A 'quick' summary of the match:
Glad to see us playing such a convincing first half, the first 20 minutes in particular . Some easy flowing combinations, nice for a change. Especially Del Piero and Trezeguet finding each other and leading the frontline, like they should. Ofcourse Ascoli's defence was chaos, but i'd still like to complement our attack for a job well done. A hattrick for Trezeguet within 20 minutes, must be the one of the quickist hattricks ever. The first half for the rest of the duration was quite open, with a pretty opportunistic Ascoli daring to attack. One lapse in concentration resulted in Ascoli's goal; Cannavaro and Thuram were late, Vieira couldn't keep up with Ascoli's Comotto and Zambrotta was out of position. After that though, we didn't allow Ascoli to create such chances anymore.
Second half was pretty uneventful in contrast to the first. We slowed down the tempo and killed off the match. It might not be the supporters choise of tactic, but the smarter tactic. With a busy schedule, preserving energy instead of going for more goals in an already won match is the best thing to do. Ascoli didn't get anymore shots at goal, though we created only a few chances ourselves. Subsitute Ibrahimovic was wasteful with the biggest chance of the second half; trying to control the ball instead of directly passing to the open Zalayeta. Oh well, few players are interested in coming on as a sub in these kind of matches.....
Though Ascoli was awful in defence, all in all a job well done and quite an easy day of work. I hope we keep it up.
Player ratings:
Buffon: Uneventful day, gave me the feeling of leading the defensive line well. Not at fault at the goal conceded. 6(hard to rate though)
Zebina: Quite impressed by him actually. Offers a lot of athletisisme, with his strength,agility and speed, to our aging central defence. Good going forward as well, calm and skilled and even dribbled well. Keep it up Zebina. 6.5
Thuram: Played a good match, but can't help but feel that age is catching up with him. His impressive moments sadly mix up with the lacklustre moments, such was the case at the goal conceded goal. Luckily did notice any real decline today. 6
Cannavaro: Played the way we know him. Could've done better, to prevent the 1-3 though. 6+
Zambrotta: He IS better on the left. There was something really familiar on seeing him on the leftside of the field with Zebina back on the right. A dynamic performance by Zambrotta today, bombed down the left well and active in the defence. Had a tough time with Foggia in the first half. He dealt pretty well with Foggia though, especially in the second half where Foggia didn't get to touch the ball anymore. 6.5
Camoranesi: Good and active match. I think Camo is having a good season, contrary to claims of certain pundits. He's had a few less impressive matches this season, but even the lesser matches have been decent. Two assists today, which means he is our topassister once again. His overall contribution was excellent today. Would be a huge loss, were he really to leave at the end of the season. 7
Emerson: More of the Emerson I want to see, opposite to the Empoli match. Won us a lot of balls and was both aggresive and our 'beacon of calmth'. 6+
Vieira: Ditto as Emerson, improved on his performance against Empoli. Still has a tendency of getting cards though and a little ball hoggish at times. 6
Nedved: I do think our team has the knack of performing better with Nedved in it. He himself might not perform, but the team benefits from his presence somehow. Nedved has had a hot and cold season so far, with luckily falling into the hot category today. Active in the first half and very dynamic in his movement. Quiet in the second half, but most of the team was. 6.5
Del Piero: I felt an old chemistry between him and Trezeguet was restored today, with Del Piero as the provider and Trezeguet as the finisher. DP's passes were well directed towards his teammates, especially around the box. Involved in every attack that led to a goal, and assisted one. Very active and some nice moves, especially his contribution to the 2-0 was formidable. 7.5!
Trezeguet: Quite active and scored an hattrick. His goals speak volumes. Man of the match. 8
Any comments ?
In fact that's what I like about DP, he uses skills that are fairly common in the most amazing ways, like just using 2 or 3 cuts to juke out the entire RM defense (2003) including the keeper.
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