QUOTE (Fillipo Simone @ May 5 2014, 06:48 AM)
Good game. MoM goes easily to de Jong for his defensive and offensive work. A complete game for him, if only he was able to pull such stuff up regularly. Contrary to some, I would praise Kaká for his play, and even Balotelli who did I think good. Rami and Mexes looked solid, even Constant was good.
I've expected more from Montolivo and Poli. Taarabt? Well, his typical performance; "give a little, take a little".
Flop goes sadly to Mattia. It's so obvious he's not comfortable on the right; just remember the good tackle he made (saving our @sses) on the left! Clearly this is his flank, and I'm still boggled with Seedorf's reasoning here.
Agreed.
I think De Jong did well moreso today because we weren't playing with Monto and him in a double pivot. De Jong was very obviously in an anchor position, while Monto was playing further ahead of him in what seems like more of a free role last night. This was probably because of how Inter set up their midfield. It was basically Poli and Monto right ahead of De Jong with Taraabt and Kaka behind Balo. With the front 3 constantly shifting positions.
And who voted Poli as flop?
His primary job was to contain Inter's midfielders, and he did that. It's what I admire most about him, he'll give you 100% no matter what you ask of him. He can basically play anywhere in midfield either in a defensive or offensive capacity with no trouble at all
And personally I thought Kaka was good, yes there were moments where he drifted out of the game but he put in an overall good performance