Great result and promising performance. But some things we can improve.
Apart from Melo and Diego our midfield was quite lame, narrow and stale. Some width, agression, and quality is needed there yet. Camo is a must as far as i'm concerned as Marchisio lacks the dominance and confidence so far whilst Tiago is still a ghost. He only came alive a bit near the end of the match and even that shot of his was dissapointing.
Also, we play a formation that demands more of our backs. I was actually somewhat pleasantly surprised by De Ceglie. He is still very raw, gets caught out of position too often and cant defend but he showed nice link-up with the more offensive players and offers the much needed width. Grygera is almost the opposite, he looked well disciplined (although he cant help being so hopelessly clumsly) but he is useless in attack.
Iaquinta and Amauri's effectiveness was limited as well, our team still has a lot of gelling to do and it showed upfront. Play Camo and get Grosso and I think the entire team will improve a lot. We'll have more width and more spark from midfield to help the forwards. We have to be careful we dont become fc Diego.
I liked Ferrara's choices today, showed balls and creativity in his subs.
Buffon 6.5 Aware
Grygera 5.5 one-dimensional
Cannavaro 6.5 Strong
Chiellini 6.5 Adaptive
De Ceglie 5.5 one-dimensional
(Legrotagglie -)
Marchisio 5.5 Basic
(Camoranesi 6 dynamic)
Melo 7 Confident
Tiago 5 Absent
Diego 7.5 Decisive
(Poulsen - )
Iaquinta 5.5 Uninvolved
Amauri 6 Frustrated