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[Serie A] Juventus - Udinese (21 Viewers)
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Juventus 2 - 1 Udinese
Ibrahimovic 1 (J), Camoranesi 49 (J), Di Michele 92 (U)
Stadio Delle Alpi
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Juve revolutionised their tactics for this must-win game and take the pressure off by beating on-form Udinese.
The Bianconeri were beginning to feel the heat after two consecutive defeats cut their lead over Milan from eight points to just two. Olivier Kapo has been ruled out for three weeks, while Pavel Nedved and Alessio Tacchinardi failed to recover in time.
Fabio Capello staged a tactical revolution for this crunch match and opted to field a trident attack with Alessandro Del Piero, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and David Trezeguet together in a 3-4-3 system. Gianluca Zambrotta again pushed up into a more advanced role, with Mauro Camoranesi surprisingly in the centre of midfield.
Udinese have recaptured their form and third place following two wins on the trot and were confident going into this tie, even if their record at the Delle Alpi is a poor one with nine defeats and a single victory in their last ten trips to Turin. Vincenzo Iaquinta was sidelined by a bout of flu, so Dino Fava took over alongside Antonio Di Natale.
Juve's new tactics certainly paid off quickly, as within 38 seconds they had taken the lead. Zlatan Ibrahimovic ran on to a long Emerson ball forward and toe-poked it past Morgan De Sanctis.
Udinese hit back and David Pizarro's long-range effort whistled wide of the target, while at the other end Trezeguet combined with Ibrahimovic and turned a low drive past the near post.
The Friuli outfit should perhaps have drawn level on the half-hour mark when Di Natale found space out wide and rolled a low pass across the face of goal, but Dino Fava couldn't make contact at full stretch.
De Sanctis punched out a curling Del Piero free kick, then a fine Felipe tackle stopped the captain scoring from seven yards.
Fabio Cannavaro was taken off at half-time with a slight injury, so Manuele Blasi stepped in and Paolo Montero returned to a defensive role. Udinese also introduced David Di Michele for a more attack-minded trident.
Del Piero's header was easily saved by De Sanctis, but four minutes into the second half Juvenus doubled their lead. Del Piero turned provider for Mauro German Camoranesi's impressive rising strike on the bounce that slotted into the top corner.
Camoranesi missed last week's game through suspension and nearly scored a second on an Ibrahimovic cut-back, but this time De Sanctis was ready with a one-handed save.
Udinese were rarely dangerous and Di Michele volleyed over the bar at the back post, then soon after Paolo Montero needed a crucial tackle to stop Di Michele tapping in Di Natale's cutback.
Gigi Buffon performed a fine save on Marek Jankulovski, but there was an extremely controversial moment on 69 minutes. Dino Fava's header beat the goalkeeper, but it was disallowed for an incorrect offside decision.
Another Del Piero free kick was deflected just wide, but Udinese only found a way in during stoppages. Di Michele sprung the offside trap and lobbed Buffon.
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Juventus: Buffon; Zebina, Thuram, Cannavaro (Blasi 46); Montero, Camoranesi, Emerson, Zambrotta; Ibrahimovic, Trezeguet (Pessotto 69), Del Piero (Zalayeta 83)
Udinese: De Sanctis; Bertotto, Sensini (Belleri 89), Felipe, Zenoni; Pizarro, Muntari (Pinzi 70), Jankulovski; Mauri (Di Michele 46),
Ibrahimovic 1 (J), Camoranesi 49 (J), Di Michele 92 (U)
Stadio Delle Alpi
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Juve revolutionised their tactics for this must-win game and take the pressure off by beating on-form Udinese.
The Bianconeri were beginning to feel the heat after two consecutive defeats cut their lead over Milan from eight points to just two. Olivier Kapo has been ruled out for three weeks, while Pavel Nedved and Alessio Tacchinardi failed to recover in time.
Fabio Capello staged a tactical revolution for this crunch match and opted to field a trident attack with Alessandro Del Piero, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and David Trezeguet together in a 3-4-3 system. Gianluca Zambrotta again pushed up into a more advanced role, with Mauro Camoranesi surprisingly in the centre of midfield.
Udinese have recaptured their form and third place following two wins on the trot and were confident going into this tie, even if their record at the Delle Alpi is a poor one with nine defeats and a single victory in their last ten trips to Turin. Vincenzo Iaquinta was sidelined by a bout of flu, so Dino Fava took over alongside Antonio Di Natale.
Juve's new tactics certainly paid off quickly, as within 38 seconds they had taken the lead. Zlatan Ibrahimovic ran on to a long Emerson ball forward and toe-poked it past Morgan De Sanctis.
Udinese hit back and David Pizarro's long-range effort whistled wide of the target, while at the other end Trezeguet combined with Ibrahimovic and turned a low drive past the near post.
The Friuli outfit should perhaps have drawn level on the half-hour mark when Di Natale found space out wide and rolled a low pass across the face of goal, but Dino Fava couldn't make contact at full stretch.
De Sanctis punched out a curling Del Piero free kick, then a fine Felipe tackle stopped the captain scoring from seven yards.
Fabio Cannavaro was taken off at half-time with a slight injury, so Manuele Blasi stepped in and Paolo Montero returned to a defensive role. Udinese also introduced David Di Michele for a more attack-minded trident.
Del Piero's header was easily saved by De Sanctis, but four minutes into the second half Juvenus doubled their lead. Del Piero turned provider for Mauro German Camoranesi's impressive rising strike on the bounce that slotted into the top corner.
Camoranesi missed last week's game through suspension and nearly scored a second on an Ibrahimovic cut-back, but this time De Sanctis was ready with a one-handed save.
Udinese were rarely dangerous and Di Michele volleyed over the bar at the back post, then soon after Paolo Montero needed a crucial tackle to stop Di Michele tapping in Di Natale's cutback.
Gigi Buffon performed a fine save on Marek Jankulovski, but there was an extremely controversial moment on 69 minutes. Dino Fava's header beat the goalkeeper, but it was disallowed for an incorrect offside decision.
Another Del Piero free kick was deflected just wide, but Udinese only found a way in during stoppages. Di Michele sprung the offside trap and lobbed Buffon.
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Juventus: Buffon; Zebina, Thuram, Cannavaro (Blasi 46); Montero, Camoranesi, Emerson, Zambrotta; Ibrahimovic, Trezeguet (Pessotto 69), Del Piero (Zalayeta 83)
Udinese: De Sanctis; Bertotto, Sensini (Belleri 89), Felipe, Zenoni; Pizarro, Muntari (Pinzi 70), Jankulovski; Mauri (Di Michele 46),
good overall performance by all players , it seems the wakeup call was successful to a limit , dp was better than always i have to admit (better than trez at least) , nice formation 3-4-3 , i hope capello continue in playing this way , the ref helped us since udinese disallowed goal was correct .unfortunitly milan won by an own goal
forza Juve
forza Juve
Well at least obviously Capello wants goals. I thought we played quite well, and am happy to see that our strikers are hungry for goals. I'm delighted to see Del Piero playing better than his usual dead self this season and I think this match has given him a confidence boost.
However, when will Juventus EVER learn?? EVERYTIME when we start defending around the 70th minute, we look like we're gasping for air. I know we want to defend and I have no problem with that seeing that we're leading, but in recent matches when we defend (or 'play possession') we start to passing the ball around lazily and lose our concentration. Time and time again our opponents took advantage of this and managed to score. If we want to defend, do so properly. Maintain the focus and for gods sake, we should always clear the ball when our opponent is trying to attack. Clear meaning kick it away, not bringing it here and there and ending up losing it! If we continously kick the ball out of their reach, this will psychologically damage our opponents.
It's always the same mistake, and yet, we never seem to learn.
However, when will Juventus EVER learn?? EVERYTIME when we start defending around the 70th minute, we look like we're gasping for air. I know we want to defend and I have no problem with that seeing that we're leading, but in recent matches when we defend (or 'play possession') we start to passing the ball around lazily and lose our concentration. Time and time again our opponents took advantage of this and managed to score. If we want to defend, do so properly. Maintain the focus and for gods sake, we should always clear the ball when our opponent is trying to attack. Clear meaning kick it away, not bringing it here and there and ending up losing it! If we continously kick the ball out of their reach, this will psychologically damage our opponents.
It's always the same mistake, and yet, we never seem to learn.
Agreed there. Pretty worthless again out there today.
As much as everyone's trying to cheer him on, you can sense he's dealing with a lot of mental blocks -- not just physical.
Camo has been one of our best players, and this game was no exception. Emerson had a solid game as well. One of the things I think we particularly did well in this match was contesting a lot of balls in midfield. We disrupted a lot and won a lot of challenges with hustle.
Zebina had a couple of key defensive deflections... though mostly just sticking his lanky leg out to disrupt a longer, well-positioned pass. Probably saved us from real danger a couple times.
Montero and Pessoto held up well. I think Capello did a nice job with the players he fielded. The trident did address a few things well:
1) Fielding a potent attack while still putting our captain in the lineup (who has seemingly been playing a lot more in the midfield these days anyway),
2) With Nedved's absence, the balance of our best remaining starters does lean more towards a 4-3-3 or even 3-4-3 than a 4-4-2
3) Got a little more offensive mojo going for us, considering how lame we've been for weeks
I felt like we were far more threatening with the trident for what we lost defensively. I don't think I'd run it every match, though -- we'll burn out three of our four forwards very quickly, and Trez's form is pure crap at the moment.
And Capello's sub choices later in the match were good -- for where the score was and the quality of the players on the bench.
It was nice to see us not let up with the lead, which was key. But we still have one word that perhaps summarizes our problems this season: finishing. In one interpretation, we haven't been making the most of scoring opportunities lately. In another interpretation, we've mentally checked out of the match with the lead and blown too many of them to draws.
Udinese's late goal was a reminder that we still have a lot of work to do on the second kind of finishing. Though today was a step in the right direction for the former.
Still, I'll take and savor this win any day against a quality opponent. Udinese have not been as in-form as the media have been saying, but they're still a solid, top-half-of-the-table squad.
As much as everyone's trying to cheer him on, you can sense he's dealing with a lot of mental blocks -- not just physical.
Camo has been one of our best players, and this game was no exception. Emerson had a solid game as well. One of the things I think we particularly did well in this match was contesting a lot of balls in midfield. We disrupted a lot and won a lot of challenges with hustle.
Zebina had a couple of key defensive deflections... though mostly just sticking his lanky leg out to disrupt a longer, well-positioned pass. Probably saved us from real danger a couple times.
Montero and Pessoto held up well. I think Capello did a nice job with the players he fielded. The trident did address a few things well:
1) Fielding a potent attack while still putting our captain in the lineup (who has seemingly been playing a lot more in the midfield these days anyway),
2) With Nedved's absence, the balance of our best remaining starters does lean more towards a 4-3-3 or even 3-4-3 than a 4-4-2
3) Got a little more offensive mojo going for us, considering how lame we've been for weeks
I felt like we were far more threatening with the trident for what we lost defensively. I don't think I'd run it every match, though -- we'll burn out three of our four forwards very quickly, and Trez's form is pure crap at the moment.
And Capello's sub choices later in the match were good -- for where the score was and the quality of the players on the bench.
It was nice to see us not let up with the lead, which was key. But we still have one word that perhaps summarizes our problems this season: finishing. In one interpretation, we haven't been making the most of scoring opportunities lately. In another interpretation, we've mentally checked out of the match with the lead and blown too many of them to draws.
Udinese's late goal was a reminder that we still have a lot of work to do on the second kind of finishing. Though today was a step in the right direction for the former.
Still, I'll take and savor this win any day against a quality opponent. Udinese have not been as in-form as the media have been saying, but they're still a solid, top-half-of-the-table squad.
Milan keeps us honest. The way we've played lately, we'd have been one and out (i.e., making the second match irrelevant) once we play a squad like Real Madrid in the CL. With Milan hot on our heels, it's motivating to keep us from slacking off more than we have been at times.
I wouldn't call Milan lucky. They make their luck, as we have ours.
I wouldn't call Milan lucky. They make their luck, as we have ours.
DP has set high standards for himself, he cant go back to what he was. But there is a distinct difference between this match and his previous ones... He is improving (although not so much but still), and at least hes not slowing down Juve's game and truth be told I really think this match has given him a lot of confidence.
How can you say thuram 'excelled' ? He made quite a number of significant mistakes and is always outpaced by the Udinese strikers.
Pessotto is average but say Zambro couldnt play for us, Ive always hoped Capello would resort to Birindelli instead. Biri offers better crosses (and better freekicks this season) and is better offensively and not bad either in defence. At least no worse than Pessotto.
How can you say thuram 'excelled' ? He made quite a number of significant mistakes and is always outpaced by the Udinese strikers.
Pessotto is average but say Zambro couldnt play for us, Ive always hoped Capello would resort to Birindelli instead. Biri offers better crosses (and better freekicks this season) and is better offensively and not bad either in defence. At least no worse than Pessotto.
