Fernando Llorente - ST - Athletic Bilbao (64 Viewers)

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GrandeGigi said:
I don't know if I'm alone here, but I don't see Vucinic and Llorente as an effective pairing. You'd need the full backs pushed high up the pitch consistently and a midfielder to continuously run beyond the front 2, otherwise opponents will keep a high line and squeeze the game.
Would be interested in seeing how a Giovinco and Llorente partnership would work though.
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Yeah, I'd agree that there could be an issue with getting people running in behind in order to stretch the game with a Llorente-Vucinic pairing.

They would give Juve excellent ball retention, though, so wingbacks and midfielders could make runs beyond them feeling pretty confident that the ball won't be lost, leaving them caught hopelessly out of position.

Llorente, while not a player who is going to continually stretch the game out by running in behind in the way that someone like Iaquinta would, is still going to be capable of peeling away from CBs in a way that would force a defence to drop off a little.

Llorente-Giovinco would seem a more natural pairing to get the most out of both of them and the team.

Then again, the vast majority of teams sit deep against Juve regardless of who the front pairing is, so not stretching the game long wouldn't be too much of an issue a lot of the time and should be more than compensated by Llorente being miles better at getting on the end of things in the box than any of Juve's current forwards.
 
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