Nedved has been pushed deep this entire season to help out Molinaro on the left-flank, so offensively he’s not as potent. As mentioned by Roberto, if Molinaro gets a yellow, he disappears out of the match. Attack the left-flank and you’ll do well. Grygera does well on the right, and depending on who our right-winger is (Brazzo or Marchionni) Brazzo is the more defensive player as he slots in at right-back sometimes for Grygera.

As for Real, I expect Heinze to start at left back actually, even though I would prefer Marcelo. Schuster knows Juve has to win this game, so I dont think he will tell the team to attack a whole lot, just to pick their spots. The media in Italy is hyping this game up big time, which makes me think Juve are gonna run riot with all the emotion they have. But does any of the team really want to save Ranieri’s job?

Should be a good game. Can you believe these two sides have never drawn a match?

Not that I’m underrating Salihamidzic or anything, I still remember him dispossessing Roberto Carlos for Bayer and then cutting the ball back for Makaay to slot home. But he’s definitely lost some pace since then, and doesn’t seem to have any telling contributions in their games.

I’m going with a 2-0 if Knezevic starts and Legrottaglie doesn’t recover, and a 1-0 if Legrottaglie starts. And a 2-2 if Giovinco and Marchionni get a significant amount of time on the pitch, although Ranieri’s very conservative and I don’t see that happening.

Manninger
Grygera Legrottaglie Chiellini De Ceglie
Marchionni/Iaquinta Sissoko Marchisio Giovinco
Del Piero-Amauri

We should go for the win right from the start with our attacks coming in from the flanks. Our passing game should be fast and 3 touch max, we’ve seen it all too many times before when a counter attack is wasted due to one of our players takng his time on the ball.