Sunday 25 September 2011

Juventus- Just a blip, or deja vu' all over again?


DON'T PANIC!! It would be natural to assume the worst, given their track record but it would be slightly unjust to assume that, given the fact that they came back stronger and more determined after going down a goal. For the most part of last season it would be the opposite, they would score first only to concede the equalizer and then the game because they couldn't get their heads back in the game. Antonio Conte tried a different formation with Matri up front on his own due to Vucinic being suspended. This shows that Conte is willing to adjust and adapt and that he will not be stubborn and stick by his style of play no matter what is happening. The game started off sluggish, which was maybe a mistake, as Catania were the ones to draw blood first in the 22 minute.
Juve have to be careful about over reliance on Andrea Pirlo, he was unable to make a dramatic impact on the game due to the fact he was being man marked attentively, and it almost stopped Juve from playing their game. They must have a back up plan for Pirlo, because soon other teams will figure out that if you stop Pirlo, you stop Juve- and this can't  happen, someone else must be able to take the torch.
 Marchisio has always been a good little solider for the team and he is still young enough to get better, but he must stop picking up cards and making rash challenges because they will come back to bite him in the ass!
Congratulations to Krasic for scoring his first goal this term, he has been amidst some sensational talk recently, the most recent is that he will be wearing the red Of Man U, which off course is absurd- but his body language and misunderstandings with Conte did make me wonder. Milos did not have the prettiest of games but he did score the equalizer and then late on he did almost grab a late winner, but then he ran out of steam. It's all well and good to have a pacy player like Krasic- but he is just one man, he still needs support from his teammate.
Not a bad performance and Conte has time and the players to fix it- let's just hope he does it soon, because they can't keep losing points but above all they can't loose morale as the play AC Milan next week!

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