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dolph

Senior Member
Mar 30, 2006
2,599
Simeone is playing one of the most defensive and boring football in the world.He has one or two good seasons with Atletico but his defensive and only defensive and dirty playing approach to the game cost him CL trophy.
His playing philosophy he transferred to his players.Brutal-leg breaking tackles ,lying on the field forever and he will deploy 10 defenders if he could.His only value is that he is a good motivator.Nothing else.Alegri is way better in tactics than him.
And about Ancelloti.Probably you know that he was our coach too_Or you don't know?I think(not sure it was 1999 or 2000) Saying that he is Milan or Roma fan is a pure media bull$#@!.Lippi also coached Inter,so he is an Inter fan?Like Trapatoni who coached Inter and Milan also .
You remember Capello(one of my most hated coaches) declares in February that year, as a Roma coach before he joins us that summer,that from all the clubs he wouldn't ever coach only Juve in future and at the end in July ended as our coach ,bringing with him Emerson and Zebina.We won two titles with him,with Ibrahimovic also.
Simeone is no near to Ancelloti or Conte ,both tactically or as a motivator.Another league we are speaking.
Yeah I do now that Ancelotti coached us and did a shitty job of it.
You are missing the point completly. I am not saying Ancelotti is Milanista. I am saying that saying you dont want Simeone because he is interista is like saying you dont want Ancelotti because he must be considered a Milanista.
Fair enough about the defensive approach. That would be my concern about Simeone to. I dont give a rats ass if he has played two years for Inter.
 

dolph

Senior Member
Mar 30, 2006
2,599
Great approach from Max today. So glad he was willing to try something new, and finally decided to let go of the handbreak. Keep it up.

And please no more Stu and Khedira as BTB, when we have so many quality offensive players on the bench.
 
Apr 9, 2015
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Max Allegri explains how he came up with his new-look Juventus against Lazio. “Nobody expected me to actually do it!”

Paulo Dybala and Gonzalo Higuain were on target in the 2-0 victory, which was sealed with a 4-2-3-1 formation including Juan Cuadrado, Mario Mandzukic and Miralem Pjanic.

“Paradoxically with so many attacking players, we allowed little or nothing to Lazio,” the Coach told Sky Sport Italia.

“During the week I hadn’t even thought about it, but after a training session the next morning I thought, I have to change something.

“I had said yesterday in the Press conference that it was an option, but nobody expected me to actually do it!

“Mandzukic has gone back in time, because he played in that role when he was much younger. He also has a never-ending engine and isn’t even tired at the final whistle. He did very well today defending and in terms of technique.

“I don’t have to make anyone happy. I am not much of a theorist, but every now and then I come up with a mad idea and try it on the pitch. The important thing is to be sure what you’re doing.”

Can this system become the permanent approach for Juventus going forward?

“It’s one of the options, certainly. Everyone was involved and played a great game as a team. This side has the technical quality to challenge anyone and we need to use all of that to succeed in Europe.

“Today we made a few mistakes and could’ve had many more goals.”
 

Bjerknes

"Top Economist"
Mar 16, 2004
116,024
:lol:

People on this forum have been calling for something like this for a long time. Not that Allegri should browse an internet forum for ideas, but it's pretty obvious you don't need three defensive midfielders and three center backs every single game. You can play sound defensively even with attacking players, as seen today. One DM/holding mid is all you need.
 

Boksic

Senior Member
May 11, 2005
14,300
The change of formation was kind of forced with the injuries/suspensions but credit for Allegri for going for it in a crucial game.

Every manager should base their team around the best players in their squad. 3-5-2 was a result of Conte wanting to fit in Vidal with Marchisio and Pirlo. There is no need to continue with it given that our midfield is our biggest weakness. I'm glad Allegri found a workable solution and one that has flexibility to fit other players (e.g. Pjaca or Marchisio).
 

Suns

Release clause?
May 22, 2009
22,086
It was great so see this new formation, there is no reason not to play Cuadrado, Higuain, Dybala and Pjanic together at their normal positions.
Obviously 4-2-3-1 is not the solution for this team since Dybala wants and should play as a striker, but it was great to see.
 

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