Juventus has an enormous advantage over many teams in Europe. They have THREE top class strikers that can play up front ON THEIR OWN. That is an absolutely rarity. They also have Giovinco, Del Piero, and Diego to offer them support. Camoranesi and Giovinco can also roam on the wing, while Sissoko, Felipe Melo, Tiago, and Christian Poulson take care of the middle. How is it that a team like this wasn't smashing the ball into the net 5 times a game like they did today?
Injuries play a huge part in this. ADP is still out for a month, Caceres has a broken nose, and several other plays are in some way, shape or form incapacitated. I've said it before and I've said it again, wait til Juve get a full strength squad up and running. It'll be quite fearsome for the opposition.
Juventus has had problems up top recently. The issue, it seems, is with those same three strikers I've been raving about. Amauri was in a huge goal draught, Trezeguet had problems with the higher-ups, and Iaquinta is now recovering from surgery (this will take about 40 days). So despite the absolutely amazing support that they recieve, they simply couldn't put the ball in the net. Enter Amauri's Italian passport. He must be thrilled to get it, because he's already hit 4 goals in the league and he's aiming for more. When he's on form, Amauri is an incredibly powerful frontman. He's very strong and amazing in the air, but he's Brazilian so he understands slick passing and teamplay. The problem is, he hasn't been on form- until now. The added mental boost of finally getting that passport after waiting so long must have paid off. Amauri, if he stays healthy, will now start banging them in like it's his fucking job. Which it is.
He'd be a safe bet for any fantasy team out there, and there's an added bonus: finally, the Italian National Team will have a target man that doesn't suck a monstrous cock. Luca Toni, you've had your time in the sun, but Amauri is stepping up. Gilardino doesn't perform in big games when it counts, and he's not a target man, he's a poacher. When playing with a single striker up top, the Azzurri can finally afford to play a stronger midfield and fill that trequartista role that they've been missing. This is a country that has always, always, ALWAYS been reliant on it's supporting second-striker role, and their run at the upcoming World Cup will reflect the quality available in that position. For that reason, I would like to make this recommendation to Marcello Lippi, unrelated though it may be to this post:
Call up Antonio Cassano. If you don't, Italy will not even make it to the quarterfinals of the World Cup.
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