Didnt understand de Zerbi not using Babacar until the last minutes of the game. His performance against Genoa was beast, probably the best individual performance Ive seen this season, benching him for a complete bum like Duricic was wtf
Can someone make a quick resume of how we played, please. Skipped first match in 1 year and a half. What juve turned up?
The energy conserving one or something else?
Can someone make a quick resume of how we played, please. Skipped first match in 1 year and a half. What juve turned up?
The energy conserving one or something else?
I'd say something in the middle. Sassuolo played well and were compact, so we struggled to break them down. Ronaldo scored but missed some golden chances. Then Douglas Costa lost his shit.
Can someone make a quick resume of how we played, please. Skipped first match in 1 year and a half. What juve turned up?
The energy conserving one or something else?
I am happy. Wasn't entertaining to watch but we avoided a real potential early season banana skin loss against a streaking and highly confident Sassuolo right before a crucial CL match and our GOAT got two too.
Fucking dumbass Douglas Costa though. I would say make him sit in the Bonucci/ dunce chair next game but it is a crucial CL fixture against difficult team and he is best attacker so he needs to play.
yeah reminded me of days we had a mid of sissoko and poulsen together
. god i wish we could have got pogba in summer.
this mid needs pjanic to play always, instead of khedira in a mid 3. khedira is very average and i find in every game now he occpiies same space ronaldo does, getting in his way.
either play dybala in a deeper role to help build up play and ball retention with cuadrado and costa on flanks and matuidi/can and pjanic or always play pjanic with can and matuidi
matuidi, can and Khedira is just too much. They make eachother redundant even in their cover work.
The simpel solution is Matuidi and pjanic pairing and have some more of Costa, Cuadrado and Bernardeschi on the pitch.
matuidi, can and Khedira is just too much. They make eachother redundant even in their cover work.
The simpel solution is Matuidi and pjanic pairing and have some more of Costa, Cuadrado and Bernardeschi on the pitch.
That was my first thought too, but as an afterthought I guess Allegri did everything right in this particular game.
Sassuolo's players are physically strong and agressive, so Max had to answer to this with physically and psychologically strong, aggressive miedfield, which, actually, could only be Matuidi + Can + Khedira.
Pjanic would've been not strong enough for such a game, and would've been definitely sent off due to the dirty and provocative style of playing Sassuolo offered on the pitch. Bernardeschi is also way too emotional and always eager to respond to opponent's dirty tricks. Even Bentancur could've been brought in only when the game was already decided, which indeed happened.
matuidi, can and Khedira is just too much. They make eachother redundant even in their cover work.
The simpel solution is Matuidi and pjanic pairing and have some more of Costa, Cuadrado and Bernardeschi on the pitch.
Thought the order would be: Chiello, Barza, Dybala, Mandzukic.... because of most appearences, while Bonucci due to his sabbatical year doesn't count...
Thought the order would be: Chiello, Barza, Dybala, Mandzukic.... because of most appearences, while Bonucci due to his sabbatical year doesn't count...
Thought the order would be: Chiello, Barza, Dybala, Mandzukic.... because of most appearences, while Bonucci due to his sabbatical year doesn't count...
Because Chiellini and Barza weren't playing and a captain isn't just based on appearances. Nobody else has Khedira's experience and he may be more of a leader in the dressing room than Dybala and Mandzukic. Not really something to worry about though Chiellini is our captain.