Roma again reduced the lead to five points and this means that Juventus are in another must-win situation as they visit Udinese at Stadio Friuli.
In the last two days, Udinese have recovered almost all of their injured players: Di Natale, Domizzi and Pinzi have been called up, only Lazzari and Badu are unavailable. Needless to say, it would have been much better to face a Di Natale and Domizzi-less Udinese, considering the slump of Luis Muriel and the shakiness of Bubnjic. Di Natale has been the only Udinese player to score in the last four matches. He comes from a MCL sprain but he should be ready to go.
Udinese have won four of their last five home matches (against Chievo, Milan, Sassuolo, Catania), tying the other one (against Atalanta). They have not conceded in four of the last six matches. Anyway, they have lost four games in a row against Juventus.
Udinese had a bad season. After finishing 5th last year, and despite not losing any major player this summer beside Benatia, they have struggled to find the right rhythm. They have been in the relegation area for most part of the season, they have had multiple disappointing and inexplicable performances, Di Natale has started scoring consistently only in January, Muriel hasn’t exploded, Guidolin has even been contested by the fans and there have been some sacking rumours. They dragged themselves out of the dangerous zone of the table, they are currently in 14th position and they have avoided relegation. But they have taken a huge step backwards.
Guidolin uses two tactical solutions: 3-5-1-1 and 4-2-3-1.
Well, you may have heard that they have a young prodigy in Simone Scuffet, who became a starter at 17 and is the closest thing to a Buffon’s heir Serie A has produced in the last ten years. He’s great.
Their defense (usually composed by Heurtaux, Danilo and Domizzi) has not been particularly good, especially because Danilo has not been the leader he was supposed to be after Benatia left. Heurtaux is an interesting player and he has scored four goals this year.
Allan and Pereyra are the most used elements in the midfield. Allan is a great force, he is outstanding in tackling (he leads the league in that stat) and he is an ordinate passer. Pereyra is very muscular and pacey and makes a living out of hard cuts. Yebda or Pinzi will complete the midfield trio.
On the flanks, Silvan Widmer has been a revelation this year. 21-year-old, great engine and also great awareness. He has been usually been fielded on right, with Dusan Basta or Gabriel Silva on the left. Basta has peaked two seasons ago and he has not improved (it makes sense since he’s 29), Gabriel Silva has been ok, but probably they were expecting more from him.
The CAM Bruno Fernandes is a star in the making. He’s only 19 but already plays with great confidence. He’s a good outside shooter and overall just a smart and skilful player, despite being very skinny. Up front, Di Natale is pushing to play his last game (or maybe he’ll pull a Tony Gonzalez and decides he had announced his retirement too early) against the team he was so close to join in the past. If not, Luis Muriel will take his place. I love the Colombian but he stank all year, scoring only four goals. They also have Nico Lopez (he never gained Guidolin’s trust) and Maicosuel, but they probably won’t play.
It doesn’t change much if Guidolin opts for 4-2-3-1. Heurtaux slides as RB, Gabriel Silva (or Widmer) as LB. Basta is more advanced, as RW, with Pereyra on the other flank. Probably this is a project Guidolin is developing for next year in case Di Natale really retires and he will need more offensive punch to compensate that huge hole.
It is not hard to identify Udinese’s playing style. Their only weapon is the counter-attack and they master it. Di Natale is not only a scorer, but he’s a very creative passer in the open floor and can set up the teammates at ease. Fernandes and Pereyra are very effective and combine well with the captain.
Often in these last games of the season, motivation makes a big difference. Juventus have the biggest motivation of them all, Udinese, who have no more targets, have basically none. This does not mean they will lie down and let Juventus massacre them, but if Conte’s side follows the game plan and does well the preventive markings while the team is in the opponent’s half, there should be no problems.
First!!
who cares.
Why u gotta kill my vibe bruh?
im not, just fucking around … but seriously, saying “first” is so meaningless …. LoL.
You seem to want to have first badly though since you keep replying to him.. In case you didn’t know, the one at the bottom can claim first post. So first!!
No, the title of ‘first’ shall be mine!!
Never!
Not on my watch
You’re all bitches, I posted it too but disqus ate my awesome first comment
Mine too
I call bullshit, just accept the defeat guys lol.
Never.
Oooo feisty one we got here.
Yup. I don’t give up.
Keep talking guys I’ll just be comfy here in first 🙂
they can claim it, but it wont be first!
but it is a sacred honor which i shouldve taken last night and not humbly passed it by because now it has been tainted :p
Match day!!!YESSSSS!!!!!!
Time to beat bianconeri brothers 😛
Yes,big game,need the 8 point gap with 5 games to go.Forza Juve!!!!
Probably the hardest game left for us too, besides Roma ofc! But agreed we need to win it so the Roma game doesn’t even matter anymore!
Too right!!!I will be shouting like F… tonight lol.
Buffon,caceres,ogbonna,chiellini,lichst,pogba,pirlo,marchisio,asa,gio,llorente
GIO FOR THE GOAL
looks hungry at the moment,im going for marchisio!
As long as we win it’s all good 😛
the win is crucial i believe,tonight we need the win!
I wouldn’t say crucial, nothing lost if we don’t win, but we should win it to wrap up the title asap and focus on taking on Benfica. That is the crucial game for me!
I just hope to guarantee the title even before we face Roma, so we dont need to worry much about that game
if we win tonight we have good as done it before the roma game,and time to focus on Benfica.
A genuine merda player I see https://football-italia.net/47848/icardi-continues-lopez-row
should grow up mate,what a MERDA!!!!
He’s such a douche. Just reading about him makes you feel disgusted
well yea, he plays for i***r. i usually feel disgusted reading anything about them.
Kill him
Mauro Icardi is a disgusting piece of shit. Its one thing to take a man’s wife, but to take his children too is adding a whole new meaning to immoral.
Hope scuffet don’t play well lol.
https://dazsports.org/extra.html
Thanks bruh!
GIOOO
GIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Told ya dino! 😀
SEBASSSSSS!!!!!
OMFG GIOVINCO…..WHAT……….AA……………………GOAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLL!!!!!!!
wheres Marc!?
He’s off, fapping on that goal 😛
Reminds me of Del Piero.
That’s what i thought.
Bonucci got a yellow while being on the bench and now he misses the next match. Funny guy 😀
Bonucci banned for Bologna 😛 thats one rested player
My stream freezes at the 15thmin and it comes back to the 18th. Wtf?
Pogba is playing really really well so far.
what the? i here helicopters… are they flying all around italy too?
The American government is everywhere.
Pogba is being man marked. I think guidolin still has nightmares of pogbas brace from last season
well the marking must be crap cuz Pogbas still doing well :p
LLOLLO!
LLORENTEEEEEEEEE
Poor Scuffet… i feel like were gonna him apart today
Its fine, remember after we tore perin apart and he had a chat with Buffon he went on to have a run of amazing form
true that
NANDO KILL EM!!
My stream skipped passed the goal -.-
If we play like this for the remainder of the season that double is all but wrapped up 😛
sometimes i believe Conte reads this blog. he completely changed the way midfield approaches the the game ever since the first leg against lyon when i asked for more movement in the midfield :p either that or he receives my telepathic messages
I think against Lyon first leg Pogba was playing the ballwinning mid role (when Vidal was suspended) while Marchisio was playing the more attacking mid role. Now it’s the opposite and it looks better. Pogba seems to do much better in an attacking position while Marchisio can play both just as well.
I like Marchisio most in a more Pirlo-esque role, just in front of the defenders, spreading the ball out and help out in defence. He has good vision and technique with a high defensive workrate, as an attacking midfielder I think he’s less effective.
and when he spends less time so high up, hes able to make excellent runs into the pk box like he has done this match.
Yeah exactly, he operates better in a more deeplying position
Would be great to be able to tell your opinion in such a straight way to him 😛 I like this a lot, motivation is back in the team, especially with the bench players playing here
I seriously love Pogba
who doesn’t?
I bet in about 3 months when he is branded a traitor for leaving or ‘being a mercenary only after money’ then nobody on this site will
Why do you keep saying shit like this? Enjoy him while he’s here and whatever happens in the future happens.
I will have nothing against him when he leaves but people on this site can be pathetic like that
i will
I actually don’t mind him leaving. Nobody branded Zidane a traitor when he left for big money. In fact, he’s considered one of the club greats.
Exactly. And i do believe Pogba will stay for a couple of years still.
pogba gonna be gone … apparantly he met with PSG officials this week for over an hour ..
Zidane did a lot more for us though, pogba can’t be considered a club great yet so you can guarrantee a lot of people will brand him a traitor because let’s face it a great deal of football fans are idiots.
Most people who join their favorite teams fansites are smart enough to know that Pogba is not a traitor. But yeah, the majority of football fans are retards 😛
Besides, if he does leave for 70m+ he’ll get us a whole lot more than we lose for less risk.
Branding him a traitor would be harsh, though it would be a sad thing to see him leave. Ofc the bag with 70mill in it will soften the blow nicely
I honestly don’t see it being 70m. I see us being able to negotiate 80m out of it if it does happen.
Hope so 😛 Or a player + cash deal
you can be teamPogboom then… im <3teamPrincipino
Forza marchisio <3
its <3teamPrincipino… get it right :p
You’re the one who said team marchisio lol
Yeah wtf.. Stop changing it!!
i had to! it wasnt the official name
i fixed it :p
I find it weird how licht played well when asamoah struggled and now that asamoah has been playing well, licht has been struggling
it must be the way of the universe :p
We can only have one decent wing
This is just crazy
can we not bring douchebagery into this amazing site?
hm?
i loathe reading about that stupid kid f*cking with other mens ex wife
Tbh I don’t see it as such a huge deal being with someone’s ex but isn’t he the reason she is now his ex wife? That makes it totally different. That and the fact he continues to be a dick posting pictures of him with maxis children when he has asked him to stop.. I wish they’d just let costa to beat the sh*t out of him
its my principles. it was said that they were close friends. you dont do that to friends, let alone close friends. yea theyre ex spouses, but it doesnt mean they dont have history together. i would get more into this, but the 2nd half is about to start
I close friends it’s different but I remember the John terry situation where everyone was feeling bad for Wayne bridge but they weren’t even that close so why does it matter? The only person anyone should have felt for in that situation was Terry’s wife
If Terry is involved, it’s always terrible. Imagine that guy having to deal with his wife leaving him for TERRY of all people…..
I think everyone at the Marassi wanted to have a swing at him, not just costa lol. But its just so amazing how much of an asshole Icardi is.
Oh my bad i should have refreshed. I didn’t see the picture.
What a beautiful attempted tactic there.. Barge the wall over so its a free shot at goal! lol
Ogbonna and Caceres have been solid today.
anyone know how many sexy touches we ve had thus far?
over nine thousaaaaaaaaaaaaaand
Omg almost so beautiful gio
Chiellini has one of the quickest acceleration ive ever seen in a football player lol
I remember them doing pace tests in the Italy squad a while ago and he was the fastest
hes a rhino rampaging down the jungle or where ever their natural habitat may be
I remember him doing it against Inter back in 2011 and almost getting a goal out of it. It was quicker that time too
*Plains/ Safari I think lol
Wow Chiellini 😀 Giovinco so unlucky
Impress me Isla
What’s been wrong with Licht recently? He’s been pissed off at everything.
And why did he get a yellow?
Was wondering what he is so angry about too
Even last game he was angry
Maybe he’s not happy with the way he played?
But yeah it is Lichtsteiner, he’s always angry if he doesnt get calls his way 😛
Exactly, like when hasn’t he looked pissed in a game?
When he did well? He’s always happy when he scores or gives an assist..
Yeah everyones happy when they score
Uhu, you made it seem like he’s always pissed off and never happy. He has a winning attitude and that includes being pissed off when you didn’t do well. I like that attitude.
He’s always been pissed off, ever since the day he was born lol
Storari was yelling again.
Is Gio growing white hair?
Awww how fast they grow…
(I’m like 5 years younger than him)
But at least 5 inches taller I’d assume
Did Basta take our water bottle?
How dare that little f*cker haha
Ikr lol
See what our water bottle did? He went on a decent run untill he encountered Chiellini.
Water with a pinch of cocaine or Messi’s growth steroid lol
Yay Pabo!!
It’s such a shame osvaldo can’t control a ball because he’s one heck of a finisher
Again, that 55 Dribbling and that 90 Finishing 😀
His dribbling isn’t bad once he has control of the ball
Facepalm moment for Pablos..
He really can go back to Southampton at the end of the season, he should not be bought
Well that’s something obvious. We don’t need him at all.
Indeed, there’s much better to get. He was better than I expected him to be, but still far from good enough for Juve
We don’t really need to focus on strikers anymore though. He was a useless buy because we have Tevez, Llorente, Giovinco, Vucinic and Quagliarella already.
But Vucinic and Quags are gone for sure and possibly Giovinco as well. We do need strikers, just not him 😛
Quags should leave and maybe Vucinic, but Giovinco should stay. Well we do need strikers, if that striker is Immobile or Gabbiadini or whoever we have out on loan/own half of. We don’t need to buy a striker from anywhere else unless his first name is Zlatan.
I hope Gio stays too, but its a possibilty. I hope for one of those too, especially Immobile. He’s already leading my fifa manager Juve anyway 😛
The last thing we need is a striker called zaltan
That was close, COME ON LADS CLEAN SHEET!!
I hope Vidal is ok soon. He doesn’t seem to be running properly.
3 more wins guys!!!! Lets goooooo
MOTM is Gio for me, was very enjoyable to see him shine
Marchisio for me :p
jk yea i say Gio too, but he got a little over excited after he scored, but then quickly recovered… and its funny how they had to knock him down to stop him. thats how you know a player is too much for a defender to handle
Scuffet traded shirts with Buffon and had a little chat with him. He shall now see him go on a good run 🙂
i want to comment on Contes many great tactical changes but i need time to gather my thoughts… what a beast match. oh Caceres is getting better and better. do you concur Marc :p
Better and better than complete sh*t? Yes I agree but he still makes far too many defencive mistakes for my liking one of which was on show today
15points left to get, 8point gap still intact, not even Conte can now say Serie A games are more important than winning EL 😛
JUVE JUVE JUVE !
Buffon ♥ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoSkYTZrL8U&feature=youtube_gdata_player