The goal came after a stupid Cuadrado give away, which resulted in a corner kick for them. That was Cuadrado's third give away some 30 meters from our goal. Immobile almost scored from the first one.
Come on guys. Bonucci sucks at high balls but this time he couldn't do more. A sudden cross, a great one, and Bonucci could do nothing about it. He was well positioned and did as much as anyone could have done, but he couldn't defend that one.
If he was in the right place he would have headed the ball. Unfortunately just another example of a player ghosting in behind him and misreading the flight of the ball, he had one earlier in the game from the other side too.
Teams score from crosses all the time, man. Against the best defenders in the world. Not every time is the defender going to be able get up and intercept the cross. Especially when zonal marking and not man marking. He was in a good spot, the cross is an inch or two lower he gets it, a couple inches higher and the Lazio player doesn't get it to put it in. Sometimes crosses are sent in perfectly, like that one.
It's because the fullback can't pinch inside as much as he wants to help the CB. If you have wide midfielders, they can take some responsibility at the very back post and the fullback can come inside more. But the way we are now, the fullback has to worry about too many threats and can't concentrate fully on helping the CB.
Pjanic is man marked in our half and his marker is giving him more space only once we pass on their half. That's very annoying, and Pirlo was a victim of such man marking many times. But back then it opened more space for Pogba, Vidal and Marchisio. Now it's opening space for Matuidi, Can and Bernanrdeschi