Player Ratings:
Buffon

strong

- 7 - What a save, superman. Point blank range and...oh...wait...thats not going in!

Best goalkeeper, ever.
Molinaro - 5 - Looked poor attackingly compared with last week. Had a major part in Lazio's first goal when he went to sleep. Lets find someone more reliable.
Legro - 6 - Had some blunders but kept them out mostly. Offside trap used well. Not quite as good as we have seen this season
Chiellini - 6.5 - Best defender because he is solid most of the time. He is also young, so we have more of him to look forward to.
Zebina - 6 - His head exploded?

Whatever happened, I hope it isn't serious. He is a tough boy. Rocchi sort of owned him a bit.
Nedved - 6 - Not enough to make an impact. He was a real warrior playing after he got hit. I want him in starting XI next week though, he has spirit.
Nocerino - 5.5 - Poor in comparison to the last few games he has played. He really didn't have a place on the right side of midfield.
Zanetti - 8 - Passing genius. Most underrated midfielder in the country. Azzurri call up needs to happen, if you have this quality in your midfield. And wait, he can help the defense as well. The second assist was magical. Oh, and he gets man of the match from me.
Salihamidzic - 6.5 - A real improvement from last time we saw him play. He is a great utility player, I want him to do this every time he plays while Camo is injured.
Del Piero - 8 - Great goals Capitano. Him and Trez swapped roles, and it looked perfect. He has a great eye for goal. I hope Ledesma got hurt on his back.
Trezeguet - 7 - At least he scored. The penalty area is his territory and he pout one home. As consistent as ever, and he looked good playing wider. Possibilities await...
Tiago - 7.5 - Yeah, so. He owned Ranieri today. Passing was sublime, and he added a real flavour to the midfield. His physical qualities make up for whoever of Nocerino or Cristiano, he replaces. Him + Camo + Nedved + Zanetti =
Ranieri - ? - I am not sure what he deserves. He had no choice but to substitute Nedved, but he could have put Palla on instead. His half time team talk looked like it did something so I am undecided.
As for the match. The first half was poor on our part. Trez was offside for the goal, I am sure of it. But it is great we scored. Nedved looked like an army officer with the blood. There was poor defending for the Lazio goal, which they deserved in fairness, after their display.
Second half and Tiago on. Intelligent move number 1. He changed the game for us. The passes held our midfield together and really opened up their defense. Del Piero looked for gaps and eventually found a great ball from Zanetti to run onto. 2-1. Then, assist of the season as Zanetti passes from the right corner of our penalty area (Zebina's place) and it is inch perfect for Alex, who slots it past Ballotta with ease. Good work guys.
Rocchi deserves a mention as he was clearly their best player. I like his work rate, and if he was a few years younger I would like to see him at Juve.
I think we played well in the second half, not amazing but we were much better than in the first half. We beat a "big" team who came out to beat us as well. They looked hungry, we didn't feed them
Quick discussion point now. The problem of Molinaro. Is it time to buy another left sided defender, to replace him, or do we move Giorgio to the left and buy a central defender. Your thoughts?
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