Decent enough performance from Juve in the circumstances.
Wet conditions meant it was difficult for Juve to slow the tempo down to what they wanted to play at and it was also extremely tough for the forwards to control the skidding balls being fired at them.
Still, they looked solid as a unit - even if there was the odd occasion where individuals looked iffy when drawn into one-on-one situations - and won the game with the only genuinely high-quality bit of play in the game.
Samp did a pretty good job of stopping Juve by trusting their wingbacks to play one-on-one against Juve's, which is something many teams are not willing to do. That meant they were able to keep enough bodies in the middle of the pitch to make it tough for Juve to play through the centre and really test their back three. Admittedly their job was made easier by the wet conditions making it virtually impossible to play balls behind, so it was tough to stretch the game out and create space.
Thought Vidal and Pogba - though they combined excellently for the goal - really didn't do enough for the most part. Neither one of them took the responsibility to drive Juve forward in the way that they usually look to, so a lot of Juve's possession was fairly passive and nothingy.
Was interesting to see Juve try a few things from set-pieces. Curious as to whether they were pre-planned moves or if it was just Pirlo seeing the opportunity with the way Samp set up to defend.
Samp looked like they had no plans to really put Juve under pressure and were quite happy to just contain, keep the score down and start their season next week.
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No, he was not fine! Samp are a dirty team & he should have stamped on their fouling by giving yellows much sooner (in the first half). By doing so, they might have cleaned up their act and we might have had a better game all round. Also our players might not have been injured. Yes, I know the pitch was very slippy with the deluge soaking the pitch and that could cause injury but as I said; - Samp are a dirty team.
At least the ref was consistent.
He should have booked Chiellini and could have booked Vidal in the first half.
I agree he was generally too lenient, though.
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