Serie A Week 11: Milan vs. Torino: the quest for C

Originally Posted by drucurl

Actually Pippo's chance was pretty hard...if you look at it on the replay....he spent too much on evading the keeper . I feel sorry that Gila missed his chance but the guy needs to learn to pick a spot and shoot for it. That's basic technique for strikers......even amateur players understand this.

Pippo made his chance harder for himself by taking it so wide, but that doesn't excuse him not finishing it. Same with Gila, he cannot be excused for not taking his chances, but like Pippo he's a player that can miss the easiest chances at times.

Originally Posted by Baresi

Pirlo was a no show in this match and in this campaign so far. He plays excellent for the national team and in the CL but does absolutely nothing for us in the league.

I think you were too harsh on Pirlo. His game is based controlling the game, passing out to teammates to build attacks, but when teammates don't give him options (too often the case), then he struggles to have great effect. The Samp match exemplifies this well, as in the first half he struggled to pick out good passes, but in the second when the team improved, it was his pass to Gila that opened up Samp for Kaka to score.

Yesterday I don't think he was bad at all, even if not at his best. The only real disappointments were his shot and a pass out wide to Cafu that went out for a throw. But his freekicks were normally fairly dangerous (when he crossed in) and he was trying to make things happen.