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Actually I have contributed to a number of threads in plenty of discussions.

While I just looked at a post of yours that said 'REFal'. That is horrible trolling and very unfunny. I would give it a 0/10. You will have to impress harder next time.

:thumbsup:. Do your thing m8.
 

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Real is favourite for sure, but it's going to be two ugly games.

Allegri will play very, very deep and defend and try to counter. He need to neutralize Real counter. And Carlo knows it and he will not fall to this going all out attack, just like he did x Atletico.
 

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Real is favourite for sure, but it's going to be two ugly games.

Allegri will play very, very deep and defend and try to counter. He need to neutralize Real counter. And Carlo knows it and he will not fall to this going all out attack, just like he did x Atletico.

Honestly.... And no grandstanding here, I'd say everyone will have to give allegri props if he makes it to the final. That would be the icing on the cake in the trial of Allegri -

Somebody gimme a case closed
 

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Definitely^. Allegri does deserve a lot of credit for helping jube reach the latter stages of the ucl. Although if i have to be honest, they were incredibly lucky to face a weakened dortmund side and as monaco in the knockout stages. Conte conversely had to play the eventual winners during his stint at jube. In saying that, losing to galatasay was disgraceful, so compared to conte's exploits in ucl, allegri has done rather well so far.
 

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Although if i have to be honest, they were incredibly lucky to face a weakened dortmund side and as monaco in the knockout stages. Conte conversely had to play the eventual winners during his stint at jube.

Also Conte had to face Juups Bayern the season before. And his Juve stood up pretty well against Carlo's Real. Must be added that Carlo was still working on his best system with it being his First season.

Pogba was toying with Real at the J stadium.
 

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Honestly.... And no grandstanding here, I'd say everyone will have to give allegri props if he makes it to the final. That would be the icing on the cake in the trial of Allegri -

Somebody gimme a case closed

My opinion on him remains the same regardless. I thought he was a very good coach in Milan (maybe it was time for him to leave us in the 4th season though) and still think so.

180 minutes against a better team will not change much... A lot can happen that is not under the control of the coach, including a lucky win, etc.

Maybe those journos who made smartass jokes when Juventus picked him will need to come public for the sake of their credibility though.


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That said, I can't be ok with how much Milan is behind Juventus right now. Right now Serie A is a one team League like Bundes and there's no reason for that except our own incompetence.

It's ok though. Juventus have their moment after so many years... They'll not win CL anyway. Next season they'll probably lose midfielders who can't be replaced. And hopefully we will finally start to put our shit together
 

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EuroMax beats Carlo -> Carlo realizes that his tactics have been corrupted from his long sabbatical from Calcio + Perez is pissed -> Carlo comes back to Milan + Juventus win precious coeff points

The only logical way forward is to believe in the EuroMax :b:
 

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EuroMax beats Carlo -> Carlo realizes that his tactics have been corrupted from his long sabbatical from Calcio + Perez is pissed -> Carlo comes back to Milan + Juventus win precious coeff points

The only logical way forward is to believe in the EuroMax :b:

He might not even be sacked if he loses to Juventus. Perez had been after Carlo for some time. Plus who will Real bring in as his replacement ???? LVG ?

Aint many top managers out there, so he could be given 1 more year.
 

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My opinion on him remains the same regardless. I thought he was a very good coach in Milan (maybe it was time for him to leave us in the 4th season though) and still think so.

180 minutes against a better team will not change much... A lot can happen that is not under the control of the coach, including a lucky win, etc.

Yup, all this.
 

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Definitely^. Allegri does deserve a lot of credit for helping jube reach the latter stages of the ucl. Although if i have to be honest, they were incredibly lucky to face a weakened dortmund side and as monaco in the knockout stages. Conte conversely had to play the eventual winners during his stint at jube. In saying that, losing to galatasay was disgraceful, so compared to conte's exploits in ucl, allegri has done rather well so far.


I'd have to slightly disagree with this and Sven's take though.

My disagreement is that its minimizing what the accomplishment is: Even taking into account 'an easier road' or even only '180 min' vs a good team, CL semis when pundits and half of the milan fans thought he was garbage is the best way to silence all critics. It's a huge statement.

Again, my point isn't that it changes people's minds who already regarded him as a good coach. the double (assuming the coppa) and the CL final... And only 90 min from a fucking 2nd Italian treble is an accomplishment that critics can't ignore anymore. So when Sven says: "it doesn't change his mind about allegri being a good coach," It's more that critics have no more room if he gets to the CL final.

Hell, it's more than just a good coach at that point. I mean... It's a slim chance, but if he can pull it off... That's historical status.
 

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^ agreed completely. If you see the poll, you would notice that i voted for him to stay with us. He wasnt the best coach out there but he was more than good enough.
 
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congrats. :thumbsup:
Imo real were the easiest out of the 3 for you guys. Now let us hope you actually play football and not do an atletico (last match)

Well your most powerful weapon is your counter attack, most likely we will be doing an Atletico against u.

Think we will be a little bit more attacking though and won't completely just defend for 180 minutes.
 

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^ agreer completely. If you see the poll, you would notice that i voted for him to stay with us. He wasnt the best coach out there but he was mote than good enough.

It's impossible to stick with a coach who had racked up 22 points from 19 games. there is no excuse for that tbh. that's relegation form.

One thing I gotta say about BnG ... they don't rush to fire coaches.

I'd love to say he's done a top job at Juve... and to some extent he has.. But i'm not too blown away by the UCL yet. What did impress me though was his teams turnaround in the Coppa Italia. They owned Fio on their own ground and who were in terrific form.

All in all it now boils down to the UCL semi/final. Juve are definitely good enough to beat Real. But will their desperation to reach another final cost them when certain players make silly errors i.e chiellini handling the ball etc. Other wise as I've stated b4 they went toe to toe last year in the UCL... and we all know how wobbly those Spanish defences are.

Imagine a Juve-Bayern final.... 2 serial choke artists. Between them they've handed 4-5 teams their first UCL Cups lol (Aston Villa,Porto,HSV,BvB,Chelsea)

And on the other hand when was the last time Real even lost a Final of the UCL ????
 
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Are you really trying to say Juventus are favourites against Real?

I can see that happening.

Allegri wins and "meh, Real are poor now" ... he loses and "meh, Real are poor now". When neither is true.

I do want Juventus to win the CL but they have to be clutch.
 

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I'd pick Juve over Real easily.

Juve haven't skipped a beat the whole campaign and have just got stronger, beat the team with the best defense in all of Europe which is no mean feat as Arsenal can attest.
 

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That means fuck all.

I'd much rather play Monaco in a CL quarter final than Atletico Madrid.

I'm not saying their route was easy, but Juventus aren't favourites.

They're playing the defending champions, coached by the ultimate continental cup manager and led by the two most expensive footballers ever, as well as a selection of other world class players.
 

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I'd pick Juve over Real easily.

Juve haven't skipped a beat the whole campaign and have just got stronger, beat the team with the best defense in all of Europe which is no mean feat as Arsenal can attest.

Yet they lost 2-0 in their own home. Best defense my ass.
 

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Jube winning their 3rd champions league title does seem more tolerable than real winning their 11th, bayern winning their 6th and barca (scum team except the god that is suarez) winning their fifth? Right? They arent going to win for while if they do win this year imo. I just cant wholeheartedly support jube in the ucl cause they are a disgraceful side. I hate real more than i despise jube and i hate barca the most except for 1 player in their scum team. bayern are a great side, i respect them but they are getting far too close to us hence i cant support bayern either.
 
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That means fuck all.

I'd much rather play Monaco in a CL quarter final than Atletico Madrid.

I'm not saying their route was easy, but Juventus aren't favourites.

They're playing the defending champions, coached by the ultimate continental cup manager and led by the two most expensive footballers ever, as well as a selection of other world class players.

Had Atletico actually tried to play football real wouldn't even be here.

They got very lucky and needed a player sent off to just skid by. Juve won't be as forgiving.
 

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