My opinion on the game:
1) Chiellini needs anger management, sometimes its good to be a bit angry when all the odds are against you, but when you know you are the best defender on the pitch, the FIGC will love the chance to hurt Juve even more...you don't give them a great reason to ban you for 3 matches or how many they may give. Plus we have Milan in about 24 days, if he gets a three match ban he'll miss it, as there is the international games.
2) We need a new right back...I don't care who we get but he has to be better than Grygera, he was lost all game, and really should have done better on the second goal. He assumed Pisanu was going to shoot first time, but instead he used his chest, and came one on one with Gigi. Brazzo did quite well as a RB, and he gave two great crosses, one led to a goal, the other to a corner. He should start next match as RB.
3) We need CREATIVITY. First 65 minutes of the match, all we saw were long balls from defence up to attack, and us losing it there. We need Almiron or Tiago in the starting 11, to give so direct passes, but short distance, a lot of one touches and triangles. Tiago was in for like 20 minutes i believe. He gave 2 fantastic freekicks, both which resulted in a goal, even though one was incorrectly disallowed(i'll come to that later). He was passing the ball, rather than punting it upfield. If he came on at halftime, we would have won.
4) The controversies: a) Chiellini and Morfeo's red cards, b) the penalty, c) Coly's red card, d) the disallowed goal.
a) These were right, Chiellini's tackle was a bit hard, but he took the ball 100%. Morfeo just came back from an injury so he battles for himself, Morfeo started it by scratching Giorgio's face, but then Chiellini head butted him which is unacceptable in today's game. He should have just gone down clutching his face, yes its not very sportsmanly, and its not like Chiellini, but we would have been a man up, wouldn't have to worry about how ling he is going to be banned for, and would have had Chiellini running up and down the flank for 10 minutes with no opposition.
b) The penalty was the right decision in my opinion, Zanetti made a mistake and should not have clipped him. He was going nowhere and they got a penalty out of it.
c) Horrible decision by the ref, and cause he immediately noticed that it was a mistake fucked us by disallowing a correct goal. Coly should have got a yellow, and if the ref was just he would have given Coly a yellow on a previous occasion such as the reds, when coly went pushing everyone and pushed Chiellini off the pitch, or when Palla was running up to attack after a free kick Coly just obstructed him for no reason, then the red would have been justified as an amounting of yellow cards.
d) Another horrible decision by the ref, this was a perfect set piece, but he ruined it cause he felt guilty about the mistake he had just made. He reffed well for 75 minutes, then fucked up at the end.
A Parma player that I really liked today is Morrone.
Gasbarroni played fantastic today for Parma, scoring a great penalty. We should try and get him to replace Nedved.
1 Internazionale 11 25
2 Fiorentina 12 23
3 Juventus 12 22
4 Roma 11 22
5 Udinese 12 22
6 Atalanta 11 18
7 Palermo 12 18
8 Sampdoria 12 17
9 Napoli 12 15
10 Catania 12 15
11 AC Milan 11 14
12 Genoa 12 14
13 Torino 12 13
14 Parma 12 12
15 Lazio 11 10
16 Siena 12 9
17 Cagliari 11 9
18 Reggina 12 9
19 Livorno 12 9
20 Empoli 12 9
Never thought i'd see the day when Juve are battling Udinese for a champions league spot
Is there any hope at all that Inter and Roma won't win their matches..?
About as much chance that Juve are given the 3 points for the mistake today