Dominic said:
Lucky Juve, once again.
Some very sloppy play, players in each others way, players stumbling over the incredibly bad pitch, players misspassing, no system in our play whatsoever and no dominance, despite have a numerical advantage. With 12 players (yes I mean 12) players against 10 players it took us 70 minutes to score against udinese and we needed an offside goal to grant us that goal.
We needed to create some midfield dominance and to get a system and some rythme into our play, what does Capello do? Take of another one of our midfielders... Our fullbacks were our most threatening players today, which in itselfs says enough. One of those days, where the team couldn't find any form. Luckily we still managed to win..
I don't want to waste an more breath an such shamefull perfomance.
Just wish to add some player ratings:
Buffon: Tested once, and he missed the ball at that attempt. 5
Zambrotta: Our main attacking threat, and did well in defence also. MOTM 7
Cannavaro: No mistakes and had to save Buffon 6.5
Thuram: Good game 6.5
Balzaretti: Our second most dangerous player. 6.5
Nedved: Tried hard, worked hard and was involved. Unaccurate passing though and lacked somewhat in penetrating udinese. 6
Camoranesi: Had to adjust to a new role, in which he didn't seem to be all too comfortable. Thus he went out wide all the time. I don't think he was the right player to be subbed though, as needed midfielders and he tried to get things moving. 5.5
Emerson: Nothing much to add, but did his job defensively. 5.5
Mutu: Not his best match, tried hard but didn't dribble as good as usual and his crosses weren't good enough. 5
Zlatan: His overall contribution was limited, his passing was off and his dribbles useless. He's so frustrating to watch. As I said before: His nonsensical play has no place in this no nonsense juve, whatsoever. 4.5
Trez: Nothing to add and seemed lazy. His momevent wasn't effective. 4.5