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The great news is : Zambrotta won't play for Juve !He will be back in 10 days.
I rate him as the best right/left back in the world and in last 2 matches it was obvious how important he is for Juve. There wasn't even one dangerous ball coming in dangerous zone from the players he watched. He was great defensively against Sampdoria and Werder and was fantastic with his crosses.
Before i heared he will miss this match i was a little scared because that way he would have been the one watching Serginho.
Serginho is in form of his life at the moment and Zambrotta is the only one who could have stopped him and his deadly crosses. Now Balzaretti or Chiellini will have to deal with Serginho , and they are no match for him !
Now, Capello certanly learned his lesson from San Siro, and now he will pay more atention to Milan's midfielders. In the first match, Juve kept our attackers perfectly which gave a lot more space to Kaka, Pirlo and Seedorf.
This time, i believe Juve will pay much more attention to our midfielders, and it means, more space for our attackers, and with the balls Serginho and Stam serve to Sheva and Pippo i see Milan's biggest chance.
Juve looks vulnerable in the air lattle, and i think that that's where Milan's chance is, not in long range shoots as we did in Milano when Chimenti was their goalkeeper !
In defense, our right and left back will have to do most of the job. Juve is very dangerous in counters and with crosses, and that's what Stam and Serginho will have to stop. Also, corners and free kicks are something we mustn't give easily to Juve. They won most of their matches from breaks, and if we stop them here, and leave Emerson and Vieira freedom instead of Camoranesi and Nedved, then Juve is dead.
Because there is no creativity in Juve's central midfield, and whenever Camoranesi and Nedved were stoped, Juve couldn't make chances. That's what Bayern did to them in Munich, and we all know how raped Juve was in Germany.
About the pressure....hmm. I wouldn't say that there is much pressure on any of the teams and that's a huge advantage for Milan.
Milan plays bad under pressure while Juve is doing just the oposite.
But now, when Juve can allow a defeat and when Milan allready accepted the losing of Scudeto, i think that not motivation or pressure will be decisive, but quality and current form will decide the match. And thanks God, both these things are on Milan's side !
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