Ronaldo scored in both legs. So why even bring Blind into this. We took the lead in both games and the defense failed to keep the lead. Bonucci never shows up in these big european nights. Last night he was supposed to as the veteran of the defense (he was only player in 30s at the back). Bonucci deserves extra criticism for his own outspoken behaving. He is fast to accuse others but when it mattered he didnt show up. Imagine if Kean would now say the defeat blame is on 50% Bonucci.
If Man United's reject, that is Blind is good enough then I don't see how Bonucci is not. These days defenders don't stand for shit if the whole team plays badly. Without midfield, there's no defense in today's game. Even attackers have to either drop back or apply pressure higher up the pitch to offload the pressure off the defense.
Yesterday Juve was outplayed in every aspect of the game, almost everyone looked bad, so it's not a surprise the defense leaked goals. When you struggle to string 3 passes altogether under pressure, everything becomes difficult: attacking, defending, maintaining possession etc.
Football is a team sport and yesterday it was very visible. Ajax, while being worse on paper looked like a team, a well-oiled machine. Unlike Juve. Besides individuals there's also something called organization of the game. Another factor would be physical preparation - here, Juve also looked much worse, even though their players were more rested. They also play too slowly when in possession, so there's no way they could expose Ajax's weaknesses. They're no kings of the defense but they still did it and looked superior, even in this aspect of the game.
I agree that Bonucci is an idiot, too often speaks before thinking things through but it doesn't make him a bad player or even a defender for that matter. Sure, he's nothing special but good enough to get to the final, which Juve managed to do with him twice. I just would like to stop thinking in terms of "defense was shitty yesterday" or blaming the attack for scoring so little. It's all about the team and how well it functions as a unit.
I blame Allegri much more for what happened than any specific player, because the whole team looked bleak yesterday and that's been the case for a while now with this team (to say the least). You have to wonder what kind of training Allegri carries out to have such a tired and injury plagued team. It also lacks in organization of the game and has no plan B it seems.
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