[CL] JUVENTUS 3-1 FC Copenhagen (Nov. 27th 2013) (11 Viewers)

[Pirlo's Beard]

Llorente never had a sniff at goal, he was too busy making shit happen for us. I love how he gives us this whole other option with his size and hold up play. He also makes defenders do stupid things, unlike Matri who was half as mobile as Llo and about as threatening to the opposition defence as Storari is.

 

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[Klovn]

Llorente was sensational tonight, absolutely fantastic.

Do you still think we should sell him?

 

[Ocelot]

Llorente never had a sniff at goal, he was too busy making $#@! happen for us. I love how he gives us this whole other option with his size and hold up play. He also makes defenders do stupid things, unlike Matri who was half as mobile as Llo and about as threatening to the opposition defence as Storari is.

Never underestimate Storari.

 

[Salvatore]

That was about as difficult as I'd have expected, going on the run up to this game. First win in the Champions League this year, how funny would it be if Juve qualified with 7 points?

Pirlo was my favourite player today, Llorente, Bonucci and Vidal hovering below him. I'm excited for the return of Lichtsteiner.

 

[Pirlo's Beard]

You're right actually, that was harsh on Storari

 

[vaper]

Llorente such an awesome target man. Tevez needs to improve in UCL.

 

[Hængebøffer]

Guys, you forget the most important thing. We won despite Hustini showing up just before the game, and in halftime, trying to fuck it all up.

 

[Pirlo's Beard]

I'm grateful for what Tevez has done for us but Vucinic has always been great in the CL and I can't see Tevez keeping him out of the starting XI in CL games if he continues like this

You could argue that because Tevez has a good understanding with Llorente, that he should play. But we were all reminded about Vucinic's footballing IQ when he came on today. He's amazing at linking up play in general and would probably be just as good at linking up with Llorente after a few games.

Before any scrub starts moaning about people 'bashing' Tevez. Pls stop.

It's so very wrong to expect your top scorer, star signing and new number 10 to be a threat in the CL isn't it?

 

[Red]

Some very good stuff in that Juve performance.

Moved the ball well, movement off the ball was good and they always had good control over the game.

Thought there were possibly times when Juve showed Copenhagen a little too much respect and could have been more aggressive in trying to win the ball back higher up the pitch rather than just falling back into position in their own half, but it was still pretty controlled and Juve never looked like conceding from open play.

Clear plan to push Pogba and Asamoah very high up the pitch to try and get two on one against the right back on long diagonals from Pirlo and that worked very well - notably on the third goal where Asamoah's movement inside created a huge space for Pogba to cross from. Copenhagen couldn't put an extra man out there without completely surrendering the middle of the pitch to Juve and leaving themselves exposed there.

That's the first game I've seen where Juve have actually used Llorente as a true target man - lots of balls being played up to his head and chest and plenty balls being played to his feet - and that game showed just how good he can be. When Juve signed him, I wasn't sure he'd score a lot of goals, but I was confident his general ability was good enough to allow him to make a big contribution even when he wasn't playing well. As the game went on, Copenhagen tried to get more and more players around him to stop him being so influential, but they still couldn't stop him and it also created more space for others. Now that he has demonstrated his ability to do that (and against a fairly physical pair of centre halves) Juve need to be willing to play long to him more often and get a midfielder as well as Tevez close to him for the lay-offs.

Only critiscism - and it's a pretty big one - would be of the pathetic defending of those long throws. Now, it's awkward to clear the ball properly with the first header because there isn't the pace on the ball their typically is from a cross, but Juve still should have done a lot better. If you've got big guys like Chiellini, Bonucci, Pogba and Llorente in your team, you've got to expect to win most of the first balls and to manage to head them to reasonably safe areas. In the end Juve were pretty lucky to only concede one from high balls that went into the box.

 

[JCK]

The Gala game.

You shouldn't be scared if we go for a win. If we go to play for a draw we might mess things up.

 

[IliveForJuve]

No pussy mentality pls.

 

[Yuckerini]

4321 is the way to go. bonucci was surprisingly good today

 

[Pirlo's Beard]

No pussy mentality pls.

Agreed

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It's the first 10 minutes after half time that worries me

If we play a poor first half, Conte does wonders in firing us up

If we're dominating going into half time, we often come out looking as if Gigi Del Neri was at the helm.

Worrying...

 

[IliveForJuve]

I'm grateful for what Tevez has done for us but Vucinic has always been great in the CL and I can't see Tevez keeping him out of the starting XI in CL games if he continues like this

You could argue that because Tevez has a good understanding with Llorente, that he should play. But we were all reminded about Vucinic's footballing IQ when he came on today. He's amazing at linking up play in general and would probably be just as good at linking up with Llorente after a few games.

Before any scrub starts moaning about people 'bashing' Tevez. Pls stop.

It's so very wrong to expect your top scorer, star signing and new number 10 to be a threat in the CL isn't it?

I'm dying to see more of Mirko in the CL.

 

[Badass J Elkann]

where the gala fans at?

 

[juvechampions]

tonight the job is done twice(real 4-1 gala). About the next game i'm not afraid gala but juve and our bad shelf.Is the dark periods of a game that can hurt us very bad and that is to overcome.Stay focus, no mistakes and go for the win with the turks. I like the hungry vidal and his desire to achieve again tonight on the next game and forever for JUVE

 

[Klin]

You shouldn't be scared if we go for a win. If we go to play for a draw we might mess things up.

You never know with us.

 

[satfootball]

who attacked to agnelli's feet?

 

[Gep]

Our defence needs to stop dicking about in this CL.

 

[Alen]

Not just Tevez, but the entire team doesn't seem to be able to adapt to European football. Chiellini is having the worst CL campaign of his life, and he's about to face Drogba again, the man who owned him each time they met. We just have to make Barzagli available for Istanbul, because the man is holding our defense.
Something's missing when we play in Europe. It just isn't clicking. We had good 20 minutes in Madrid, but everything else was bad or average so far.