Serie A - The 2007-08 season thread

Juve need to be very careful now. They have a point now

how many positions has zanetti played in this match?

class player

That was NOT a handball by Cesar... now I am getting a bit pissed at the ref....

But I guess that was the linesman...

Chiellini

Agooner wrote:Buffon = just a different class to most keepers around.

He's the one keeping juve in this match.

Understandable. He is one of the very best goalkeepers in the world, which is why the first sentence is simply stating the obvious.

bluenine wrote:That was NOT a handball by Cesar... now I am getting a bit pissed at the ref....

The amount of offside decisions that have the benefit for Juventus has been ridiculous, Ranieri has chosen to play a high line - he's going to get caught out especially with the vision and pass of some of Inters foward players, terrible match for the referee and his linesman in regard of offside calls

So Ranieri is still playing crazy tactics? Jeez... he'll never learn I guess.

Chiellini really is a c**t isn't he

But must admit, the ref and linesman have held their nerve... its a big game, atleast there are no big mistakes.

Chiellini and Ibra have been having a go at each other all game...

Pirlo wrote:

bluenine wrote:That was NOT a handball by Cesar... now I am getting a bit pissed at the ref....

The amount of offside decisions that have the benefit for Juventus has been ridiculous, Ranieri has chosen to play a high line - he's going to get caught out especially with the vision and pass of some of Inters foward players, terrible match for the referee and his linesman in regard of offside calls

S4P wrote:

Agooner wrote:Buffon = just a different class to most keepers around.

He's the one keeping juve in this match.

Understandable. He is one of the very best goalkeepers in the world, which is why the first sentence is simply stating the obvious.

I'd say he is the best.

Cech has dropped a bit since that injury, not as commanding as he used to be.

Agooner wrote:

S4P wrote:

Agooner wrote:Buffon = just a different class to most keepers around.

He's the one keeping juve in this match.

Understandable. He is one of the very best goalkeepers in the world, which is why the first sentence is simply stating the obvious.

I'd say he is the best.

Cech has dropped a bit since that injury, not as commanding as he used to be.

6 clean sheets in 7 games my friend, I'd say he's getting back to his best

Imo, the 3 at the top are Buffon, Cech and Casillas. It just depends on what you prefer in a goalie.

Chiellini absolutely splattered Ibra. Iaquinta has been causing a nuisance as well, Cordoba and Samuel have been immense for Inter, now Ranieri is containing Inter through the middle by packing his lines closer, but the width is wide open for Inter, a real shame Maicon has been forced off

FT: 1-1

1-1...a fair result i guess

To see that equalizer go in was sooo sweet!

1-1, a good result for Inter who had players out injured.

Good point, Juve wanted it more.

S4P wrote:

Agooner wrote:

S4P wrote:

Agooner wrote:Buffon = just a different class to most keepers around.

He's the one keeping juve in this match.

Understandable. He is one of the very best goalkeepers in the world, which is why the first sentence is simply stating the obvious.

I'd say he is the best.

Cech has dropped a bit since that injury, not as commanding as he used to be.

6 clean sheets in 7 games my friend, I'd say he's getting back to his best

Imo, the 3 at the top are Buffon, Cech and Casillas. It just depends on what you prefer in a goalie.

cant say i agree. i think buffon is the best clearly while the other two are on the same level.

Drab end to a high pressure game.... Juve steal a draw... they seem to be getting lucky against big teams, just like they did against Roma...

Final: Juve 1-1 Inter

We remain on top, I guess a draw away from home at Turin isn't a bad result. We will see them at San Siro.

Bad news is that Figo and Maicon went off injured... Figo looked bad. We can't keep getting injuries... only Cambiasso survives from our starting midfield now!!

a good result for Juventus who started as underdogs & with not exactly an evenly matched team on paper

How long are Stankovic and Vieria out for?

I agree...

Too bad he plays for the wrong team in Italy - he won them a point tonight...

supermadrid wrote:

S4P wrote:

Agooner wrote:

S4P wrote:

Agooner wrote:Buffon = just a different class to most keepers around.

He's the one keeping juve in this match.

Understandable. He is one of the very best goalkeepers in the world, which is why the first sentence is simply stating the obvious.

I'd say he is the best.

Cech has dropped a bit since that injury, not as commanding as he used to be.

6 clean sheets in 7 games my friend, I'd say he's getting back to his best

Imo, the 3 at the top are Buffon, Cech and Casillas. It just depends on what you prefer in a goalie.

cant say i agree. i think buffon is the best clearly while the other two are on the same level.

bluenine wrote:Drab end to a high pressure game.... Juve steal a draw... they seem to be getting lucky against big teams, just like they did against Roma...

Final: Juve 1-1 Inter

We remain on top, I guess a draw away from home at Turin isn't a bad result. We will see them at San Siro.

Bad news is that Figo and Maicon went off injured... Figo looked bad. We can't keep getting injuries... only Cambiasso survives from our starting midfield now!!

The match was there for Inter, but a combination of some unlucky line calls from the referee and some brilliant improvising from Buffon kept them out. Juventus' defence was horrifically exposed tactically, and despite the energetic and hard-working display from their midfield and attack they were contained easily, Cesar was hardly worked and the goal was a degree of fortune, it was a compelling match to watch if only for the performance of the Juventus fans and players who seem to have a very bizarre concept of justice .

Tactically Ranieri needs to start phasing out Nedved and Del Piero who are both now virtually useless and pointless, Palladino and Iaquinta are far more effective and work a defence harder, Juve became much more flexible and robust once they were both on the pitch and pushed up onto Inter's back line. Samuel, Chivu and Cordaba were superb and gave a real lesson in how to defend intelligently from direct football, Maicon wasn't as adventurous, but as the match went on he seized more initiative on Molinaro and the open nature of Juve's wide areas really helped him.

A good containment by Ranieri after the equaliser, he strangled Inters central areas by playing a very narrow 4-3-3, but his high line and lack of width exposed the wider areas and you saw how isolated his defence was when Inter stole posession and countered - he was left often with three defenders who kept very narrow.

A good match and an enjoyable one tactically, fantastic point for Juventus, two dropped for Inter though they can afford it, if Juve hadn't have equalised then i have no doubt that Inter would have won it, one criticism of Mancini was that Suazo wasn't deployed earlier, as soon as he came on Juve equalised and dropped just that bit deeper when Inter had possession.

FT 1-1
i think inter were very professional in their approach but it was in a way that i dont really care for but deserves alot of respect since it is exactly like a coach would want his team to play. the goal allowed inter to sit back and soak up and juve played into their plan but juve should have brought on suazo earlier. i was hoping for juve to win because they really wanted to win and they showed great spirit and overall a very sympathic juventus that will win fans i think.
great game that didnt have alot of great play but it more then made up for it in emotion(juve) and high quality(inter) and with a fine result that both can use.

bluenine wrote:Juve steal a draw... they seem to be getting lucky against big teams, just like they did against Roma..

So any team that's able to draw or win against Inter is a lucky team
C'mon Bluey...or maybe you want to suggest that even luck is against Inter

Stank is out for another 2 weeks I think... Vieira is out till Jan. I hope the Figo injury is not serious.

But now it looks like we will play without the 3 of them in the CL... irony this season, first our entire defence gets injured/suspended, and now that we have most of them back, its our midfield!! The only ones registered for CL and fit now are Cambiasso, Jiminez and Dacourt!!

And I hope Maicon recovers for midweek, then we can play Zanetti in Figo's place.

Rasiak-9 wrote:How long are Stankovic and Vieria out for?

nah, dude, didn't mean it in any bad way.... Inter were the better team today, and Juve got a bit lucky with a deflected goal... Juve didn't have any other real chance, while Inter had a few.

We were also unlucky on a few calls, and injuries at a crucial time to Figo and Maicon which wiped out our potent right wing!!

But in football, these things happen. I am glad we gave a decent display in turin against a spirited Juve... I have little doubt that it will be a different result in the return leg

TarunDang wrote:

bluenine wrote:Juve steal a draw... they seem to be getting lucky against big teams, just like they did against Roma..

So any team that's able to draw or win against Inter is a lucky team
C'mon Bluey...or maybe you want to suggest that even luck is against Inter

bluenine wrote:Tweedy of course thinks that Giovinco is a useless player with no end product!! Hopefully after tonight, Tweedy would have watched Giovinco for more than 5 minutes on which his judgement is probably based.

Well, you hyped him up as the best young talent in Serie A, which means he's competing with Messi in La Liga and Cesc in the EPL... he doesn't match up. He made a couple of good passes and scored but part from that, totally and cpmpletely anonymous! If that guy is the future of Serie A then the league is fucked!