BOTH their goals have come from defensive disorder. Whilst we own possession, as would be expected against a team which is setup to let their opponent soak up possession and hit on the break, we have seen nothing of our strikerforce...giovinco and matri are ghosts. A wonderful strike from Asamoah, yet serving as nothing other than a band aid over our same problem...a complete lack of penetration. Marchisio seems back to his absent self. Vidal doing very little. Our defence far too sloth...
all in all, a woeful performance so far...and only a fool who could focus on pointless possession stats could say otherwise.
As for a remedy for our woes???? We don't have many options...and the brilliant finishes by Canavi and Pandev bang home the message to Beppe Marotta more loudly: we need someone of their calibre in our final third.
Asamoah is NOT a LWB...better than de ceglie, but he is hardly a world beater...lichsteiner as a RWB is madness. As a RB he is often top drawer...play players where they are best, not where they barely cover what we lack, in terms of true first team material playing in their proper position.
I saw Asamoah as a MArchisio/Vidal sub, NOT as a position he has never excelled in before...
Conte's mind is elsewhere. understandably so...but this showing, so far, is a f'kin shambles, and it does not bode well at all, for the coming serie A season, let alone our re-entry into the champions league.