Well, this went completely as I figured it would. No surprises at all.
Despite all our big talks during the week of "ending the season on a high" & "believing in 4th place", we didn't even achieve our obejctive of winning all 3 points.
I'm not even going to put too much blame on the players, because I feel that the individual performances mostly weren't that horrible (some exceptions obviously).
But if someone can tell me exactly what our tactics & gameplan were, please do. I saw nothing more than 11 players on the pitch, randomly running around & being confused. What exactly does Zac do with these guys all week & what exactly does he tell them before the game?
Buffon 6,5 - Ready when called upon.
Zebina 5,5 - Mostly good game. A few troubles here and there though, and he did look set for a 2nd yellow card later on.
Cannavaro 6,5 - Some vital & great tackling. Some troubles when it came to marking on set pieces.
Chiellini 6 - Mostly good game.
De Ceglie 6,5 - He made up for his lack of brain with nothing more than hard work. Promising display, but he'll go back to his usual ways soon enough I imagine.
Poulsen 6,5 - Good game. Some nice linking up as well.
Melo 5,5 - I've seen worse games of him. Some good work in the middle of the pitch, but how hard can it be to give a pass?
Marchisio 6 - Bad 1st half with a lot of missplaced passes, big improvement in the 2nd.
Diego 6 - As always: a lot of hard work, which in the end leads to nothing. Some credit has to be given to him for a couple of nice set pieces, he really should have had at least 1 assist.
Del Piero 5 - Poor once again. Seems like he never recovered from that pathetic miss.
Iaquinta 5,5 - Lively & his presence was felt, but not exactly a good game.
Amauri 3,5 - Is this guy for real? I can't say I didn't see him though: the moaning & complaining were there for everyone to behold.
Salihamidzic 4 - As much as I like the guy, he seems finished.
Candreva -
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