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Pathetic. That’s all there is to it, and I don’t care what anybody else says. The ‘old lady’ should take some time out to have a long session of thinking. Huge changes are necessary. It’s not a case of sour grapes. It’s just that watching Juve play has become boring. I prefer watching Milan. They attack. They play as a team. Juventus play with 9, as Zlatan and Trez patiently wait for the ball to magically reach their feet. Mostly, they play against 12, because the Swedish ballerina seems to be constantly disoriented and unable to keep a ball. Not to mention that he feels compelled to stop the ball to give his, ahem, opponents the chance to catch up. Zlatan bashing is my new hobby. The guy is an idiot and has done fuck all this season, except getting paid to give his sorry ass performances. The employment agency should have sent him to a circus. At least he’d be good there.

Juve cannot win a Champions League if they continue to ‘invest’ in old stars with big egos who feel that it is not their job to run and try to win the ball. The team lacks players who play with passion, who play to win, who give their all for jersey. The young players do it. Chiellini, Giannichedda, Balzaretti are all admirable for that, even if they do make mistakes. Buffon, Zambrotta, Cannavaro, Mutu and Del Piero are good at it too. Even Zalayeta. He’s not the best of players but he tries his best. That’s what players ought to do. But instead we get a bunch of ‘I’m-too-good-to-try-and-win-a-ball-and-oh-when-is-my-paycheck-coming’ fairies. As for Nedved, he should go to an anger management class. Great players aren’t made up of that shit. Maybe he should look at Shevchenko for an example.

As for Capello. The don should leave, now. He’s got too big a reputation to lose and little else to gain, which means that he will not take risks. Playing a constant 4-4-2 isn’t really the works of a great tactician is it? Even football management gamers know that. Giving a permanent place in the squad to idiots like Zlatan is not too insightful either. Not to mention the Zebina fetish and the habit of playing players out-of-position. The Juventus bench is weak. In part because of the unashamed selling of players with great potential, but also because rotation is not something that Juve seem to know about. You have to give players the chance to play if you wanted them to become good ones.

This rant could go on and on, and on and on, but I will stop here. While I obviously wished that they’d win the Champions League, I couldn’t say that they deserved it. So that’s all there is to it. Better luck next time. Not that better luck could exist after that keeper blunder against Bremen…