Serie A: Reggina vs Juventus [Feb 23 , 2008] (14 Viewers)

Enron

Tickle Me
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Oct 11, 2005
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The best thing I can say about this match was that the Napoli match robbed all fans of what otherwise appeared to be a good match. This one never was a good match, and was virtually just 65 minutes Reggina trying to absorb body punches.
You guys should have definitely left with a point.
 

Lion

King of Tuz
Jan 24, 2007
36,185
the worst thing for us to do is blame others when we really do suck. if any other team was doing the same thing then we would think of them as biiitches that whine and complain.

lets take this to another level >> the CL
we would get our asses bounced from group play so fast that you wouldn't even know that we were in the tourney.

WE REALLY DO SUCK, WE AREN'T AS GOOD AS SOME OF YOU GUYS THINK.
It doesn't matter if we suck or not. even if we had the 11 best players in the world, we won't be able to play 38 consistent, pretty, dominating, chance creating football. there is no team in the world that doesn't struggle in it's league games once in a while, even against smaller teams. The point is we won't play convincing football every match, but rather we just rely in the a chance here and there to finish the game. The chances here were 2 penalties that should have been given to us but were not.

My small comments on the match:

The lack of a tall strong aerial deadly striker in Trez/Iaquinta hurt us bad. It was laughable that Camo, and Nedved were

Zanetti was terrible (except for one cool move on the ball) He looked lost and out of focus. Sissoko was doing the work for himself and Zanetti.

As for Sissoko....well he was good. MoM for us. Sissoko in one start has impressed more than Nocerino did in all this season. I was surprised. I thought Sissoko would sit more deeply, but he really pushed up, his passing was generally accurate and his link up with our players was good considering this is his first start for us. I was delighted with the fact that he was not afraid to run with the ball even when surrounded by Regina players as well. I think this Sissoko looks different than the Liverpool one. If he continues like this then I could see Sissoko being an integral midfielder for the next 10 years. Too bad about the challenge though. It was a reckless challenge, but then reckless challenges are unavoidable when you are a 23 year old youngster. I hope this doesn't affect his confidence.

Del Piero was bad today. Besides the goal, he really was disappointing. This is hurt us more because with 3 important players missing, the pressure was on our captain in his red hot form to win us the game. a forgettable performance by him. I hope this is not a dip in form, because an on-form Del Piero is critical for our game.

Palladino..... I really see nothing special in him. If we really want a player to take over Del Piero's role then must secure Sergio Aguero at any cost, because Palladino is anything but Del Piero's heir. In summer, Palla out----Aguero/Amauri/Huntellar/Benzema in
 

Maher

Juventuz addict
Dec 16, 2002
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like Azzuri7 said We were robbed as simple as that , i am angry for the way we lose the game , two penalties Ignored for Juventus, And a penalty awarded against Juve in the 93rd minute ?? we are still paying the price of what happened.
 

swag

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Sep 23, 2003
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Sissoko did look different than the Liverpool one. Some of his passes today were downright crisp and precise. Crap I haven't seen in this Juve midfield consistently like that in quite a while. I hope it isn't a fluke. Forza Momo.

But talk about a match to simply put out of our minds. Nothing to learn from it. Nothing to improve upon. Just second-rate refereeing that should have never been allowed at this level of play.
 

V

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Jun 8, 2005
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Funny, I really expected to see Sissoko getting bashed here because of his (poor) clearance that led to the goal and a missed goal oppurtunity. Surprised to see so many people are praising his performance which really was above par. Nocerino didn't put such a complete midfield performance the whole season. Hope Momo builds on this.
 

Orgut

Senior Member
Dec 31, 2002
19,350
I have seen the whole game and I have to say Sissoko was actually quite good except for this karate kick at the end...

Well I think that we didn`t play like we should even though we obviously controlled the game

The REF was the man of the match since he changed it all not handing us 3 penalties and maybe there was a 4th one simply disastrous

ratings:
Belardi - 6
Grygera- 5
Legrotaglia- 6.5
Chiellini- 6
Molinaro- 6
Camoranesi- 5.5
Sissoko- 6.5
C.Zanetti- 5
Nedved- 7
Palladino- 5
Del Piero- 6.5

The ref- 10 a perfect Interisti performance by the ref
 
May 15, 2007
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alex and palla cant play together. they are to similar

i thought alex played well, he tried and scored

molinaro was a waste of space! my 4 year old brother could play better than he could. we need de ceglie back asap!
 

David01

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Aug 20, 2006
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we were definetly robbed by the ref no doubt about it but nevertheless we played a poor game
was to be expected without a forward with phsysical presence in the box
no one to finish all the crosses we delivered so we had to do it one the ground and our midfielld lacks the creativity to do so
a night to forget but I hope the board will learn something out of this we need DIEGO or VDV
Mollinaro wasn't nearly as bad as every one here makes him out to be, Grygera was and Sissoko deserves a credit even tough he fucked up
Palla again was not that bad but when you have two midgets up front you should pass them on the ground and not in the air but again we lack the players to do so
 

Cronios

Juventolog
Jun 7, 2004
27,519
For the ones bitching about our team's performance, i have no words,
i think they are the same persons, that where happy with the relegation of Juve, so that serie A will be a "clean" competition. As of know they should have seen that we relegated for nothing!! Serie A isnt any less corrupted now, actually its even worse, since the balance of powers is broken. None of the big teams have ever been slaughtered this way, as we did this year in the Moggi era!
Our team isnt as powerful as it once were. The difference between us and smaller teams like Reggina is smaller than ever. We are no longer in a position to dominate all these teams from start to the last minutes. Esp without some of our key players/champions.
However Juve's jersey is proud that doesnt allows our players to lose such games,
every time our enemies are leading, our players become full of a mad passion
and a will to equalise no matter if our opponent is Inter or Reggina!!
Most of the times we do manage to equalise and in some cases eveb turn those games, it happened many times over this season, it cant be a coincidence!
Under those circumstances, the full potential of our team is unlocked, thats what Reggina saw in the second half and they were so scared that they barely had a2-3 chances in the entire 45'
CR had no options for this game, personnel or tactics,
he fielded the best possible material and made the best possible subs,
the only thing that could have made the difference in this game, is our players moral. And it did made the difference tactic wise, we actually did turned tables on the tactic level, a frankly believe thats the best our team could under those circumstances!
Unfortunately this efforts didnt translate to any points, not because of our players efficiency, neither Reggina's, but beacuse of the Ref's "mistakes",
actually the ref didnt do any mistakes, he did that on purpose,
at the beginning of the game i thought this ref wanted to be fair and to avoid to determine the outcome of the game, avoiding any penalties and red cards.
We were denied 4 penalties, 2 were similar cases with one that helped Inter to disqualify us, from the cup, one was crystal clear foul on Sissoko, a foul visible from angle on and off the field and that harrashment on Neddy.
I know that a ref has to make on the spot decisions, but this ref saw on the videos and was announced by his assistants that he made 4 mistakes against Juve,
how could he do that blunder in the end???
The only excuse he had in my mind is that he didnt want to determine a match by his hand, but thats exactly what he did!!!
He didnt respected his profession, he didnt respected his position, he didnt respected his salary, he was determined to hurt us!!
I wonder what kind of gains he was offered, as he knows that the press of Italy and a great part of Europe will know that he picked sides against a team that has been repeatedly violated this year.

Belardi - 5.5 He couldnt prevent the goals, he wasnt as stable as Buffon, but he starts showing some confidence and avoided most of the mistakes

Grygera - 4.5 He started out confident and had a very bold and precise tackle on the line of our box, he even tried to make some good runs and support our players up front, but right after he got booked he became nervous and his performance was horrible, CR did well to replace him

Legro - 5.0 Not the dominant figure he used to be at previous games, he avoided major mistakes but he also avoided most of the clashes in our field and thats his job! Also marking Amoruso was his job too and he wasnt there when needed...

Chiellini - 5.0 A bit better than Legro, since he was a bit more courageous and cleared more goals, but he did a few mistakes and i think that he was the one that kept Reggina's players on side at the first goal...

Moron-aro - 4.5 A typical performance from this "football player", i didnt expect anymore, as i ve seen enough of his abilities, at the first 20' or so he was positive though and i thought he might having one of his wonderful days (except the crosses of course) but he insists on harming our team, i had this feeling, we will concede our first goal when he gifted Reggina that unnecessary corner.
Having players like him, in our starting eleven, makes it all more difficult to outplay teams like Reggina...

Camo - 6.0 the effort was there, he has found his touch back, his dribble, his control and all, but he has a lost a part of his efficiency, i m sure that a professional like Camo will find his way back to top performances at no time!

Sissoko - 6.4 Impressive, much better than the current form of Nocerino, but i was surprised to see him in a much better form than the ultra consistent Zanetti too.
Sissoko had a great contribution and would have been my MOM if it wasnt for that late roundhouse kick that gave the opportunity to the ref to gift this match to Reggina. I hope that he wont get disappointed by this and regret his choice of joining us. We have to be much better than the rest of Italian teams to get the same points, this is the reality of Juventus right now and it will be until Sissoko retires from football...

Zanetti - 5.0 he disappeared today, one of his worst matches of the season from him, as he always delivered a decent performance. His frustration forced the EX-Inter player to bash the ref for not allowing Juve to make a point here, by his decisions, including the one of finishing the game earlier than expected, he has been to Inter and have been victimised there, but he never protested like today,
that really shows our situation today, even an Inter player can see we are abused as no other team ever been!

Neddy - 6.5 MOM one more time, again running from one side to another, defending, creating, trying the keeper from long distances, half our shoots were Neddy's, half of our counterattacks were Neddy's, half of our interceptions were Neddy's, this guy is endless!!! Changing sides with Camo and make all those runs at his age!!

DP - 6.0 Our captain was there trying, not one of his best days, but he did his job scoring that goal, he can be the SS we want when we want and he can be the finisher we want, when we want. DP could have been the MOM, if ref was objective and give him the opportunity to score one of the four penalties we should of have been awarded...

Palladino - 4.0 I was really dissapointed, this time Palla had no excuses,
ok we all know (except CR) that he is no winger and he cannot perform there,
but he is a striker ffs, where was he????
He is not a specialised finisher like Trezequet, he should involve more to our game, i was expecting us to create more chance with two SS and find no CF to finish them.Thats the first time i m gonna say it, but Palla seems a promise that didnt delivered...

Salih -5.0 added nothing but was a bit better than the struggling Grygera, Reggina had their most crosses and penetrations from their side and Salih didnt change that.I only hoped that he would add more offensively, he tried but not successfully...

CR 6.0 for once did the right things, it was too easy for him, he had no options to do otherwise and he couldnt do any on spot decision, since the situation was fixed before the match begun

That was a big moral blow to our team, all our efforts against Roma were wasted yesterday, all gone with the wind, i hope our players wont quit their efforts, despite watching the refs making their interventions/intentions, so obvious...
I m really sorry for those lads, they really suffer more than any of us, the carrier, their present, their future, their sweat, their ambitions, their dreams, all thrashed by the men in black like that.
This is what happens when a man is powerful that afraid's of no one, he feels no shame of his deeds, he feels no threatened by the laws, he respects none, not the professionals involved, the fans, the sport, no one!!!
 

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