We continue to scrape the bottom of the barrel with 3 of our 4 best CMs out. The above is a mechanical midfield but is a safer option given what we saw from Hernanes in the regista role vs Napoli and Lemina as a B2B (vs him performance in the holding role) in the same game. Hernanes was decent as a regista vs City and the jury is still out on his ability as a regista, but can't take any risks here. Ditto with Lemina, who's looked consistently good in the central holding role but wasn't as good as a B2B even though he scored a goal. One game doesn't mean zilch, but gotta go with the safer route here.
Dybala up top will make it a less mechanical midfield+attack combo compared to the Frosinone and Genoa games.
Put Pereyra in for Sturaro if Sturaro doesn't play well or if we need a goal in 2nd half.
City plays BM at BM. BM won two games in a row (their first points of the season) since Favre left. City's been in disarray after we beat them. City could lose points here. ray:
Agreed with Pav, I think that Hernanes could work as a regista against the minnows but against top midfields that press high up the pitch he doesn't have it in him. Pirlo might have been worse physically but Andrea has one unique quality in that he always knows all about his surroundings and can predict how he should give himself space. Hernanes doesn't have that quality. Lemina should play the holding role until Marchisio is back.
Could Sturaro play RB if Caceres is out? I don't want to see Padoin near a starting formation.
Interestingly, there are a lot of similarities between both teams:
* Juve & Sevilla both lost key players over the summer, with leading scorers of both teams (Bacca & Tevez) leaving, while an influx of new players coming in;
* Both teams made slow starts to their respective domestic leagues, with only 5 points collected from 6 matches by each team, despite promising SuperCup matches with Juve beating Lazio comfortably while Sevilla narrowly losing to Barca 5-4;
* Both teams made good starts to the CL with 3 points collected from an early win;
* Both teams are suffering from injury crisis', with Sevilla losing influential midfielder (Banega) to Juve's (Marchisio) while Sevilla also couldnt include marksman (Llorente) to Juve's (Mandzukic).
To make things even more interesting, this will be the first ever official match between Juve & Sevilla.
With Lichtsteiner out of the squad, Caceres suspended due to his drunk driving car accident and Padoin not registered in the CL squad, I can't see Allegri playing a back 4 against Sevilla..
Yeah 3rd RB choice is not in CL list is kinda unfortunate now if Lichts breathing problem becomes bigger and Caceres is kept out longer for being a moron.
But hey, it doesnt end there... Our young CMs that are playing due to our many absences in midfield, are according to Italian sources also in little doubt:
- sturaro's calf is to be checked, he had some pain in that area
- lemina trained separately
3-5-2 as expected, but he mentionned everyone but the 3rd CM. So he hasnt decided between Lemina, Pereyra or Hernanes. If Pereyra plays Khedira will play holding DM/regista, which would be kinda odd. I'm guessing Lemina will start anyways. Or he will continue on the Hernanes experiment?
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