[Serie A] Genoa 2-2 JUVENTUS Sep 24th 2009 - 5th round (30 Viewers)
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I said this before, and i will say it again. This Juve team looks extremely vulnerable to attacks from the flank, it was evident against Bordeaux and it was evident today against Genoa.
Ferrara really needs to do work on that imo.
Btw, are there any Iaquinta doubters left, he has been immense this season, scoring a lot of goals, getting in dangerous positions constantly, working extremely hard and generally running his heart out. I think by now he should be ahead of both Amauri and Trezeguet in the pecking order.
Someone else that really deserves praise is Claudio Marchisio, it looks like he is getting better everyday, his development has really went well, and he is turning out to be a brilliant defender. He was played mostly as a left winger today, and despite not being familiar with the position he played very well. Great run and low cross for the goal, he was a constant threat to Genoa today. I think Lippi would be crazy not to give him a starting spot in the NT, he is second only to De Rossi in Italian midfielders currently.
Ferrara really needs to do work on that imo.
Btw, are there any Iaquinta doubters left, he has been immense this season, scoring a lot of goals, getting in dangerous positions constantly, working extremely hard and generally running his heart out. I think by now he should be ahead of both Amauri and Trezeguet in the pecking order.
Someone else that really deserves praise is Claudio Marchisio, it looks like he is getting better everyday, his development has really went well, and he is turning out to be a brilliant defender. He was played mostly as a left winger today, and despite not being familiar with the position he played very well. Great run and low cross for the goal, he was a constant threat to Genoa today. I think Lippi would be crazy not to give him a starting spot in the NT, he is second only to De Rossi in Italian midfielders currently.
I am very sad for Amauri but you are right 
DP, Trez + Iaquinta can't play for so many games in a row. It is really tiring.
Not at all satisfied with the result. They have next to no chances and they get two goals while we get 10 chances with players blazing them over. Amauri needs to be benched, all this "helps in the build up" stuff was absent today and to crown it off he had two open headers and missed them both (and even the target). Trezeguet should start.
Some more absolutely horrendous individual performances out there. Poulsen looks like he is ice skating for the first time in possession. He has no idea what to do and he wastes so much possession. Camoranesi also had a poor game, completely marked out of the match by Bocchetti and was pissed off from 10 minutes onwards. Also had many bad passes including the one which led to the Crespo goal.
Now on to the positive. Marchisio had a very good second half, what a talent we have here. He's cemented a starting place and I'd start him ahead of Camoranesi when Momo comes back. The 60 yard run he did in the second half was great. All over the pitch, our MoM. Another good game by Iaquinta sort of ruined by the fumble after the exquisite Marchisio chip pass, nice finish for the first one though, deserves to keep his starting role.
There isn't much else to say apart from the frustration at the subs not coming earlier, and maybe seeing fresher legs for longer. I like the way we controlled large portions of the second half, but it really was poor in the final third.
Some more absolutely horrendous individual performances out there. Poulsen looks like he is ice skating for the first time in possession. He has no idea what to do and he wastes so much possession. Camoranesi also had a poor game, completely marked out of the match by Bocchetti and was pissed off from 10 minutes onwards. Also had many bad passes including the one which led to the Crespo goal.
Now on to the positive. Marchisio had a very good second half, what a talent we have here. He's cemented a starting place and I'd start him ahead of Camoranesi when Momo comes back. The 60 yard run he did in the second half was great. All over the pitch, our MoM. Another good game by Iaquinta sort of ruined by the fumble after the exquisite Marchisio chip pass, nice finish for the first one though, deserves to keep his starting role.
There isn't much else to say apart from the frustration at the subs not coming earlier, and maybe seeing fresher legs for longer. I like the way we controlled large portions of the second half, but it really was poor in the final third.
I have a feeling Ciro wanted them to stay back as they stacked their midfield and played 3 upfront. Otherwise we would have seen our wingbacks go forward more. Makes sense when you think about it. It would have made perfect sense if we had won because Genoa surge forward so often it would have been dumb to risk being down a man at the back by a wingback getting caught forward.
The dissallowed goal...clearly wasn't offside:
http://sport.virgilio.it/calcio/foto/genoa-juventus-foto-match.html
http://sport.virgilio.it/calcio/foto/genoa-juventus-foto-match.html