Pirlo old & slow, Buffon almost retired, Padoin,Isla,Gio,Peluso,Ogbonna low quality players, now we have another 2 injuries with Llorente and Marchisio , winning cups becomes unreal to be done
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[Europa League] JUVENTUS 1-1 fiorentina (March 13th 2014) (31 Viewers)
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Defending a 1-0 lead at home to an injury crippled team 4 places below us in the league 
This mentality is a cancer.
This mentality is a cancer.
I wouldn't mind this approach is we were geared towards it
If we had a proper holding midfielder in place of Pirlo, 2 dynamic, energetic Wingers and maybe another CB who was very comfortable on the ball then it could work
Right now we're trying to force our team to do something that they simply can not. And that is bad management.
If we had a proper holding midfielder in place of Pirlo, 2 dynamic, energetic Wingers and maybe another CB who was very comfortable on the ball then it could work
Right now we're trying to force our team to do something that they simply can not. And that is bad management.
“It was a great game and a fine advert for Italian football in Europe. I imagine those watching enjoyed the spectacle.”
I really don't see why Conte would say something like this. No one cares about whether it was a great game or a fine advert (which it really wasn't). And none of your own side's fans enjoyed the spectacle. We sat back and ceded the vast majority of possession and territory for the last 75 minutes of the match. We played a style we have no idea how to play and don't have the pace to play, and we just didn't really seem to care as we constantly gave the ball away with poor passing and effortless runs. How does Fiorentina dominating possession for 75 minutes with a mostly toothless and poor attack equal an enjoyable spectacle?
Conte should be riled up and angry about his own poor tactics. I want to hear from him what we heard from Vidal:
“I am very bitter, as it was a bad performance.”
Instead, Conte says he preferred this to our performance on Sunday. Another terrible performance for the latter stages of the match.
I really don't see why Conte would say something like this. No one cares about whether it was a great game or a fine advert (which it really wasn't). And none of your own side's fans enjoyed the spectacle. We sat back and ceded the vast majority of possession and territory for the last 75 minutes of the match. We played a style we have no idea how to play and don't have the pace to play, and we just didn't really seem to care as we constantly gave the ball away with poor passing and effortless runs. How does Fiorentina dominating possession for 75 minutes with a mostly toothless and poor attack equal an enjoyable spectacle?
Conte should be riled up and angry about his own poor tactics. I want to hear from him what we heard from Vidal:
“I am very bitter, as it was a bad performance.”
Instead, Conte says he preferred this to our performance on Sunday. Another terrible performance for the latter stages of the match.
Fiorentina also started without Gomez, Vargas and Cuadrado. Montella actually rested more starters than we did and they have even less to play for in serie A because their place in Europe is secure with the qualification for the Coppa final vs Napoli.
EL is being underestimated again by the Italians. We both played the best in the serie A match (which was fine for us since it was important for the scudetto), but once EL came, both teams start rotating. It will be brutal if the best available play against Genoa on Sunday, just to see some benchers in the return leg.
EL is being underestimated again by the Italians. We both played the best in the serie A match (which was fine for us since it was important for the scudetto), but once EL came, both teams start rotating. It will be brutal if the best available play against Genoa on Sunday, just to see some benchers in the return leg.
I dont agree,when there is no single good reason for not fielding the best 11.This game obviously showed that this 11 arent good enough to beat Fiorentina,that rats ,my most hated team.And that Ogbonna is the biggest flop .Matri almost scored when he was one on one with him and second time with with Gomez the error leads to a goal.What a player.
Fiorentina had no pace in the lineup and we were terrified of counters.
You can judge our coach's gameplan by our corner kicks. Whenever we fear counters we take short corners. It is a 100% correlation to our tactic.
Ilicic skinned Isla once and was actually the closest player on the pitch to Buffon and our whole backline caught him in a second. We know Matri is not fast either. Instead we sat back and let Valero and Pizarro dictate the game. FFS, they go to bed dreaming the other team will gift them possession.
And again, the 3-5-2 has no ability to counter. When you sit deep, it's a 5-3-2 and you have 3 CBs marking 1 striker. You're at a numerical disadvantage in midfield. Valero and Pizzaro were having a kick about. You can't win balls in dangerous areas, you can only win them in your own third. The only time we can start dangerous counters is when Vidal decides to do the work of 2 or 3 players and just runs around all over the field.
You can judge our coach's gameplan by our corner kicks. Whenever we fear counters we take short corners. It is a 100% correlation to our tactic.
Ilicic skinned Isla once and was actually the closest player on the pitch to Buffon and our whole backline caught him in a second. We know Matri is not fast either. Instead we sat back and let Valero and Pizarro dictate the game. FFS, they go to bed dreaming the other team will gift them possession.
And again, the 3-5-2 has no ability to counter. When you sit deep, it's a 5-3-2 and you have 3 CBs marking 1 striker. You're at a numerical disadvantage in midfield. Valero and Pizzaro were having a kick about. You can't win balls in dangerous areas, you can only win them in your own third. The only time we can start dangerous counters is when Vidal decides to do the work of 2 or 3 players and just runs around all over the field.