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Poor first half. Shakhtar are playing fairly defensively looking for strong counters, though in all honesty there were periods where they dominated. Our passing is slack, we're playing very deep (at one attack I counted 7, yes 7!!! players lined up across the halfway line, we've had no width and we're way too slow. Gila's isolated up front, neither Seedorf or Kaka are anywhere to be seen a lot of the time and there's no options for players in deep areas (like Pirlo) because most of the team are to their side or just behind. Kaka I'm not too disappointed in though, as everytime he gets near the ball Fernandinho hacks away at him. In that respect Fernandinho did get a yellow at the end of the half, so Kaka shouldn't get fouled as much.
Until now a disappointing performance and a disappointing game overall. I'm certain Carlo will have seen the problems (they're pretty glaring) so should be communicating right now how to improve.
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