Saturday, October 18, 2008

No-Win Situation

It's the 71st minute of the Juventus-Napoli match and Claudio Ranieri might have just lost us the match. Tied 1-1, Ranieri opted to withdraw captain and lethal finisher Alex Del Piero for... Paolo De Ceglie. While De Ceglie has a bright future ahead of him, he is naturally a left back or left midfielder. By sacrificing a 2nd forward for a more defensive-minded midfielder, Ranieri has once again shown his "no-lose" attitude as opposed to the "must-win" mindset we've come to expect as Bianconeri fans.

At this point, I'm so upset with the Juve management I can't even speak. More to follow when the final whistle blows.

Update: Literally less than 10 minutes from the moment I began writing this post, Ezequiel Lavezzi ghosted in to make it 2-1 for Napoli. I want to be happy that my analysis was correct, but I'm so angry at Claudio Ranieri's idiocy I can't enjoy it at all.

Final update: Juve lost 2-1 thanks to Claudio Ranieri's complete lack of managerial knowledge. The only positive that could come of this is if the upper management finally realizes that Ranieri is trash and sacks him immediately.

1 comment:

aht4005 said...

I do not think he has no knowledge. I think he is just not the manager everyone makes him out to be. When the situation was to just get to the Champions League once Juve made it back to the Serie A, that was nothing to him because he's done that before. Now they expect him to win a championship with the talent he has and the pressure of that has gotten to him because he knows that he cannot deliver with that. He just knows how to get you to the top four, he can't win you league titles