with chivu suspended, the central defense parnership of kuffour and mexes is somewhat mistake prone, the physical presence posed by ibra and trez will cause them no end of problems.
emerson and vieira should be able to win the battle with perrotta and de rossi, while taddei has defensive weakness and mancini has had many problems with the fans so far this season although he is a quality player his moral and self confidence is low, if he makes a few early mistakes or juve make some good attacks down his wing the crowd will be on his back.
the montella of this season is a poor reflection of the montella of last season and for some reason he always performs poorly against juve, as the juve defence catch him off side time and time again.
i believe doni is a weak keeper and the pressure and the atmosphere will get to him more than abbiatti.
roma two main positive points are the general form of totti who has been in great form latley, but i think he is more effective when played behind two strikers(montella cassano) than palying as the second striker, if the roma midfield are getting outplayed totti will get frustrated and drop deeper leaving them with just one up front,
which canna and thuram will deal with all day.
their other great strenght is set pieces pannucci mexes and other have scored a good few goals this season from set pieces and sometime juve tend to give away a lot of fouls in some games and the juve defense and keeper have not been as solid as usual on set piece defense of late.
juve have to come out and not sit back like they did against milan they have to get aggressive first and set the tone( like gattuso against juve) and put roma on the back foot and take control.
DOES ANYONE KNOW MORE ABOUT MUTU'S INJURY???
i was hoping he would start, looks like camo will be in now hope the international break and almost goal( Og) will have helped him regain his confidence.
all in all of juve's midfield get on top forcing totti to drop deep thus giving our defence an easier time (4 on 1) thus allowing zambo and chellini more freedom to push on the counter attack all in all helping juve attack and expose roma's defencive frailty. if juve can score an early goal ( first 30 mins) i expect a great result.
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