It's interesting how we can play a flowing football in attack when the confidence is up and everyone seems to be enjoying themselves. That was the case at times in the second half after we went up 2-1 and especially at 3-1.
I thought De Sciglio proved to be a much better RB than a LB tonight. He just offers more options along that sideline when he is on the right.
Vangioni is doing better, but in all honesty, he is still a little too over the place at times.
It was a good move from Montella to throw in Lapadula alongside Bacca. He took off the most defensive midfielder of the 3, so it was a very understandable decision.
Deulofeu is an exciting player! There is this aura around him when he has the ball and starts running with it. We haven't had that type of a player in a long time. It's too bad that often his last decision/touch let's him down. But I think it's something that will become better with time. Maybe not this season for example, but the guy sure does have quality and is very difficult to deal with for the opposition markers.
Love the 3 points. It was very important to keep up with the top group especially because we play against Juventus away next weekend.
A last note....the referee was just absolute terror for both teams. I hate to say this, but I feel like I make a similar comment every week. The level of refereeing in Serie A is atrocious....and even though mistakes are made everywhere, some of the ones that we have seen lately are just laughable. The refs need to be helped and all, but it's hard to help them when they decide to give a penalty like the one against De Sciglio today. If you as a ref can not judge when a player is literary flopping on the ground, than you have no business being on the field with a whistle. Even the second penalty for us wasn't a penalty. Ocampos simply hit the Chievo player with the swing of his leg. The last decision to not award a free kick to Deulofeu when he was clearly obstructed was just as bad as anything I've seen. These are just terrible decisions that can often define the game.
Today they didn't because simply the better team won and would have won anyway even without the PK, but it's still unacceptable to see these types of errors.
I thought De Sciglio proved to be a much better RB than a LB tonight. He just offers more options along that sideline when he is on the right.
Vangioni is doing better, but in all honesty, he is still a little too over the place at times.
It was a good move from Montella to throw in Lapadula alongside Bacca. He took off the most defensive midfielder of the 3, so it was a very understandable decision.
Deulofeu is an exciting player! There is this aura around him when he has the ball and starts running with it. We haven't had that type of a player in a long time. It's too bad that often his last decision/touch let's him down. But I think it's something that will become better with time. Maybe not this season for example, but the guy sure does have quality and is very difficult to deal with for the opposition markers.
Love the 3 points. It was very important to keep up with the top group especially because we play against Juventus away next weekend.
A last note....the referee was just absolute terror for both teams. I hate to say this, but I feel like I make a similar comment every week. The level of refereeing in Serie A is atrocious....and even though mistakes are made everywhere, some of the ones that we have seen lately are just laughable. The refs need to be helped and all, but it's hard to help them when they decide to give a penalty like the one against De Sciglio today. If you as a ref can not judge when a player is literary flopping on the ground, than you have no business being on the field with a whistle. Even the second penalty for us wasn't a penalty. Ocampos simply hit the Chievo player with the swing of his leg. The last decision to not award a free kick to Deulofeu when he was clearly obstructed was just as bad as anything I've seen. These are just terrible decisions that can often define the game.
Today they didn't because simply the better team won and would have won anyway even without the PK, but it's still unacceptable to see these types of errors.