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Originally Posted by #3Forever
I think that this game is probably one of the most important for our season so far. Exactly the type of games that we struggled with last season. Games away from home against mid table or lower teams. Last year we would tie or even lose (vs Parma) those games. We can't get overconfident but I still believe we will win, probably 2-0 or 3-0. Without Flamini and Thiago Silva, our season at least until the new year will be difficult. Our next few games are against Roma, Calgiari and Udinese. It is vitally important that against these struggling teams we get victory. For tommorows game I think that we will be able to play a more attacking formation without the three "destroyer" midfielders. I would go with this formation
------------------------------Abbiati----------------------------------
----Abate-----------Nesta------------Yepes-----------Zambrotta------
---------------Boetang--------Pirlo--------Gattuso--------------------
-----------------------------Seedorf----------------------------------
---------------------Robinho----------Ibrahimovic----------------------
What are your thoughts on playing Pirlo and Seedorf in the same lineup?
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If you wanted true balance, then I would suggest we take Pirlo off for Captain Max. Somehow I'm not convinced that Pirlo, based on the recent outings alone, can face up to smaller teams tackles and come away with the ball every time. If we lose the ball in that position, Pirlo can't win the ball back, but we would normally be safe in the knowledge that Sandro and Thiago are there.
This game, however, will be the first game in a long while now that we haven't had half of our defensive gate to play with (and the more active half at that). Whilst Yepes is a decent CentreBack, I can't see him do the spectacular, timed tackles that Thiago makes to clear our lines. Thus, for a better precaution, I would rather we have Ambro, Prince and Rino in the middle to hold the ball, and lose a little quality in our distribution instead.
Perhaps Pirlo in Seedorf's trequartista role for this match might be a bit better to link up play, since I think Binho and Ibra both have enough quality to get past Bologna's defense. That way, if he loses the ball, we still have the entire length of the midfield to win it back.