[CL] JUVENTUS 2-2 Bayern [23rd February, 2016] (14 Viewers)
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Love him, he was great last year. Didn't fall on Ronaldo's theatrics.
Hey, this is my first post in this forum.
I'm a Bayern fan and really looking forward to this match. If you guys knew how many Bayern fans are wetting themselves and betting on an absolute disaster because of the fact we have 1 CB. Ironically it was our only CB playing against Darmstadt causing our first headed goal we conceded this season. If you wonder why we played with 5 attackers, that's because we usually do that in home games against teams that only park the bus anyways.
I think against Juventus we'll play like we did in one of our best games this season, against Leverkusen where we also had no CBs available:
------- Lewy -- Müller --------
Costa ----------------- Robben
---- Vidal - Xabi - Thiago ----
- Alaba -- Kimmich -- Lahm -
------------ Neuer -------------
With Xabi dropping between Lahm and Kimmich when we don't have the ball. We'll try to press you high and keep you away from our penalty box as far as possible.
Lewy and Müller have scored 56 goals between them and Vidal & Thiago are getting in good form, so I'm putting my trust mainly in those 4. Also Alaba who'll have to make up for our loss of pace and defending with the injuries of Martinez and Boateng.
I'm a Bayern fan and really looking forward to this match. If you guys knew how many Bayern fans are wetting themselves and betting on an absolute disaster because of the fact we have 1 CB. Ironically it was our only CB playing against Darmstadt causing our first headed goal we conceded this season. If you wonder why we played with 5 attackers, that's because we usually do that in home games against teams that only park the bus anyways.
I think against Juventus we'll play like we did in one of our best games this season, against Leverkusen where we also had no CBs available:
------- Lewy -- Müller --------
Costa ----------------- Robben
---- Vidal - Xabi - Thiago ----
- Alaba -- Kimmich -- Lahm -
------------ Neuer -------------
With Xabi dropping between Lahm and Kimmich when we don't have the ball. We'll try to press you high and keep you away from our penalty box as far as possible.
Lewy and Müller have scored 56 goals between them and Vidal & Thiago are getting in good form, so I'm putting my trust mainly in those 4. Also Alaba who'll have to make up for our loss of pace and defending with the injuries of Martinez and Boateng.
Our injury situation is actually as relaxed as it was a long time ago, just very problematic it is affecting our center backs only.
You have a lot of tall players that could really hurt us with our midget defense. Luckily the rest of the team has been spared by injuries, but I really respect Juve's defending. If we don't score in Italy it will be very very hard for us to progress.
You have a lot of tall players that could really hurt us with our midget defense. Luckily the rest of the team has been spared by injuries, but I really respect Juve's defending. If we don't score in Italy it will be very very hard for us to progress.
This game will be decided on a multiple things but the things I'd like to point out and keep an eye during the game are.
1. Will we be able to get Dybala involved between the lines. Pep will definitely try his all to limit the passes we play to Dybala and he needs to be ready take the next step for us and really make his mark in the CL. If we get the ball to him in dangerous positions he has the ability to make things happen as we have seen he has become undoubtedly our most important attacking player.
2. Will Bayern make us play through someone else other than Marchisio. He is the one who dictates the game for us will they try to mark him out of the game and force us to look elsewhere for creativity and this is where Khedira becomes even more important as he has the ability to be a driving force in our midfield if they decide to concentrate too much on the other two midfielders.
3. How will we manage their wingers. This is where we got badly exposed last time out that can't happen if we are to win this game. Cuadrado and Pogba must help our full backs to double up on the wings when defending. On the other hand how will they manage our winger, Cuadrado has all it takes to be the wildcard again for us if they leave space for him to utilize. This is exactly the kind of game he should thrive on.
4. Which team will impose their pressing game with more purpose. Bayern will no doubt look to press us very high up the pitch but looking at some of our games this season against our Serie A rivals this is something we have improved a lot this season in my opinion. I wouldn't be surprised by an absolutely maniac start by both teams when it comes to pressing. One thing I would keep on eye is on how they press Bonucci as he is the one who likes to take risks I wouldn't be surprised if they have earmarked him as a target.
1. Will we be able to get Dybala involved between the lines. Pep will definitely try his all to limit the passes we play to Dybala and he needs to be ready take the next step for us and really make his mark in the CL. If we get the ball to him in dangerous positions he has the ability to make things happen as we have seen he has become undoubtedly our most important attacking player.
2. Will Bayern make us play through someone else other than Marchisio. He is the one who dictates the game for us will they try to mark him out of the game and force us to look elsewhere for creativity and this is where Khedira becomes even more important as he has the ability to be a driving force in our midfield if they decide to concentrate too much on the other two midfielders.
3. How will we manage their wingers. This is where we got badly exposed last time out that can't happen if we are to win this game. Cuadrado and Pogba must help our full backs to double up on the wings when defending. On the other hand how will they manage our winger, Cuadrado has all it takes to be the wildcard again for us if they leave space for him to utilize. This is exactly the kind of game he should thrive on.
4. Which team will impose their pressing game with more purpose. Bayern will no doubt look to press us very high up the pitch but looking at some of our games this season against our Serie A rivals this is something we have improved a lot this season in my opinion. I wouldn't be surprised by an absolutely maniac start by both teams when it comes to pressing. One thing I would keep on eye is on how they press Bonucci as he is the one who likes to take risks I wouldn't be surprised if they have earmarked him as a target.