[Friendly] Borussia Dortmund vs JUVENTUS (July 26th 2008) (13 Viewers)
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3-1 vs dortmund... dortmund finished 13th spot last year... and 9th the year before... snoop its not like we have beaten man ut. with 4-0 or something.. 
Having said this, i think the win today was nothing important. If we'd have lost the game, i wouldn't be any sadder. It's important that we experiment around, especially with our new arrivals and with our youngsters and i think we did that in a good way... The win today, except maybe for the morale, has no meaning whatsoever.
Guys, it was a friendly. The result doesn't matter at all, it matters how we played.
And the name of the opponent doesn't matter much at this stage. Some teams started the preparations much earlier than others and atm teams like Dortmund could easily beat Inter or Milan.
We played against Dortmund. Team that started the preparations earlier than we did. They already played a competetive match 4 days ago where they've beaten Bayern Munich in the German Super Cup.
And still, we seemed better prepared physically. Outrunning a German team is always special and yet we did it. We covered every part of the pitch, the ball movement was excellent, Amauri seems to fit well and the team seems well gelled.
We tried many different tactics and combinations. Crosses, through passes, counter attacks, zonal defending, man marking...everything works well.
With time it will only be better, especially when Giovinco gets back, when Del Piero hits form (it was obvious today that he just started with trainings) and when Mellberg-Chiellini get used to eachother.
Compared to last summer we're light years ahead. If you remember, nothing worked well last summer in July. This time our team works as a unit (we lost so many points in the first 1/3 of serie A, until the players got to know eachother better) and i don't think we'll have the same problems as last year.
We shouldn't underestimate or overestimate our results and our opponents in the friendlies. We should simply be happy that our team looks good and everything goes as planned.
And the name of the opponent doesn't matter much at this stage. Some teams started the preparations much earlier than others and atm teams like Dortmund could easily beat Inter or Milan.
We played against Dortmund. Team that started the preparations earlier than we did. They already played a competetive match 4 days ago where they've beaten Bayern Munich in the German Super Cup.
And still, we seemed better prepared physically. Outrunning a German team is always special and yet we did it. We covered every part of the pitch, the ball movement was excellent, Amauri seems to fit well and the team seems well gelled.
We tried many different tactics and combinations. Crosses, through passes, counter attacks, zonal defending, man marking...everything works well.
With time it will only be better, especially when Giovinco gets back, when Del Piero hits form (it was obvious today that he just started with trainings) and when Mellberg-Chiellini get used to eachother.
Compared to last summer we're light years ahead. If you remember, nothing worked well last summer in July. This time our team works as a unit (we lost so many points in the first 1/3 of serie A, until the players got to know eachother better) and i don't think we'll have the same problems as last year.
We shouldn't underestimate or overestimate our results and our opponents in the friendlies. We should simply be happy that our team looks good and everything goes as planned.
Oh, now I get it. I thought it's some kind of difference in transcription of the surname in Danish.
Just like Alen said, almost everything looks fine at this stage of preparations to the season. Almost, because there's one thing that worries me - I can't see a partnership between Amauri and Trezeguet, of course they didn't play with each other for a long time (euphemistically saying), but neither did Amauri with Iaquinta and it worked very well earlier. Trez and Amauri are not the same type of players, but for now they look a bit like they're covering the same position.
And finally, I've seen solidity today, but I'd like to see the chameleon also, with changing formation to 4-3-3 during match.
Just like Alen said, almost everything looks fine at this stage of preparations to the season. Almost, because there's one thing that worries me - I can't see a partnership between Amauri and Trezeguet, of course they didn't play with each other for a long time (euphemistically saying), but neither did Amauri with Iaquinta and it worked very well earlier. Trez and Amauri are not the same type of players, but for now they look a bit like they're covering the same position.
And finally, I've seen solidity today, but I'd like to see the chameleon also, with changing formation to 4-3-3 during match.
