Italian Football Thread III

fray · Oct 20, 2019

SASSUOLO (4-3-1-2) Consigli; Müldür, Marlon, Peluso, Tripaldelli; Duncan, Magnanelli, Obiang; Hamed Traorè; Berardi, Caputo

INTER (3-5-2): Handanovic; Skriniar, de Vrij, Bastoni; Candreva, Barella, Brozovic, Gagliardini, Biraghi; Lautaro Martinez, Lukaku.

Albertini · Oct 20, 2019

What a goal. Berardi on an average day is much better than suso at his best

dcfcfan1 · Oct 20, 2019

lukaku 2-1

KujaIX · Oct 20, 2019

Who could have thought that a 3-3 could be topped.

Mental.

necromancer · Oct 20, 2019

I'm getting annoyed that these 3-3s and 4-3s are becoming the norm in this league.

dcfcfan1 · Oct 20, 2019

roma draw

cristante and kalinic injured and kluiverto banned vs us

dzeko back though,

Ronin · Oct 20, 2019

dcfcfan1 said:
kalinic injured

like that is a bad thing

dcfcfan1 · Oct 20, 2019

Ronin said:
like that is a bad thing

Knowing us he would score hahaha

Il grande Milan · Oct 20, 2019

again handsball of juve not whistled, no penalty given to bologna, this league is becoming more and more pathetic than it already was

necromancer · Oct 20, 2019

The De Ligt thing was clearly not a handball by the current rules.

Pingu · Oct 20, 2019

Good to see after Lazio - Atalanta draw, that Torino and Roma lost points too. This game is a must win 3pts for top 4 to close the gap.

Qaas · Oct 20, 2019

Albertini said:
What a goal. Berardi on an average day is much better than suso at his best

What a nonsense

Qaas · Oct 20, 2019

Ronin said:
like that is a bad thing

You know damn well that he would have scored against us

Fabio · Oct 20, 2019

Albertini said:
What a goal. Berardi on an average day is much better than suso at his best

your fetish for italians is concerning, and i dont even rate suso

NiceGuy123 · Oct 20, 2019

Pingu said:
Good to see after Lazio - Atalanta draw, that Torino and Roma lost points too. This game is a must win 3pts for top 4 to close the gap.

You had to say it.

fray · Oct 21, 2019

Former PSG, Genoa and Inter midfielder Thiago Motta will be appointed as the new Genoa manager.

:rolleyes:

fray · Oct 21, 2019

Maybe Thiago Motta will line up with his renowned 2-7-2 formation :lol:

kakajd · Oct 26, 2019

Think I've watched 10 mins of juve games this season

Both times higuain is getting his ass kicked.

Lecce showing they are fighters

joyrider · Oct 26, 2019

Is I don’t feel that bad about our draw of last week.

KujaIX · Oct 26, 2019

Clearly Lecce aren't terrible.

Drawing against Juventus is a good result.

Goodfella · Oct 26, 2019

KujaIX said:
Clearly Lecce aren't terrible.

Drawing against Juventus is a good result.

Liverani has a very brave approach.
The way they were attacking with numbers at San Siro was very unusual to see from a side like Lecce.
They would've lost that game if they had the typical provincial approach we see when the likes of Caglari come to San Siro.

dcfcfan1 · Oct 26, 2019

inter lol

fray · Oct 26, 2019

De Ligt and Skriniar have been the two most underwhelming centre backs this season.

Colossus · Oct 26, 2019

Parma's tactical setup causing inter a lot of problems. In theory a 4312 has a lot of problems against a 352 if you're trying to play on the front foot. But it's a good shape defensively if you're ok with going 1 vs 1 on the flanks.

Against Inter you can do that as their wingbacks can be controlled by getting close to them as they aren't really going to beat you 1 vs 1. This allows them to cover the entire Inter midfield and have a spare man right infront of the defence which reduces the risk of going 2 v 2 with your centerbacks vs their strikers.

That plus both teams having runners as mezz'ala and a lack of creativity in those positions from Inter and they match up well. Most importantly, higher up the pitch they are controlling Brozovic extremely well and forcing him into mistakes. Kulusevski doing a great job on him.

In attack they're splitting their two strikers wider than usual as a starting point so they can get the ball to feet and run at the back 3, avoiding getting into duels with the Inter defenders (which Inter are really good at).

In theory a 433 with pacey wingers who attack the space left by a dropping striker is a better system against a back 3, but the strength of the inter CB's in direct physical duels and Parma's lack of a hulking centerforward makes it a much smarter ploy to avoid those duels and have Kulusevski run beyond Brozovic when they get it to occupy the space the lack of a striker forces you into.

Sarri figured this out the other day against Inter and had Ronaldo and Dybala doing the same thing. Don't duel them, drop off and wide and run at them and they are extremely vulnerable. Fun game to watch so far.

Pingu · Oct 26, 2019

32 year old Gervinho so much better at everything and much faster than Suso. What a player.

fray · Oct 26, 2019

Pingu · Oct 26, 2019

fray said:

VAR

Serie A

Definitely not corrupt :proud:

KujaIX · Oct 26, 2019

Watching Genoa as I think Thiago Motta will do well.

They seem quite flexible tactically, and tbh, they seemingly made decent transfers in the summer, iirc.

Can never forget GP's final match also.

dcfcfan1 · Oct 26, 2019

genoa are fucking awful tbh

dcfcfan1 · Oct 26, 2019

told you haha

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