Coppa Italia: Napoli vs Juventus [08-27-2006] (4 Viewers)
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All players should be ready for PK. Infact its one of the things players practise or should be aware of. If they havent taken it for a while i,e few months that doesnt necessarily make them believe they cant do it. I mean seriously they are professionals confidence isnt much of an excuse. They are taught to hit penalties on target (to the least). Penalties is like a lottery but by reality starting buffon as the First was insane. Everyone knows that teh first pk is teh most important one and to say buffon was the right person is insane. Unless if buffons second name was ceni of santos its okay otherwise goalkeepers just dont practise taking penalties as much. I mean this may sound premature but our last meeting with them was with penalties so to think we wont face them in the same otherwise is just insane. Anyway I think we have had a reality check today and hopefully we should bounce back.
yes i agree with you that all players shouldbe ready to take penalty kicks but that's not always the case is it....remember trez when he missed the penalty agaisnt milan in the CL final...you could tell he didnt believe he could score....same goes to zalayeta and montero....so sometimes you just have to pick the ones that seems most relax and confident....and i agree with you also on buffon as the first penalty kicker (consider it lesson learned)
so opinion is divided.... i personally think that with tudor and kovac we have a really good defence also (and i may get slaughtered for saying this) i think that zebina can do a job for us in b at right back with chiellini on the left, i think italian football will suit boumsong and i hope that against lesser players legro may develop more confidence, i see no future at centreback for birindelli and i believe he and balza will be adaquate back up for the full back roles, although i must admit i would jump at the chance to sign any of the defenders weve been linked with, especially felipe. What do you guys think of zebina?
That CL final was a joke, infact we played the worst football ive ever seen.. hmm or atleast one of the worst. None of the players were determined from the start it was like a zombie match, I wont suprised almost everyone missing it (not forgetting we had an inform dida as our opposition). Infact some would say we played for penalties, but because of that we just totally lost the plot of penalties itself.
But there were certainly players here who were fairly confident against napoli. Yes it wasnt a final but if anything scoring three goals in a match is enough confidence for your forwards or midfielders to contribute in taking the pk's at teh start.
But there were certainly players here who were fairly confident against napoli. Yes it wasnt a final but if anything scoring three goals in a match is enough confidence for your forwards or midfielders to contribute in taking the pk's at teh start.
Look on the bright side on those sharping their knives for DD.
At leaast our last two matches have been more exciting than entire 2 seasons with Capello. Heck DD is ready to put some spice by putting Buffon to take a penalty.
Give DD sometime - I am sure he will find the appropriate balance within the side. Lets not forget many of our star players are just coming back from longbreaks and did not train with the rest of team & we didnt have much preparation friendlies building upto the season.
And to make things worse, half of the squad has left, which means DD will quickly have to find ways such that players can get used to playing each other. We should remember this is real life and not FM where you can substitute player of similar ability and get the same result.
I have faith in the team that we will make Serie A.
At leaast our last two matches have been more exciting than entire 2 seasons with Capello. Heck DD is ready to put some spice by putting Buffon to take a penalty.
Give DD sometime - I am sure he will find the appropriate balance within the side. Lets not forget many of our star players are just coming back from longbreaks and did not train with the rest of team & we didnt have much preparation friendlies building upto the season.
And to make things worse, half of the squad has left, which means DD will quickly have to find ways such that players can get used to playing each other. We should remember this is real life and not FM where you can substitute player of similar ability and get the same result.
I have faith in the team that we will make Serie A.
Zebina will be great against teams like spezia or teams who just have poor fowards/wingers. But if faced against Napoli, Genoa, Verona e.t.c his gonna cause us more damage. As time is short if we cant offload him then let him sit on the bench as a backup but due to his fitness levels and the ability to see what he will be really like in serie B I wont risk him. Try him out in the friendlies and lets see.
positive excuses: We lost against a tough side (on pens) who played at home and they are one of the favourites to promote. We didnt start with out first team.
Negative laments: This side just recently promoted from serie C.. so by theory if we struggle against a side like this. How are we gonna cope with the other serie B sides.
Negative laments: This side just recently promoted from serie C.. so by theory if we struggle against a side like this. How are we gonna cope with the other serie B sides.
dont get too depressed too early, it absolutely kills me to see juve lose, today felt like the cl final all over again. weve got to accept that this is the hardest time in our great clubs history and that the next 2 years for us supporters will feel like we are going through hell but we cant let this result get us down. Napoli are one of the best serie b teams and although we should be beating them we just need time for the squad to get used to each other, but everyone needs to believe