Leonardo Bonucci (70 Viewers)

[Bianconero_Aus]

He had a pretty good game overall, but got outjumped by the blackfella for their second goal. Cleaned up everything else at the back pretty well.

ROFL at him killing a counter for us in the first half. He ran about 70M and totally killed/slowed down the counter

 

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[Alen]

Minutes played for Juve since Conte took over, until today:

01. Bonucci 12 631 minutes
02. Buffon 12 618
03. Pirlo 11 807
04. Chiellini 11 002
05. Vidal 10 982

Irreplaceable

 

[Dostoevsky]

Worst defender ever.

 

[Cuti]

two of our 3 oldest players (if you include Storari) played the most under Conte #turnover

 

[Pirlo's Beard]

Having a solid season compared to last imo

needs to work on not being a pussy defending set pieces considering he wins every fucking corner we cross in (can't head for shit but wins it nonetheless)

 

[JuveJay]

Yeah he wins them because he is 6'3" and brave/stupid, but he has the worst heading technique I think I've ever seen.

 

[Pirlo's Beard]

That's what annoys me though, I can accept him not scoring headers for fun even though he should with all the chances he gets but I can't accept him winning all the headers in the oppositions box like it's not even difficult, but getting completely and utterly embarrassed when it's at our end.

 

[JuveJay]

He's a lot better at winning offensive headers than he is defensive headers, which I don't completely understand. It's like he doesn't jump properly in a defensive stance, but give him something to attack and he loves it.

 

[Pirlo's Beard]

He seems to be hesitant to do anything in our box other than swivel his hip at people, put him in a low risk situation and he's fantastic in the air.

 

[JuveJay]

He's started to win quite a few of those leg sweeps of death this season.

 

[Pirlo's Beard]

They look pretty amazing when they come off but ffs I almost look away when I see him lining up a reverse leg sweep. I dunno man it's like this guy has too much confidence for his role. He has some games where you think he's finally wised up but then all of a sudden he's doing some crazy shit

 

[Cuti]

The reason he might win more attacking headers is that attacking headers normally come after a run into the box and a leap. Defending headers, normally you are in the box positioned so rarely have a run up, i.e. will be more static

 

[Pirlo's Beard]

That does play a part but even still his air game disintegrates in his own box, he seemingly loses the ability to jump or to at least lean on attackers enough to put them off a la what every CB in the world does when they know they're beaten in the air.

 

[JuveJay]

Probably, because it's not just as set pieces. Regular aerial duels he doesn't seem to win as often as he should.

Looking at the stats on Whoscored he is winning overall 60-65% of duels, and it seems he should be doing better. But then you look at Chiellini's stats and they are <50% in Serie A and 75% in the CL, so it's difficult to say.

For reference Caceres is at 70%.

 

[Pirlo's Beard]

Tbf as good as Chiellini is from a defensive standpoint he's what 6' tall and not super-athletic so most players he'll come up against can give him a battle in the air at the very least so long as they time his jumps. He has been notably winning headers in the CL though, his anticipation has been good. Chiellini keeps nipping in front of static players waiting for a long ball and heading it clear.

 

[JuveJay]

He's 1.86/1.87m, so between 6'1" and 6'2".

 

[Fr3sh]

For reference Caceres is at 70%.

 

[Pirlo's Beard]

He's 1.86/1.87m, so between 6'1" and 6'2".

Damn really, he doesn't look it on the pitch. Thought Bonucci and Pogba had a good 3 inches in height on him

 

[Elvin]

He's started to win quite a few of those leg sweeps of death this season.

this is how it's done

 

[DanielSz]

I don't hate the guy or anything, I think he's a decent player but I can't wait until rugani or marrone replaces him.