Juventus V Torino
17:00 UK
Serie A – Week 13 [30th November 2014] – Juventus Stadium
Juventus
Juventus will be aiming to make it 25 home league wins in a row for the first of this seasons Derby matches against a struggling Torino.
Max Allegri fielded a strong starting XI in the midweek match against Malmo and it took an inspired half 2nd half display to snatch 3 points in difficult conditions. Juventus are undefeated in their last 17 games against Torino and have kept an impressive 11 consecutive clean sheets against their city rivals.
Having ditched the 3-5-2 formation for a more dynamic 4-3-1-2, Juve have certainly looked more threatening in the final third having notched up 4 victories since the change, scoring 15 goals and conceding just 2 in all competitions. With that in mind, the starting XI will likely remain unchanged with Stephan Lichtsteiner at right back while Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci will remain the centre back positions.
Juventus confirmed today that Kwadwo Asamoah will undergo surgery in Barcelona and could be out for anything up to 3 months and with Simone Padoin’s suspension, Patrice Evra will return to left back. Andrea Pirlo may be rested with Claudio Marchisio filling in for him in the centre of midfield while Paul Pogba and Arturo Vidal will partner him. Roberto Pereyra will sit in behind the front pairing of Carlos Tevez and Fernando Llorente.
Predicted Lineup
4-3-1-2 : Buffon; Lichtsteiner, Bonucci, Chiellini, Evra; Marchisio, Pogba, Vidal; Pereyra; Tevez, Llorente
Injuries
Andrea Barzagli (Heel ), Luca Marrone (Thigh, )Martin Caceres (Thigh) and Kwadwo Asamoah (Due to undergo knee surgery) – Romulo and Angelo Ogbonna (Returning to full fitness)
Suspended
Simone Padoin
Torino
Torino haven’t scored against Juventus since February 24 2002, almost thirteen years ago. And scoring seems to be their main problem in this season’s Torino. They have found the back of the net only seven times so far and they have the second worst attack of the League. They failed to score in seven Serie A matches. They also missed three penalties in this season.
Fabio Quagliarella has been their lone offensive spark so far: he scored four goals. Giampiero Ventura has yet to find the best combination upfront. Marcelo Larrondo, Paolo Vitor Barreto and the two big summer acquisitions Amauri and Josef Martinez are still scoreless in Serie A. It’s blatantly obvious that they are not as dangerous as in the past season and that tends to happen when you sell your two best players (Ciro Immobile and Alessio Cerci).
The management has been stressing that they had fewer points last season at this point of the year, but after finishing eight, it was fair to expect a better start. The reinforcement campaign, which looked good on paper, hasn’t started to pay off yet, but they remain confident that they’ll be able to turns things around after January and finish strong, like they did last year. They are currently in 15th position with twelve points.
Since they haven’t been able to find the right partner for Quagliarella, they have had some success by fielding a CAM behind him. Alexander Farnerud and especially Omar El Kaddouri have played well in that position. The Moroccan is a precious tactical weapon since he can play also in the midfield. Torino certainly need his playmaking skills and his creativity.
Torino haven’t scored much, but they certainly have a stringy defense: they conceded only thirteen goals. They seem to have benefited from the change on goal, with the veteran Juan François Gillet replacing Daniele Padelli. They have a very physical and experienced defensive line composed by Kamil Glik (sent off in both derbies last season), Emiliano Moretti and either Cesare Bovo or Nikola Maksimovic. Like in the past season, the two wingbacks are a strength of the squad: Matteo Darmian has now been moved on the left to make room for the energetic Bruno Peres on the right. The Brazilian fullback immediately adapted to Serie and quickly overtook Cristian Molinaro in the pecking order.
In the middle of the field, Giuseppe Vives continues to be a suspiciously good deep-lying midfielder. Farnerud was out with an injury at the beginning of the season and is starting to play well recently, while Antonio Nocerino (who missed some time too and is still banged up) hasn’t performed at the level they hoped for so far. Juan Sanchez Mino got off to a good start, combining well with El Kaddouri and adding a bit of unpredictability, but he’s struggling lately. Since Ruben Perez and Marco Benassi haven’t played that much, Alessandro Gazzi has established himself as a key element of the squad. Gazzi-Vives-Farnerud is the most likely combination for Sunday, with El Kaddouri behind Quagliarella.
Compared to the past season, Torino haven’t looked fluid and especially have been very passive, settling for counter-attacks, which are not as effective without a speedster in the attack. The goals have mostly been extemporaneous, they haven’t built a true identity yet. Derby is always a special occasion but they’ll surely bring it, but Juventus have owned them in recent years.
Predicted Lineup
3-5-2 : Gillet; Moretti, Jansson, Maksimovic; Darmian, Gazzi, Vives, Farnerud, Peres; El Kaddouri, Quagliarella
Injuries
Migjen Basha
I think Max should make some turn over on Sunday, obviously the Granata aren’t having the best days and they’re likely to be struggling to stay in Serie A this season, many players like Licht, Marchi, Bonno and Chiello need to have some rest before we have a tricky match vs Viola then the crucial one against AM, I hope to see Romulo & Ogbonna starting in the derby.
Torino with their old version of 3-5-2 wich turns into 5-3-2 when they face us won’t cause us a lot of troubles imo, Quag can’t do anything alone and we as Juve fans know that very well. One thing we should be cautious about is that Torino have two great wingers ( Darmian – Peres), I must say that Peres surprised me, along with Maksimovic, I think they’re the best 3 players at Torino.
We should kill the match as early as we can and concentrate on the field without thinking about Fiorentina & Atletico
Forza Juve Per Sempre!!!!!
Great work Enrico!!! Hats off!!!
I’d like to see some changes in the starting lineup, but at the back we just don;t have the options. We have the toughest run in imaginable over the next few weeks and into the new – I think we might need to invest.
Toro don;t worry me, provided we score early and invite them onto us. They have the players to be a good team but i think that 3-5-2 they play is so negative. Atleti game is so important, we need to rest some of those key players for that tie.
Good to see you back Ahmed !
Thanks man, I’m sorry for being absent for a while but you know the situation over here in Syria, No Feul or gas, the internet isn’t available all the time and we only have electricity for 4 hours/day, I’ll make sure I visit the website when I got a chance
Forza Juve
I;m so sorry to hear that. Is the situation still as bad as it was months ago ? Is it worse ? I hope you and your loved ones are safe.
Thank you, our city is still safe, it’s much worse in other cities where there is ISIS, let me tell one crazy thing though :p
Because of the lack of electricity my family got a battery, so every time when there is a Juve match I would use all the electricity left in battery to run my ancient small TV, then me and my family may spend the rest of day in complete darkness
Thats so unbelievably unfair. I can;t help but feel for you Ahmed. I can only hope and pray that things better for you and Syria as a whole.
Appreciate it habibi, hope is the only weapon we have, anyway I still watch Juve and that’s what matters!!
Fino Alla Fine
I love you man. You have such a strong and beautiful personality
Love you too bro ,, Congrats for winning Derby Della Mole to you and all guys
Show them how happy Juve makes you and they will understand. Respect for your dedication, mate!
Thank you bro, for the first time I feel what (Storia D’Un Grande Amore) means!!
That’s the best use of electricity I’ve ever heard of!
Jokes aside, that’s a terrifying situation to live in, I can’t imagine how life in Syria is right now
Well, life here is a tragedy, but we hope things will get better!
I hope the same for you and the people in Syria!
Thanks mate
In defence we just can’t rotate, they’re all injured unfortunately. But I agree, some players should be rested. I’d let Coman, Pereyra, Pepe and Gio start in this game, they havent seen as much game time as the first XI but are still strong enough to beat Torino
Pepe isn’t ready but we can use him as a sub, if we want to sell Gio there’s no need to let him start while we have Coman, In defence I could use Ogbonna, we’re not facing a strong Attacking side
I dont want Pepe to play, but I would play him to give others a rest, Gio would be one of the strikers instead of Tevez and I’d use Coman as trequartista or winger. If Ogbonna is fit to play I’d let him replace Chiellini
Win this one and let the match against Fiorentina go for whatever it becomes. Roma might get even on points, but we need to be in top form against Atletico. Even if we ”only” need a draw at home, top focus is a must. We’ll outrun Roma anyway in the rest of the season.
Glad to be back to the forum 🙂
Glad to you see u back mate 🙂
Like all of you, i hope to see players like Pereyra, Giovinco and Coman play. I’d would also like to see Mattiello play, he impressed me against Lazio.
I’d be happy with that too, but maybe as a sub, I don’t know him well enough to say let’s start this guy!
So much Juve in Ibrahimovic’s dream team.
Should have put Del Piero instead of himself :p Tbh i’m suprised he put Messi in it.
Oh no gigi today. Seems he got injured in the malmo game
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come on juve,this is turning into a knock-out cup tie style game……put these fuckers away.
Just tuned in minutes ago, great goal by peres. On that note horrible defending by Evra
Yes…. Evra does not qualify for our defence. He is good offensive, but defensive he’s crap. Way too slow and out of position.
We need to get Ricardo Rodriguez
Yup….
come on hot shot morata!!!!!win it for us!!
so when are we gonna buy this peres lol
gettin frustrated now
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Now we can focus 100% on Atletico. Fiorentina would have been semi important if we drew Torino.
I dont know why Allegri is putting Vidal right behind the strikers. It should be Pogba. But if rather have pogba beside pirlo then i would rather have pereyra start over Vidal. Hes only 23 and has been impressing me more then vidal this season
I think Vidal is just off this season. He should be more than comfortable playing behind the the strikers. He did so in the Wc and even with a bum knee.
I think Vidal still offers plenty of quality despite not being at his best. He’s still better than Pereyra.
As of right now, i like Pereyra better. He currently runs more, is able to run at defenders and is great at link up plays.
You’re quick to switch from one player to another..
How so? When i said i like him better, i meant i prefer him to start and he does deserve it, considering hes the more in form player.
Marchisio in the back of the midfield with vidal and pogba on his sides with pereyra at treq is the best formation imo
Match Review here: https://www.juvefc.com/juventus-2-1-torino-match-review/
and player ratings here: https://www.juvefc.com/week-13-player-ratings-juventus-v-torino/ – Please take a moment to post your own ratings for the performances 🙂