The TIM Cup (15 Viewers)
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I think the 2 matches against Inter and Milan weren't bad .. we did play better in the first match against Milan though - not that the result really maters - but we did create many chances and were more solid .. against Inter we lacked the cutting edge, we moved the ball well from defence to midfield, but couldn't threat Inter with much chances .. we also gave Inter too much space in midfield and waited for them to attack ..
Buffon was again great and is by far Juve's most consistent player during pre-season .. he saved some shots from Seedorf and Pippo against Milan but couldn't do a thing to stop Crespo's close-range header, it was the defence's fault ..
Iuliano played one of his best matches in pre-season against Milan, blocking all shots and clearing Inzaghi from danger .. it was his birthday today
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Montero also had a commanding role and forged a solid partnership with Iuliano against Milan .. should've done better to stop Crespo's header ..
Thuram played for the first time and looked fit, even though he didn't do much of his famous runs down the right flank ..
Pessotto had a good game too, defending well and attacking whenever there was a chance ..
Maresca defended well in midfield and had some good tackles that stopped Milan from advancing .. good flowing passes too ..
Appiah had an average game until he scored that beautiful volley .. it revived him and he suddenly played much better afterwards ..
Conte played well, in fact much better than the previous friendlies he participated in .. Keep it up Antonio !!
Nedved showed that he is ready and roaring for the new season with yet another magnificient display .. perfect assists and a fantastic match that earned him Most Valuable Player in the tournament .. he fought hard against Inter when we were down but sadly it wasn't enough ..
Di Vaio played well but his positioning was rather bad, many good chances were wasted because we was usually called offside by the ref ..
Olivera missed an early chance but then was lost in the middle of the match ..
Ferrara joined agaisnt Inter and did well .. nearly scored a goal with a bicycle kick only for the ball to balloon away
Zambrotta played as leftback but I'm not sure if it was really him .. he was strangley off form and nothing seemed to go right for him .. better luck next time Gianluca !!
Tudor was finally back and had a good match .. played as a defensive midfielder with Tacchi .. solid performance ..
Tacchi nearly scored twice but missed both chances .. other than that played well, but wasn't as dominating as usual ..
Davids had an awful match .. maybe the transfer talk is distracting him because he wasn't focused and didn't challenge for the ball like he used to in the past .. hope he could shrug it off soon !!
Camoranesi did his usual stuff (but no goal from a header this time) .. nice dribbles and control with the ball .. made some crosses but didn't threaten with any shots on Toldo ..
Del Piero had another average match .. good dribbles and movement with the ball but no real chances .. Alex needs to improve !!
Quote of the tournament: "Unfortunately we know what Materazzi is like, he evidently isn’t going to change.”
Carlo Ancelotti on Marco Materazzi after the dangerous lunge on Inzaghi who got a kick on his chest in the last minutes of the match.
Buffon was again great and is by far Juve's most consistent player during pre-season .. he saved some shots from Seedorf and Pippo against Milan but couldn't do a thing to stop Crespo's close-range header, it was the defence's fault ..
Iuliano played one of his best matches in pre-season against Milan, blocking all shots and clearing Inzaghi from danger .. it was his birthday today
..Montero also had a commanding role and forged a solid partnership with Iuliano against Milan .. should've done better to stop Crespo's header ..
Thuram played for the first time and looked fit, even though he didn't do much of his famous runs down the right flank ..
Pessotto had a good game too, defending well and attacking whenever there was a chance ..
Maresca defended well in midfield and had some good tackles that stopped Milan from advancing .. good flowing passes too ..
Appiah had an average game until he scored that beautiful volley .. it revived him and he suddenly played much better afterwards ..
Conte played well, in fact much better than the previous friendlies he participated in .. Keep it up Antonio !!
Nedved showed that he is ready and roaring for the new season with yet another magnificient display .. perfect assists and a fantastic match that earned him Most Valuable Player in the tournament .. he fought hard against Inter when we were down but sadly it wasn't enough ..
Di Vaio played well but his positioning was rather bad, many good chances were wasted because we was usually called offside by the ref ..
Olivera missed an early chance but then was lost in the middle of the match ..
Ferrara joined agaisnt Inter and did well .. nearly scored a goal with a bicycle kick only for the ball to balloon away
Zambrotta played as leftback but I'm not sure if it was really him .. he was strangley off form and nothing seemed to go right for him .. better luck next time Gianluca !!
Tudor was finally back and had a good match .. played as a defensive midfielder with Tacchi .. solid performance ..
Tacchi nearly scored twice but missed both chances .. other than that played well, but wasn't as dominating as usual ..
Davids had an awful match .. maybe the transfer talk is distracting him because he wasn't focused and didn't challenge for the ball like he used to in the past .. hope he could shrug it off soon !!
Camoranesi did his usual stuff (but no goal from a header this time) .. nice dribbles and control with the ball .. made some crosses but didn't threaten with any shots on Toldo ..
Del Piero had another average match .. good dribbles and movement with the ball but no real chances .. Alex needs to improve !!
Quote of the tournament: "Unfortunately we know what Materazzi is like, he evidently isn’t going to change.”
Carlo Ancelotti on Marco Materazzi after the dangerous lunge on Inzaghi who got a kick on his chest in the last minutes of the match.
:groan:Why not Tudor ?? He actually played well ..
Against Milan the midfield was like this:
--- Nedved -------------------------------- Conte--
---------------- Appiah --- Maresca ---------------
Agaisnt Inter:
---- Davids ------------------------------ Camoranesi --
----------------- Tudor ---- Tacchi ------------------------
(Nedved played upfront with Del Piero)
He actually played well ..Against Milan the midfield was like this:
--- Nedved -------------------------------- Conte--
---------------- Appiah --- Maresca ---------------
Agaisnt Inter:
---- Davids ------------------------------ Camoranesi --
----------------- Tudor ---- Tacchi ------------------------
(Nedved played upfront with Del Piero)
Hello guys. I am on holiday at the moment in Taormina (sicily) so I couldn't log in before findind an internet cafe. I still saw these last 3 games and here's my thoughts
I thought Juve these past games (Reggina and Tim Cup) proved again that they're very physically fit and doing nicely on the schedule (unlike Milan who seem so much out of form in all departments). Inter are a bit too inconsistent, and maybe if we had strikers to play up front from the start, the game might have ended in a different way.
- Appiah is really impressing, and as much as I love Davids, I think the young Ghana player is playing better at the moment.ù
- Camo is back to his old self. In the last part of last season, I hardly saw him dribble any players, but now he's back to dribbling and crossing and even scoring.
- DP is playing much better now than he was in the previous matches, and that's good for Lippi and his decision makings. He's back to dribbling players and running rather than jogging. He was really good against Reggina and Inter at certain points, though I thought Maresca deserved the man of the match award against Reggina. Still good games by DP.
- I won't have time to read any replies at the moment cos my internet cafe time is running out, and since I'm not reading any news I'm a bit concerned about Miccoli. Hope it's not a serious thing and that he will be available against Milan. Same for Trez...what happened there??
- Montero is back to his best form. Yesterday I saw some really excellent defending! He'll always remain my favourite Juve defender.
- Nice to see Thuram back
- Maresca is really dutile as we saw. He can play both as DM and AM which is really great news for our team cos he gives us many different options
- Overall good performances by Juve and surely make me looking very forward to the new season.
I thought Juve these past games (Reggina and Tim Cup) proved again that they're very physically fit and doing nicely on the schedule (unlike Milan who seem so much out of form in all departments). Inter are a bit too inconsistent, and maybe if we had strikers to play up front from the start, the game might have ended in a different way.
- Appiah is really impressing, and as much as I love Davids, I think the young Ghana player is playing better at the moment.ù
- Camo is back to his old self. In the last part of last season, I hardly saw him dribble any players, but now he's back to dribbling and crossing and even scoring.
- DP is playing much better now than he was in the previous matches, and that's good for Lippi and his decision makings. He's back to dribbling players and running rather than jogging. He was really good against Reggina and Inter at certain points, though I thought Maresca deserved the man of the match award against Reggina. Still good games by DP.
- I won't have time to read any replies at the moment cos my internet cafe time is running out, and since I'm not reading any news I'm a bit concerned about Miccoli. Hope it's not a serious thing and that he will be available against Milan. Same for Trez...what happened there??
- Montero is back to his best form. Yesterday I saw some really excellent defending! He'll always remain my favourite Juve defender.
- Nice to see Thuram back
- Maresca is really dutile as we saw. He can play both as DM and AM which is really great news for our team cos he gives us many different options
- Overall good performances by Juve and surely make me looking very forward to the new season.
++ [ originally posted by DarkSoul ] ++
Shut up GOAT
I just want to mark those words for people who don't believe me
Oded, Didn't i say this before.
Shut up GOAT
I just want to mark those words for people who don't believe me
Oded, Didn't i say this before.
I think Fahad was a bit harsh on Davids too. I agree about the tackles thing though
well it was just a 45 minutes match in a freindlyand Del Piero had some good movements but he was terrible overall and he ruined out attacks. he wasn't a threat to Inter and he was too predictable as I already said.
btw Fahad you forgot to mention Birindelli. he saved our ass many times against Inter
++ [ originally posted by Darin ] ++
dont u all think that hes a world class player so shouldnt he perform like that ?
dont u all think that hes a world class player so shouldnt he perform like that ?
++ [ originally posted by Edgar Davids ] ++
i'm still not convinced
I think Fahad was a bit harsh on Davids too. I agree about the tackles thing though
i'm still not convinced
I think Fahad was a bit harsh on Davids too. I agree about the tackles thing though
That's true .. I terribly forgot about Biri he had a good match too .. he certainly deserves a mention ..