Juventus changes for Celtic

Juventus boss Antonio Conte could rest some of his first team regulars in this week’s Champions League game against Celtic.

With a 3-0 first leg advantage, Conte is pondering changes to his usual starting XI for Wednesday’s return in Turin.

Stephan Lichtsteiner, Claudio Marchisio and Arturo Vidal are candidates to be ‘dropped’ given that they are one yellow card away from suspension.

Giorgio Chiellini, scorer of the goal in the 1-1 draw at Napoli on Friday, may also be given a breather after just returning to full fitness.

Mauricio Isla is being tipped to start on the right of Conte’s 3-5-2, while Paul Pogba may net a place in the middle.

Kwadwo Asamoah, who didn’t start in Naples, will return to the line-up, as should Alessandro Matri in attack.

I think that Storari should be given a starting place coz he never played in CL and this is a perfect game to play him.

And as sub,Conte may put Marrone,Padoin and Anelka/Quagliarella

I would never bench Buffon for a CL game. We may have a sizable lead, but we can't take this game too lightly. Buffon pretty much directs the defense like no other GK.

I would give Vidal a rest...especially since he is one red from suspension...
I'd love to see Marrone as a midfielder rather than a defender!
Pogba & Giaacherini also deserves a chance!

Cotes wrote:I would give Vidal a rest...especially since he is one red from suspension...
I'd love to see Marrone as a midfielder rather than a defender!
Pogba & Giaacherini also deserves a chance!

i agree with Cotes
but i would like to see juve play 343
buffon
barzagli-bonucci-caceres
isla-pogba-pirlo-asamoah
anelka-quagliarela-giovinco

this lineup might be a bit wierd with pogba and pirlo in those places but i would like to see it.
It would be very risky too because celtic have the spirit to turn things over.

This is why we shouldn't tinker with the lineup too much.

http://www.football-italia.net/31484/ill-never-forget-game-istanbul

Juventude wrote:This is why we shouldn't tinker with the lineup too much.

http://www.football-italia.net/31484/ill-never-forget-game-istanbul

maybe you are right but milan and liverpool arent like juve and celtic

But juventude's point is anything can happen

juveman17 wrote:But juventude's point is anything can happen

yeah i know, but juve needs to learn to play with other lineups

Juve should rest players in risk of suspension and bring them on for the lsat 15 minutes to score easu goals and fix the suspension risk

Marchsio can play a whole game without a yellow card don't know about vidal

I'm a strong advocate of always picking the strongest possible team, other than in situations where the win is all but guaranteed and the following match is of extreme importance and likely very tough and also, our key players will be risked, suspension wise, for the next game if they are selected for what seems the easy game.

I do not see us in that exact situation, in some ways close to it, for we could draw Madrid away in the next round. I see us in a position to put the ghoulishly albino Lennon and his thuggish and irritating vermin army to the sword. I would play the strongest team possible other than Lichsteiner and Vidal.

Previous to our tie in Glasgow I had nothing against Celtic, but during and then especially after our 0-3 victory I grew increasingly disgusted with their coach and players. Lennon's spastic proud stance of righteousness smacked of awful hypocracy, for he inferred that Hooper was allowed to block and lean into Buffon at every set piece in out rear third, which is very clearly against the rules, yet condemned our defence for trying to balance the scales more fairly. I guess that was an easier position to assume than <em>'well...we played our hearts out, Juve were well below par...they hit us with three quality goals, and it must be said, we huffed and puffed, but couldnt blow their house down...they matched our determination and spirit, and their quality got them the result'.</em>

Whilst Conte near to mimiced the lines after our horrid defeat to Roma, he did not name names and he is the manager, not a player.
'"It was just very sloppy individual mistakes – something you'd probably get away with on a playground, not in the last 16 of the Champions League." Kris Commons said about his team-mate Ambrose...
It is very rare, almost unheard of, to see a major part of a team pouring such public criticism on one of their team-mates. As with Lennon, for me, Commons showed a complete lack of class.

We certainly were lucky to win 0-3, as we played very poorly for much of the game, yet not at any point did I feel like we were dominated or likely to lose. Celtic lack quality in key areas, and their cause is not helped by playing in such a weak league, where yes, they gain the winning habit, but against lowly opposition. Their very physical, high tempo game is to be commended, but whilst Barca are technically superior to Juve, they lack the spirit and tenacity which Celtic seemed shocked to find in our ranks. Juve can and will fight, and are happy, joyful even, to get in the gutter and scrap like street dogs...Its this that I concluded upset Lennon so much. He was naively expecting us to be as flimsy as the spaniards. To batter us into submission with his muscular thugs. Unfortunately for Albino Goblin, Hooper and the Hoops, we know how to go to war.

It makes sense to see Pogba, although I am hesitant about Isla's involvement, for he is yet to gain match sharpness...Still, I doubt he could put in an Ambrose performance and will give us a technical edge on the right flank going forward.

I will post my Strikers Analysis on the FanPost area, just for others to comment on my own view of our forward line...It won't happen, but I would play Quags and Matri, or Quags and Giovinco.
Buffon
Isla Barzagli Bonucci Chiellini Peluso
Pogba Pirlo Marchisio
Matri Giovinco
(is what I expect to see)

Momentum is important, and our cause in the league is better served by putting out a team which should win with ease, continuing the winning momentum towards Catania at the weekend.

---------Buffon------
---Caceres--Bonucci--Chiello---
-Isla--Pogba--Pirlo---Marchisio--Asa--
-------Anelka---Matri-----