[Serie A] Chievo Verona 0-1 JUVENTUS (August 30th 2014) (10 Viewers)

Wings

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Jul 15, 2002
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Coman to start!?!? really?! surprised intriqued and not sure what to expect all at the same time. although his speed is exactly what is needed when Chievo defends with 10 men
We need to score an early goal in order for Chievo to open up so that we can hit them with Coman's speed otherwise it will be a cagey match.
 

Pirlo's Beard

Junkie Joe Joyce
Oct 2, 2013
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As long as he's not playing similar to how forwards played in the Conte era

I.E back to goal, no space to use their pace (Although to be fair that's not something a coach will consider when our strikers were all fucking disgustingly slow), and performing 1-2s with each other all the time

Hopefully Coman plays in a somewhat free role.
 

Deep C

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Apr 8, 2012
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I think Allegri will player the team deeper in general than what we saw with Conte. If that's the case, then there might be more space up front as well.
 

Pirlo's Beard

Junkie Joe Joyce
Oct 2, 2013
11,411
The problem is the opposition aren't exactly known for throwing men forward :lol: so we'll really be lucky to get an early goal then in the 2nd half Coman & friends will have some room to exploit.

My major concern here is that our defence is mistake prone, and if we at any point need to chase the game or we're struggling to break them down, we have absolutely no hope in hell of scoring from a cross, which means we're forced to play through the middle and hope their 10 man wall screws up enough to give us a chance.
 

AlexOB

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Apr 2, 2014
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352 may be the death of coman :(
It's obvious that is not a permanent solution. We have half of our team out or unfit, and to give some stability at the beginning of the season, especially in the defense, looks like a fine choice to me. That we're going towards a permanent back-4 looks clear from our pre-season, when we've overused the 4-3-1-2/4-3-3 since the Asian Tour, and even Allegri yesterday said he has different ideas than Conte...
 

Pirlo's Beard

Junkie Joe Joyce
Oct 2, 2013
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Win, lose or draw I am looking forward to coming on Tuz a while after and reading about 50 pages of in-depth discussion about how good/bad Allegri is based on this one solitary game with half our team missing.

That being said we should still be beating this mob
 

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