[Serie A] Juventus - Chievo (1 Viewer)
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3-0 flatters Juve. Chievo came out of the tunnel with a positive frame of mind and bossed the early exchanges. The defence was shaky at times as the visitors created too many quality chances for my liking and really should have scored.
Buffon commanded his area very well and denied Tiribocchi a goal late on in the match. 6.5
Birindelli put in a good shift limiting Franceschini well and did a bit of attacking too. Tested Marchegiani with a crisply hit free kick nine minutes into the game. Hopefully his injury isn't too serious. 6.5
Thuram wore the captain's armband and set up Ibrahimovic with a superb long ball, but wasn't as good as he has been in recent times. He didn't make any astronomical errors but like the entire defence, wasn't as solid as we would like him to be. 6
Cannavaro displayed his strength and other defensive qualities like he always does, but the defence wasn't as organised as we've seen so far this season. I don't know if it's because Lilian and Fabio aren't used to playing with Biri and Pesso right now or because Tacchinardi was in central midfield and not Emerson, but today's cleansheet is a misleading fact. 6
Pessotto's duel with Semioli was a very interesting one and I think he won it in the first half, but the Chievo right-winger had more space than he should've had to work with in the second period and put in some dangerous crosses. A relatively good performance though. 6
Camoranesi mixed some good with some bad. He got forward alot in the first half but not to any real effective as some of his crosses were poor to say the least but did make a couple of good runs. 6
Tacchinardi disappointed me, but I kind of expected that would happen seeing as he's hardly played this season. His passing wasn't very good and neither was his tackling. The lack of defensive cover on his part resulted in some good opportunities for Chievo. 5
Blasi did well imo. He hustled as usual winning quite a few challenges, and distributed the ball intelligently. He also held the ball up when necessary and the assist for Zalayeta was just brilliant. 6.5
Nedved's performance was quite unlike the ones against Siena and Roma. The Czech celebrated his 100th appearance in a Juve shirt with a stunning strike and was lively throughout. He gave Marchegiani a scare or two in the first half and passed the ball well. He worked extremely hard and was my MOTM. 7.5
Zalayeta continues to prove his doubters wrong game after game. He took his goal well and set up a Nedved shot with a nice backheel. Keep it up. 6.5
Ibrahimovic still looks a bit uncertain out there and I don't think he was very good. He contributed to Zalayeta's goal and scored a nice one himself, but apart from that didn't do a whole lot. 6
Kapo looks promising. His technique is good and he's not afraid to take on defenders. I'd like to see some more of this kid. 6
Tudor, Ferrara - no rating.
Buffon commanded his area very well and denied Tiribocchi a goal late on in the match. 6.5
Birindelli put in a good shift limiting Franceschini well and did a bit of attacking too. Tested Marchegiani with a crisply hit free kick nine minutes into the game. Hopefully his injury isn't too serious. 6.5
Thuram wore the captain's armband and set up Ibrahimovic with a superb long ball, but wasn't as good as he has been in recent times. He didn't make any astronomical errors but like the entire defence, wasn't as solid as we would like him to be. 6
Cannavaro displayed his strength and other defensive qualities like he always does, but the defence wasn't as organised as we've seen so far this season. I don't know if it's because Lilian and Fabio aren't used to playing with Biri and Pesso right now or because Tacchinardi was in central midfield and not Emerson, but today's cleansheet is a misleading fact. 6
Pessotto's duel with Semioli was a very interesting one and I think he won it in the first half, but the Chievo right-winger had more space than he should've had to work with in the second period and put in some dangerous crosses. A relatively good performance though. 6
Camoranesi mixed some good with some bad. He got forward alot in the first half but not to any real effective as some of his crosses were poor to say the least but did make a couple of good runs. 6
Tacchinardi disappointed me, but I kind of expected that would happen seeing as he's hardly played this season. His passing wasn't very good and neither was his tackling. The lack of defensive cover on his part resulted in some good opportunities for Chievo. 5
Blasi did well imo. He hustled as usual winning quite a few challenges, and distributed the ball intelligently. He also held the ball up when necessary and the assist for Zalayeta was just brilliant. 6.5
Nedved's performance was quite unlike the ones against Siena and Roma. The Czech celebrated his 100th appearance in a Juve shirt with a stunning strike and was lively throughout. He gave Marchegiani a scare or two in the first half and passed the ball well. He worked extremely hard and was my MOTM. 7.5
Zalayeta continues to prove his doubters wrong game after game. He took his goal well and set up a Nedved shot with a nice backheel. Keep it up. 6.5
Ibrahimovic still looks a bit uncertain out there and I don't think he was very good. He contributed to Zalayeta's goal and scored a nice one himself, but apart from that didn't do a whole lot. 6
Kapo looks promising. His technique is good and he's not afraid to take on defenders. I'd like to see some more of this kid. 6
Tudor, Ferrara - no rating.
A good match for not having the likes of Emerson, Zambrotta, and Zebina at our disposal. Again Zalayeta has proved you haters wrong with his intelligent play, who adds a spark to the team which negates the connotation of a "worthless sloth", which some people have called him in the past (yes that's you Libero).
Of course its hard to judge on a match against inferior opposition like Chievo, but the midfield seems to have coped well without Emerson, which is a good sign. We cannot always rely on our top players to get the job done. Overall a good match, but not perfect.
Of course its hard to judge on a match against inferior opposition like Chievo, but the midfield seems to have coped well without Emerson, which is a good sign. We cannot always rely on our top players to get the job done. Overall a good match, but not perfect.
Although most/all of you might not think so, imo we missed Emerson pretty much. Our defence was inconsistent in this game, and it wasn't the same defence from the previous rounds. And that is due to Emerson's absence, who helps defence a lot during the game and who is one of the main reasons that Juve has the best defensive record so far.
