[Serie A] Cagliari 1-4 JUVENTUS (Jan. 12th 2014) (2 Viewers)
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Fairly indifferent performance from Juve in general.
They really lacked aggression through the first half and that left them looking vulnerable at the back and tame in attack.
The defenders weren't winning the long balls that Cagliari were playing forward, so Cagliari were getting in good positions to mount attacks and put Juve under pressure.
When Juve were attacking there was a lack of energy and drive from the players that you expect to make the incisive bursts forward, so Juve's play was all pretty slow and sideways and in safe areas that weren't threatening.
Towards the end of the first half and at the start of the second, Juve properly got into the game and showed a willingness to fight to assert themselves, but you really couldn't see where a goal was coming from at the point Juve scored their second.
Juve then reacted well to that and killed Cagliari in the way you'd expecta good team to when they've just got a break and a lift, but you certainly wouldn't say Juve were terribly convincing or that they created enough that them scoring four goals really reflected how even the game was.
I do like watching Cagliari play against the good teams in the league. They and Atalanta are well enough organised that you have to work for everything when playing against them and they both have talented enough attackers to pose a threat.
They really lacked aggression through the first half and that left them looking vulnerable at the back and tame in attack.
The defenders weren't winning the long balls that Cagliari were playing forward, so Cagliari were getting in good positions to mount attacks and put Juve under pressure.
When Juve were attacking there was a lack of energy and drive from the players that you expect to make the incisive bursts forward, so Juve's play was all pretty slow and sideways and in safe areas that weren't threatening.
Towards the end of the first half and at the start of the second, Juve properly got into the game and showed a willingness to fight to assert themselves, but you really couldn't see where a goal was coming from at the point Juve scored their second.
Juve then reacted well to that and killed Cagliari in the way you'd expecta good team to when they've just got a break and a lift, but you certainly wouldn't say Juve were terribly convincing or that they created enough that them scoring four goals really reflected how even the game was.
I do like watching Cagliari play against the good teams in the league. They and Atalanta are well enough organised that you have to work for everything when playing against them and they both have talented enough attackers to pose a threat.
