It was sort of a hybrid, but leaning towards 4-3-3 or even 4-4-2.
___________Buffon
Barzagli Bonucci Chiellini
____________________Evra
___Khedira Hernanes Pogba
Cuadrado
______Dybala Morata
Is pretty accurate.
Pretty much. Allegri found a starting team, that's great.
Mandzukic will have to ride the bench, I really hope Allegri doesn't try to insert him in the lineup because of his status/salary, even though I don't think he did as poorly in the past games as people say. I thought he was fine in build up. But of course Morata should be the starting CF (that was clear all along), and Dybala fits way better with him. Moving our best CF and our team's current best player out of position for Mandzukic is senseless.
Insert Marchisio in for Hernanes and that's our starting 11. Much more balanced midfield with Marchisio - Khedira - Pogba. I want to see Alex Sandro gaining ground to offer some attacking on the left, but right now Evra has to start, he's in great shape.
Backup team:
________Neto
Licht Caceres Rugani Alex Sandro
________Lemina
____Hernanes Sturaro (Asamoah)
________Pereyra
____Zaza Mandzukic
Manzukic is clearly the immediate substitute of either Dybala or Morata, Pereyra to replace Cuadrado or Dybala, Lemina as Marchisio substitute, Hernanes as Khedira/Pogba replacement.
Looks good. Zaza still out of place when Mandzukic returns though. We still need another offensive option on the bench as an AM/SS/winger, a RB to replace Licht, a CB to replace Caceres (should be sold). Then I believe we are set.
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Anyway, there are 3 guys so far who were very pleasant surprises to me. These guys give the team balance. That's Lemina (to a lesser extent, since his position is covered - but potential is amazing. He can become a world class DM in the world, definitely); and mainly Cuadrado, inserted on the first games, and Khedira, inserted the past 2 games.
Cuadrado and Khedira are giving a huge boost to this team. With Marchisio's return, things should look better.