missed the match last night, overslept

Chiello with 2 goals, but his mistake lead to Samporia pulling 1 back

and finally Mandukic ended his drought, he really need that goal and i sense he'll open his floodgate after this

It's hard to find Juve fans huh?

In some ways though, despite the teasing, it was really sweet when Italy won the world cup in 2006. That was like a personal victory for me; most of those who made fun of me back in school were EPL and England supporters.

But by then I guess everyone had matured and way past that teasing stage.

I hope us Juve fans stay humble during our ups and downs with the club.

I missed it too, but woke up at 3:30 to check the score; it was 2-0 then. So I thought they'd probably win and I went back to sleep haha.

Nice to see the team bounce back; they need this morale going into their game with Napoli this weekend. Maybe too early to tell but looks like this season will be quite tight; a lot of teams have improved and proving to be bona fide title contenders.

While I think Juve have done really well during the transfer window; I still feel we haven't seen the real Juve. I know I haven't seen all their games but I get the feeling the new guys have a lot more to offer; and not forgetting the players who remained from last year - I think we still haven't fully clicked or gelled. I hope it happens and soon too because I'd really like to see us win the CL this season.

By the way, I thought Pjanic was injured? He played AND scored? Wow.

Also, anyone have an update on Pjaca?

I miss the first 10 mins too, woke up 245, then struggle to find good stream on the android box.

one thing i first notice is the back 4 setup, hence look like 4-4diamond-2. this is new, after accustom to 3-5-2 for quite some time now. It was OK, with Evra/Sandro got more space to start the attcking move compare to others that was closed down quickly. since cuadrado on the right wing, dani alves was limited to full back only. i like him better when as a wingback. on flat 4, barzagli or Rugani is better. On left side, Pjanic is there most of the time, but he seldom can get good balls in. i think asamoah might do better there. the goal was due to chiello error, seems he is also accustom to back three, hence his diagonal ball really come short. even bonucci made the same mistakes few times.

marchisio is marchisio. he gave all, still fun to watch. maybe some lack of match fitness. khedira was OK too, sort of free rolling in the midfield.

still the service to strikers quite lacking. from the past macthes, we can see higuain has very good technique and seldom miss the target. so it's really polishing up the midfield to get more attacking balls.

vs Napoli on Saturday it's really midfield battle. I expect we are back to 3-5-2 again, probably some minor change. khedira should be no-10 behind higuan. alves probably on winback and cuadrado start on the bench.

i really want to see moise kean in action...

i had this gut feeling that Higuain will ended his goal drought against Napoli

with Marchisio return in action, we have more stable midfield hence Pjanic can more upfront on his
favorite playmaker position

dull first half...with Higuain having the best chance

Bonnuuccciiiii what a thunder strike!

Higuaiinnnnnnnnn

told ya he gonna end his drought

3 sweet pts thx to none other than Golazo strike. We didn't play well but we did enough

Next, Lyon. A win and we seal our place on UCL last 16 stage

3 sweet points indeed.

Any thoughts on Buffon's latest comments that Juve as a team need to 'up' their game in order to compete with the big boys in the UCL?

Nothing new. Always win Serie A but fall short in UCL except 2015

dont worry about the humble part coz its the juve way. we can win 10 CL and still buffon will be very respectful. thats the lo stile juve

ya we really need to step up if we are to have any chance of winning CL. all the performances so far were adequate for Serie A. We will be crushed in the round of 16 if we dont buck up

mental barrier has always been Juve biggest problem in UCL

take last season tie vs Bayern for example, we let them bossed us for 60+ minutes, and after Robben's goal Juve "waked up" and nearly beaten the
German giant. And continued the form when we bested Bayern in their backyard until Lewandowski's goal

luckily we didn't have this problem when facing Real Madrid, hence why Juve always have the upper hands against em

its UCL night guys

Juventus vs Olympique Lyonnais
Juventus Stadium
3.45am Malaysian time

Probable lineup;

Juventus

--------------------Buffon--------------------
-------Barzagli-Bonucci-Benatia----------
Alves-Khedira-Marchisio-PJanic-Sandro
------------Mandzukic-Higuain------------

*Pjaca, Dybala, Chiellini all out due to injuries

Lyon

-------------------Lopes--------------------
---Rafael--Mamana--Diakaby--Morel---
--Ghezzal--Gonalons--Tolisso--Cornet-
------------Lacazette----Fekir------------

Fact & figures;

- Juve have lost only 2 of their last 36 home games in the Champions League (W22 D12). Both of those loses were against Bayern Munich.
- Juve have kept four clean sheets in their five Champions League games at home since last season.
- Juve, along with Sevilla & Leicester are the only teams yet to concede a goal in this season UCL
- Juve can seal a place in last 16 rounds by beating Lyon tonight
- No French club has ever beaten Juventus in Italy in all European competition (D2 L11)
- Lyon have lost 10 of their last 16 Champions League games away from home
- Lyon have lost six of their last eight Champions League games

This post has been edited by noir7559: Nov 2 2016, 10:38 AM

It would be frustrating if we don't win this year; we do have a team capable of doing it.

Yup, one of the reasons why I still admire individual characters like Buffon.

Yea, we seem to do well against Real. I mean, that standing ovation for Del Piero in 2008 was it? That was just awesome. Except for maybe the '98 final :/

I'm gonna try and get an early night so I can wake up for match tonight.

yeah, dat 2008 tie in Bernabeu, Del Piero with brilliant solo goal & sublime freekick dat left Casillas motionless

even when Real beat Juve its always with some controversy. 1998 UCL final Mijatovic's offside goal, 2014 (2-1 in Bernabeu) with Chiellini getting sent off with a controversial
red card & penalty

Good luck, hopefully i wouldn't be the one Juve LYNers watching tonight match

Higuain scores penalty then misses open chance

This post has been edited by estcin: Nov 3 2016, 04:25 AM