In an unusual Monday evening match (19.00 in Italy, 1 pm EST), Juventus will host Livorno. Amaranto currently sit in 17th position with 25 points, one point behind Bologna and two points behind Chievo Verona, therefore they will fight for any single point they can grab.
They will travel to Turin without two key players: Emerson (ankle) and Mbaye (groin) are out. Emerson is a poor man’s Bonucci, his passing is excellent and he always start the action from the back. Mbaye is an energetic wingback who can play on both sides of the pitch and who is a tough opponent to deal with because of his physicality combined with good skills. They will also miss their captain Andrea Luci who is done for the season due to an ACL tear.
Former Juventus Leandro Rinaudo and Piccini will probably replace Emerson and Mbaye. The simultaneous absence of Emerson and Luci will create them some troubles in the initial build-up of the action, since both Rinaudo and Biagianti are defense first type of players. It will be up to the more creative Marco Benassi and Leandro Greco, who will flank the former Catania player, to knit the plays.
They tend to concede in first 20 minutes of the game. Sometimes they have managed to come back (against Milan and Torino), but more often their match has been compromised by the early goal (like against Napoli, Bologna, Parma, Roma, Udinese and Genoa).
Among the low-table teams, they have the best attack as they scored 34 goals. They have tried different combinations upfront, probably Paulinho-Emeghara is the best one, even though Belfodil is trying to redeem himself and show his real value and Siligardi is a precious element, despite some injury setbacks.
They take many shots (13 per game) and they shoot a lot from distance. Greco, Paulinho, Siligardi and the absent Emerson are good long-range shooters. Paulinho is their leading scorer with 12, even though he hasn’t find the back of the net since the end of February.
They have conceded 58 goals, the third worst defense in the League. Without their defensive leader Emerson, I expect the Ceccherini-Rinaudo-Castellini trio (even though Valentini and Coda have a chance to be selected in the starting XI) to be really shaky.
They use 3-5-2 but it is really a 5-3-2. They sit back, letting the others have possession (43% average), hoping to be able to counter with efficiency. They have a really good goalkeeper in Bardi, whose season has been almost blunder-free. Sometimes playing in teams that inevitably concedes many goals can hurt a young goalie’s morale, but Bardi has always showed great character and amazing saves even though it’s hard to keep a clean sheet when you let the opponent shoot 14 time per game.
This is the probable lineup: Bardi; Ceccherini, Rinaudo, Castellini; Piccini, Benassi, Biagianti, Greco, Mesbah; Paulinho, Emeghara. In a super defensive XI, Di Carlo might opt for Castellini as LWB, inserting Valentini in the back three. Duncan has some chances, but the Benassi-Biagianti-Greco combination is the one that worked the best for them in the midfield.
The Serie A specialist Domenico Di Carlo has done a good job while at the helm, but the team was poorly built by a president that is only waiting for the right offer to sell the club, thus Livorno will have to fight until the last match to avoid relegation.
UPDATE: There is a chance that Di Carlo will field a very defensive-minded 4-4-2. Anyway, the president Aldo Spinelli stated that their main focus in the match against Chievo Verona next Sunday, therefore Paulinho and Greco, who are one yellow card away from disqualification, will not start to make sure that they will be there on a crucial game. Emeghara-Siligardi is set to be the attackers’ duo, while Duncan will start in the midfield.
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when Marotta was asked about a different formation, he replied ” we need players that are flexible and versatile”. i hope thats a yes.
and apparently Marotta is in favor of the abolishing of the co-ownership type of deals…
whaaaaat!? *mind blown*
and lets kick some livorno butt!!
I like to co ownerships, it gives the small teams a reason to play the people we send out to them, they have more to gain from it than just simple loans
i agree, but Marotta being ok with abolishing it? thats like Willy Wonka being ok with no candy.
anyways, i think this may turn out to be a good thing in the long run. eventually management may get fed up with lack of playing time loaned players get, so they may keep a certain amount and actually play them. that or create a b team which would my preferred choice.
btw you spelled my name wrong in your reply on the previous thread you jerk! i guess it doesnt feel so good :p
I know I did jerk face! Revenge is sweet :p
Is love a b team but I assume that would be something the Italian FA would have to allow and I’m not sure if they would, plus it wouldn’t give players a chance to prove themselves beyond serie b. Let’s face it, would immobile or gabbiadini be doing so well if they were only out on loan?
FIGC
Which is the Italian fa
Yeah but that’s the official name.
it wouldnt bother me, but i have a history with people spelling my name wrong like that and it started happening more and more as years went by. like who the f*ck spells “John”, “Jhon”?! its like spelling “Mark”, “Marc”, its not right! hehe
Screw you jhon
it doesnt bother me anymore. at first it did, but only because you caught me off guard. so you aint got sh*t on me!
Your front doesn’t fool me jhon, I know it burns you on the inside!
So the funny ”whoever you are i will find you and co-own you” picture will be useless from now on? :s
unfortunately, yes 🙁
Fantastic preview and scouting from Enrico as always. Really can’t see us struggling against Livorno, but i suppose rotation is the key. We need to see some of the other faces from the bench making an appearance for a change. A lot of the team look absolutely exhausted and seemed to struggle at times against Lyon. 3 points is an absolute must, we need to maintain that points gap going into the final games of the season.
Not just Lyon dude,last few games i think.Im worried about the lack of creativity too,…very predictable at times.
Players from the bench? You will see Padoin play, don’t worry.
This site is FANTASTICO LADS!!!!!!GREAT WORK!!!!!!!
Livorno can’t even afford to stitch their jersey’s together properly. Look at the stitch work in the pic, I feel sorry for people who spend money on that.
Lol tpick,good spot!!!
Ya, not too mention it looks like Livorno were founded in the future in 7975. Amateurs.
Lol…..the future in 7975 is livorno,
they better hope so.
Lol defected Jersey maybe?
haha youre absolutely right. even the outer rim looks like superglue.
Okay grandma, shame their stitch work isn’t up to your standards
https://football-italia.net/47423/arsenal-offer-%C2%A3105m-vucinic
Looks like Arsene is interested in bringing Vucinic to Arsenal. Rumor says 12m, but Im content with anything over 10m. Hell, Id even swap for Podolski straight up, because hes worth about that much.
Dont know what to think about our Mirko?…I think he is useful,10 mill sounds right.Tell you one thing for next season though…..cant wait to see what strikers we have signed?sold?twists?turns?Iv’e already heard rumours involving Torres,for next season?
will wenger be back next year?
He’ll find some way to stick around for at least 1 more season.
NEWSFLASH…..BAYERN LOSE LOL
To who
Augsberg!!!!!
Wow lol that’s a suprise. I guess they aren’t trying 100% anymore after being champions already.
Man utd in mind?…away goal for them and game on?
Probably. They wanna win that CL 2 times in a row. Never happened since it was named CL. I do have like 10% believe that United can do it. Hoping for it.
Leicester City promoted to the EPL today. I like this.
local team nottingham forest,rivals to leicester,congrats foxes!
Notts over Nottingham though 😀
Always liked them when I was younger.. Because of the badge..
Real madrid and inter merda to get the accumaltor!!!…picked mad teams for a 7fold lol
the game time thread for tomorrow is so colorful and pretty!
monday isn’t it my man?
oh really!? i automatically assumed it was tomorrow. yay imma be able to watch the match! wooop!
JUVENTUS
(players-mins played)
Pogba – 2444
Vidal – 2421
Bonucci – 2250
Chiellini – 2234
Tevez – 2226
Munich
Rafinha – 2024
Lahm – 2024
Alaba – 2013
Dante – 1984
Boateng – 1900
as you can see from the above, even Tevez, our 5th most played player has played a whopping 200 more mins then bayerns 1st and 2nd most played players.
That’s because Bayern have more quality on the bench and in reserves.
yup, that is true.
loool, inter get their first penalty kick of the season,
AAAAANNNNNND… MISS IT.
Let’s all stop and laugh at them. ahahahhha
really? it was the first? ahahah, and another draw
yeah, they’ve been whining all season about it, and when they get their chance, they miss it xD
have a good laugh
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THEY ARE MERDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From this point on, you guys may refer to me as Merritt Mcinney…
Nein.
Okay jhon ‘marrett mckenniy’ :p
like why you gotta be a troll? ill hypnotize yo ass! im mof*cking Marritt Mckinney. they say i can hypnotize people through the telephone, would you like to find out by being a prime example?!
I don’t know who that is but since you don’t have my number you can’t really test out your theory anyway.. Such a shame :p
hes a character from a movie called “now you see me”, what. a. movie.
That film was distinctly average.. But still that’s way better than your magikz abilities jhon
that movie was action packed and magic filled…. it was pretty awesome.
Immobile scored again today
For all the talk around immobile at the moment, destro has 13 in 12 starts, that’s incredible. Obviously were more interested in immobile as we have a stake in him but I’m just talking about in Italy in general.
Destro hatrick,roma win 3-1……they are battling like fuck this season
boakye scored for elche , they won 1:0
reminds me of zalayeta
Nice, 90th minute too but he really isn’t having a good season overall
Napoli lost to Parma hahahahahahaha 2nd place my ass!!!! What a joke.
And Parma is now tied with Inter for 5th place. Parma better take that european spot.
6th place gets a spot too since both Napoli and Fiorentina will make at least Europa League.
3 of boakye’s 5 goals have come in stoppage time
Giovinco should play out wide against Livorno. He showed some glimpses against Lyon when he was cutting inside the 16 . Always hope to see a 4-3-3, now hoping again, but we’ll probably won’t see it though. Scudetto race is not over yet..
anyone thinks/wants Insigne to be at the world cup? imo hes no better than Giovinco but haven’t really seen too much of him
sure, if that means no Montolivo.
Montiliv-no :p
He can be a fantastic player but is also somewhat hit and miss, id like to see him at the world cup though, he could be of great use to break down stubborn defensive minded teams
new thread
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