Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 845 Conte's sustenance

And Benfica's aggressive actions after the opening fully showed that they did not want to treat the game with a conservative attitude at the Juventus Arena. This situation is within Conte's guess. Juventus recovered the formation after the opening relatively deep.

The existence of Vidal can greatly improve the defensive interception ability in the middle, but Jesus clearly puts 424, the concentrated place is the wing, and their pressure is very firm, the full back will follow the situation according to the situation The full-backs stepped forward together.

There are two forwards in the middle of the road that still contain most of the defensive energy of Juventus' three defenders. Juventus's wing defense is far from stable.

What Juventus can do is to slow down the rhythm of the game when they get the ball. Jesus intends to use the high rhythm to hit Juventus's wing.

The advantage of Juventus doing this is that the ball is under control, but they will encounter trouble in the offense. No matter who is attacking, they actually hope that their rhythm can be accelerated, but today Juventus' task is not only to score goals, The other thing is that the possession of the ball cannot be given away at will, and the speed of the offense is deliberately slowed down.

Gabriel Jesus has a lot of skills, and their strength today is a bit weak in the middle lane. Compared with Juventus, Perez and Amorim's tasks are more central. In order to make up for this lack, Jesus asked his players to be able to advance in offense, and to be more active when retreating.

Therefore, when the slow-paced Juventus meets Benfica, which is actively returning to defense, the offensive threat is not very great. Of course, Benfica's side attack has not yet created any absolute opportunities.

Within 20 minutes, everyone was in a stalemate. Zhang Yuan and Carlos Tevez were not very active in the frontcourt. This was due to tactical restrictions. Juventus played too cautiously. The offensive weapon can not only rush into the penalty area to shoot, but also has the purpose of containment.

But today their back row is much less, the pressure on Tevez and Zhang Yuan is naturally heavy, and there are not many opportunities.

There is also an implicit thing in this. This season, Conte's status in the team has been in full swing. In the first two seasons, he used Zhang Yuan as the core of offense. He tried to pass the ball to Zhang Yuan's feet in the frontcourt. But this season, Zhang Yuan has been absent for a while, and Tevez and Llorente have performed very well. Juventus' offense has become more integrated under Conte's training, and Zhang Yuan's role has been adjusted. Low, although he still scores a lot of goals, his tactical effect is obviously not as good as before. Zhang Yuan himself also feels this way, but he didn't say anything.

In the 26th minute, Juventus' frontcourt attack was interrupted, and Benfica immediately launched a quick counterattack. Although Juventus did not have many offensive forces, the midfielder and backcourt still maintained a relatively stable position.

But Benfica was very willing to invest in the counterattack. Before Bonucci had time to foul, Rodrigue quickly distributed the ball to the side. Gaitan drove straight in with the ball. Line pass, bypassing Barzagli in the middle, Lima followed up and ejected!

Of course, Buffon had nothing to do with such a ball, so he was sent into the net by Lima. Benfica in the away game actually scored first, and they successfully recovered the disadvantage!
The red camp in the corner of the stadium burst into huge cheers, and their voices finally overwhelmed the Juventus fans at this moment.

Gabriel Jesus hugged his assistants excitedly and celebrated the goal. His attitude was very firm. He obviously paid more attention to offense than defense. Although there was not much effect in the front, with this goal, It's worth the risk, well worth it.

Conte felt helpless about conceding the ball. Benfica's pass was too fast. Three times, two divisions and five quickly tore through Juventus' defense line. Juventus players have no problem with their positions, but compared to Concentrating on defense, the gap between players is not small, giving Benfica an opportunity.

As soon as the goal was scored, Jesus immediately made a new tactical adjustment. Gaitan moved to the middle, Rodrigue played the center position, Lima and Markovic separated on both sides, and the formation became 433 again.

Jesus, who was not very good at defense, began to resolutely play defensive counterattacks, and set up a bus in his own half.

This Benfica really surprised many people, and then the nightmare of Juventus began. Facing the bus, Juventus needed to score. Sri Lanka's attacks failed again and again.

This time, the formation of Bi Jesus was a bit weird. Dotul, who performed well in the last game, did not start, but he sent Oblak. Oblak was actually a few seasons ago. People who belong to Benfica have been loaned out by Benfica. After returning to Benfica this season, they are at the bottom in the competition with Dotul, but they have also got a lot of opportunities. After all, Dotul is old. Benfica must Have to plan for the next step.

At the end of the first half, Juventus temporarily fell behind Benfica 0:1 at home. It might not be a big deal to concede a goal at the Stadium of Light last time, but this time at the door of their own home, it is really impressive. Juventus pushed to the brink.

Conte did not make any distinctive arrangements during the intermission, he just kept encouraging the players.

In the second half of the first half, Juventus had exhausted all the tricks they used. Both Zhang Yuan and Carlos Tevez tried to use their personal abilities to change the game, but they both failed.

May I ask what else Conte can do? !All he can do is to send Llorente on the field at the right time in the second half, giving Juventus an extra support point in the frontcourt.

After the start of the second half, Benfica went its own way and still resolutely placed their own bus. Juventus attacked in a hurry, and they were ruthless. They used the price of fouls to stop Juventus's attack. Breaking the dense defense is not a problem for the Juventus family. This is simply a worldwide problem. When a team like Benfica, which is not weak in itself, uses such a trick, it is like when Juventus faced Barcelona and Bayern last year. Even if the opponent is very strong, it is difficult to win. Cheap.

As time went by minute by minute, the Juventus fans in the stands were needless to say how anxious they were. They still cheered for the team with songs one after another, and the song they sang the most was actually a song for Zhang Yuan .

They are especially looking forward to Zhang Yuan being able to stand up at such a moment!

But Zhang Yuan couldn't stand up anymore. It is impossible to perform a miracle every game. Benfica is not stage fright in the away game today. On the contrary, because it is an away game, they are stimulated with energy on the defensive end. Zhang Yuan also appeared when he was dribbling the ball. The case of being broken three times.

In the 67th minute, the situation on the field changed. Perez, who was not punished by UEFA, was given a second yellow card by the referee and left the field with a total of red cards. Although this penalty caused strong dissatisfaction from Benfica (actually There is no big controversy, but who wants to play one less player, Benfica itself is in a passive state, and Perez is a defensive champion in the midfield!), but the game still has to continue.

Juventus was able to fight 11 people with 10 people. Jesus replaced Rodriguez with Almeida in the 69th minute to supplement the defensive strength of the midfield.

Perez's end did not make the Benfica players panic, but instead gave them a feeling of common hatred. UEFA almost punished Perez before Lenovo's game, and the black-bellied theme of sending Juventus to the final made Benfica's The defense is more tenacious.

We will not let you wish!

Conte was anxiously directing the game from the sidelines, with a sad face. There were only more than ten minutes left, and Juventus had no sign of equalizing. He felt that it was time to make adjustments, so in the 74th minute, he He replaced Pogba with Llorente, played 343 instead, and then replaced Vidal with Marchisio. The reason for replacing Vidal was that Vidal's physical condition was no longer ideal, and his position was more critical.

In addition, in terms of tactics, he also conveyed new instructions to the team, asking everyone to pass the ball to Zhang Yuan, let Zhang Yuan be the core of the wing, and make organizational breakthroughs. Now Conte has to admit that he must Pin your hopes on Zhang Yuan.

(End of this chapter)