++ [ originally posted by Majed ] ++
Dennis, that's so crazy and radical, and I usually laugh at these, but this just may work.
I'm all for it!!!
With the approach you're talking about, Juve's biggest threat would be on counter attacks. They are fast and they have players who can push the ball wide and force it (dribbling with Figo, speed with R. Carlos...etc) back in the box.
I think it's good to sacrifice Blasi for the attacks sake and keep Pessotto back a bit. That will give us the numbers where we need it the most.. the central def, and attack!
For the people who called for Zidane to be "marked," that's easier said than done. Blasi ran his ass off, but as we saw, it wasn't enough. I say, let Camo, Emo, and even Nedved share that job and run a lot more. With Pessotto lingering at the back with Canna and Thuram, it makes 3 players back when they counter instead of the 2 (canna and thuram) in Madrid..
Besides, Zala can have more room to push up front. Del Piero and Nedved push to the left anway so that area is covered in attack. Zambrotta and Camo can indeed push Carlos and ZZ back. Looking at it again, Zambrotta would be helping out Camo, Emo and Nedved in Blasi's job a lot too.
The point is, we need to go at at.. Attack and attack.