This tournament was one huge + for us in general.
First of all, we've seen that the world class players we bought are indeed world class and both of them make our team much better. Diego played only 60 minutes and if i'm not wrong, they didn't play together at the same time, but nonetheless in the little time they played, Diego has shown that he's one sick little genius that every CL winning team needs, and we didn't have till now, while Felipe Melo is so complete and perfect at what he does.
Another great positive is the three men central midfield and how well Camo and Tiago fit in there. The injuries, the long ball tactics etc, took a lot from Camo and what he does the best. This new formation, with these new players that know how to play the ball, gives Camo an opportunity to show himself in the best light possible.
Tiago too looks different player when it's not a 4-4-2 in which his movement is limited and he needs to think about defending more than attacking.
Someone said that our attackers suck. No, of course not. Everyone said less than a year ago that we have the best attackers.
Against Villa they did suck, but with 4 very good strikers, you'll always have at least 1 of them in top form to score the goals. Two years ago Trez was scoring like crazy for more than half a season, while Ale was average. Then Del Piero started scoring the goals while Trez was average.
Last year we had Amauri for the first half of the season, Iaquinta for the last 10-12 matches and Ale in the meantime.
Without much service, or any at all, in the last two years we once had the best attack in the league and once close to the best attack in the league.
Now with much better service, one of our attackers will always score a lot of goals.
The defense also did surprisingly well. Even Canna-Chiellini is getting better and better with every new match.
Zebina was very good again, as he's always when he's fit for a longer period (people mostly remember him in bad light from the Arsenal match in 2006, but they all forget that on that match he just came back after months of being injured). Attacking full back, just as we need in this formation, but also strong in the air in the defense.
Now we have few unanswered questions.
How will Sissoko fit in this formation?
What about the LB position?
Perhaps the following friendlies will give an answer, a positive one, to these questions.
God save our players from injuries, and i can safely guarantee you that we're up for a fantastic season.
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