Friday 30 September 2011

Juventus V Milan- To good too soon?

This match is always produces some great display of football, but people must not get ahead of themselves, after all, it has only been four games. And two of those games ended in a draw and the Italian media was talking about what's gone wrong with Juve, for the love of everything holy, it is only the start of a very long season, they have to pace themselves if they want to come out on top and try to avoid burning out when it counts- does everyone forget what happened the last two seasons? They started of looking like title contenders and ended up in seventh place. As important as this game is, it's not a title decider as Del Piero said, to be able to make that prediction, one has to wait till after Christmas. This game is more of a morale booster, if they get any kind of result from this they can then use that momentum throughout the campaign. But having said that, even if it turns out to be a disappointing result, they still have the time to learn from their mistakes, and Conte is rather smart and he will always be a picture of calm and be realistic in his expectations.
This game will be very emotional for obvious reasons, Andrea Pirlo will face his old club, a club that he was with for 10 years! And least we forget Alberto Aquilani, who spent a loan spell in Turin only to be returned to Liverpool and after alot of negotiations managed to navigate his way to Milan. Having Pirlo face his old club has some benefits, he will no alot about the way they play but the flipside to that is that they will know an awful lot about him, most of all how to stop him from playing his game, as Catania found out last week,as the man marked him and he even admitted himself that he wasn't able to produce his best work. Not only that, but I believe Juve have made an error in getting rid of Felipe Melo, as every team needs a "hardman" in the middle and I feel that with Pirlo, Marchisio, Krasic and even Pepe are starting to look a little "frail". While Milan has the ever enthusiastic- Kevin- Prince Boateng. All I'm saying that The Old Lady would be wise not to rely so much on Andrea, after all they are a much better team than previous seasons.
Let's just all hope that age brings wisdom and not dementia from The Old Lady!

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