Fairly indifferent performance.
Defended fine, but offered nothing going forward. Do have to wonder how exactly Conte thought Juve were likely to score in that game.
It's all well and good playing as deep and defensively as that when you have Tevez and Llorente up front to hold the ball up and let the rest of the team get up the pitch, but Giovinco and Quagliarella aren't going to do that (or anything else of use, in all probability).
Roma tried harder to score, but both teams, for the most part, were more focused on trying to avoid conceding anything resembling a counter attack than actually trying to do anything that might result in them scoring.
Eventually, with a break of the ball and a couple of weak challenges from Juve on the halfway like, Roma got a genuine counter-attacking chance and they executed it nicely to win the game.
As a lover of cup competitions and knock-out football, I do find it disappointing to see teams resting half their side as Juve did. So, from that point of view, I'm glad Roma went through since they actually showed they were committed to the competition. Could Juve really not afford to play a strong team when eight points clear at the top? Roma are too good a side to make that many changes against and still expect to win. Could have played a full-strength team and still lost, of course.
Defended fine, but offered nothing going forward. Do have to wonder how exactly Conte thought Juve were likely to score in that game.
It's all well and good playing as deep and defensively as that when you have Tevez and Llorente up front to hold the ball up and let the rest of the team get up the pitch, but Giovinco and Quagliarella aren't going to do that (or anything else of use, in all probability).
Roma tried harder to score, but both teams, for the most part, were more focused on trying to avoid conceding anything resembling a counter attack than actually trying to do anything that might result in them scoring.
Eventually, with a break of the ball and a couple of weak challenges from Juve on the halfway like, Roma got a genuine counter-attacking chance and they executed it nicely to win the game.
As a lover of cup competitions and knock-out football, I do find it disappointing to see teams resting half their side as Juve did. So, from that point of view, I'm glad Roma went through since they actually showed they were committed to the competition. Could Juve really not afford to play a strong team when eight points clear at the top? Roma are too good a side to make that many changes against and still expect to win. Could have played a full-strength team and still lost, of course.
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He is so much shit!! He did nothing!! And looses the ball every single time! Was and has never been more than a Inter Player!!
