JUVENTUS-AC MILAN (article in English and Español)

After the Spanish league´s derby, where we saw an expected game and FC Barcelona beat (thanks to 2 goals scored by the “Blaugrana” formidable duo, Eto'o and Messi) an ultra-defensive Real Madrid of Juande Ramos- it seems that this club has regressed to the criticized Capello´s period 2 years. If Real Madrid continues playing with this style, ¿how much time will be Juande as Real Madrid´s coach? if this club is consistent, this coach must stay only the 6 months signed-, now it is time to focus on the big game on this Sunday, Juventus Torino-AC Milan which will play at 20.30 c.e.t at Torino to decide which of this club is the real alternative to the powerful Inter Milan-today, it has an easy game at home against the worst team of the Serie A, Chievo Verona- in order to be the Italian Champion.

Although both teams come to this games with the same point in the standing (30 points), we believe that Juve is the favourite to win the game because it is showing a high level at home during this season-the numbers are: 5 wins, 1 draw – it was in September against Catania- and 1 defeat- it was on Oct. the 5th when after a dreadful game, it lost the game played against US Palermo(1-2)...since this defeat, Juve has won all the home´s games and beside it won in a compelling way (it beat AS Roma(2-0),FC Genoa (4-1) and Reggina Calcio(4-0)-. In contrast AC Milan has started erratic the season and especially when it plays away from San Siro, since as visitor it is unable to win a game since last 23 of October, which is very poor, since it played, except the game played against US Palermo (Palermo beat AC Milan, 3-1), not too complicated games, since it played against team like US Lecce (1-1), FC Torino (2-2) or FC Portsmouth (2-2).
As we have said more than once, the Juventus´s numbers are very deserving if we take into account that many Juve´s players are or were injured during these last months and indeed Ranieri has important absences for this match, since there are injured players like Buffon, Camoranesi, Andrade, Zebina, Trezeguet, Salihamidzic, Knezevic, Poulsen and Tiago. So, many important players will not play, which would be decisive for any team, but not for this competitive Juve, whose members of the squad are showing a very high level and the tiffosis does not remember that many player are injured thanks to the great job of the all the players and especially thanks to the play of the leather of the team, the superb Alex Del Piero who is making a perfect season-he scores important and decisive goals, he assists- alongside the other striker of the team, the powerful Amauri-he is perfect with his head…he is a very strong player-, and alongside the formidable Giovinco, when Ranieri is brave and he risks a bit-we want to see this player more minutes!!!-. But Juve is not only Alex and Amauri, since it is a strong team where we can find a mix of veterans and young players-Juve has a great future because it has many young and talented players, who are already playing well and it is sure that in 2-3 years, if they continue with their progression, they will be a very important and key players(the 24 year´s old versatile defender Giorgio Chiellini, the left back Cristian Molinaro-he has just signed a new contract until 2013-, the versatile Paolo De Ceglie -22 year´s old-, the midfielder Claudio Marchisio -22 year´s-, the defensive midfielder Momo Sissoko-I like this player, who is progressing every day and he can be the new Vieira, he is only 23 year´s old-, the Swedish offensive midfielder Albin Ekdal-19 year´s old-, Sebastiano Giovinco-21 year´s old- or the young offensive midfielder Iago Falqué). Today, if there is not changes Juve will play with: Manninger-he is playing well, without mistakes-; Grygera-he is playing with more confidence-, Mellberg-he is a bit slow, but he supplies this defect with his great experience-, Chiellini, Molinaro; Marchioni, Sissoko, Marchisio, Nevded; Del Piero, Amauri.

About AC Milan, we can say that all the focus is on the injuries, since this AC Milan has lost 2 player, Bonera-he has an hernia´s problem- and especially Gennaro Gattuso, who has an ligaments´s injured and he says bye-bye to the season, which is serious, because without him, AC Milan is not the same, although Ambrosini, Emerson or Flamini are good players and they can supply him more or less, obviously they do not have the Gattuso´s character, which is very important during the crucial moments of a game. Despite this absence, the team should be very competitive and we must demand more level, since until this moment we can sum up the AC Milan´s game as many individualities and without collective play, which is always dangerous, because the Brazilian trio -Ronaldinho, Kaka (he is not very happy with the Ronnie´s arrival, since he is losing offensive prominence in the team), and Pato-is not always inspired and if they do not play well, although it may seem incredible, AC Milan does not have any other offensive solution, since for example Andriy Shevchenko is an old player and he is not showing a good level-he has not scored any league´s goal during this season-, Filippo Inzaghi is 35 year´s old and he can not play all the games and all the minutes of any game, Marco Borriello needs more confidence to be able to show a better level ... So we will see if AC Milan starts to play as a team and with the Andrea Pirlo´s return-he was injured during 2 months and he needs time to recover his best level-, the “rossonero” team plays better and it gets better results when it play far from San Siro. Today, we will see a good squad: Abbiati; Jankulovski, Kaladze, Maldini, Zambrotta- it is clear that the defensive line needs new faces-; Flamini, Ambrosini, Pirlo, Kaka; Ronaldinho, Pato.

Anyway, good teams and we expect that they show a great show.

Moreover, today we will pay attention to the French big game between Olympique Lyon (34 points) and Olympique Marseille (31 points) at 21.00 c.et. and what will happen in the Turkish league, since the Süper Lig´s leather,Trabzonspor, lost its game and today Fenerbahçe can finish very near to the first position of the standing-it will play at 18:00 c.e.t against Antalyaspor-

Cheers,

J&F