[CL] Juventus 3-2 Porto [March 9th, 2021] (6 Viewers)
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Pretty certain he would have got us through against Porto. Some of these guys need their heads shaking and Conte would have done that. We'd probably end up losing in next round though.
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I like your avatar, infact I love it. Best thing I've seen today. Infact I'm going to rewind to the 90's, watch some vintage Juve highlights to keep my sanity.
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I like your avatar, infact I love it. Best thing I've seen today. Infact I'm going to rewind to the 90's, watch some vintage Juve highlights to keep my sanity.
Where do you guys go for in depth stats? xGoals and the like? Football is such a strange game. One break this way or that way and things are so different. That being said, the 50/50 games where you need a break should be against Madrid, City and the like, not Porto. I guess that’s the difference between right now and where we should be. We are lamenting our bad breaks in the round of 16 against Porto... we should be good enough to be run through Porto regardless of luck.
Pirlo must have been angry when he was watching all those runs on the wings and our midfielders (Arthur mostly) being too slow with the pass or not even attempting to make the pass.
If only we had him in midfield tonight
We badly need a good passer.
If only we had him in midfield tonight
We badly need a good passer.
Pirlo must have been angry when he was watching all those runs on the wings and our midfielders (Arthur mostly) being too slow with the pass or not even attempting to make the pass.
If only we had him in midfield tonight
We badly need a good passer.
If only we had him in midfield tonight
We badly need a good passer.
Heh, you're probably right.
But I can soooo imagine him saying "NOW!" when Chiesa and Cuadrado were making a great run and Arthur didn't make the pass on time, or made it when they were offside.
That was his role, he knows it better than anyone, but you need to have that awareness and Arthur/Bentancur don't have it. I can imagine that it frustrates him that he can't teach them how to pick the right moment for the pass, or to make an accurate pass.
But I can soooo imagine him saying "NOW!" when Chiesa and Cuadrado were making a great run and Arthur didn't make the pass on time, or made it when they were offside.
That was his role, he knows it better than anyone, but you need to have that awareness and Arthur/Bentancur don't have it. I can imagine that it frustrates him that he can't teach them how to pick the right moment for the pass, or to make an accurate pass.
Honestly I thought last season would be the lowest point before we start improving gradually again. I look at this year's squad and I see very few faces from Allegri's time. We are almost at a brand new group and we should be able to leverage our bigger size to build quicker than Inter who are just becoming a functional team that can compete on 1 front.
We are not in ruin the way Milan was when we won our first title.
We are not in ruin the way Milan was when we won our first title.
The decline started after 2015. Allegri masked our problems in 2017 imo and they were brutally exposed in that final.
What made Allegri great above all was his winning mentality.
People tend to forget how useless we've been in Europe before and after Allegri. Getting knocked out to the likes of Lyon, Benfica, Galatasary and now 10 men Porto. It was Allegri's winning mentality that won us over Real Madrid, Barcelona, Man City and Tottenham (yes Tottenham, our record against English teams was pathetic back then).
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Sale of Vidal imo
What made Allegri great above all was his winning mentality.
People tend to forget how useless we've been in Europe before and after Allegri. Getting knocked out to the likes of Lyon, Benfica, Galatasary and now 10 men Porto. It was Allegri's winning mentality that won us over Real Madrid, Barcelona, Man City and Tottenham (yes Tottenham, our record against English teams was pathetic back then).
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Sad truth
The decline started with Allegri, but not because of him. The directors are the same though from the exact moment the decline started. Many of the players too.
The decline started with Allegri, but not because of him. The directors are the same though from the exact moment the decline started. Many of the players too.
