Juventus - AS Roma

ErPupone wrote:I'm predicting a lineup somewhere in the near future looking like this:



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Bench:
Coach: :shisha:

McLewis wrote:You really don't take any prisoners do ya, Dave? lol

So many facepalms....

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Anywhoo, this will be probably the last of our tough tests this season. I do not expect a victory here. That's the reality of it. I just want us to go out there and make a good account of ourselves. Nothing more, nothing less.

RealGunner wrote:Juventus aint faced a team like Roma yet

I believe Roma can get a result if they can dominate pirlo. Huge game for Gago n Pjanic

ErPupone wrote:I'm predicting a lineup somewhere in the near future looking like this:



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Coach: :shisha:

Epicology wrote:www.asromaforever.it posted a possible line up and Borini is in
call me crazy but this is the first defeat of Juve , written in prophecies (lol) , but normally after a week gap between games i see the worst of Roma , i hope it wont be the case because 3rd is still achievable

McLewis wrote:Pirlo ain't who I'm worried about. It's Vidal that may trouble us. We shackle him and Pirlo loses his protector in midfield, leaving us to nullify his threat and stifle supply to Juve's attackers. This is a key match up that DDR, Pjanic and Gago must win. We fail at that and it won't matter who Juve play up front because they'll get a plethora of chances, which they eventually will take.

Breaking down the best defense in Serie A is another matter entirely, I feel.

Epicology wrote:

McLewis wrote:Pirlo ain't who I'm worried about. It's Vidal that may trouble us. We shackle him and Pirlo loses his protector in midfield, leaving us to nullify his threat and stifle supply to Juve's attackers. This is a key match up that DDR, Pjanic and Gago must win. We fail at that and it won't matter who Juve play up front because they'll get a plethora of chances, which they eventually will take.

Breaking down the best defense in Serie A is another matter entirely, I feel.

Pirlo is my main concern because he is the one who makes through passes and our defence (let me do not make myself angry)

ErPupone wrote:Agreed about Vidal, Neal. But nonetheless, we have to chase down Pirlo before he gets on the ball as well. Pjanic is going to have to do a lot more running than he's used to, while Gago and De Rossi cannot afford to let those free runs from midfield get through or else Heinze and Kjaer are rightly f***ed. I said the same thing before the Coppa match and what happened, Giaccherini just tore up our high back line and scored on the first chance he got. One thing though, if Gago and De Rossi are in midfield, it means Marquinho is sent to the bench. For me, that's a bit of a problem since he's been playing quite well and his runs forward usually cause problems to the opposition. For this reason I would consider a tactical switch (that I know Enrique would never go for):

Gago - De Rossi - Marquinho

Pjanic - Totti

Osvaldo

We would definitely have the legs in midfield to shut down Pirlo, Vidal and co. Meanwhile, we would not lose our creativity as Pjanic and Totti would still be together. I would bring Lamela on later in the game once Juve starts to get tired, if the result permits such a move. We have to be realistic here and think that the draw is probably the most we could get out of this. For that reason, I would sacrifice Lamela for Marquinho in order to protect ourselves as much as possible while still being threatening going forward.

Epicology wrote:i would still put either Bojan or Borini instead of Lamela especially after that Chiellini incident and beside i feel that by putting two natural strikers we sorta push back Juve defence

The awkward moment when i cant figure who is Mike

RealGunner wrote:Juventus aint faced a team like Roma yet

I believe Roma can get a result if they can dominate pirlo. Huge game for Gago n Pjanic

Luca wrote:

RealGunner wrote:Juventus aint faced a team like Roma yet

I believe Roma can get a result if they can dominate pirlo. Huge game for Gago n Pjanic

You mean apart from actually playing Roma twice this season already :vagi:

I think Roma definitely can get a result but I don't think they will, this game is in Torino and that matters

McLewis wrote:The attacking conundrum is the type of headaches we as fans and Luis Enrique as coach should want to have.

We've got 5 strikers who have done some serious damage to just about every side they've played this season. Pity we can't play all 5 at once

ErPupone wrote:

Luca wrote:

RealGunner wrote:Juventus aint faced a team like Roma yet

I believe Roma can get a result if they can dominate pirlo. Huge game for Gago n Pjanic

You mean apart from actually playing Roma twice this season already :vagi:

I think Roma definitely can get a result but I don't think they will, this game is in Torino and that matters

Oh, but that's what you think...

McLewis wrote:The attacking conundrum is the type of headaches we as fans and Luis Enrique as coach should want to have.

We've got 5 strikers who have done some serious damage to just about every side they've played this season. Pity we can't play all 5 at once

Oh but that's what you think.

Stekelenburg
Taddei De Rossi Heinze Marquinho
Pjanic Totti Lamela
Borini Osvaldo Bojan

This would actually be amazing. I thought we were supposed to have an offensive-minded coach, why have we not tried this before???

Cotes wrote:first...I don't think Pirlo is the player u guys should look out for...
Marchisio,Quags & Vucinic are gonna dominate this game...
I hope for a win but I don't want to see Roma do badly...
Would be good if Roma gets the 3rd spot!