It's hard to say anything after today's match. Everything started wrong. Wrong tactics, wrong players, wrong attitude.
We started with a 4-3-3 and a high defensive line. That was a reciepe for suicide because we were surely going to suffer on counters and we lost width.
As it turned out, we conceded a goal (from offside though) just because our defensive line was too high and we couldn't do shit with 3 men in midfield. We sacrificed everything for more creativity but we were still forced to play high balls from defense to attack.
Our players from the first half have no excuse though. They were anemic, very slow, unimaginative, seemed tired.
Del Piero had to pick the ball from midfield because our midfielders were outnumbered and without width they had nowhere to pass the ball.
In the second half i expected Ranieri to put another MC instead of a striker because it was obvious the problem lies in the formation. He did it (the only good thing he did all match long). Also i expected Giovinco for Nedved, but Ranieri surprised us with Marco for Camo. As it turned out it wasn't bad choice because we started controlling the midfield and we had more options where to pass. The first goal was a good action started by Poulsen, continued by Iaquinta, back pass by Amauri and strong shot by Nedved.
The second goal was another good action with Amauri, Marchionni and Nedved doing the job.
Everything went well and then we decided to step back. Poulsen made a lousy mistake, gifted the ball to Lecce, which resulted with a corner kick and strong pressure by Lecce.
Our guys got scared, we were pushed back and we started panicking. We shot the ball as further possible, we faked injuries etc.
Then in the last second another panic in our box, amateurish marking by De Ceglie and we concede.
Overall, this was painful to watch and i pray to God that i won't witness something as bad anymore.
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