we can be confident that we will not leave spaces in midfield.

WE need Morata and Tevez to be sharp as fuck

 

[CAPITANO]

Sturaro and Vidal wide?

Marchisio & Sturaro wide, wants to mimic Real with 442

 

[Nicholas]

Stuaro wasn't even starting for Genoa now he's here starting in a semi final against the current CL winners, crazy journey for him.

 

[Zacheryah]

Is pereyra on the bench ? Cause if this pays off and we score , we can later bring on pereyra to attempt to score another on the counter

 

[IliveForJuve]

It seems to me that we're gonna try to have the ball and attack rather than counterattack. Max doesn't have Conte's pussy mentality.

 

[Hydde]

Marchisio & Sturaro wide, wants to mimic Real with 442

sounds silly to improvise now. IMO

 

[Red]

Was thinking this aswel. Vidal and Tevez is quite some pressure that could trouble reals buildup greatly.

Also means we are gonna take the game to them instead of sitting back

Not convinced.

Think it'll still be a case of Juve sitting back a lot and picking moments to apply pressure.

It'll just be that Juve'll be more effective at pressing on the occasions they decide to commit to it.

With Pirlo, surely we would?

 

[kao_ray]

Weird. I'm actually more confident with Sturaro in for Pereyra and Vidal as a AM. This could turn out to be a brilliant move.

 

[Hust]

Marchisio & Sturaro wide, wants to mimic Real with 442

 

[Mister]

sounds silly to improvise now. IMO

I think it will be 4-3-1-2

 

[Hust]

Weird. I'm actually more confident with Sturaro in for Pereyra and Vidal as a AM. This could turn out to be a brilliant move.

Or crippling.

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inb4 Stuaro and/or Vidal get booked in less than 15 mins.

 

[Nicholas]

Well I trust Allegri, after 90 minutes it may look like suicide, but he must've seen something in training.