Re: Juventus 2017/2018 Serie A and Coppa Italia thread

[salmano9]

19:37 - STILL REMAINING MANY NATIONALS - Juventus have resumed training for the match against AC Milan this afternoon, Vinovo has seen Mario Mandzukic again, but the national team were still 11th. recovery of the injured and Chiellini and Alex Sandro aim to return for the match against Real Madrid.

17:55 - ATHLETE BASIS OF ATHLETICS AND TECHNIQUE- Juventus, through its official website, provided the details of today's session: "After the Sunday of rest granted by Mr. Allegri, today awarded with the" Golden Bench "in Coverciano, Juventus has found this afternoon in Vinovo to resume preparation for the championship match against AC Milan, scheduled for Saturday 31 March at the Allianz Stadium The group, still without most of the Nationals, has found Mario Mandzukic, who returned from the United States where Saturday night, with Croatia, he had faced Peru.The Bianconeri have dedicated themselves to a session based on athletic and technical exercises to then give themselves up to tomorrow for a new training, this time scheduled in the morning. ", reads Juventus. com.

17:21 - FINISHED TRAINING - Juventus finished their afternoon training for the match against AC Milan. Today, Massimiliano Allegri was not present, who received the gold bench in the morning, but was returned to base Mario Mandzukic. The number 17 Juventus has therefore started to prepare together with his teammates the match against Milan.

16:11 - MANDZUKIC IS A VINOVO - Mario Mandzukic has made his arrival in Vinovo and is working for the match against Milan.

15:24 - WORKOUT COURSE - Juventus is in the field to train for the match against Milan. In Vinovo ovviam Nationals who will return mid-week are missing. Who will return early is Mandzukic who was released ahead of schedule with Croatia.

12:14 - TODAY THE RECOVERY - Today, Juventus will return to training in Vinovo after the Sunday of rest. This afternoon there will be no Massimiliano Allegri who is in Coverciano for the assignment of the gold bench. Today, however, Mario Mandzukic will be reviewed, while the injured will continue in their recovery work.

[salmano9]

14:53 - CUADRADO IN PART IN THE GROUP - Juventus, through its official website, provided the details of today's session: "The week of preparation for the championship match against AC Milan continues, which will present itself at the Allianz on Saturday evening. Stadium Juventus, waiting to reacquire, from tomorrow, the players involved with their Nationals, has worked this morning, and it was a session started earlier in the gym, and then continued on the JTC playground, where the group has continued, with the ball, to concentrate on the athletic phase, to finally go to the technical side.He worked in the field, also taking part of the session together with his companions, Juan Cuadrado.Today we return to the field: appointment in the afternoon ", reads on Juventus.com.
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He is back! Hopefully he will get few minutes against Milan to test his fitness!

[salmano9]

19:25 - CUADRADO COULD BE CONVENED BETWEEN 2/3 WEEKS - Today, Juan Cuadrado resumed training partially in the group. The number 7 Juventus - reports Sky Sports - could be included in the list of summoned in 2/3 weeks. So Cuadrado could come back in mid-April.
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Cuadrado back! We wait for Bernardeschi now and our squad is complete!

[Luca]

Higuain started against Italy and Spain with Argentina, thanks Sampaoli, not a pivotal point of our season or anything like that...

If he plays against Milan, and then Real. That's 4 games for him in 10 days? Italy, Spain, Milan, Real Madrid, not exactly walks in the park either

At least we have Dybala rested and he should be pushing very hard for the last part of the season because he needs to in order to make the World Cup squad, it seems

[rincon]

Mandzukic is out with a knock, Cuadrado is finally back in the squad.

Supposed 11 vs Milan

Buffon; Barzagli, Benatia, Chiellini; Lichtsteiner, Khedira, Pjanic, Matuidi, Asamoah; Dybala, Higuain

G.Donnarumma; Calabria, Bonucci, Romagnoli, Rodriguez; Kessie, Biglia, Bonaventura; Suso, André Silva, Calhanoglu

[Luca]

Were disgraceful tonight

3-5-2 in 2018

Barzagli

Khedira playing in slow motion

Lichtsteiner and Buffon on the play that led to the corner that Milan scored on

We are hot garbage

[Luca]

We are the best

Excellent adjustments from Allegri after an absolute shocking start

-Bentancur in for Pjanic changed the game. We moved Khedira into Matuidi's LCM spot and Khedira, in an advanced role assisted the winning goal and scored the third. Unreal
-Cuadrado ffs

That is all

[S]

Khedira with an unreal troll performance

Too bad Real Madrid are too strong and clever to fall for troll baits so he has to keep up for the whole game like he did in the last 20 mins in this game.

[rincon]

Can't wait for Khedra to destroy Madrid on Tuesday.

With what we saw tonight from Max I guess we'll go 4-4-2 vs Madrid with Cuadrado on the bench.

Costa, Dybala and Higuain are on form so that's something. Replacing Pjanic on the first leg (who is also out of form) is the big problem.

Maybe this?

Buffon; Sandro, Chiellini, Barzagli, De Sciglio; Matuidi, Khedira, Bentancur, Costa; Dybala, Higuain

[S]

That is the exact sane line-up I have in mind and which we'll see against Madrid

It's so good to see Cuadrado back though. Wish we had Berna on the bench too on Tuesday...

[Luca]

I sincerely think Khedira-Bentancur would be the way to go

I think we'll see this:

Higuain-Dybala
A. Sandro-Matuidi-Khedira-Douglas
Asamoah-Chiellini-Barzagli-De Sciglio
Buffon

I think we'll overlap both the left and right side, it can open up space in the middle for Dybala/Higuain and we have nothing from the midfield without Pjanic going forward without utilizing the wings

[salmano9]

What a comeback Cuadrado!

[salmano9]

I sincerely think Khedira-Bentancur would be the way to go

I think we'll see this:

Higuain-Dybala
A. Sandro-Matuidi-Khedira-Douglas
Asamoah-Chiellini-Barzagli-De Sciglio
Buffon

I think we'll overlap both the left and right side, it can open up space in the middle for Dybala/Higuain and we have nothing from the midfield without Pjanic going forward without utilizing the wings

Bentancur still needs time in the big stage imo. Khedira-Matuidi would be suitable, even if we would lack a bit of creativity. Khedira and Matuidi will play a more physical gane, an area in which Bentancur needs to improve.

[Luca]

Agreed brother. I do look what I saw from Bentancur tonight, not an easy game to come into. He lost the ball on the left side of the field in Milan's half, tracked all the way back to the right side of our midfield to win the ball and then played the ball back forward. This was the play that led to our second goal.

It kind of sums up where he's at as a player, for me. He probably should have never given the ball away initially, but he made up for his mistake and the build up he started led to our second goal. The talent is there, and the legs are there which our midfield surely lacks most nights. The maturity, as expected, will take some time.

I'm hoping he finds a stretch to start a few games.

Unreal that we don't talk about Marchisio at all these days

[salmano9]

Agreed brother. I do look what I saw from Bentancur tonight, not an easy game to come into. He lost the ball on the left side of the field in Milan's half, tracked all the way back to the right side of our midfield to win the ball and then played the ball back forward. This was the play that led to our second goal.

It kind of sums up where he's at as a player, for me. He probably should have never given the ball away initially, but he made up for his mistake and the build up he started led to our second goal. The talent is there, and the legs are there which our midfield surely lacks most nights. The maturity, as expected, will take some time.

I'm hoping he finds a stretch to start a few games.

Unreal that we don't talk about Marchisio at all these days

Yes, true. The good thing is that he corrected his mistake by chasing the ball down when he lost it. If that mistake lead to a goal, he would have been massacred.

Marchisio's situation is heart breaking. We would all like him to play, but Allegri knows best. Marchisio would be a starter in any other team in Italy without doubt. I think that his injuries destroyed his chances of playing more consistently like the previous seasons.

[rincon]

Rotations for Benevento

Szczesny; Lichtsteiner, Benatia, Rugani, Asamoah; Marchisio, Pjanic, Matuidi; Cuadrado, Dybala; Mandzukic.

[rincon]

Final stretch for the scudetto. Napoli is looking troubled and struggles to score since Mertens fell off a cliff in 2018. On the other hand today's result may motivate them and Milik is back and looking good. Our game against them will decide a lot. The Serie A schedules are similar but we have the tie against Madrid and the CI final in the mix.

Juve - Napoli

@Madrid -          
Sampdoria - @Milan
@Crotone - Udinese
Napoli - @Juventus
@Inter - @Fiorentina
Bologna - Torino
Milan -        
@Roma - @Sampdoria
Verona - Crotone

[Luca]

Very tough stretch. It's going to go until the end I feel

[rincon]

We'll also have to factor in the CL semis games but since the draw hasn't been made yet I didn't include them

[Luca]

We'll also have to factor in the CL semis games but since the draw hasn't been made yet I didn't include them

I was talking to my friend about this today, how wild would it be? Won't happen but still, to dream

[rincon]

Can't give up until the game plays out.

We had that crazy game in Munich when we should have been 3-0 up. Hoping for something exciting on Wednesday.

I don't believe we played badly at all until the red card. Up to that point we just had bad luck and lost the key incidents. It had been a good performance. Now we are going to the Bernabeu and don't have Dybala so I don't expect a miracle, but I do expect a good game.

[Luca]

Agreed. I'm hoping we go out fighting, I'm sure we will

I hope we don't consider it a foregone conclusion- even if it is- so that we may focus on the league

[salmano9]

We must score and put the pressure on from the start. They are without Ramos, a key figure in their defence. I believe in this team tbh. Against Bayern we were almost there, and something better can happen in Spain. We must score first, because if we don't we will mess it up and the dream will be destroyed.

[rincon]

De Sicglio's conition will be evaluated. Bernardeschi and Barzagli are back with the group. Hope we crush Samp.

[Luca]

Big match with Sampdoria this weekend

Their victory over us was quite reminiscent of the Real Madrid first leg

Since then, they've fallen out of their ridiculous top 4 pace and we should get the win

I am just curious as to what kind of condition we will be in after the CL match

[rincon]

We are usually great after a loss. This was a win but I think the frustration still counts. We'll be tired so I expect changes. Dybala is rested and gonna go hard as well.

Higuain - Dybala
Mandzukic - Khedira - Marchisio - Cuadrado
Asamoah - Chiellini - Rugani - Lichtsteiner
Szczesny

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