I don't disagree with you there. It pisses me off that we draw against those so-called teams but as the season went on Conte worked on that. Our last draw against a shitty team was Genoa.
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[Serie A] Udinese 0-0 JUVENTUS (21-Dec- 2011) (31 Viewers)
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Chiellini's passing was probably the worst it's been this season. Gave it away unpressured so many times and caused many counterattacks. He also committed 2 or 3 howler clearances. But he was dominant overall. I'd give 6 or 6.5 at most.
Marchisio was at least better than Pirlo. Certainly wasn't invisible - was on the ball a lot, carried it up the pitch, lots of one-twos. I'd give him a 6 or 6
WINTER, boy. WINTER. It was always about who finished top by the Xmas break.
And what does drawing with Genoa and Siena have to do with this game? Obviously those were points dropped, but this was a good result.
Marchisio was at least better than Pirlo. Certainly wasn't invisible - was on the ball a lot, carried it up the pitch, lots of one-twos. I'd give him a 6 or 6
WINTER, boy. WINTER. It was always about who finished top by the Xmas break.
And what does drawing with Genoa and Siena have to do with this game? Obviously those were points dropped, but this was a good result.
pepe has been one of our most dangerous players this season and seems to be pivotal for conte´s gameplan. so him starting is pretty much always out of the question. i won´t argue on that. if people don´t like it: blame conte as you always do ^^
on esti i agree. obviously we would have increased our chances of scoring if we had started quag but the same goes for our chances of conceding...
this was a clash of two very disciplined teams full of running and with extremely hard workers all over the pitch... as i said: painful to watch but nobody wanted to concede first and probably lose the game.
on esti i agree. obviously we would have increased our chances of scoring if we had started quag but the same goes for our chances of conceding...
this was a clash of two very disciplined teams full of running and with extremely hard workers all over the pitch... as i said: painful to watch but nobody wanted to concede first and probably lose the game.
I did give him a higher grade than Pirlo though. Pirlo had a boarderline good first half, that's why I didn't rate him lower. Lets not forget that Marchisio squandered three chances to score. Anyways, his playing wasn't what was wrong with our team, he just didn't have his best day. The entire setup was fucked up, and that was visible pretty much from the first minute and on.
Player marks:
Buffon: 7/10 - Was dominant, made a crucial stop in the first half after Chiellini's blunder. Super Gigi
Licht : 5/10 - Played out of position, "meh" is the best way to describe him. A rock defensively, but in no way did he meet the expectations offensively.
Barzagli: 7/10 - Solid as ever, surprisingly comfortable on the ball going forward
Bonucci: 7/10 - Solid as never, very smart decisions. I was impressed
Chiellini: 7.5/10 - Did great. Great perception, placement, tackling with ferocity and overall a great presence in the defense
Marchisio: 4.5/10 - Had a solid first half, but sadly went into Casper mode in the second. Not pleased with his performance at all, especially not with him not being able to hit the target from all the sweet positions he had
Pirlo: 4/10 - Like Marchisio, had a solid first half. Hardly did anything right in the second - I think he could do with some time on the bench
Vidal: 8/10 - Absolute monster in the middle, made life much easier for our defense.
Estigarribia: FLUNKED - Absolute shite all game
Pepe: FLUNKED
Matri: FLUNKED
Quags: Hard to give him a grade because of his limited time on the pitch, definitely brought something positive to our attacks
Del Piero: Same as Quags
Antonio Conte: Flunked & sent back to kindergarden. Horrible coaching for this match.
Buffon: 7/10 - Was dominant, made a crucial stop in the first half after Chiellini's blunder. Super Gigi
Licht : 5/10 - Played out of position, "meh" is the best way to describe him. A rock defensively, but in no way did he meet the expectations offensively.
Barzagli: 7/10 - Solid as ever, surprisingly comfortable on the ball going forward
Bonucci: 7/10 - Solid as never, very smart decisions. I was impressed
Chiellini: 7.5/10 - Did great. Great perception, placement, tackling with ferocity and overall a great presence in the defense
Marchisio: 4.5/10 - Had a solid first half, but sadly went into Casper mode in the second. Not pleased with his performance at all, especially not with him not being able to hit the target from all the sweet positions he had
Pirlo: 4/10 - Like Marchisio, had a solid first half. Hardly did anything right in the second - I think he could do with some time on the bench
Vidal: 8/10 - Absolute monster in the middle, made life much easier for our defense.
Estigarribia: FLUNKED - Absolute shite all game
Pepe: FLUNKED
Matri: FLUNKED
Quags: Hard to give him a grade because of his limited time on the pitch, definitely brought something positive to our attacks
Del Piero: Same as Quags
Antonio Conte: Flunked & sent back to kindergarden. Horrible coaching for this match.
"Flunked" and "failed" is very harsh.
Sure, if you believe we are the main contenders for the scudetto and all that, I can see why you would think that.
But we're the first team to take points away from the Friuli this season and we were actually better than them. Could've won with some better finishing.
I'm not sweating over this result because I know that we aren't the best team in the league, and the best team always wins the league.
Instead, I'm looking over my shoulder, content with the draw, because there's 5 points down to 4th spot. We're in the top 3 by a pretty safe margin at the winter break
Sure, if you believe we are the main contenders for the scudetto and all that, I can see why you would think that.
But we're the first team to take points away from the Friuli this season and we were actually better than them. Could've won with some better finishing.
I'm not sweating over this result because I know that we aren't the best team in the league, and the best team always wins the league.
Instead, I'm looking over my shoulder, content with the draw, because there's 5 points down to 4th spot. We're in the top 3 by a pretty safe margin at the winter break
I agree that the proper perspective on the result is needed, but I cant help but feel we couldve gotten a lot more from today's game. Furthermore us being unable to get more from the game, showed us that we still have some work cut out for the team. Which might actually be a good thing to find out rather now than later.
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