Some luck on the goal with the deflection but that is why you shoot. The perfect chance rarely comes. Parma playing it right, leaving little space. Difference from Udinese.
Juve win and increase the lead to 4 points. It wasn't the prettiest of wins, and tbh it was kind of a bore to watch, but a win is a win.
So many missed opportunities to score, I expect the team do better going forward. We really need to defend better at set plays, we been terrible at those for years.
Pretty much what we did the first half of the season. Fortunately we have good horses to make up for the jockey’s inefficiencies.
I am smiling ear to ear: Juve wins Inter drops points and is now a W and a D behind 3.CR7 is finally here What’s not to love?
Dybala and CR7 are starting to link up nicely as well. I think a proper regista and trequartista will allow for a trident up front.
For the first time since he's gotten here, you get the sense Ronaldo is the Ronaldo of old. A hat trick here. A brace here. Even so he carried this team last year, there's, again, a sense of invincibility about him that you didn't see since he left Real Madrid. If this and Dybala's great form continues, it may be enough to mask this team's midfield's deficiencies and we could end up doing very well this season despite the fact that overall we haven't played all that great.
If he starts putting fear in the eyes of his opponents again when he steps up for a freekick, he'll be back to his old self
Yes but Parma deserve some credit. It was a very good ball in and Cornelius is an excellent header of the ball. That was a well worked goal.
Pjanic seems to have lost something. He is not the orchestrator that he ought to be under Sarri's system, like Jorghino was. He is making far too many mistakes that will be punished against better sides in Europe. And for some reason he no longer is deadly on free kicks. i think the latter is because of Ronaldo. Before he came Pjanic and or Dybla took all the free kicks depending on where the ball was. Now, Dybala is still quite dangerous, but I can't remember the last time Pjanic put one in. I thought Rabiot played pretty well and is starting to round into form. He is a big boy and has more potential than Can, who I think should be sold at this point. Ramsey still needs some time and he should have scored just before halftime. If he can finally get one of those to go in, he might get some confidence and be a useful player. But right now, I prefer Dybala there with Higgy and Ronaldo up top. Then if we need more firepower bring on Dougie C to roam on the wing.
Paratici needs to get us a FB this month. I don't see how he thinks we can win the CL with 0 actual FBs and using makeshift players at that position unless we go to 3 in the back which you know Sarri is never going to do.