[Serie A] JUVENTUS 2-0 Udinese (September 13th 2014) (9 Viewers)
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Tidy enough performance from Juve.
Controlled the game pretty much throughout and never looked like conceding from open play.
Thought there were a few differences between Conte's Juve and Allegri's Juve, even if the shape is much the same (though I'll have to see how things look against other teams and with Pirlo in the Juve team to make a more definitive judgement):
There was less onus on the defenders to make anything other than very simple passes;
There were fewer balls fired through the middle of the pitch to the strikers with their backs to goal (Juve still played to the strikers, but waited for better opportunities);
The play was built up a bit more in wider areas, making it harder for Udinese to block things up;
When a player got into a crossing position, he was tending to attempt some sort of cross, rather than turning back to retain possession;
And there were a few little things to do with exactly how the back three moved in some situations.
Minor tinkering, rather than anything earth-shattering.
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No doubt he played a good game, but I thought he allowed himself to be drawn a little too far forward on a few occasions.
That caused two or three situations where Juve were defending counter-attacks a man short and, though Udinese didn't threaten, a better team may well have gone on to create chances.
Controlled the game pretty much throughout and never looked like conceding from open play.
Thought there were a few differences between Conte's Juve and Allegri's Juve, even if the shape is much the same (though I'll have to see how things look against other teams and with Pirlo in the Juve team to make a more definitive judgement):
There was less onus on the defenders to make anything other than very simple passes;
There were fewer balls fired through the middle of the pitch to the strikers with their backs to goal (Juve still played to the strikers, but waited for better opportunities);
The play was built up a bit more in wider areas, making it harder for Udinese to block things up;
When a player got into a crossing position, he was tending to attempt some sort of cross, rather than turning back to retain possession;
And there were a few little things to do with exactly how the back three moved in some situations.
Minor tinkering, rather than anything earth-shattering.
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No doubt he played a good game, but I thought he allowed himself to be drawn a little too far forward on a few occasions.
That caused two or three situations where Juve were defending counter-attacks a man short and, though Udinese didn't threaten, a better team may well have gone on to create chances.
Llorente faded in the second. He clearly doesnt have the stamina to be running like a madman like tevez.
Lichteiner was surprisingly on shape. Ran every ball.
And like I said some weeks ago, Caceres is an athlete. I really like his warrior attitude, the one that characterizes the defenders of juventus.
Lichteiner was surprisingly on shape. Ran every ball.
And like I said some weeks ago, Caceres is an athlete. I really like his warrior attitude, the one that characterizes the defenders of juventus.
