Kwadwo Asamoah (9 Viewers)
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Wishful thinking. We football fans do it so much.
Khedira started so well. Owed two goals in the first 10-15 (?) minutes, then the Sevilla manager shut him down completely. Pretty smart to shut down Khedira. 'Cause who did we have left to make some runs from midfield? Allegri should have seen this earlier and either changed Dybala's role or made a sub (Sandro or Pjanic).
Khedira started so well. Owed two goals in the first 10-15 (?) minutes, then the Sevilla manager shut him down completely. Pretty smart to shut down Khedira. 'Cause who did we have left to make some runs from midfield? Allegri should have seen this earlier and either changed Dybala's role or made a sub (Sandro or Pjanic).
1) Asa didn't even try to create something
2) He never can run over the pressure line
3) He only tries passes side by side
4) Yesterday, Khedira missed two clear chances, Lemina tries a couple of time and he was our DM. Asa didn't try anything
5) He's really slow and It makes everyone to play around here looks under their level. AS and Evra specially.
6) He doesn't understand the B2B role at all.
2) He never can run over the pressure line
3) He only tries passes side by side
4) Yesterday, Khedira missed two clear chances, Lemina tries a couple of time and he was our DM. Asa didn't try anything
5) He's really slow and It makes everyone to play around here looks under their level. AS and Evra specially.
6) He doesn't understand the B2B role at all.
Pretty much this. Add Evra on the left instead of Alex Sandro and you have a very solid, yet unimaginative midfield. Obviously Allegri waited until it was too late to bring on Sandro and Pjanic, which can't be excused really. It's like we want to start the CL with a draw to make it difficult for ourselves.
This is exactly it. Italian teams play with structure and that is what makes them so hard to play against. Unfortunately, if the squad lacks fantastisti, the team just ends up getting deadlocked. The year we made it to the UCL final, we had both Tevez and Pirlo, which really helped our build-up - unfortunately, Pirlo was declining.
If you throw Lemina, Asamoah, and Khedira in a midfield, the creative duty falls onto three players - Dybala, Alves, and Bonucci, which needless to say is extraordinarily inefficient. When Pjanic is introduced, it creates much more balance in possession. Truthfully though, I don't think Allegri is comfortable with the squad yet. Like last year, it is very new and he is trying to make sure everyone is accustomed to a role.
I was such an advocate of getting James because it provides a lot of balance with respect to creatively throughout the whole squad. You can still play with structure, but are able to provide those moments of brilliance that sucker punch your opposition. Think of Italy's 2006 team - you are dealing with the best defense in the world and a prime Totti/ Pirlo.
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Good point - like that Dortmund game - one of Allegri's most brilliant.
"But that pressing game will destroy Juve" 2-1
"But in Dortmund + that pressing game" 4-0
If you throw Lemina, Asamoah, and Khedira in a midfield, the creative duty falls onto three players - Dybala, Alves, and Bonucci, which needless to say is extraordinarily inefficient. When Pjanic is introduced, it creates much more balance in possession. Truthfully though, I don't think Allegri is comfortable with the squad yet. Like last year, it is very new and he is trying to make sure everyone is accustomed to a role.
I was such an advocate of getting James because it provides a lot of balance with respect to creatively throughout the whole squad. You can still play with structure, but are able to provide those moments of brilliance that sucker punch your opposition. Think of Italy's 2006 team - you are dealing with the best defense in the world and a prime Totti/ Pirlo.
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So what? Lemina isn't good and that's why they had 59% possession? 
You don't even know if we wanted to have possession in the first place. That logic.
You don't even know if we wanted to have possession in the first place. That logic.
"But that pressing game will destroy Juve" 2-1
"But in Dortmund + that pressing game" 4-0