I have the chance to watch a friendly match between newcastle and juventus at St. James Park. The match was held on sunday (already forgot the date) and kick off at 3 pm. Both teams lined up more or less their full strength with Trazeguet, Nedved and Buffon played for juve while Given, martins and solano for newcastle. juve also lined up 3 of their new signings such as iaquinta, tiago and andrade.
Juve were fortunate to have a world class goalkeeper like buffon. without him, juve could be defeated with greater margin, perhaps 4 - 0. buffon made several fantastic saves and i think he was the best player on the pitch. the first goal came from penalty. zebina made a slight pushed on milner and milner made a right decision to dive. the second goal was beautiful and unaviodable. i think the main reason juve lost is because of their attacking. their attacking was totally blunt. they didn't create enough chances to score goals and trezeguet hardly get the ball. juve really need to improve on their attacking if they want to challenge inter milan for the serie A title. they have lots of experience and creative players, and with the additional of new signings there is no reason they cannot improve their attacking.
On the other hand, i congratulate newcastle for playing really well. their defence, midfield and strikers were superb. rozenhal (i'm not so sure how to spell his name) organised the defence well and solano was the most tireless player. he was everywhere; attacking and defending all the time. newcastle deserved to win the match.
I hope newcastle will succeed under sam allardyce guidance and can challenge spurs for the fifth place next season (they still can't challenge the top 4 clubs, hehe).
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