[han2503]

Who: Juventus F.C. vs. A.C. Milan



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Where: Juventus Stadium



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When:
7th February 2015 @ 8:45pm CET


Head-to-Head Record



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[Danny]

High pressing. That's what I said.

Oh I am not disagreeing his selection was a disgrace, as was his captaincy, but he wasn't the only thing wrong, nor was he the worst component.

That fell to the idiot selecting him and others.

[han2503]

High pressing. That's what I said.

Oh I am not disagreeing his selection was a disgrace, as was his captaincy, but he wasn't the only thing wrong, nor was he the worst component.

That fell to the idiot selecting him and others.

The point is Pippo supposedly used both Muntari and Essien to "contain" those Juve players I mentioned, and "protect" the defence, and they BOTH failed miserably at it. Muntari is a tactical liability and Essien simply isn't up to it any more.

The midfield got overrun both because of the 3 v 4 issue you mentioned and because our mediocre midfielder players failed at executing the "plan" Pippo laid out. Now you can accuse him of this all you want but Allegri deployed this very same strategy multiple times in big games and we saw the same failure results.

I understand the thinking behing it, but not when you have players that are incapable of actually covering the defence or managing to string more than 3 passes together before conceding possession back to the opposition