How did he play? The ultimate question isn't it.. Ok I will put down what I saw in the 95 minutes we played last night.
Buffon: No great danger on him. The goal was not his fault. The ball was not far but it was shot from a short distance and was very fast and powerful. Still feels a bit heavy, but thats natural. I bet in few games he will regain his speed.
Balzaretti: Started of on the L side but Chievo were hunting us down there. Was ok but still has to work more on his deffense. He seemed troubled and not being able to stop the crosses. If against Chievo he had some troubles what will he do against Barca and Milan. Never the less looks promissing.
Cannavaro: Good game as usual, had one or two mistakes that were not fatal. He did correct some of Thurams mistakes.
Thuram: Its difficult for me to say this because he is one of my favourites, any way here it goes: It looks like age is getting into him. He is not fast and he lacking concetration. It was a mistake for him to return to the NT. Its time that we get another first 11 CB to stand next to Fabio. He did save two serious balls during the match.
Zambrotta: Is it just me or did Luca lose some of his attacking brilliance? Ever since Capello to charge of Juve he limited Luca's forward sprints. Ofcourse that resulted in better deffense and over all better results (last season with Sir Lippi we had serious deffense issues) but him not sprinting as usual decreased some of our special creativity. Plus on a personal note it decreased Luca's ability to sprint.
Personally I don't mind Zambrotta playing on the right, and to tell you the truth I feel its good for him to learn back his RB charecters because it looks like Italy needs him there in the WC.
Last night he tride going up front few times, especially in the last 30 min of the game but nothing special happened. His crosses were not strong enough.
Over all good game. He was one of the best Juve players last night.
Camoranesi: He had a good game, he was creative and fast. I still don't understand why did Capello take him out. He was one of our best players.
Vieira: I said this before in this thread, whats up with Vieira. He is not shooting like he used to during the Arsenal year. He was known for his lethal shots. He got few chances to shoot during the game which he did not take. Instead he passed terrible passes trying to reach trezeguet. He scored our goal, but over all was not really impressive. He looked very tired though.
Emerson: He looked exhaust like hell. If there is a player that was very tired and was not suitable for the game it was him. He did ok in blocking but was clueless in passing.
Mutu: Maybe the best player last night. Good game. He was better on the L side, but even when he went on the right he was effective.
Ibrahimovic: Started off well, the ref ignored a clear foul inside the box against him. Started to fade away after 35 min mark passed. In the 2nd half he was not good. Should've been subbed.
Trezeguet: The ultimate hitman. No passes to reach him thanx to fantastic deffense from Chievo. Blame is also put on the whole squad because they were not openning the field for each other. There were always 2 to 3 deffensder with Trezeguet. How can this guy score with such man to man play.If the midfield and the flanks were working better those 2-3 would've became 1 or sometimes free from deffenders. Not to blame on this one except that he had to move more to try to clear himself. He felt as if he surenderd to the deffenders.
Del Piero: Capello made a good choice that he enter. The timing was perfect. What was wrong was the player to sub. If Camo was having a bad game it would've justified it. He did well, but Chievo were really good. He produced some nice chances for Vieira, Trezeguet and Ibra (from corner). Openned up the field abit, it was clear that he was thinking right. It was also clear that he is starting to have good understanding with Adrian. He was not very dangerous because he played away from the box. He was playing is a left midfielder. All in all good game, but nothing spectacular. One more thing, this guy knows how to workout Zambrotta. They really understand each other.
Overall: The team was ok but tired as hell, Chievo were brilliant. Capello should've advised the players to open up the flanks more. And I really think that Subbing Camo was the reason behind our flanks becoming weaker.
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