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0-0 at HF. Hopefully Pulisic has something left in the tank and can come on in the 2nd half, Milan needs some creativity in the attack. They've been inept going forward.
 
Finally at 70 mins Pulisic comes on, replacing Loftus-Cheek, who was anonymous.

No change with that sub, so Milan should try a different approach. Get Tammy Abraham in there, Juve has had it too easy so far in defence, with little physical challenge in there. Play more direct with urgency.

Weah about to come on for Juve.
 
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I am back from Italy. I loved Rome and Florence, Torino.... not so much. It's an industrial city and the food sucks, except for the pizza place across the street from my AirBnb. I will go back to watch another game, but I am not staying for more than two days.
 
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Juve defence did well all around, but I'd choose Khepren Thuram as MotM. Very good performance by him in midfield.

Milan had no goal threat whatsoever.
 
It's still rather early in the seaso, but Atalanta are playing like future champions.

Of course a lot can change before the end of season, e.g if Ederson departs for Man City in January or other important players leave.
 
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Razvan Marin opens the scoring from a penalty kick in the relegation scrap between Genoa and Cagliari. It's Vieira first match in charge, and he keeps Balotelli on the bench so far (they worked together with great results at Nice). The penalty was very iffy in my opinion, the defending player jumped for a header with his hands in the air, the ball came literally from 20 cm away and hit half his hand, half his shirt.

Genoa get an equalizer four minutes later, after another refereeing mistake, this time it was the lineswoman who missed an offensive foul happening right in front of her, and from the resulting throw in Frendrup puts it in after Cagliari's defense was caught sleeping.
 
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cgf said:
Should Nagelsmann give Bisseck a look or is he still all-tools-no-toolbox?
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I think you can do better at the moment, don't think he should even start for Inter, but it's true he's got room to improve, it usually takes these super tall defenders a while to get their skills together.
 
luiginb said:
I think you can do better at the moment, don't think he should even start for Inter, but it's true he's got room to improve, it usually takes these super tall defenders a while to get their skills together.
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That's kinda what I figured. IIRC he was the first from his age group to play for his club's senior team, but he made Armel Bella Kotchap look like a savvy vet. So seeing him starting so much for Inter made me wonder if things had finally started to click or if they were just getting away with his rawness.

I'd be content with our quartet if Chabot just replaced Koch or Thiaw got back to his best...as long as Tah doesn't go back to his pre-Alonso inconsistency once he moves in the summer & age doesn't catch up to Rüdi before the WM...but Koch as that 4th CB just feels like such a step down from those first 3.
 
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Hummels couldn't stop Lukaku scoring from close range despite marking him tightly. So it's 1-0 for Napoli over Roma after 55 mins.
 
Cagliari-Verona in a relegation scrap between two teams in crisis, game's as good as one might expect... Only a great save by Montipo on Zappa to report on in 40 minutes of play
 
Inside foggy San Siro at 19 mins, Morata puts Milan 1-0 up after Leao's blocked shot bounced to him.

2-0 at HF, Reijners scored the 2nd with a nice volley from inside the box. The fog is really hampering the visibility in the TV picture at least.

Reijners made it 3-0, running through the center and scoring from the edge of box. Leao moved smartly to draw two defenders away with him, clearing the path for Reijners to run into.
 
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Napoli won earlier today 1-0 away at Torino, McTominay scored from Kvara's pass.

Fiorentina - Inter match was abandoned after 17 mins as Bove collapsed on the pitch. He is reported to be still unconscious after being taken to hospital.

Match will be finished at later date.
 
Apparently Bove had an epilepsy seizure that gave him a heart attack. Scary stuff but he's apparently conscious now in the hospital.
 
luiginb said:
Apparently Bove had an epilepsy seizure that gave him a heart attack. Scary stuff but he's apparently conscious now in the hospital.
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I wasn't far from where it happened, I saw him change his shirt and come back on the pitch, then I turned my gaze towards the referee because Lautaro had just scored but I was sure the goal wasn't regular. I turned again and he was on the ground. I must say that in the general confusion, both of the players and spectators, it took only 4 minutes to leave the stadium for the ambulance. I will remember so many scared children from last night.
 
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On their way to 8th straight win in Serie A, Atalanta take the lead away to Roma. De Roon's shot deflected in. sending the keeper wrong way.

Nicolo Zaniolo doesn't hold back celebrating against his old club, taking his shirt off when he makes it 2-0.
 
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Inter easily won their match 3-0 earlier today and Atalanta vs Milan is now 1-1 at half-time. The match started lively and of course it had to De Ketelaere scoring first against his old club.

It was a height mismatch at the backpost as De Ketelaere easily outjumped Theo Hernandez and headed home. Milan's equalizer came when Rafael Leao outpaced Bellanova on the left flank and delivered an excellent pass for Morata to finish from close range.

Pulisic had to leave the match injured.
 
Juve salvage a draw at home against Bologna, with a late 92nd min goal by youngster Mbangula.

Manager Thiago Motta sent off earlier in the match.
 
Savi said:
Juve are weird. Almost halfway through the season and they're undefeated but then they're only like 6th in the league
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Not too dissimilar to their 2011-12 undefeated season, tbh. 23-15-0, only 84 points and their top scorer had only 10 goals. Only difference was that the rest of the league was dogshit (third place had 64 points, eek).
 
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