Buffon 7 Although he saved the shots that were going our anyway
Caceres 6
Bonucci 5.5 didnt need to be brilliant in order to block Lyon but he wasted many balls in the 1st half
Chiellini 6
Isla 5 Did nothing
Pogba 5.5 his 1st half want good but made 2 great passes in the 2nd half
Pirlo 5.5 not exactly to be blamed as we know that Pirlo is silent when being man marked
Marchisio 5 Was he on the field
Asamoah 5 I expected a lot more from him but to be honest I dont think we are using his best attributes on the left
Tevez 5 wasnt his best performance. looked tired
Osvaldo 4 The only reason he is playing is to save cash by not buying a forward
Giovinco 7.5 I expected him to change the game but he still did it better than I expected
Vucinic 6.5 was ok, was mobile even if he missed a chance he should have buried
Lichtsteiner 6 Didnt notice him I guess that a 6 is fair..
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Its obvious now that the 3-5-2 just doesn't work in Europe. It may work in Italy where there's more defending and more like a chess match, but in CL/EL theres just too much going on for us to be using such a defensive formation.
When we were in the CL, arguably, our best performances were against Real Madrid when we were using a 4-3-3.
Against Galatasaray and Copehagen we used the 3-5-2 and we sucked so bad.
I think the approach and the right players for a formation make the difference
We could see a team use 4-4-2 4-3-3 3-5-2 4-5-1 and all the formations could win a team the league/CL.. the thing is which players they have in their disposal and use their characteristics in the right way.
a 3-5-2 currently suits us
4-3-3 could also suit us but We better buy some natural wingers for this formation..
We could also play 4-4-2 but it would be stupid as we dont have a proper RM and LM while our center mid is strong so it would be wasted with just 2 in the middle..