Juve has a horrid defense but a dynamic offense! For those unfamiliar with the traditional catenacciari of Italian football, that was one heck of an exciting game against Borussia!
I do think we need an upgrade on defense badly and maybe a better defensive midfielder. Not sure who will be available to sign…we can definitely score but we get scored on way too much.
Needless to say if you tighten up that defence, you guys should do some damage this year. Yildiz is really starting to grow
Juventus-Borussia Dortmund 4-4, le pagelle della partita di Champions | Sky Sport Juventus-Borussia Dortmund, le pagelle di CM: Vlahovic-Yildiz fenomenali. Di Gregorio peggiore in campo | Calciomercato McKennie 5.5: Se chiedi diligenza e adesione al compito, ce l’avrai. Servirebbero anche spunto, accelerazioni e un pizzico di fantasia. Mancano e su quella fascia la Juve non va mai via. Dal 59’ Joao Mario 6: Fatica ad entrare in partita, ma qualche sgasata la concede. McKennie 5.5: If you ask for diligence and adherence to the task, you'll get it. Some spark, acceleration, and a touch of creativity are also needed. Something is missing, on that flank for Juve and they never really get going. From the 59th minute Joao Mario 6: Struggles to get into the game, but he manages to make a few bursts. Juventus-Borussia Dortmund 4-4, pagelle e tabellino: Kelly salva i bianconeri in extremis | Goal.com Italia VOTI JUVENTUS: Di Gregorio 6; Kalulu 5.5, Bremer 5.5, Kelly 7; McKennie 6 (59' Joao Mario 6), Koopmeiners 6 (69' Adzic 6), Thuram 5.5, Cambiaso 5.5; Openda 6 (69' Locatelli 6), David 5 (60' Vlahovic 7), Yildiz 8 (86' Zhegrova sv)
I know we made the Davids and Openda signings but Vlahovic needs to start at the moment as he's the in-form player. It's great that we have finally figured out how to score goals but the defense has been abysmal all season long. Kelly is clearly not a starter. I was also very disappointed with Thuram yesterday.
Yes....and we sold our NextGen superstar defender for peanuts and now, 1 year later, he is starting a CL game for Real Madrid.
Vlahovic needs to remain as a sub. In the 6 games he's started under Tudor he's scored once. In the games he's been subbed on he's scored in all but one.
And yet he remains the most in-form player. It's going to be hard to justify keeping the guy who's actually scoring the goals on the bench, even if the statistics are what they are. Vlahovic has obviously had his issues since he's been here, but he has shown in the past that he can be a world class striker. He's looking like that right now.
Looking at the starting xi . I can’t understand why Chico or zagrova are not starting and instead he has gone with koppmeiners as a right sided attacker?
Tudor the Tinkerman is clueless. How Koop still starts is baffling. Juve will go nowhere with him in charge.