Juventus V Inter

Absolute ecstasy is the best way to describe my emotional state right now... but a part of me is thinking about the cost of this victory. Matri was the walking wounded for the last 20 minutes of the game, he was in obvious discomfort and made it clear to the Juve staff that he couldn't play, but he had to stay on the pitch, considering Juve had already made all their changes. Effectively Juvetus were playing with 10 men- and boy was it a heart in mouth situation, I should have had paramedics on call, as there were moments I was going to have a heart attack!

Juventus started this game the brighter side, but this was so often their pattern. They would start off with energy and then get caught napping. Bazargli and Bonnucci did surprisingly well in defence and the ever green, Chiellini would be running himself into the ground on the left side. He still finds it difficult to get out of some sticky situations and does seem to go to ground often, but he is good at what he does- he starts most of the attacking play.

Not to my surprise Juve only had 35% possession, and this can be attributed to Juve's tendency to go for the long balls and wayward passes. I know I said the dangers of having Sorenson on the pitch, but what can I say, he proved me wrong. It was his curling pass that had meet Matri's head, but the whole move begun with the trickery of Krasic. Krasic had all the Inter players thinking that he would cross it, but they didn't expect him to lay it off for Sorenson. It is this quick thinking and unselfish behaviour that all the Juve fans love about him.

The introduction of Iaquinta near the end of the second half added nothing to the attack, actually it might have taken things away from the attack. Whereas Toni would attack the ball, win headers and hold up the ball, Iaquinta did none of this and one has to feel sorry for Matri as a lot of the burden was still on him. But The Old Lady did well to hold on for the three points and more importantly, a clean sheet. But what can be said with absolute certainty... this is a great result for Milan.