[Friendly] JUVENTUS 3-1 Real Madrid (August 2nd 2023, 7:30pm EST) (1 Viewer)
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On second thoughts, I read a stat that said Madrid have had 63 shots and 1 goal in their last two matches 
They also hit the woodwork 4 times against Barcelona.
We pounced on Reals weakness lastnight, not sure if it was intentional lol but Vini is no striker he needs space and no decent striker to run off him, and we cancelled them out this way. Defensive Masterclass?
They also hit the woodwork 4 times against Barcelona. We pounced on Reals weakness lastnight, not sure if it was intentional lol but Vini is no striker he needs space and no decent striker to run off him, and we cancelled them out this way. Defensive Masterclass?
Was not lucky. We hit them hard and clinical in first 20 minutes. Then we sat deep and let them, a team with no good strikers and lost of creativity, go nowhere without a point of reference. Occasionally countered while offering them no counters, just aimless possession and edge of box distance shots.
Only genuine counter they got after sloppy possession loss by Weah and Danilo, Vinny is open on the break and scores easy.
But we were more direct and better in counter as final goal showed.
Our first two goals were good team actions but real madrid were sleep walking in defence.
They badly need an attacker in their team tho, because Joselu missed two big chances, only non long shot attempts they had almost. And he missed badly.
Any other team with quality CF and we would been in trouble sitting this deep and losing ball immediately for most of game. But sitting deep vs this Real with Vinny who can't solo a whole siting defense, is not hard to face. Rest were CMs and useless Joselu.
But anyways, it's good result we lead the game from 49th second to final whistle.
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I'm going on about 27 years. It all started with Baggio and Del Piero. Now it's Mckennie and Weah #2. 
Fuck our lives dude.
Fuck our lives dude.
I can't really remember when I became a fan. It must have been when I was about 5 or 6. Baggio was one of the first players I liked and he left when I was 8. Can you imagine I actually remember that Del Piero came in as a young prodigy? I remember people talking about whether he'd be good enough for Juventus or not.
It seems centuries ago.
Honestly, the most impressive thing last night was how against a lot of Madrid's top attackers we held them to bad shots and shots outside the box. OBviously there were too many instances of needing the keeper to bail us out and that needs work but we held a very good Madrid side to taking potshots outside the box or taking low percentage chances.
Allegrism is very deeply ingrained in Juventus culture now. Even after Allegri is gone, it will take a while till it's washed off. I think Pirlo and even Sarri were honest attempts to battle this - but without experience and a learning curve, dealing with the same players that were used to Allegri, it spectacularly failed. Tbh, even in Sarri's title, I think some biased referee decisions were instrumental for the league championship. Team was declining since the last 2 years of 1st Allegri spell I think.
So, this culture will take years AFTER Allegri to change, unless when he leaves, all main players leave along with him. That's the way these guys are conditioned to play football (fucking horrific). "Winning is all that matters". Allegri and his ugly 1-0 is unfortunately how it got done for most of his titles, and is now confused even with the "Juventus Way".
I probably haven't watched a full game in 2 or 3 yrs, honestly. Still feel somehow attached to the club and in times of deep procrastination or boreness, I light it up. But can't stand to try to watch something decent, only to be annoyed and angry by it. There really isn't much hope of catching something entertaining. I can't even watch highlights properly nowadays.
So, this culture will take years AFTER Allegri to change, unless when he leaves, all main players leave along with him. That's the way these guys are conditioned to play football (fucking horrific). "Winning is all that matters". Allegri and his ugly 1-0 is unfortunately how it got done for most of his titles, and is now confused even with the "Juventus Way".
I probably haven't watched a full game in 2 or 3 yrs, honestly. Still feel somehow attached to the club and in times of deep procrastination or boreness, I light it up. But can't stand to try to watch something decent, only to be annoyed and angry by it. There really isn't much hope of catching something entertaining. I can't even watch highlights properly nowadays.