This was a great game. Honestly, even though we lost badly, i think this game was a very good game, for us and lippi so see how juve is doing. And seriously, we are doing very well. When our subs came on at the hour mark it got VERY exciting.
Lets analyse the team by position:
Attack/Offensive Midfield: Our attack was doing ok with the subsitutes in the begining of the game. But at the hour mark, when Trez, Del, and Nedved came on to join Miccoli, it became a sensational attack. The best attacking formation for Juve (and the one we used towards the end) is the following:
----------------Trez-------------
Del Piero---Nedved---Miccoli
It worked out great. Miccoli was doing well picking up long balls, Nedved was battling all over the place, and was in a good position to take his long distance bullet shots, and Del Piero had enough space to roam around in and make plays and take shots. And Trez, I think today, did very well. He missed a couple of chances, but his old form is comming back. Our attack is great. Finally, we have found a working formation. And we still have Di Viao and Camoranesi as very good subs, as they have proved lately. But Camo, still needs to work on his abilities. The talent is there, but he must just find it, with a little help of lippi. In addition, we can also bring Zambrotta, into the midfield, and replace him with biri, or pessoto, and that would work out great.
Defensive Midfield: I think our midfield has been doing very well keeping possession and getting balls. One player that stood out today was Maresca. Him and Davids did very well. Our midfield is loaded with talent. Not only do we have the usually Tachi, and Davids for our DM, but we also have Maresca and Appiah, who are excellent players and replacements. Technically, for big games our midfield should be:
----Davids----Tachi----
But you can easily switch either with Appiah or Maresca and it would work out fine.
Defense: I think, currently, our defense is our weakest link, and it could cause some head aches for Juve this new season. However, we must remind ourselves, that Thuram hasnt been playing any of the friendlies, and he is a big part of Juves defense. WIth the return of Thuram, i think our defense will be organized and more solid. Also, now we have two good sets of central defenders. We have Legrotagglie, Iuliano, Ferrara, and Montero, all great defenders. For LB and RB, we have Thuram and Zamboy, the first choice. and Pesseto, and Biri, great subs.
Our typical Defense should be:
--Thuram--Ferrara--Legro--Zamboy or
--Thuram--Iuliano--Montero--Zamboy
I prefer to link up Ferrara and Montero seperately since Legro and Iuliano are fast, and you need one fast defender, and a defender that can read the game well, and has a lot of experience as Ferrara and Montero have.
So overall, our typical line-up, techincally should be:
------------------Trez-------------
Del Piero------Nedved------Miccoli
-----------Davids-------Tachi--------
--Thuram--Ferrara--Legro--Zamboy
Buffon
Honestly, Buffon should never be subbed, unless he has sustained an injury. I understand Chimentis let in goals were defensive problems not only his, but he isnt that great. Important players that i have left are: Tudor, Zala, becaue they havent played yet.