I feel like Carlo should get credit for his changes in the 2nd half, as they clearly played a role in why we almost threw away a clear win if it wans't for a late own goal.
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Well it's obviously true. Was it like that though? The players started to play again later on so I'm not sure about that.
Napoli did their part very well too. Ancelotti did very good changes while ours not so much I'd say. Danilo was obviously the right one but Can was actually bad I'd say. Dybala is difficult to rate but if it was me I'd throw in Rabiot instead of Matuidi as the 3rd one.
Yeah but he wasn't there to do that and we don't know if he'd have opted for that or not. We'll see how it goes in the future.
Napoli did their part very well too. Ancelotti did very good changes while ours not so much I'd say. Danilo was obviously the right one but Can was actually bad I'd say. Dybala is difficult to rate but if it was me I'd throw in Rabiot instead of Matuidi as the 3rd one.
Yeah but he wasn't there to do that and we don't know if he'd have opted for that or not. We'll see how it goes in the future.
That's Rabiot's strength, no? He's a no frills, intelligent midfielder similar to Khedira? Ramsey will be our best midfielder if he can stay fit.
The thing is that we lost control of the game because we stopped pressing. That gave Napoli space once they did win the ball. And every side will eventually get the ball back - it's whether they are pressured or not which determines their control of the ball. So, I don't see how we can "control" a game without pressing high and forcing a turnover.
The thing is that we lost control of the game because we stopped pressing. That gave Napoli space once they did win the ball. And every side will eventually get the ball back - it's whether they are pressured or not which determines their control of the ball. So, I don't see how we can "control" a game without pressing high and forcing a turnover.
I’m not overly upset about today’s match. I found it fun, if a little chaotic, and we won. 3 points is 3 points. Same as it was during Allegri era.
In both matches we have looked incredibly shaky and poor in the 2nd half, but we’re just 2 matches into the season and that’s obviously fixable. But we’ve been sitting back too much on our leads in the last 30 minutes without showing much defensive solidity thus far.
It is ultimately up to the coach to get our back line performing to their world class capability and to make us solid closing out matches, and Sarri’s ability to do this over the next few months will be the difference between us being genuine CL contenders or not.
I do like that he had Costa looking like vintage 17/18 Costa, and Higgy and Pjanic looking like 16/17 vintage so far. Even Bonehead looks better than last year right now. Good signs.
In both matches we have looked incredibly shaky and poor in the 2nd half, but we’re just 2 matches into the season and that’s obviously fixable. But we’ve been sitting back too much on our leads in the last 30 minutes without showing much defensive solidity thus far.
It is ultimately up to the coach to get our back line performing to their world class capability and to make us solid closing out matches, and Sarri’s ability to do this over the next few months will be the difference between us being genuine CL contenders or not.
I do like that he had Costa looking like vintage 17/18 Costa, and Higgy and Pjanic looking like 16/17 vintage so far. Even Bonehead looks better than last year right now. Good signs.
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