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Juve admit to minnows problem
By Football Italia staff
Juventus director general Beppe Marotta has admitted that his team do struggle to breakdown teams who primarily opt to defend.
The Old Lady were held to their fourth home draw of the season against Siena on Sunday. That 0-0 followed ties with Bologna, Genoa and Cagliari.
“We’ve drawn with four mid-table sides, teams who are not amongst the top outfits,†Marotta told Radio Rai on Monday.
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This demonstrates that we do have problems in getting through these defences. However, I do think that Serie A is the most balanced championship in Europe.â€
While Milan have a player like Zlatan Ibrahimovic to resolve games, it is said that the Turin giants lack a star-man who can win a match on his own.
“The statistics speak for themselves as we adopted a policy of rejuvenation at this club,†the official added.
“Within a year and a half we changed 19 players from 24, so there are only five players from the old management.
“It is clear that the players of great value​​, the talents of the game, are rare and involve significant financial investment.
“Our first job was to work on quantity, then quality this year and we will see what we do next time…â€
Returning to the 0-0 with Siena, Marotta was yesterday very critical of the decision not to award a penalty to Juventus for a Simone Vergassola handling offence.
“I just wanted to highlight the fact that there needs to be more attention when deciding which referees are given which games,†he added.
“I’ve always said that the big teams need to have the best and most experienced referees. Certain games need experienced officials and a referee who knows how to handle difficult situations.
“Look at players. If you have talent then you can play for a big club when you are 16, but players who are not that good are sent out to smaller clubs to gain experience. It should be the same for referees.â€
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I've been trying to say this since we sold Trezeguet. We need a game changer over any other position now. We needed one the moment we sold Trez and Amauri starting going to hell in a hand basket.
We don't have a difference maker that can change the course of our struggling games, such as Ibrahimovic at Milan.
This summer, before we buy any LB, CM backup, etc...we need a Mr. X.
Ramirez and Higuain to dispose of, I mean replace Pepe and Matri.
Ramirez Higuain and Vucinic in an attacking trident would be awesome. It's quite evident that we need more than one quality player in the attacking third. I don't care if Ramirez is young; he is talented and has the potential to be huge, while Pepe is just Pepe, a limited albeit hardworking individual with zero creativity/flair and no end product. Matri is wasteful, and not as clinical as he should be, and therefore needs to be a bench option, not the starter for a Juventus team with ambition.
Recall Gio, send Borriello back to Roma in a used condom, and we are set.
I like the way you think.
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