Socrates 9540 Joined: 04-Apr-2006 140023 messaggi Inviato 15 ore fa Le Pagelle: Pisa vs. Juventus It was a hell of a slog, but Juventus pushed their way to a 2-0 victory against a pesky Pisa side on Saturday. It wasn’t anything like the encouraging performances against Bologna and Roma, but an encouraging win from this standpoint: winning when they haven’t played particularly well hasn’t been a habit the Juve of the last few years have made. It’s the kind of thing we haven’t seen with any consistency over the last few seasons, but it was a welcome sign that Juve were able to push through their long-standing habit of playing down to weaker opposition enough to bring themselves three points. It certainly wasn’t the greatest performance by any stretch of the imagination, but ultimately, they were effective enough to bring home three points in the first of an important stretch of games against provincial opposition. ............ MICHELE DI GREGORIO - 6. ............ PIERRE KALULU - 7. Did some great work defensively, making four tackles and two clearances while blocking a shot, and of course making the nice run for the goal. Would’ve been a little higher had his completion percentage (79.7) been higher. BREMER - 6. Made a couple of uncharacteristic missteps, but overall was his usual imposing self. Does still need to knock off the rust though. LLOYD KELLY - 6.5. Led the team with six clearances, and very nearly opened the scoring with a smart shot that banged off the post. He’s a completely different player than he was the second half of last season. ANDREA CAMBIASO - 6. ............ MANUEL LOCATELLI - 6.5. ............ KHÉPHREN THURAM - 5.5. ............ WESTON McKENNIE - 6.5. ............ KENAN YILDIZ - 6. Scored an easy tap-in and led the team in dribbles (3), but wasn’t able to impact the match as a whole, largely because he was often double- and triple-teamed. TEUN KOOPMEINERS - 5. Perhaps unlucky that he had a shot on the break blocked in the first half, but really didn’t make an impact otherwise. Had more defensive interventions than offensive ones. LOÏS OPENDA - 5. Didn’t have the opportunity to use his pace to impact the defense, and wasn’t able to get his teammates much involved either, only attempting eight passes overall. SUBS EDON ZHEGROVA - 7. Made a huge difference once he came on, discombobulating the defense with his dribbling and putting two of three shots on target. JONATHAN DAVID - 5. Awful control receiving passes today. Even his assist was on a ball that he really ought to have been able to shoot himself as opposed to deflecting it into Yildiz’s path. Looked apprehensive in shooting positions. FABIO MIRETTI - NR. ............ FILIP KOSTIC - NR. ............ JOÃO MÁRIO - NR. ............ MANAGER ANALYSIS With Francisco Conceição out and Bremer back in the fold, Luciano Spalletti went with the seemingly obvious solution to try to integrate Teun Koopmeiners into the side by putting him back into the attacking midfield slots. It didn’t work. Somehow, Koopmeiners has completely devolved from the player Juventus thought they were buying two summers ago. His only real utility at this point has been in the back three, but even there he can be a liability against better attackers, and he shouldn’t be back there when the best center-backs are available. Spalletti needs to either find a way to spark the Dutchman or start making plans to move the team on without him. Besides Koopmeiners, there wasn’t much in the way of problem with Spalletti’s team selection. The team’s struggles were a combination of offensive underperformance and the fact that Pisa, in spite of their place in the table, have been an incredibly difficult team to break down all year. But Spalletti’s changes again made the difference. Zhegrova unlocked the attack and allowed Juve to finally spread the Pisa defense out a little bit, while David, despite his generally ineffective play, was able to bring a different threat than the speed-based Openda to compliment what Zhegrova did. As we mentioned before, the mere fact that we’re talking about an ugly 2-0 win instead of a goalless draw or, worse, a smash-and-grab loss, speaks to the work Spalletti has done with Juventus since he arrived. ............ . Read more -> https://www.blackwhitereadallover.com/previews-reviews/35010/le-pagelle-juventus-pisa-player-ratings-manager-analysis-2025-serie-a-matchday-17-final-score-result-vs-pisa Condividi questo messaggio Link di questo messaggio Condividi su altri siti
