[Serie A] JUVENTUS 2 - 0 Napoli (20th Oct 2012) (2 Viewers)
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If anything it's just that the team haven't showed half the level of playing in terms of almost everything, we don't look as compact as last year in the defense and our defense looked shaky and breakable in so many occasions, we lack half of the pace we've shown last year, missing pepe made a huge negative impact as he was the right man in the 4-3-3 to open up the opponents defense and giving Pirlo more solutions, as the only player who is doing this now and attacking the space is Marchisio.
Hopefully the players will give it all and they will be fired up to the game, it's a tricky game just ahed of another important game in CL, so there is a fear also that the players will have thoughts about that game already in the second half, so it's important we finish them up in the first half although this juve is more like a second half time apart from few games.
Hopefully the players will give it all and they will be fired up to the game, it's a tricky game just ahed of another important game in CL, so there is a fear also that the players will have thoughts about that game already in the second half, so it's important we finish them up in the first half although this juve is more like a second half time apart from few games.
How do people want Juve to approach this game?
Should Juve just play their normal game and try to dominate the way they did in the Super Coppa game?
Personally, I'd be taking a pretty cautious approach to the game, because I thought that Juve took a lot of risks in the Super Coppa and left themselves very vulnerable to counter-attacks from Napoli.
By far the best performance Juve have put in against Napoli in recent years was the 3-0 home win last season. In that game Juve played very deep, denied Napoli's dangerous forwards space and largely relied on counter-attacks and set-pieces to win the game.
Juve played excellently in that game and barely allowed Napoli a single chance the whole match.
Not seeking to dominate the possession also means there is less of an issue with regards to Pirlo being marked Hamsik, as he usually is.
Should Juve just play their normal game and try to dominate the way they did in the Super Coppa game?
Personally, I'd be taking a pretty cautious approach to the game, because I thought that Juve took a lot of risks in the Super Coppa and left themselves very vulnerable to counter-attacks from Napoli.
By far the best performance Juve have put in against Napoli in recent years was the 3-0 home win last season. In that game Juve played very deep, denied Napoli's dangerous forwards space and largely relied on counter-attacks and set-pieces to win the game.
Juve played excellently in that game and barely allowed Napoli a single chance the whole match.
Not seeking to dominate the possession also means there is less of an issue with regards to Pirlo being marked Hamsik, as he usually is.
One would expect concentration levels to be much higher for a game like this one than they have been in general this season.
And Juve's defence has mostly looked poor this season when playing high up the pitch and being exposed in big spaces.
Playing deeper and having less of the ball should make it less likely that such situations will arise.
And Juve's defence has mostly looked poor this season when playing high up the pitch and being exposed in big spaces.
Playing deeper and having less of the ball should make it less likely that such situations will arise.
