.... Is it just me or has Juve lost all creativity? They almost play football like the English, you know, long and wish full passing. Know I know Juve have more class then that, but I do think that ever since they started to rely on big target men like Amauri and Iaquinta they have forgotten what else they can do.
Thank God for Krasic, he is fast, creative and he brings a new dimension to the game, without him Juve would be boring to watch ( and it's causing me physical pain saying this!) They can't keep relying on Del Piero, I know in the situation they are in now with all the injuries, they have to because they have no one else. But there was a time when Juve played beautiful football and knew how to win games. The times with the likes of Nedved, Camoranesi, Zambrotta and Trezeguet.
One thing about Krasic is that there is only one of him and sometimes it does seem that he tries to take on everyone because he doesn't believe that the others can do it. Just imagine if Diego was still there, what a thought, with all that creativity and the added pace of Milos, it would have been enough to revive the Old Lady. The one thing that Krasic misses is physical presence, he has the speed to get away from peaople but he doesn't have the power to hold up the ball while he waits for his teammates, this is why he is often seen just going it alone, and the result can be very frustrating because he needs help!
Juve always start the game sloppy and this could have been the sloppiest by letting in two goals within 20 minutes. And they both could have been avoided, if they had closed Pastore down and if they were better at defending set pieces. Juve have a way about them, they tend to nod off at the most inconvenient times. But Juve did get one goal back, and it was just after the Juve slaims for a penalty fell on deaf ears. Bovo of Palermo had clearly handled the ball with his outstretched arm but apparently the ref did not see this. This was then followed by outraged Juve players mobbing the ref and Marchisio promptly getting a yellow card. But it was through this huge injustice that Claudio Marchisio halved the deficit and the game was still alive.
Alessandro Matri didn't make the impact that everyone was hoping, the pressure had seemed to get to him as he missed chances that would have been the way back for The Bianconeri. One player that is starting to become more and more of a liability is Felipe Melo. He is starting to get rather hot headed and is starting to collect yellow cards at an alarming rate- one thinks that maybe Juve should have offloaded him and not Diego.
Juve put in an admirable fightback and came agonizingly close to getting the equaliser. It just wasn't Juve's day, but I can still hope that with all the players back to match fitness, they can make their way back up the table.
I still have hope!
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