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Lucas Tousart celebrates his goal in Lyon’s 1-0 Champions League last-16 victory over Juventus. Photograph: Philippe Desmazes/AFP via Getty Images Juventus’s hopes of reaching the Champions Leaguelast eight
suffered a blow when the Italian champions slumped to a 1-0 defeat in their last-16 first leg at Lyon. Midfielder Lucas Tousart scored the only goal on 31 minutes to give Lyon, who are bidding to reach the quarter-finals for the first time since 2010, a deserved win. It was Lyon’s first victory over Juventus, and Juventus’s
first defeat in the competition this season. The Serie A leaders lacked quality, with Cristiano Ronaldo rarely getting into scoring positions, and they will need to improve in the return leg on 17 March if they are to progress. Around 2,700 Juventus fans travelled from Piedmont, a region neighbouring the coronavirus-hit Lombardy, as the game went ahead as planned despite concern over the virus. On the pitch, Lyon were at their best, with Houssem Aouar and new signing Bruno Guimarães inspiring their team. “We were not the favourites and rightfully so, but we believed that we could unsettle Juventus,” said the midfielder Aouar. “But let’s not get carried away, there’s one full game left.” Juventus have only won four of their last eight competitive matches and their captain Leonardo Bonucci said his team had improved. “We messed up our first half, sometimes it happens,” he said. “We gifted one half and they scored at a moment when they were good athurting us.”
After a cagey start, Lyon made a clear chance when Karl Toko-Ekambi’s header at the near post from Aouar’s corner hit the crossbar. Aouar then burst into the area and delivered a cutback that Tousart placed into the top corner from close range to put the Frenchside ahead.
Juventus were at the time down to 10 men as Matthijs de Ligt was getting treatment for blood on his head after being accidentally stamped on by his teammate Alex Sandro. The visitors threatened through Ronaldo but he shot just wide at the end of a counterattack with Juve looking short on confidence. The Italian side upped the pressure after the interval as Lyon sat back and hoped to hurt Maurizio Sarri’s team on the break. Paulo Dybala went close for Juve with a volley, the substitute Gonzalo Higuaín wasted a couple of chances and Dybala had a goal ruled out for offside as Lyon held firm.MATCH STATS
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* 14 Dubois
* 29 Tousart
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* 21 Toko Ekambi
* 9 Dembele
* 8 Aouar
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* 3 Andersen (s 81')* 7 Terrier (s 66')
* 10 Traore
* 12 Thiago Mendes
* 23 Tete (s 78')
* 25 Caqueret
* 30 Tatarusanu
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* 13 Danilo
* 4 de Ligt
* 19 Bonucci
* 12 Alex Sandro
* 30 Bentancur
* 5 Pjanic
* 25 Rabiot
* 16 Cuadrado
* 10 Dybala
* 7 Ronaldo
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* 2 De Sciglio
* 8 Ramsey (s 62')
* 14 Matuidi
* 21 Higuain (s 70')* 24 Rugani
* 33 Bernardeschi (s 78')* 77 Buffon
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We have been playing poor football for most the season. Other than Ronaldo scoring plentifully, Dybala performing well in his often changing roles and some signs of welcome development from Bentancur (almost in spite of the varied roles and stop start runs in the side) there has been stagnation all across the side under Sarri. There is no obvious tactical identity. We are in late February and only of late has he moved Ramsey and Juan to their nat…Jump to comment
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Great result for Lyon. Before this they had drawn 7 out of their last 8 home games in the Champions League so have been tough to beat. They have a good young team and if they can hold on to their players (unlikely) then they certainly have a bright future. I suspect the second leg will be another story but I will be cheering on the LesGones.
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Unless Juventus get rid of Sarri they will end up potless this season for the first time in - what would it be, ten years? Sticking rigidly to his preconceived system’ is making them too wooden and predictable. When they get results, they can be chalked up to the muscle memory of great individuals, eg Dybala’s free-kick goal the other week. As a team, they are all too audibly creaking. Bonucci’s post-match comments, about the lack of cohesion, we…Jump to comment
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replayed
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I don't really watch Juve matches, but how can a team that played so badly be on top of Serie A? I mean 0 shots on target? Their defending on Lyon's goal? Just shambolic. Obviously, Sarri needs to work out how to play against teams that play a back three. If I'm not mistaken 4 of their 5 losses so far this season have come against that kind of formation. Well done to Lyon. I honestly didn't think they'd get anything out of this, even with their reputation of turning it on only for the bigoccasions.
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Oh, and yes, that was a stone cold penalty on Dybala. Gil Manzano must have been confused by those white shirts.Reply
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They haven't been great this season but they find a way to win. At the moment I reckon Lazio are favourites for the Scudetto.Reply
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Stonecold. Excellent and correct usage.Reply
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Lyon's stadium is really impressive. But that's all I have to say cause I turned this over to the Madridgame.
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It has been expensive to build it and Lyon struggled for years partly because of that but they are starting to get the profit out of it.Reply
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Ronaldo and Real Madrid losing on the same day ... bad day for a certain set of fanboys.Reply
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Justin Bieber?
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A number of Real Madrid fans I know now support Juventus.Reply
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You know Justin Bieber? Is he dreamy?Reply
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Great result for Lyon. Before this they had drawn 7 out of their last 8 home games in the Champions League so have been tough to beat. They have a good young team and if they can hold on to their players (unlikely) then they certainly have a bright future. I suspect the second leg will be another story but I will be cheering on the LesGones.
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I don't know if you've been watching Juve, but this is pretty much more of the same awful, ridiculous form from them in the last month ortwo. Really poor.
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Good result. But remember you are coming to Allianz. (unless corona beats them to the punch)Reply
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Hey Juventus - you bought the wrong Ronaldo!Reply
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Yes we did. R9 pls come out of retirement.. Or are you talking about the Ronaldo in 4th divison of brazil leagueReply
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I really like this result. Probably not enough as Juventus last season turned a 2-0 defeat in Madrid around at home, but very well and brave done by Lyon - who before the round of 16 must have been the leastfavoured team.
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Juve totally toothless in first half with this slightly odd Ronaldo/Dybala/Cuadrado attack without a proper striker. Better in the last half hour after Higuain entrance but too late to score. Lyon displayed slick passing and deserved their short victory on the whole. Maybe it will get them clicking at last in this shambolic season. Bruno Guimaraes looks like a great addition to the midfield.Reply
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And you look at the Juve bench, and the only striker is Higuain? Maybe the goal is to ultimately entice Guardiola to a team of midfielders.Reply
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Playing Dybala as a false 9 is clearly an emulation of what Guardiola did with Messi at Barca.Reply
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Cuadrado is awful. He looks lively but basically holds the ball too long and then falls over looking for a foul. Dybala can be brilliant but is inconsistent.Reply
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Unless Juventus get rid of Sarri they will end up potless this season for the first time in - what would it be, ten years? Sticking rigidly to his preconceived system’ is making them too wooden and predictable. When they get results, they can be chalked up to the muscle memory of great individuals, eg Dybala’s free-kick goal the other week. As a team, they are all too audibly creaking. Bonucci’s post-match comments, about the lack of cohesion, were damning. Meanwhile, Max Allegri is still all too pointedly waiting in the wings. They’d be better off inviting him back.Reply
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Sarri is literally smoking while managing a game. He must be high.Reply
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Why on earth did they sack Allegri? And hire Sarri off the back of a not-too-spectacular one-season stint at Chelsea? It's beyond me why they ever wanted to replace a manager that won them a Scudetto a season and got them to two CL finals and on top of that cut an elegant figure on the sidelines without the intention of going for someone of Guardiola's or Klopp's calibre. Or just Guardiola or Klopp. Why Sarri? Why? They go buy Ronaldo and the next season they bring in this old banker to smoke contemptuous into this sculpted face.Reply
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Not too spectacular? he won the Europa League and should have won the FA cup final vs City, then finished 3rd behind Liverpool and City?! what more could he have possibly done?Reply
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We robbed Juve of a pen at the end (well, the ref and VAR did;, I guess) but what a game ! I expected Lyon to be easily seen of 1-0 or3-1 by Juve. Inste
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Instead we led at the break, an deservedly so ! There was only one team in the first 45 minutes, and it was OL. then Rudi Garcia (and maybe tiredness) struck, and we spent the whole second half in our box, desperately defending our slender advantage. It is a testament to the defensive improvement we had since "Pep" Genesio departed that Juve didn't do much despite their uncontested dominance, although we were really lucky at the end as mentioned before. Still, game on for the return leg which I did not expect. I hope Rudi will not retract his genital organs, as he's famously known for in France. I reckon if we go there with an attacking team, we score and it's 50-50. If we go full defense, we concede 2 and lose. So please Rudi, be ambitious ! PS: please be permissive on the format of the post, French native posting under alcohol after rubbing it into the nose of confident Juve-supporting colleagues tonight :)Reply
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Nice post!
In the first half you had good chances but your striker Ekapi? chose to shoot when there were better options. you could have been more adventurous in the second half.. But all in all well played OL.Reply
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There was probably a penalty, but that doesn't excuse a terrible, useless Juventus. This midfield is shit. (and I'm a Juve fan)Reply
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Great results tonight!!! Well done Lyon and great to watch the Evil Empire beaten bu City.Reply
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City vs the Evil Empire? My irony meter just exploded.Reply
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Indeed.
Real Madrid: General Franco, a serial human rights abuser and murderous dictator, was a fan of our club. Top that! Man City: Hold my pint.Reply
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DavidHilton
3d ago
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It's peak something.Reply
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MCaldas
4d ago
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I watched this match and thought both Rabiot and Betancur played poorly in the first half. Pjanic was clearly being target by Lyon's midfielders as he was Juve's biggest threats. Maybe that's why he got tired and had to be subbed. Lyon played very well and managed the game for the most part. Maybe if they had better strikers, they'd have scored at least one more goal. Brazilian midfielder Bruno Guimarães played quite well considering itwas his UCL debut.
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JoeMungo MCaldas
3d ago
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Pjanic is coming off injury that's why he was subbed. That and because he sucked. Every team targets Pjanic because it's easy to do and it's all you have to do to disrupt Sarri's plan. The other midfielders need to be dynamic and forward looking but Rabiot and Bentanur are slow anduseless.
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SFDPSFDP
4d ago
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Lyon actually had several key players injured like Depay, Kone, Rafaeletc..
They probably won't go through but it was a very good performance against a top team like Juve. To restrict them to 0 shots on target is impressive considering the big names Juve have in attack.Reply
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SFDPSFDP
4d ago
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Juve shot 14 times though, but their finishing was very poor. Cristiano Ronaldo useless.Reply
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kongshan SFDPSFDP
3d ago
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Not sure if you could still refer to Juve as a “top team”. Even if they do get through to the QF, I don’t think they are good enough to go all the way to win it. In fact none of the three Italian sides are strong enough to win it. The winner is still likely to be an English or Spanish club. Bayern Munich look like the only German side strong enough to go all the way.Reply
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ElDiez kongshan
3d ago
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Spanish - you mean Barca who struggled against Napoli? There are no clear favorites at this moment except may be Bayern ..or L'Pool (guess they would beat Atelti at home)Reply
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jonathanstromberg
4d ago
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Atletico, Lyon, City, Bayern, Napoli, Liepzig, Dortmund, Atlanta. Barring Napoli perhaps, there is a decent chance the quarters willlook like this!
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4d ago
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It would be nice to see some new faces, but I wouldn't be ruling out Juventus, Barcelona & Liverpool just yet.Reply
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jonathanstromberg
4d ago
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Liverpool fan here. This would be quite tastyReply
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KBania
jonathanstromberg
4d ago
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Let's hope so! Atalanta v Dortmund final would be mad.Reply
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SvenYabbsley
4d ago
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Congrats to Lyon - great result. I only saw the highlights, but that was a hell of a knee-slide by Tousart. I love it when the celebration is better-executed than the finish.Reply
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RuiPinto2
4d ago
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Guardiola at Juventus next season. You read it here first (or maybe 2nd, 3rd etc)Reply
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KBania RuiPinto2
4d ago
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A few years ago he hinted he would coach Qatar in the 2022 World Cup. I assume he will need a year or so to get the team up to his standards, so maybe fulfil his contract at Man City, I think it runs out in 2021, then go there? It was a few years ago though and he may have said it because he was paid to say it.Reply
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RuiPinto2 KBania
4d ago
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> and he may have said it because he was paid to say it. Not Pep, surely. He's a man of principle!Reply
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Gelion KBania
3d ago
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Pep said last week that he will stay until 2022/23 at City even if they go down through FA sanctions. Of course he just might move like most of the top level City stars if they get bumped down to League 1. However, City might win at CAS and if they do then the CL ban may well be lifted or shortened and if the former the FA won't be able to relegate them either. The CAS result will probably seal what Guardiola does.Reply
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geartooth
4d ago
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Ok it is Juve not known for losing but really "slumped" to an away loss in first leg by one goal??!! Let's see the second leg before slumping takes over!Reply
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TurmGarten
4d ago
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Sarri was such a strange appointment. His brief was to give the team a football identity, the Juve hierachy weren't expecting that identity to be 'trophy-less'.Reply
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3d ago
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So the season has already finished?Reply
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MartinTorres1990
3d ago
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The greatest ovation / scream tonight in 'El chiringuito inside' program from the Valencia and Barcelona (but above all) Messi fanatic Cristibal Soria was when he knew that Cristiano Ronaldo hadn't scored. He literally screamed of joy. That should tell you everything you need to know about the importance of CR7.Reply
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3d ago
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* Not Valencia. It's "Sevilla and Barcelona (but above all) Messi fanatic Cristobal Soria."Reply
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MartinTorres1990
3d ago
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I for one am REALLY glad you corrected your post to clear things upfor me.
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Official_dybala_fan
3d ago
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UNBELIEVABLE! NOT A SINGLE SHOT ON TARGET.Reply
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MarcCalifornia
3d ago
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Well done Rudi Garcia. He has this team motivated and playing some decent football. A draw in Torino would be perfect!Reply
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USfan
3d ago
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> Sarri on Sky: "I’m having difficulty getting the idea across to > this team that they have to move the ball quickly." Sounds like things are going brilliantly.Reply
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MawalTrees
3d ago
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Lovely.
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thegutterpoet
3d ago
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We have been playing poor football for most the season. Other than Ronaldo scoring plentifully, Dybala performing well in his often changing roles and some signs of welcome development from Bentancur (almost in spite of the varied roles and stop start runs in the side) there has been stagnation all across the side under Sarri. There is no obvious tactical identity. We are in late February and only of late has he moved Ramsey and Juan to their natural roles. And still, the side seems set up to basically accommodate Ronaldo, not to maximise the collective. The midfield is unbalanced. Matuidi has to play to accommodate Ronaldo rarely remaining in the LW position. Pjanic has been poor, and seems even more out of sorts with Dybala or any other playing in the hole. De Ligt has been fairly good, but nothing of the dominant character we saw at Ajax (understandable given his age and the disarray of the Juveside).
As with the focus off the field, the focus on the field seems set up to maximize Ronaldo. Our league form has been very average indeed, for despite the results, we struggle against sides hugely inferior on paper, winning games with brief moments of individual quality (mainly Ronaldo or Dybala) and I can remember only 2 dominant performance in the last few months…against much weaker sides. We should be better than we are and have been, much of the responsibility is with Sarri whose poor man management and inability (or orders) to do no more than accommodate Ronaldo in his fairly free role and try shoe-horn the side around this are pivotal factors. And yet the management above him are also culpable. Agnelli said our season was excellent so far! Perhaps on a measure of twitter fans…yet not on the field for we have been less successful on the field than under Max. We have average FBs…with Pellegrini, a young and promising energeticlad loaned out.
We didn’t even know who we were going to have in the squad days before the season started, due to a frantic attempt to move on players regardless of their sporting value to the side. We had Emre Can - who we tried to morph into Vidal - then sold him to Dortmund where he instantly prospers in his more natural DM/CM pivot role. Didnt replace him the in squad. We cruelly and ignorantly ostracized Mandzukic from the squad before sending him to the Middle East - this a player who had not only give his all for the side, behaved impeccably but also proven an extremely versatile always potent first team player. We signed Kuleseveski…when the side is crying out for creativity and presence in the CM connection to the front line…then let him stay onloan at Parma.
The major midfield renovation so long overdue ended up with two freesignings-
Rabiot. Clearly a player with mentality issues who has been very poor to sometimes average in black and white. Ramsey. Injured more than fit, on staggering wages, who has been mis-used for most the season when available. This was our major midfield upgrade. Both will be very hard indeed tomove on.
Demiral was a decent signing…shame he was mangled. The recruitment, choice of coach, focus on branding/marketing/ronaldo over building a winning team which is cohesive and striding purposefully towards a clear identity…all should come as no surprise to any long term fan of the club or game. The Lyon result and performance is no surprise at all. Its a continuation of a season with mainly poor form and rarely performances the sum of our parts let alone anything above that. We lack fight, cohesion, direction and the decisions made at board level in the last two years appear to be contributing mightily to the steady malaise on the field.Reply
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thegutterpoet
3d ago
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that's one long chunk of pure analysis. wonderful :)Reply
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thegutterpoet
3d ago
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It sounds like Sarri's lack of influence at Chelsea repeating itself.Reply
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thegutterpoet
3d ago
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Excellent analysis. Only thing I would add is where was a fit Douglas Costa yesterday? Not even on the bench !!Reply
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kongshan
3d ago
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It has always puzzled me why Emre Can was allowed to go on loan to Dortmund when it is quite clear that his presence in midfield was missing. I honestly don’t understand some of the tactics and playingstyle of Sarri.
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iesteve kongshan
3d ago
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He was left out of the CL squad entirely. Juve simply has too many players, too many midfielders specifically.Reply
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kongshan iesteve
3d ago
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And ever since joining Dortmund, the team has benefited it and him as a player has also been playing well.Reply
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3d ago
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None of the midfielders are doing well in Sarri ball though.Reply
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Official_dybala_fan
3d ago
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As much as I respect Ronaldo, this game shows that perhaps he doesn't fit in with Sarri's football or he's reached his climax and on his way to retirement. I want to believe in Sarri's football philosophy, but he needs to be more flexible. The elbow from Marcelo to Dybala should have been possibly red-carded. He purposely turned back and struck up his elbow and caught Dybala in his face. The goal scene was bad communication and terrible defense by Pjanic who hasn't performed well recently. Pjanic should have gone to pressure but he instead went backward giving space and time to pass. The goal scene was a good play by Lyon, but the Juve midfield and defense had so much space in between them giving Dembele so much space to play. This is my analysis of this game. To Allianz bianconeri!Reply
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