The Enemy Of My Enemy Is My Friend

By: roberto | October 28th, 2009

antonio_cassano_sampdoria

tic toc tic toc tic toc… KABOOM!!!

Tonight won’t be the type of showcasing you hoped it would Cassano. If I’m Ferrara I’m betting you have more trouble playing against yourself than my defenders. So, my guys are gonna play you tight hoping you start feeling like the calls aren’t going your way. Once the fuse is lit, watch the implosion from a safe distance. I’m sure you’re a nice guy Antonio, but there’s no fucking way your going to just walk into our house and continue to build a case for South Africa tonight. Not now, not against my Juventus.

Mannini, incredible positioning. Pazzini, much more dynamic then I had thought. Castellazzi, great hands. But in my opinion against the Bianconeri, the three of them can’t do this thing by themselves. Take Cassano out of the game and you take Sampdoria out of the running tonight. That said, we need to play great at the same time. Oh yea I forgot about that part. Ciro’s take on the match:

“We need a top level Juve to beat the team which is in most in form at the moment. To win we must play a great match. Decisive match? Here they are always decisive and we must try to take advantage of the home stadium”.

“Cassano? He is strong this year as he was in the last year or when I played against him as a player. He is decisive and fundamental but Sampdoria had an excellent game organization which allows even other players to do well”.

To face a well launched Sampdoria, Ferrara would have liked to have a complete squad, however after Iaquinta he also lost Caceres (nose fracture) and Felipe Melo received a blow in the last training session. All this, however, does not frighten the coach:

“I am hopeful about Felipe. I think he can recover without any problems. Injuries and suspensions are part of the job. The important thing is knowing how to manage these situations. Nonetheless I have an excellent and numerous squad at my disposal. I have faith in those who will be playing and Samp at the moment is capable of motivating the team”.

juventus.com

In other news, Caceres was operated on this morning and will be discharged from the hospital later tonight. Apparently he’ll be able to resume training as early as Saturday. Anyways, the usual suspects are still out injured which means our lineup will probably look like (4-2-3-1) : Buffon – Grygera, Cannavaro, Chiellini, Grosso – Sissoko, Melo – Camoranesi, Diego, Giovinco – Amauri. Our youngster Immobile was called up but he probably won’t see any PT. On their end, Semioli is out so expect a (4-4-2) consistinng of: Castellazzi – Stankevicius, Gastaldello, Lucchini, Zauri – Mannini, Palombo, Poli, Ziegler – Pazzini, Cassano.

myp2p.eu (match thread), atdhe.net (direct match link)

IERI… OGGI… DOMANI… SEMPRE JUVE!!!

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adam

sorry adam...i meant to write adam2...lol..my bad..
intercheats

How was Palladino not offsides on that?
Very clever stuff, though.
juvenite

stop using the F*** word man. Not all of us enjoy it.
Marco

I missed the game courtesy of work. I followed it live on my computer screne. I went mad when we scored and everyone in my office didnt react because they are used to it. I am very happy with the formation. I am very happy with result. We used our current best players and they shined. I am going to watch the game but from everything i read melo and sissoko held it down, with our three magicans creating magic with tempo on top to finally filter some good crosses into Amauri. Looks like we came out and made our statement like i hoped we would. This is going to be one hell of a ride.
georg

haha that quote must come frm giovinco,...the kid realy should have playd much more last year. today he was awsome lets hope he continues.

@ alessio; who will cover for camo gio i think marchisio can do that position just fine.at his best he's as well very very creative. maybe if del piero fully fit can also cover one of the wing spots , like in his younger days.

also al ot of interesting developings at the transfermarket.
read a detailed article about the financial situation of schalke 04.
in short: they're 140m€ in debt and selling players is enevidable. neuer, rakitic,rafinha will most likely not play for schalke next season.

i think all 3 of them should not misfit juve :-)
neuer with some expirience can be the next buffon, rakitic can fill one of the playmaking roles.

i also think V der vaart is absolutely possible to get in winter.after their cup disaster its almost certain that guy wont play anymore for real. he will be so desperate to leave he'll even sign a 500€/month contract to play for a team like juve :-) he's born to play on an offensive wing and he's also a leftfoot!
Nnahoj

Our best performance of the season and I miss it because I was working :(

Well done to the boys, and here's to keeping the momentum going into Saturday against Napoli.
Pablo

“Tonight we enjoyed ourselves and this is something I did not experience last year».”

Pablo?
Sam Dj

amauri header is sick
agiamba

"Tonight we enjoyed ourselves and this is something I did not experience last year»."

Guess who?
agiamba

All goals from week 10- there were some beautiful ones this week, especially from Palladino who was a real livewire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
agiamba

Haha ditto to Pablo, Inter has to lose to Palermo to make it even. Make it happen, Johonna :) I know you have a direct line to Jose.

Wow. What a game. And what a game to miss because of class...I'll be 100% honest, I was nervous as hell as this game and based on recent form, I thought we'd draw or lose. We haven't beaten Samp in the last 2 years, 4 draws in a row. I can't wait to watch this one, Ferrara got the reaction he wanted.

The way 4-2-3-1 is playing, there's no doubt we need to keep playing it. But who will sub in for Camo/Gio? Iaquinta/De Ceglie?
Pablo

Johonna, I think you still have to lose against Palermo to call it even. But please, be my guest and drop some pints there :p
Johonna

Pardon me, Genoa and Juve drew. Whatever. Ale was upset.

I think we are even now, anyway.
al

Johonna, it was Palermo who beat Juve.
Johonna

Are we even now, Alessio?
Genoa beat Juve, then we smashed them; Samp beat Inter then you smashed Samp.

Seems like the account has been balanced to me. :)
Jose

Now that was a great game!!!!. Where was this Juventus against Munich, Bologna or Fiorentina???. I think this and the Roma game show that we can play both the 4-2-3-1 and the 4-3-1-2. 4-2-3-1 is ideal for Giovinco, Camo and Diego. When Marchisio, Tiago and Del Piero are healthy maybe the 4-3-1-2 will work better with Amauri and Del Piero as strikers and Diego or Giovinco as trequartistas. The player that doesn't have a substitute is Camo and he is playing great. He is going to have to be rested against the small teams. One more thing, I think Juventus' main problem is not the formation, it is a mental problem. The moment our players start thinking that we are gong to win the scudetto just because of our good looks is when we get destroyed. Ferrara needs to teach them humility and bring forth winning mentality.
HolyMann

what a napoli-milan game huh....two goals in the first 6 mins and 2 goals in the last 2 minutes....Milan must be pissed hahahahaha
Pablo

Yeah, it was a great game indeed. The guys played an excellent game. Now lets keep wining and convincing everyone we can actually fight for the scudetto.
Jack

damn, whos watching the napoli milan game, napoli just scored like 2 goals in 2 mins and equalized
Jorid

Lol, I want to see both Il Pazzo and Fantantonio in South Africa, but don't you guys think that after watching this match, Lippi will be like "these 2 didn't do shit against Juve, so fuck them" and begin having a hard-on for Amauri again haha.
Papai

awesome game... it proves once and for all i believe the power of the 4-2-3-1
Jorid

ooBia lmfao. Sounds like the perfect day. =D
HolyMann

have a good one ooBia
gigo

YES! Hahaha when they showed Trez's mom she was swearing in spanish
Jack

holy shit
al

and do you think molinaro can deliver such a beautiful cross?
Jorid

Beautiful.
ooBia

okay im off to make love to my wife in a juve shirt!!!

CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE :D
al

hahah... his mother looks really really happy
HolyMann

U GOT TO LOVE HIM....WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY
Papai

TRE ZE GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLL
al

DAVIIIID
gigo

Trez should be able to make those in his sleep...
al

thanks ooBia. i have seen her from time to time. she has always been in the tv each time Trez celebrates his goal. haha... :)
ooBia

yes al, its his mother :)
ooBia

its not the size of the dog in the fight, its the size of the fight in the dog..
HolyMann

he looks soo cute starting a fight...HAHAHAHA, never knew he had it in him
al

that lady, that is always supporting trez, is she trez's mother?
HolyMann

4-3-1-2 with Gio and Trez up front
Jorid

I don't think I have screamed this much in a WHILE. I have pretty much lost my voice already. And I was only able to catch the last 10 minutes of the first half.And let's not fuck around right now.