Juventus - Empoli (1 Viewer)
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Six days after the match in Bergamo, that everyone will remember as the one in which Del Piero got injured, Juventus is ready to play the first match without their captain. On Saturday evening, at 20.30, Empoli will arrive at the Delle Alpi for one of the two Saturday matches of the 3rd return gameday.
And if anyone will consider this match as an “exam” for the Bianconeri, then Marcello Lippi is ready to swear that his team has the “degree”: “Since the start of the season we’ve got used to playing without very important players and we’ve always played well. Tomorrow not only Del Piero will be out, but also Conte and Camoranesi, while Davids will start from the bench, but the team who’ll go on the pitch will be ready and already tested. Without Alex we’ll have to change something, with Di Vaio we’ll have more depth in our game. Marco feels ok and last Sunday’s performance coupled with the goal scored against Atalanta gave him a lot of confidence”
Juventus will start then with Tudor and Tacchinardi in midfield, trying to repeat the second half of the match played against Atalanta: ”We hope we‘ve learnt the Bergamo lesson: Empoli is like Atalanta, a very good team, and we must be concentrated right from the start. From now on we have to play being aware of the fact that each match must be played in a special way”
Great consideration then, for the team from Tuscani, that Juventus wants to beat to reach momentarily the top of the league: “Empoli, like Chievo and Modena, is a demonstration that you can do well even without a lot of money – Lippi added – It’s a society that showed to be able to work well with its youth sector and picking up players from the lower divisions. Recently they had few problems in obtaining results but I saw their match against Inter, and till Vieri scored the first goal, they had created a lot of problems to the nerazzurri.”
And if anyone will consider this match as an “exam” for the Bianconeri, then Marcello Lippi is ready to swear that his team has the “degree”: “Since the start of the season we’ve got used to playing without very important players and we’ve always played well. Tomorrow not only Del Piero will be out, but also Conte and Camoranesi, while Davids will start from the bench, but the team who’ll go on the pitch will be ready and already tested. Without Alex we’ll have to change something, with Di Vaio we’ll have more depth in our game. Marco feels ok and last Sunday’s performance coupled with the goal scored against Atalanta gave him a lot of confidence”
Juventus will start then with Tudor and Tacchinardi in midfield, trying to repeat the second half of the match played against Atalanta: ”We hope we‘ve learnt the Bergamo lesson: Empoli is like Atalanta, a very good team, and we must be concentrated right from the start. From now on we have to play being aware of the fact that each match must be played in a special way”
Great consideration then, for the team from Tuscani, that Juventus wants to beat to reach momentarily the top of the league: “Empoli, like Chievo and Modena, is a demonstration that you can do well even without a lot of money – Lippi added – It’s a society that showed to be able to work well with its youth sector and picking up players from the lower divisions. Recently they had few problems in obtaining results but I saw their match against Inter, and till Vieri scored the first goal, they had created a lot of problems to the nerazzurri.”
Juventus-Empoli 2-0
My line-up:
Buffon (C); Thuram, Iuliano, Montero, Pessotto; Zambrotta, Tudor, Tacchinardi, Nedved; Salas, Trezeguet;
A few thinks I would like to point out: Iuliano is not slow, he´s fast! Second of all Tudor is great in midfield too and he well bring us much of joy now and in the future, but still I agree that he is better as a centre-back!
My line-up:
Buffon (C); Thuram, Iuliano, Montero, Pessotto; Zambrotta, Tudor, Tacchinardi, Nedved; Salas, Trezeguet;
A few thinks I would like to point out: Iuliano is not slow, he´s fast! Second of all Tudor is great in midfield too and he well bring us much of joy now and in the future, but still I agree that he is better as a centre-back!
