Re: Serie A Thread - 2012/13 Season
Montolivo was a beast! Juve were quite poor though.
true and true. i don't know what happened to monto, but he's been a completely different player ever since the euro this summer. he always had the talent, but i've never seen him playing with such personality. very impressive.... and also quite unexpected (at this point in his career i had given up any hope on monto growing some balls.... i guess better late than ever!).
as for juve, this season they still haven't shown that amazing football they displayed last season. they're still doing great because serie a's average level is quite poor and even the CL opposition wasn't that much: chelsea is quite a mediocre team and the only good football team they faced (shaktar) caused them some serious truobles.
the team has definitely improved from last season (asamoah is a huge addition, bonucci is blossoming into that amazing cb he's supposed to become, pogba had an great impact and also giovinco and isla will come good), but conte's absence is clearely a problem. i still can't believe he had to suffer such an unfair disqualification.... what an outrageous ruling. i'm not even a juve fan and i'm still pissed off, i can't imagine how juve fans must feel about it.
btw, speaking of this summer's italian massive cock-up, u guys remember the criscito story? he was issued a notice of invedstigation this summer while he was leaving with the azzurri for the euros. he was basically forced to miss the euros (not to mention the humiliation).
well, as it turned out, criscito had absolutely
no involvment whatsoever and wasn't even charged with anything. if i were criscito i would demand some official apologies at the very least.
criscito not even charged with anything, bonucci tried and found completely innocent, conte unexplainably found guilty (despite the absolute lack of any sort of evidence)....... what a fine job!!!