[Europa League] Benfica 2-1 JUVENTUS (April 24th 2014) (21 Viewers)

[Luca]

Conte must have seen something in Benfica's defence that player like Mirko can exploit. Otherwise, it doesn't make sense, because both Gio and Nando are in better form right now.

Anyone see the 'I played Vucinic because they have slow defenders' soundbite coming?

 

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[BottomLine]

No, Vucinic is definitely not a fantastic player. As a matter of fact, he's one of the worst players in the squad. Slow, lazy, useless.

 

[DUKAC]

Vucinic is a disaster waiting to happen... I don't want to believe in this. Slow and lacking drive. He has no reason to play for us again. We have no reason to see him playing for us again.

Just put $#@!ing Llorente over there, Conte

Absolutely not true.WE do have a hundred reasons to see him at the team if Llorente is not playing.Somebody just forget how he played ????? So this is a nonsence.

 

[CrimsonianKing]

All we can do now is hope he still cares and will give his all on this match.

 

[MikeM]

Conte doesn't just pick random players for our matches. He gives alot of weight to the training sessions. If Vucinic did not care about the team anymore do you think he would be running in training? Obviously he's still running in training so it should be logical that he would run in the fucking game.

Questioning his desire is dumb because Conte would be able to sniff it out immediately. Questioning his characteristics for this matchup is more useful.

 

[Nenz]

Vucinic is an excellent player and I don't see why he can't make a meaningful contribution in this game. Out of all our strikers I see him as least likely to score though. He's not prolific by any means.

 

[X Æ A-12]

Why is everyone complaining so much about the Vooch? I hope you'll all show the same passion for licking his balls after the match today

 

[sempreJuve]

Vucinic might be lazy, slow is for sure but his playcard is imagination. Someone said before that he is useless, we won a scudetto thanks to Vuci. Together with Tevez they are pure danger

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Forza Juve my friends! Till the end. :bigscarf:

 

[JamalRice10]

Vucinic might be lazy, slow is for sure but his playcard is imagination. Someone said before that he is useless, we won a scudetto thanks to Vuci. Together with Tevez they are pure danger

Correct... The only reason why Vuci doesnt do well at Juve because he has no one to play 1 2's with... His first touch puts attacking players into play... We just dont have those sort of midfielders to do it...

 

[BottomLine]

When he gets the ball, there's at least 90% that he will eventually lose it. Yes, he shows brilliance once in a while, but mostly the "while" means few months.

 

[Alex-444]

18:07 - Le formazioni ipotizzate da Sky a tre ore dal fischio d'inizio:

Benfica (4-2-3-1): Oblak; Maxi Pereira, Luisao, Garay, Siqueira; E. Perez, Amorim; Markovic, Rodrigo, Sulejmani; Lima.

Juventus (3-5-2): Buffon; Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini; Lichtsteiner, Pogba, Pirlo, Marchisio, Asamoah; Vucinic, Tevez.

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19:10 - Al Da Luz sono attesi circa 500 tifosi juventini

 

[sempreJuve]

You have to remember that we all said the same thing about Gio that he is the worst forward that we have compared to Vuci, Matri and Quag. Every player loses form after hard injuries, just think about Cristiano how he played last night:evil:

 

[BottomLine]

Actually I "hated" the way he played since the day he arrived at Turin. One can be fully and completely able turning me insane by making me watch him play again and again. Yes, of course he was wonderful for us a few times, but Jesus Christ, when he is in a bad form...
And make absolutely no mistake about it, he is in a bad form since he returned from yet another injury. A very very bad form.

 

[redrum]

Luisao is a beast, hopefully he cant follow Tevez!

 

[DUKAC]

Conte doesn't just pick random players for our matches. He gives alot of weight to the training sessions. If Vucinic did not care about the team anymore do you think he would be running in training? Obviously he's still running in training so it should be logical that he would run in the $#@!ing game.

Questioning his desire is dumb because Conte would be able to sniff it out immediately. Questioning his characteristics for this matchup is more useful.

Agree 100%.

 

[PedroFlu]

Conte doesn't just pick random players for our matches. He gives alot of weight to the training sessions. If Vucinic did not care about the team anymore do you think he would be running in training? Obviously he's still running in training so it should be logical that he would run in the $#@!ing game.

Questioning his desire is dumb because Conte would be able to sniff it out immediately. Questioning his characteristics for this matchup is more useful.

I question both.

Characteristics don't match.

And taking into account the minutes he played this season - when he was careless, clearly didn't give a fuck - lead me to think he doesn't care anymore and has no reason to play for Juve at all.

Let's hope he actually gives a shit.

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Actually I "hated" the way he played since the day he arrived at Turin. One can be fully and completely able turning me insane by making me watch him play again and again. Yes, of course he was wonderful for us a few times, but Jesus Christ, when he is in a bad form...
And make absolutely no mistake about it, he is in a bad form since he returned from yet another injury. A very very bad form.

Exactly.

 

[Mister]

I think we are under-rating they 2 cbs...luisao and garay are excellent together , pace is not the only thing that a cb needs , they are very technical players good in marking tacking reading of the game . If they are playing 4-1-3-2 , it clearly shows the faith the coach has in those 2 by playing just 1 holding mid.
Like in chelsea luiz is faster on his feet but cahill and terry are better defenders so they get played.
Gio technical is not so good..the only thing he has working for him is his pace which is no good when he plays facing back to the goal...or his quick movements in the box. He gets easily man marked and pushed off the ball in tight spaces. Best time for him to come is later on the game when it opens up .
Vucinic is much better at holding the ball up which is what we would be looking to do to take pressure off from us and let the mids join the attack for movements. I agree he blows hot n cold but he has x factor , if he is blowing hot he is miles ahead of gio and if blowing cold not so far off from gio excluding his workrate.

 

[Mark]

Caceres starts!

 

[MikeM]

He will always look careless because his impetus is always to hold the ball as long as possible in order to create a play. And sometimes he won't run after it if he loses it. It happens 2 or 3 times a match. In the grand scheme of things, if he produces 2 or 3 scoring chances as well, those plays mean nothing to me.

As a forward, I don't care how often you lose the ball (within reason), as long as you are creating chances. You could lose it 15 times but if you produce 2 goals, you're a positive to me. Possession doesn't win games.

 

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