[CL] Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 JUVENTUS [March 7th 2018] (8 Viewers)
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Juve struggled badly when playing out of the back against Tottenham. Licht won't help with that issue since he is technically limited.
Although it appears like a defensive move, starting Rugani or Barzagli as a RCB instead of Licht would improve Juve's build up. More possession would mean more attacking players on the ball. Costa and Sandro cam provide plenty of width. Licht isn't needed in that sense. Plus Rugani is much more of a goal threat on set pieces compared to Licht.
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Tottenham are very lucky to have faced a Juve missing Dybala, Matuidi, Cuadrado, and Barzagli in the first leg and now Higuain and Berna in the second. Juve need to catch a break.
Although it appears like a defensive move, starting Rugani or Barzagli as a RCB instead of Licht would improve Juve's build up. More possession would mean more attacking players on the ball. Costa and Sandro cam provide plenty of width. Licht isn't needed in that sense. Plus Rugani is much more of a goal threat on set pieces compared to Licht.
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Tottenham are very lucky to have faced a Juve missing Dybala, Matuidi, Cuadrado, and Barzagli in the first leg and now Higuain and Berna in the second. Juve need to catch a break.
Rugani is far far better at linking the defense to attack. His pass accuracy is great compared to Licht.
Yes Licht provides width, yet that is the space Costa operates best in.
Plus, with three CBs there is at least some chance that Juve could win this 1-0. Asking this injury ridden attack to score twice might be too much.
Yes Licht provides width, yet that is the space Costa operates best in.
Plus, with three CBs there is at least some chance that Juve could win this 1-0. Asking this injury ridden attack to score twice might be too much.
He was awful vs Lazio. Switching him out and putting Costa in at RWB changed the game.
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The difference is that Rugani can make a pass between the lines. He is better in the build up. If Juve can't beat Tottenham's press, they will only get 30% possession. Licht won't help in that regard.
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Rugani is a CB. It's like fielding Higuain as a CM and expecting the same goal return, doesn't work like that. 
Guardiola used this tactic against Spurs. Using two attack minded wingers/wingbacks in a 3-3-4/3-5-2 is vastly different than using two defensive wingbacks. Mind you Guardiola uses wingers (Sane, Sterling) in his 3-3-4/3-5-2. He did this with Costa while at Bayern.
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It's a question of personnel more than formation. Costa is perfectly suited to provide attack out wide. He forces defenders to double cover him on the flank which opened up space centrally for Dybala. So yes it turns into a 3-5-2 when in possession and a 4-4-2/4-5-1 when defending. Obviously we don't want Rugani/Barza making runs down the flanks, but this isn't necessary with Costa.
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It's a question of personnel more than formation. Costa is perfectly suited to provide attack out wide. He forces defenders to double cover him on the flank which opened up space centrally for Dybala. So yes it turns into a 3-5-2 when in possession and a 4-4-2/4-5-1 when defending. Obviously we don't want Rugani/Barza making runs down the flanks, but this isn't necessary with Costa.
yeah, but what we have in the middle differs a lot to what Guardiola had in the middle, that's the problem, our middle can't control possession like that. The way I imagine it'd go is we'd still give up a lot of possession and wouldn't create much. We'd bypass middle of the pitch completely with Costa bombing down that right flank solo with Khedira offering no support, left flank would be hustle paradise with Matuidi, Sandro and Mandžukič toughening up their opponents and Dybala would loose the ball endlessly. I dunno, maybe I'm wrong, but I don't see this working out
Our build up from the back was way better than you usually see when Rugani played against Lazio. It was pretty evident actually. Not expecting him to start however but in games like these , we need as many technical players as we can and players like Lichtsteiner, Khedira and Mandzukic are exactly the complete opposite of that. We are once again going to play on the counter so players like Mandzukic who is slow and out of form don't help the cause. He needs to be benched and we need to go all out with Costa-Dybala-Sandro front three with Asa starting as a LB. Asa is in good form and needs to be rewarded with a start over players like Mandzukic who doesn't deserve to start for Juventus at this point.
atleast we gave it a shot heh?
