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!!!