By putting Lemina,Dybala and Pjanic.Not a second doubt about that.Pjanic scored,Lemina is better than Sturaro and Dybala is ,simply magician. His third goal assist was a piece of art.Mandzukic assisted perfectly to Higuain's first goal and was best on the pitch. .
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Allegri said postgame that he needed to increase the technical level
So he put Lemina for the worst technical midfielder, Sturaro (who was rather poor in that regard even to his own base standards)
He reshaped the front 3 by subbing forward for forward, and swapping the tired winger for a playmaker.
Know what ? It absolutely worked like a charm.
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He was planning to sub Cuadrado for Pjanic minutes later, and you need a reminder that they don't play the same position.
Cuadrado was running back as a right back alot which was odd and refreshing. Exchanging such a player for another attacker may not been the best fit even if I wanted that sub simply cuz Cuadrado was off whole game. But an attacker for an attacker made sense. Nitpicking that is is just overzealous.
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I personally think waiting to sub Cuadrado till last was a good idea. As always, Cuads direct marker was absolutely dead before him, and whilst he was off and tired, he started to pull some impressive gaps on his side cause Torino's left wing simply couldnt handle both pressing forward and tracking back.
Its often greatly underestimated how fielding Cuadrado in this forward role, forces the opponent to sub his opposing fullback or make tactical adjustments to keep the organisation up, cause he's completely running their flank ragged.
At some point in the game : "player y just owned cuadrado for pace". Yes,one of his first sprints whilst cuads had been doing it consistantly. However, 30 minutes later cuads is still doing them while player y struggles to catch his breath