I was pretty annoyed that first he wasn't able to catch Kovacic, second Kovacic was able to keep separation from Wes when he was trying to grab him, and third because he wasn't able to do the first two. He didn't make the tactical foul to stop the counter and take the yellow card. last year he ran down Duvan Zapata, completed a sick slide tackle and retained the ball. It is a little bit apples to oranges but I expected him to stop Kovacic one way or another.
For those that didn't watch the game, this is the play in question. To be fair to McKennie, Locatelli had a pretty dumb play few minutes earlier as well.
Kovacic is not "fast" but, he is great with the ball at his feet. Kovacic has a lot of successful take ons so he gets past a lot of guys.
I was wondering if I missed a play. I remember this one. two minutes to go in extra time and you want him to go to the flag? He saw an opening for a pass and he took it. the timing of the pass was off and got intercepted in the opponent's own third. Give me a break, what he did was not a wreckless dangerous pass.
I have to say I was expecting something quite different, more of a crossfield pass that led immediately/directly to a dangerous counter. The pass itself was pretty bad, but it wasn't a horrible decision - his teammate was open, the pass was there.
True, but if you fancy yourself as a Juventus-quality midfielder who counts as his strengths speed, closing players down, defensive acumen, and the like, then I think you have to do more on that play.
I absolutely want him to go to the flag. This allows the defense to reset or catch their breath. Also, if you run towards the flag and are able to retain possession by having Chelsea kick the ball out of bounds or even win a corner kick, the game is over at that point. I’m sure 99% of coaches would ask him to do the same thing.
Here is my point, you have a chance to score with a passing lane inside your opponent's 18, you have to take it unless you are talking less than a minute to play. Two minutes of playing time is a lot of time. Juve's defense better be set when the ball is the opponent's third.
Yeah, that's a weird one to complain about. Chelsea recovers the ball a couple yards away from where the corner is anyway, so this is a fairly safe part of the field.
The pass was a solid decision. The execution was terrible. Your final sentence is the key one. A team going essentially the full length of the field is on the defense.
It wasn't a bad decision, just the wrong decision if that makes sense. For me, when they go over the film as a team, I'm almost positive that the feedback isn't going to be "nice idea, bad execution." I would bet that Allegri/staff is going to insist that he goes to the corner. It is about the 3 points at that point, not a great pass to Cuadrado and then hoping he is able to create a goal scoring opportunity afterwards.
The latest on Westono Makeni is that Juve plans to loan him out in January to evaluate whether they sell him in the summer. https://www.calcioline.com/news/445...entus-mckennie-si-vede-lontano-dai-bianconeri Everything seems still based on the Football Insider rumor, though.
Don't know so much if that was dumb but it was just a terrible pass way behind the target. Unfocused looking. He used to have at least one play like this a game back in the Schalke days. Lack of concentration.
Well, for what it's worth, Cuadrado thought it necessitated him stopping the play by intentionally fouling Chilwell immediately and got yellow card for it.
He'd also played the full match while Wes had just subbed on. To get beat for pace in that situation just looks bad.
Thanks. From the commentary here I thought he gave it away at midfield. Yeah, maybe he should've time wasted, and it wasn't a good pass, but he gave it away 90 yards from his goal. BS gonna BS though.
Would you guys be freaking out if Luka Modric got past him? Kovacic is one of the most skillful midfielders in the World he does that to a lot of players.
He hasn't been the same guy for what seems like the entire calendar year. Whether it was those nagging injuries he played through in Feb/March/April or the last window or getting kicked around by Allegri as Juve have been crap, he's not in a good place right now it seems. Just hope he can figure it out.
No one is doubting Mateo's ability and what he can do with the ball. For me, it wasn't an "ability/skillful" thing. He just showed more determination, which is alarming to me. It is not as if Kovacic dribbled him, Wes couldn't get ahead of him in a foot race with the ball and was unable to stop the counter.
Certainly wasn't a criminal pass - but kind of a microcosm of WM right now: disappointing. Hard to be focused and sharp on the field when you aren't focused off. Hoping he turns things around soon.
I wouldn't call it freaking out, just making note of a play he could have done better on. Freaking out is when I made the claim a few months ago that Cade Cowell would be bought by ManU for more than Bryan Reynolds. No one called me out on it though.