Good result! Definitely an improvement.

Still lots to work on, but at the very least it's a bit of a confidence boost going into the derby.

Great game ,

Abbiati saved us

A slight improvement. We still have a long way to go. Although, Dejong seems to be settling into the DM position well. Monto needs more time.

Abbiati was sensational. Lets keep this going (IMG:style_emoticons/default/devilsmiley.gif)

Yes, you can. Great result, we played some good football at times, which is definitely an improvement from recent games. Though there's still a long way to go.

This post has been edited by Jack Bauer: Oct 3 2012, 06:59 PM

The most important thing to work on at this point is possession. I don't know what Allegri has them doing in training but it definately does not seem like it includes any of that in it!

Despite the mistake in Zenit's second goal, Abbiati was by far MVP. De Jong was pretty good, too. We played an amazing first 15-20 minutes, but then completely fell apart. It's been a recurring trend in this season, along with the awful set pieces positioning. Zenit had plenty of chances, they didn't deserve to lose.

I don't know what to make of our game. I mean, the starting formation was solid, but we just couldn't keep the pace and concentration. And these are all pretty young players we're talking about. Someone must talk to them.

And not just once! I stopped watching after the second goal and I know we would somehow get the 2-3 result after that... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

We played some good football in pre-season too. I still think the loss to Madrid caused this disastrous start.

Just saw El Sha's goal, brilliant! I love how just when everyone was beginning to doubt him he turned it around like this. at the same time I miss the days when Pato would score such goals. that said, I hope when he returns he doesn't get in El Sha's way and affect his form (I mean unintentionally, of course).

This game was identical to CSKA-Inter of last season. Inter scored two early goals then, but CSKA equalized, only for Zarate to score the winner for Inter late in the second half. Zenit-Milan, same story.

yeah he was incredible.

I think Bojan was rather selfish in the game taking shots when he could have passed among a few other things i know he wants to show what hes got but assisting counts also.

This post has been edited by Ry4n: Oct 3 2012, 07:27 PM

Yeah Bojan is acting childish and selfish. So many points during the game he had a chance to make a good pass and he tried an unsuccessful dribble or some other move and mostly failed. He seems to have a spoiled attitude. Allegri needs to slap him on the head and let him know that playing for the team counts first!

This post has been edited by KillerMax: Oct 3 2012, 07:42 PM

Two positives from the game:

1. Allegri finally seems to be gaining some success in forming an identity within this new team, however green and vulnerable it may be, it seems to finally show itself in unison. Now it needs to be stretched out for the whole duration of the game.
2. El Shaarawy's goal was sublime!

This post has been edited by KillerMax: Oct 3 2012, 07:41 PM

Precisely..

Didn't watch the game, and Im sure as hell not watching the derby (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Congrats people, finally the team is starting to find positive results from difficult fixtures.


Most important thing right now would be for you to open up the derby thread!

Does anyone have a link/torrent of the whole game?

This post has been edited by il_diavolo_mtl: Oct 3 2012, 10:18 PM