This had nothing to do with the missing AM. Our midfield transformed from one of the best of the world, to not even the best in the league and i'm not sure if the addition of Khedira and Marchisio will change much. We sold our three leaders this summer and haven't strengthen our team enough to cover this gap. Padoin at CM is simply laughable and Sturaro is not good enough to start for us (yet). Despite his bad performance yet again, i don't blame Pogba as he feels he needs to take responsibility at midfield now, which is a very difficult thing to do with the players currently playing around him. Mandzukic isn't accustomed to the Italian defending yet. My ratings:
Buffon 7
Caceres 5.5
Bonucci 6.5
Chiellini 4.5
Lichtsteiner 4.5
Pogba 5
Sturaro 5
Padoin 4.5
Evra 5
Mandzukic 5
Dybala 6
Buffon 7
Caceres 5.5
Bonucci 6.5
Chiellini 4.5
Lichtsteiner 4.5
Pogba 5
Sturaro 5
Padoin 4.5
Evra 5
Mandzukic 5
Dybala 6
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