We’ve reached the halfway point of the season, and I’m glad to say that we are pretty much alive and kicking in every competition.
Our place in the Coppa’s semis though looks in danger after our defeat against Perugia last week, but the Coppa is our least priority and we can still pull back a win with our reserves.
In Serie A it’s a different story, we’ve had great performances like the famous win against AC Milan 2-1 at the Delle Alpi, the 4-0 derby win, the thrashing of Reggina 5-0 and the recent 4-1 win against Chievo in Verona. But we also lost two matches up-until this point, the 1-2 reverse against Lazio and the shock 0-2 defeat against Baggio’s Brescia. We are currently placed in the fourth position, 4 points adrift of leaders AC Milan. Our players scored 30 goals in 17 matches and conceded only 13. Buffon kept a clean sheet in 7 Serie A matches.
In the Champions League we topped our group with 13 points in the first phase, in a group that included Newcastle Utd, Feyenoord, and Dynamo. In the second phase, we’ve played 2 matches, winning one (4-0 against Basel) and drawing one (2-2 against Depor). We are in the second place with four points, two behind leaders Man Utd.
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What do you think of Juve's objectives and performances to this point?
Our place in the Coppa’s semis though looks in danger after our defeat against Perugia last week, but the Coppa is our least priority and we can still pull back a win with our reserves.
In Serie A it’s a different story, we’ve had great performances like the famous win against AC Milan 2-1 at the Delle Alpi, the 4-0 derby win, the thrashing of Reggina 5-0 and the recent 4-1 win against Chievo in Verona. But we also lost two matches up-until this point, the 1-2 reverse against Lazio and the shock 0-2 defeat against Baggio’s Brescia. We are currently placed in the fourth position, 4 points adrift of leaders AC Milan. Our players scored 30 goals in 17 matches and conceded only 13. Buffon kept a clean sheet in 7 Serie A matches.
In the Champions League we topped our group with 13 points in the first phase, in a group that included Newcastle Utd, Feyenoord, and Dynamo. In the second phase, we’ve played 2 matches, winning one (4-0 against Basel) and drawing one (2-2 against Depor). We are in the second place with four points, two behind leaders Man Utd.
Players:
- Buffon continued with were he left off last season with his great saves commanding role in defence. His famous yelling at the ref and hitting the ground after V. Hooijdonk scored from a free-kick is still remembered.
- L. Thuram is playing his best football with Juve. Breathtaking performances and an unforgettable goal against AC Milan topped off with a great goal celebration.
- P. Montero had a relatively good season up until this season, but skipped some games through injury.
- C. Ferrara played more games than expected due to injuries to other players. But the 35 year old didn’t disappoint.
- G. Zambrotta missed the first part of the season due to injury but returned back to find Camoranesi in his favourite right position in midfield. Lippi found him a new position, left-back, in which he is trying to adapt.
- Camoranesi is undoubtly the surprise of the season. Juve bought him to replace Zambrotta and he never let them down. Great performances with dribbles and nice shots. He has been in the scoresheet already twice this season, in the Champions League against Dynamo and in the Serie A against Perugia, scoring the only goal after coming in as a substitute.
- A. Conte was injured at the start of the season, but returned to the fold with glowing performances. He scored a goal against Reggina and Lippi is putting a lot of faith in him.
- A. Tacchinardi proved his critics wrong and let his football do the talking. He played infront of the defenders and started nearly all of Juve’s attacks and at the same time blocking all efforts of the opposing team. Unfortunately, Alessio got injured at the peak of his form.
- E. Davids proved that Juve were right not to sell him to Roma and played consistent football throughout the season. Clearly one of the players in which Lippi’s formations and plans are built around.
- P. Nedved is holding a commanding role in Juve’s squad. Many believe he has returned to his old self after his poor performances in the first matches with Juve last season. Pavel is a key player to Lippi and features in nearly all games.
- A. Del Piero is vastly improving after his injury. His dazzling runs and free-kicks have helped him score 11 Serie A goals, 4 Champions League goals and countless assists to his teammates this season.
- D. Trezeguet proved his worth after coming from injury by scoring 4 goals in 2 games. Juve clearly missed him when he was injured!!
- M. Di Vaio was signed at the last day of the calciomercato and was supposed to replace the injured Trezeguet. But to his own standards, the speedy striker could’ve done better. Marco scored 3 goals in Serie A and 4 goals in the Champions League.
- M. Salas. The Chilean striker looks to have lost his touch after his nasty knee injury. Very poor performances lead to rumours stating that he will be shown the exit door in Juve. Lippi denies that and keeps his faith on the player. Salas scored one goal in Serie A against Udinese that gave Juve an important 3 points.
What do you think of Juve's objectives and performances to this point?
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