And Rasmuss Elm,is after all,the world class flanker that we'll meet every week in CL next season 
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Are you seriously just blaming Criscito for the swedish goal,come on that was a well played move and caught all the defenders and the midfielders,plus criscito still had to mark another guy on his left,that flick was unexpected and i really thought that it was a well taken goal and all credits goes to those 3 swedish players involved for the goal..
Dunno,Elm was the best player in the swedish assembly. MoM by some news and some manager that I watched game with(I know,it's CRO but still.....) and that MoM was Cristico's concern.....AFAIK
OK,Gio vas raping the sweed asses too but....Gio plays in Juve for god sakes.... Elm plays for some village up north...
He struggled at times, for sure (not to the point he was bad though). But one clear thing that was easily noticeable and which you blindly overlook, was because they were one man down, fullbacks couldnt get midfield help against two swedish players down each wing, so the clear tactic was more or less that the fullbacks goes central and and pack the box (or front of it), give space to the swedish wingplayers predictable crossing, which they then simply headed clear all the time, they faciliated the game in a way they could controll easily enough, force Sweden play in that singular and ineffective way.
It was the same tactic in Motta's wing, go centrally inwards to the box instead of cover the far side of your flank (Thats why he was the one in the rightside of the box, clearing away Bajrami and Olssons chances, just few feets away from the goalie, like he was a CB). But ofcourse, Motta had considerably better game then Criscito and every Italian defender. But Criscito mostly did his job as he should, except at times in the first half. IMO it was rather obvious the tactic was to centralise heavily into the box.
It was the same tactic in Motta's wing, go centrally inwards to the box instead of cover the far side of your flank (Thats why he was the one in the rightside of the box, clearing away Bajrami and Olssons chances, just few feets away from the goalie, like he was a CB). But ofcourse, Motta had considerably better game then Criscito and every Italian defender. But Criscito mostly did his job as he should, except at times in the first half. IMO it was rather obvious the tactic was to centralise heavily into the box.
HM,ratings in our newspapers as well as gazetta.it(for the previous game) clearly don't show that. And the interest in him is never bigger as scouts claim. He is wanted by Genoa not a bad start for that PROMISING leftback..... 
not a bad start for that PROMISING leftback.....
FYI I'm not excusing for Criscito, he was largely average and unimpressive in the first game. But fair is fair is todays game, you have to take into account how Italy played in their defence after the red card, it was a deliberate tactic of letting them have all the ball and crossing, but totally shutting down otherwise.
I watched the game last night and was mightily impressed with Motta...I didnt realize how young that devil faced tyke was. Is there any chance at all we will make a move for him? As for criscito, YES, as someone mentioned above, the ploy, after the red card, was obviously to pack the central defensive area, and let the swedes have the ball, make them break through...criscito had to deal with two players often, and I would not say he had a poor game. Still, Motta was by far our best defender.
Of course I'm being patronizing. Motta and Criscito play opposite wings, so who really cares who's better at this point?
Some of the dumbasses here remind me of Republicans. They will use anything that works to degrade a player, even if it has nothing to do with the issue at hand.
It's like saying: Messi is better than Del Piero. I'd do anything to get him (including selling his worthless ass).
Some of the dumbasses here remind me of Republicans. They will use anything that works to degrade a player, even if it has nothing to do with the issue at hand.
It's like saying: Messi is better than Del Piero. I'd do anything to get him (including selling his worthless ass).
