Allegri should take a lot of the blame with his starting 11, it looked as though he put zero thought into it. as a consequence, Genoa exploited the fuck out of our right side in the first half. Lichtsteiner had an absolutely abysmal game, but we already knew he's lost it. he should only get garbage time minutes in blowouts from now until the end of the season. Dani Alves is even less of a center back than Evra. He has never been a defensively-oriented fullback anyway, absolutely baffling to put Lichtsteiner ahead of him as a right winger. Bar none, this game had the worst defending by a Juve squad since the Del Neri/Zaccheroni days.
On to the midfield... Pjanic-Hernanes-Khedira - this just makes me sad.
I mean we know by now our midfield isn't what it once was, but these guys have so much trouble making simple plays. Inadequate, lethargic, sub-par, out of sync, pick your adjective. This was the classic Pjanic game: looks lost the entire game in open play, then he hits one free kick and he gets a 7.7 on whoscored. Khedira spent the afternoon losing out on challenges, misreading when to run forward, jogging/walking back into position, and missing the target from literally two yards out. Hernanes actually might have been our best player, which isn't saying much. he was able to actually retain possession and string passes, things a Juve midfielder should be able to do in their sleep.
Mandzukic didn't really get much service, and he should have won a penalty, but I thought he was poor. He drifts to the wing way too much, and he missed on a number of chances. Also, if you say Higuain is healthy for this game you need to fucking start him. You put your best 11 players on the pitch and if they aren't fit enough to play 90 you can take them off later on.
Sturaro needs to be sold ASAP. I have no idea what Allegri sees in him. Bringing him on instead of Kean when we are down by 3 goals... come on Max.
What is crazy though is that, with all of the above being said, if we would have been correctly awarded that penalty and our finishing was a bit better, we could have drawn this game.
On to the midfield... Pjanic-Hernanes-Khedira - this just makes me sad.
I mean we know by now our midfield isn't what it once was, but these guys have so much trouble making simple plays. Inadequate, lethargic, sub-par, out of sync, pick your adjective. This was the classic Pjanic game: looks lost the entire game in open play, then he hits one free kick and he gets a 7.7 on whoscored. Khedira spent the afternoon losing out on challenges, misreading when to run forward, jogging/walking back into position, and missing the target from literally two yards out. Hernanes actually might have been our best player, which isn't saying much. he was able to actually retain possession and string passes, things a Juve midfielder should be able to do in their sleep.
Mandzukic didn't really get much service, and he should have won a penalty, but I thought he was poor. He drifts to the wing way too much, and he missed on a number of chances. Also, if you say Higuain is healthy for this game you need to fucking start him. You put your best 11 players on the pitch and if they aren't fit enough to play 90 you can take them off later on.
Sturaro needs to be sold ASAP. I have no idea what Allegri sees in him. Bringing him on instead of Kean when we are down by 3 goals... come on Max.
What is crazy though is that, with all of the above being said, if we would have been correctly awarded that penalty and our finishing was a bit better, we could have drawn this game.
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