What a big improvement! Instead of the Zebes uniformly playing shit, they only played partly shit. It was an exciting match. Juventus went up 2-0, then gave up a penalty that could have been a whole lot fucking worse than it was, and then the second half was thirty five minutes of nail-biting to see if the boys could hold. Alas, they could not. Also, I'm pretty sure that Lady Luck hates seahorses.
Please, Cesare, for the love of Zebras, stay away until we find a cure.
Here's what I picked up from the match.
Number One
Marco Motta is terrible. From the first few minutes, the buttheaded tackles started, and you just had a feeling he was going to (a) be bad and (b) get carded. If that's what you expected, you weren't disappointed. He got his first yellow on minute 21, although Bergonzi could have warned him far earlier, in my opinion. His offense wasn't much better. His efforts at crossing the ball across the width of the pitch to Traore more often than not ended with the ball in the stands. At about minute 35, Mr. D predicted that LDN would pull him at the half in favor of Gryga. Mr. D was wrong. Marcolino got his second yellow at minute 43 so Juve had to play the entire second half with ten men. I love Motta, but he is awful. Unless Gryga and Sorensen both get hit by a bus, I would be surprised to see him get one more minute of playing time. Oh yeah--the hair was horrible.
Number Two
Gio was uncharacteristically bad. He was sloppy and reckless, and he was the one who lost his man, which led to the penalty and Cesena's first goal.
I hope that he only looked bad because we're used to seeing him play so excellently all the time.
I don't know what his problem was, but I'd still rather have him than Barza.
Leo was the better of the pair by far, which isn't saying a lot.
Number Three
What the hell is wrong with Milos? After Motta got sent off, Milos was sacrificed in favor of Gryga and it really made no difference to the match. That's not good. Not good at all.
You know how many of the guys have nicknames on their shin guards? Ranocchia's say "Rana," Gigi's say "Gigi," Salihamidzic's say "Brazzo," Gio's say "Chiello." Well, Milos Krasic's shin guards say "Milos Krasic." WTF? He's full of whimsy, that one.
Because Marcolino was sent off and Milos was sacrificed for Gryga, that meant playing with a three-man midfield. Honestly? I think they were up to it.
Albertino contributed more than just funny faces, and Claudio was as Claudio as he always is.
Pepe was back from suspension/injury.
Woah. Santon looks rough. Oh, bb.
Pepe did his usual frenetic running around.
Hmmmm. I wish Juve could do better than Pepe, but apparently they can't.
Number Four
Anonymous subs are anonymous. Martinez and Iaquinta came in towards the end for Alessa and Matri, and they offered little. Gryga didn't have much either, but he seemed amazing in comparison to Motta.
Number Five
There are really only two reasons why Cesena didn't score six or seven instead of two. One is their appallingly bad finishing. The second is that Gigi was mostly awesome. No goalkeeper should ever have to work so hard.
As for the "mostly" part, well, Gio lost his man and Gigi had to come out and he fouled the attacker in the box, stopping a clear goal-scoring opportunity, for which he received a yellow card and for which Cesena received a penalty kick. Well, fuck it. He had to do it in Lecce and he had to do it again in Cesena. *sigh*
Number Six
Alessa is not dead yet. Instead of playing for the free kick as he all too often does, Ale stayed on his feet and used his repertoire of fabulous circus tricks to move the ball around.
He contributed on both goals, and he calls Matri "Ale."
Number Seven
I think you'd have to say that signing Matri was a good idea.
Unlike lately, there were actually some goal celebrations to see this week. They were a lot alike, so let's lump them together.
Prancing, of course.
And then there's that thing he does. If you Google it, you get a bunch of links to people asking what it means.
Ooh, and glomping. Please note Milos's complete lack of affect. I swear, man--Nobody's Home. And please note Marcolino's hair. It's not sticking up like that because the camera happened to catch him jumping or something. That is how his hair looked for the
Oh yeah. This happened after both goals. Ale grabbed Ale by the shirt and Swing Ale around, which ended up ripping Ale's jersey.
That's one Ale who wants to rip that shirt off, and one Ale who wants to have his shirt ripped off. Well then. I see how it is between them. The Dirtbunny is always the last to know.
Honestly. Men cannot be trusted with the simplest of tasks. "Alessa, sweetie, he's very cute, but he's not the one I wanted you to bring home with you."
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Oh dear God. It's almost as if Marcolino knows that this is his last group hug ever.
The next match is Sunday home against Brescia. Loooca, Melo, and Barza are supposedly going to be back. I think PDC got lost or something.
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hello, can you tell me where you get such a high-resolution pictures? can you get some from juventus-torino charity match played on 23-d of march? thanks!..
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