[Serie A] Juventus 1-1 Roma [August 27th, 2022] (7 Viewers)
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You gonna have an @Bianconero_Aus style dad bod 
I discovered a meal between breakfast and brunch.
It’s just so weird to see a club like ours where even in our best of times - playing well but not scoring, other side looking basically like utter dogshit - you never truly have full confidence in the team to get the job done. Any other side of our stature would have scored 2 or 3 against such a pathetic team. Why is it that legacy defenders always have the match of their lives against us? I know smelling is good, but he’s just one guy. Mourinho deploys his side as if half of them are in wheelchairs and we still draw 1-1. What a fucking joke we are.
The only difference is the amount and quality of the absentees who hopefully are returning soon, a better start than last season, Vlahovic after a full preseason and finally Paredes aka the midfielder Max is dying for and maybe the one we are missing since Pjanic’s sale.
We were one good referee away against Inter last season from challenging for the title so I am still delusional and hopeful.
We were one good referee away against Inter last season from challenging for the title so I am still delusional and hopeful.
Just so disappointing that we drop these kind of points. Just continues to highlight a massive lack of quality in this team though, with only Dusan capable of creating something out of nothing - scorer of 75% of our goals this season… same old Juve.
Then to see them equalise on a moment of magic assist from Dybala further highlights our missing quality. The game started to turn when we lost Rabiot and started to bring in low level players. Zak isn’t good enough, don’t get me started on headless chicken footballer McKennie, that guy needs to be sold immediately.
Cuadrado was poor and shoots when he needs to pass despite being one of the worst finishers in our squad, Kostic was very poor and didn’t even get his crossed past the first man. This is going to be a tough season and I’m not convinced this set of players and manager is capable of achieving the top 4 finish we need
Then to see them equalise on a moment of magic assist from Dybala further highlights our missing quality. The game started to turn when we lost Rabiot and started to bring in low level players. Zak isn’t good enough, don’t get me started on headless chicken footballer McKennie, that guy needs to be sold immediately.
Cuadrado was poor and shoots when he needs to pass despite being one of the worst finishers in our squad, Kostic was very poor and didn’t even get his crossed past the first man. This is going to be a tough season and I’m not convinced this set of players and manager is capable of achieving the top 4 finish we need
I’ve rewatched the first hour of the game and it actually gave me a lot of confidence for the remainder of the season.
Players were fired up, fighting for every inch on the pitch, winning almost every second ball, pressing high and recuperating position at Roma’s half. This is anything unlike we’ve seen last year or in the first 2 games of the season. No regrets whatsoever in terms of desire or fighting spirit.
What’s still concerning is that we weren’t able to translate the dominance into goals, which is simply due to poor decision making and lack of quality. A game like this would have been very different if we’d have Chiesa and/or Di Maria instead of Kostic or Cuadrado.
Also Vlahovic really has to do better in a few instances - I recall a moment where Locatelli played him with his back to the goal and made the run for the one-two, which Smalling anticipated and intercepted. Instead, if Vlahovic would have turned he would be open to the goal on the penalty box.
Also great cameo from Milik, who has certain skills Vlahovic is still lacking. Things like holding of the ball with the back to the goal, dropping a little deeper to relieve some pressure and open up the play to the other side. You could tell why Allegri wanted a backup striker like him.
Its a shame that despite no player really performing worse than a 6/10, we still didn’t get the 3 points here. But most of us craved for some improvements in play and mindset and I think we got that yesterday. A few relatively easy games (on paper) are coming up now and these will have to won if we want to be Scudetto contenders this season.
Players were fired up, fighting for every inch on the pitch, winning almost every second ball, pressing high and recuperating position at Roma’s half. This is anything unlike we’ve seen last year or in the first 2 games of the season. No regrets whatsoever in terms of desire or fighting spirit.
What’s still concerning is that we weren’t able to translate the dominance into goals, which is simply due to poor decision making and lack of quality. A game like this would have been very different if we’d have Chiesa and/or Di Maria instead of Kostic or Cuadrado.
Also Vlahovic really has to do better in a few instances - I recall a moment where Locatelli played him with his back to the goal and made the run for the one-two, which Smalling anticipated and intercepted. Instead, if Vlahovic would have turned he would be open to the goal on the penalty box.
Also great cameo from Milik, who has certain skills Vlahovic is still lacking. Things like holding of the ball with the back to the goal, dropping a little deeper to relieve some pressure and open up the play to the other side. You could tell why Allegri wanted a backup striker like him.
Its a shame that despite no player really performing worse than a 6/10, we still didn’t get the 3 points here. But most of us craved for some improvements in play and mindset and I think we got that yesterday. A few relatively easy games (on paper) are coming up now and these will have to won if we want to be Scudetto contenders this season.
We lack all of that indeed but I agree with the previous post, we are looking more solid now. Once we add some creative players like Paredes, Di Maria, Pogba, Chiesa and a mezzala Locatelli imo we will be quite good.
At the moment we are playing with a squad that is downgraded from last season, yet look a bit better.
At the moment we are playing with a squad that is downgraded from last season, yet look a bit better.