Chievo V Juventus

An underwhelming match after Juves' explosive start, for Juventus and Serie A in general, almost every game ended in a scoreless draw today.

Juve had the lions share of possession with over 60% but they were finding it difficult to get past the well organised Chievo side, Chievo made it their purpose to frustrate the leaders, and they did but Chievo were the team to amass 6 yellow card to Juve's 2, the referee did not have a great game as he let a lot slide and particular protection was given to Andrea Pirlo, which just goes to prove if you're not a giant ass like C Ronaldo, you will get the benefit of the doubt.

Juventus were going for the win and it showed in the stats, 13 shots but only two were on goal, Conte got his tactics wrong in the first half when he decided to go with Vucinic as the loan strike, don't get me wrong, he's a brilliant player but it was evident he needed some support. The problem with just having one upfront is that not only does he lack support, but it makes the attack rather predictable and the opposing team can just smother him. Krasic didn't have a great game but I believe that has more to do with where Conte plays him, remember he's a natural winger not a right sided midfielder, so he was playing out of his element. Least we forget Krasic has greet speed and like to run down the wings, and when he doesn't get teammates making the runs into the area, it can be a bit of a waste and it was no surprise when he was taken off earl on in the second half. But the first half could have ended differently, when Cyril Thereau had thought he had put his side ahead after Buffon had just fumbled a shot from Sergio Pellisier moments earlier, but it was disallowed due to a foul on Pirlo, so he got a yellow card for his troubles as well as having his showed scrubbed off.

The game had started to get very frustrating with Juve player falling over all the time looking for a decision, that is not something you expect from a great team, that's something you expect from Inter!! Juve were lucky not to end the game with 10 men as Chiellini and Vidal were losing their heads, That's one of the problems with Juve, they don't have a natural leader on the pitch, they have Del Piero and Pirlo who are well respected but are not that vocal and imposing.

Juve are still heading the League as 5 out of the 6 games ended in a goalless draw, but the scariest thing about this game was not that they might have a few suspended players, but they started to look like last seasons' Juve, where they started to panic. Hopefully that's not the case and we'll see Juve back to their best next week against Genoa.

FORZA JUVENTUS!