D2 Matchday 4: HP vs Del Piero

[Scarface]

HP

----------------------------Gianluigi Buffon----------------------------
----------------Pablo Ibanez--------------Kakha Kaladze---------------
-Lauren-------------------------------------------------Joan Capdevila-
--------------------Alou Diarra----------------------------------------
---------------------------------Johan Vogel--------------------------
----Felix Ettien----------------------------------------Robert Pires----
------------------------Adrian Mutu-----------------------------------
---------------------------------Emmanuel Adebayor------------------


Maarten Stekelenburg
Taye Taiwo
David Suazo
Manuel Fernandes
Hernan Crespo

vs

Del Piero

---------------------------------Wiese-------------------------------------
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------Osorio---------Van Buyten--------Salcido-------Marcell Jansen--------
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------------------------Pirlo-----------De Rossi----------------------------
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------Odonkor---------------------------------------Schweinsteiger-------
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---------------------Santa Cruz--------Gilardino---------------------------


Subs: Isaksson, Perea, Reo Coker, van der Vaart, Martins

[Nedy]

Del Piero wins for me.
His midfield looks mcuh better, especially in the sides, where HP lack of speed.
Also his two CB looks a bit more solid than HP team.

[Rambo]

Del Piero wins it for me aswell.

[Cali]

Del, his midfield to me, looks like them certain players will work well with each other. Good game, would be an interesting watch.

[Scarface]

Del Piero appears to have a slight edge in most areas, but particularly in midfield, which is very good, despite the absence of van der Vaart.

[Figо10]

Del Piero has employed a good formation, with a settled defence complemented by plenty of quality attacking players. HP seems to have rested slightly more players, but he has a good defence too, and Buffon is more than capable keeping them in the game. I'll give HP a vote as I feel this is closer than the current scoreline (9-2) suggests.

[martin_cranie]

This game is very similar to the Phat vs. Rafa match, in that on first inspection I thought there would be a clear winner but after more consideration, things look a lot closer. Del Piero has the more eye catching names, but HP's team is well structured and talented enough to fight for a draw. The partnership of Diarra and Vogel is more than capable of giving Pirlo-De Rossi a hard time, and Adebayor-Mutu will give van Buyten-Salcido just as harder time as Santa Cruz-Gilardino will give Ibanez-Kaladze.

I'm going for 1-1/2-2.