Every season since Lippi's glory years in the late 90s, i have looked at Juve and thought , nope, they are not good enuff to win it and unfortunately , this season is no different.
I look at the goal keeper, and think great, I look at the defence and think very solid, maybe a tad slow when dealing with pacey strikers but thats nit picking, overall they are as good as anything out there
I look at the strikers and think , yep, on their day, they are a match for anyone .
But then i come to the midfield and therein lies the problem, even with the addition of Vieria, undoubtedly world class, Emerson as good as any defensive midfielder as there is, but going forward is where i have a problem.
Believe it or not Camo is the best we have in that department creatively, and if you harbour any ambitions of winning Cl, then i am sorry thats not enuff, when you look at Barcelona, they do not just have Ronaldinho, they have Deco, Xavi who will wipe the floor individually with Camo, creatively, not to talk about their combined forces
In Milan you have Kaka and Pirlo, maybe Rui Costa and even Cafu who provide the creative outlets
And yet its not enuff for these teams to win it but they are are more capable in a final to win it than we are imo
Another problem is serieA, yes we have gone over this ground far too many times , yes yes yes serieA is the best league in the world and all that but unfortunately it is not the most competitive in the sense that if Juve are leading Sienna 2-0, from the firts 10 minutes, 90% of the time, Juve have won the game.
And i do believe that serieA teams take that stupid attitude to Cl, never trying to annihilate or humilate teams , just doing enuff to win, and because they get away with it in seriea as Siena will probably look at losing 2-0 to juve or Milan as not bad, their English counterparts although technically nowhere as good, will never stand for that nonsense.
They will go on attacking you no matter how better you are than them until they score any type of goal to mount a fightback and most likely comeback and win the game but you get the neighsayers ridiculing the league
In 25 years or thereabout of European cup and now Cl, I am not sure but English teams have gotten to the final 8 times and won the lot, okay maybe Leeds against Bayern and Liverpool against Juve in 85 but you get my drift
Look at Italy, Milan have lost 3 finals that i can think of, Juve 4 or 5 final we have lost, Sampdoria 1 , that come to mind
If you waatch those games, i am pretty sure the English sides were battered from pillar to post but still ended up winning because of the non give up attitude which Italian teams do not have
In our case , lack of creativity leaves us with no other choice but to play safe in Cl
I look at the goal keeper, and think great, I look at the defence and think very solid, maybe a tad slow when dealing with pacey strikers but thats nit picking, overall they are as good as anything out there
I look at the strikers and think , yep, on their day, they are a match for anyone .
But then i come to the midfield and therein lies the problem, even with the addition of Vieria, undoubtedly world class, Emerson as good as any defensive midfielder as there is, but going forward is where i have a problem.
Believe it or not Camo is the best we have in that department creatively, and if you harbour any ambitions of winning Cl, then i am sorry thats not enuff, when you look at Barcelona, they do not just have Ronaldinho, they have Deco, Xavi who will wipe the floor individually with Camo, creatively, not to talk about their combined forces
In Milan you have Kaka and Pirlo, maybe Rui Costa and even Cafu who provide the creative outlets
And yet its not enuff for these teams to win it but they are are more capable in a final to win it than we are imo
Another problem is serieA, yes we have gone over this ground far too many times , yes yes yes serieA is the best league in the world and all that but unfortunately it is not the most competitive in the sense that if Juve are leading Sienna 2-0, from the firts 10 minutes, 90% of the time, Juve have won the game.
And i do believe that serieA teams take that stupid attitude to Cl, never trying to annihilate or humilate teams , just doing enuff to win, and because they get away with it in seriea as Siena will probably look at losing 2-0 to juve or Milan as not bad, their English counterparts although technically nowhere as good, will never stand for that nonsense.
They will go on attacking you no matter how better you are than them until they score any type of goal to mount a fightback and most likely comeback and win the game but you get the neighsayers ridiculing the league
In 25 years or thereabout of European cup and now Cl, I am not sure but English teams have gotten to the final 8 times and won the lot, okay maybe Leeds against Bayern and Liverpool against Juve in 85 but you get my drift
Look at Italy, Milan have lost 3 finals that i can think of, Juve 4 or 5 final we have lost, Sampdoria 1 , that come to mind
If you waatch those games, i am pretty sure the English sides were battered from pillar to post but still ended up winning because of the non give up attitude which Italian teams do not have
In our case , lack of creativity leaves us with no other choice but to play safe in Cl
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