[CL] Real Madrid 2-1 JUVENTUS (October 23, 2013) (55 Viewers)

Quetzalcoatl

It ain't hard to tell
Aug 22, 2007
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so he knowingly brought down a player after the play was done, i think thats as big of a blunder as it gets. The fact is both defenders are liabilities at this point, at east with bonucci we get to retain more possession and have the possibility of long range assists.
But Bonucci can't actually defend. Him having a good performance means that he avoided mistakes. But "Bonucci really kept XXX in his back pocket" or "Bonucci sure read all those through balls well", has never been uttered in seriousness.

DOn't think his assists every 5 games makes up for not being able to defend.
 

petersmit

Senior Member
Mar 14, 2006
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Vidal was one of the best midfielders in the world against real... the only thing what wasn't good where the fouls he made (too often)...
but this was all because of the fact that Marchisio was invisible and we were playing against Real Madrid... if Vidal plays like this match against, lets say, Inter/Milan/Roma... he would be the man of the match for sure...

Chiellini will be a player who we will miss.. Yes he caused a penalty but Ramos was off side so technically it wouldn't be a penalty if the ref would pay attention..
The red card was harsh too... His arm wasn't supposed to be that high, but a free kick + yellow card would mean we would be with 11 vs 11 and still only 2-1 down (ronaldo is a "free kick master".. only 1 out of 34 are a goal)... Too bad the reff was jerking off to ronaldo's make up and hair, and when Chiellini touched Ronaldo it was a miracle the ref didn't punch Chiellini in the face...

I hope Licht and vucinic will be back for the home match... I really missed them this match
 

Red

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Nov 26, 2006
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Here's a list of players that are underperforming (Playing like shit!) this season.

Buffon
Quiellini
Bonucci
Vidal
I've seen various mentions about how bad Bonucci has been this season, but he's been fine in the games I've seen.

One huge mistake against Galatasaray, but that seems to be an isolated incident and not part of a wider drop in form.
 

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