Mister Legend

Chapter 450 The Powerful Juventus

However, having the upper hand in the first 45 minutes did not make the Turin coaching staff headed by Li Mudi happy, because the score did not change. In essence, the performances of the two sides in the first half were equal. Victory won't be handed to the Red Bulls just because they played better.

Our tactical choice is more reasonable, but the 15-minute intermission is enough for Juventus to find out the crux of the problem and make a solution. The advantage of better ability launched a counterattack against the Turin team, which is the last scene Li Moody wants to see.

On the football field, regardless of factors such as luck and morale, the competition is about the player's ability and the team's tactics. In the first half, the Red Bulls relied on the tactical restraint factor to successfully suppress the more powerful rivals in the same city. .It's just that when the opponent finds a way not to lose the wind at the tactical level, the script of the game will continue according to the situation of the previous Turin derby. It is difficult to completely restrict it, and Allegri will become the one who controls the direction of the script.

In Italy, a traditional football country, there have been countless good coaches with excellent coaching skills and even the world's top coaches. Even in today's seemingly inactive period, there are also many capable players such as Spalletti, Sarri, and Gasperini. Tenaciously defend the last dignity of Italian football.And behind them, there have been many new generation potential coaches such as Gattuso, the Inzaghi brothers, Robert Daversa (the 43-year-old Parma coach), and it can be said that the future development prospects are relatively optimistic.

But among these coaches, Allegri is naturally one of the top coaches in Italian football today, and perhaps only Ancelotti and Conte can stand shoulder to shoulder with him.As far as the ability in tactical literacy is concerned, Uncle Jiong is at the same level as Spalletti, both of which can be regarded as world-class, so Li Moody has no doubt that Juventus will find out how to deal with their team in the second half A way to bring the game back to the rhythm the opponent is used to.

Of course, the Turin team will not just watch their opponents change their tactics, and he is still acting as a target. Li Moody has also arranged several new arrangements in advance, and chooses which one to implement depending on the changes of the old woman.However, due to the large number of variables, effective responses can only be made after seeing the results.

And it’s not just this matter that bothers the Turin coach. The team doctor brought him a very bad news shortly after the halftime break. If Benassi continues to insist on the game, his injury may worsen. Replaced early.Although there was an excellent substitute, Baselli, on the bench, everyone who watched the first half of the game could not deny that Benassi was the one who performed the best among the 22 players on the field. Being able to gain an advantage on the scene, the local midfielder is a key factor.Such a core player cannot continue to play, and the negative impact on the Red Bulls is too great.

The reason for his injury is also infuriating. In stoppage time in the first half, Benatia tackled Benatia from behind when Benassi was in possession of the ball on the right side of the opponent's penalty area, but the referee Antonio D'Amato had nothing to say. Said, but directly blew the whistle to end the half-time game, which aroused strong dissatisfaction among the Turin players.Belotti and others wanted to go up and surround the referee in an attempt to ask for an explanation, but they were pulled away in time by Vukocevic and the assistant coach Samfield who rushed in from the outside, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

And it was precisely because of the dirty foul by the Moroccan central defender that Benassi showed signs of muscle damage in his right calf and had to leave the field early, disrupting many of Li Moody's plans and laying a key for the final result of the game Foreshadowing.

The 15-minute break time was fleeting, and the two sides immediately devoted themselves to the tense atmosphere of the game after returning to the court.Baselli, who came off the bench, tested the concentration of the opponent's goalkeeper with a powerful long-range shot from 27 meters away. At the same time, he also proved to everyone that he was no worse than his starting teammates.This kick was very powerful, and there was a bounce in front of the goal, but because the angle was not very tricky, Buffon held the ball in his arms relatively easily, and did not give it to Bello who came up and wanted to make a follow-up shot. Dee left a glimmer of opportunity.

And when Juventus first launched their positional attack in the second half, the onlookers saw very clearly that they had changed from before the half-time break.Although the overall formation still maintains a 4-3-3 position, during this offensive, Khedira, who was originally a right central midfielder, appeared more on the right. At first, he looked like a right midfielder. When Cuadrado stepped forward, the Germans would protect their teammates again.This change allows Dybala to no longer be confined to the wing position, but can return to the center where he is better at, and cooperate with Mandzukic as a shadow striker to attack Turin's penalty area.

At this time, Juventus' formation will become a three-back, with Asamoane retracted as a left center back, Matuidi standing in front of them as an intercepting barrier, and the remaining six players can press halfway to participate in the attack , The pressure on the Red Bulls' defensive front is enormous.

Moreover, the positions of several players in the frontcourt suddenly became more frequent. Douglas Costa changed the two sides in turn, and Mandzukic will not just be at the forefront. With Dybala's support, Occasionally, he would come to the familiar left side to open up space for his teammates to move in the middle, and Juventus' overall offense suddenly became extremely active.

In 1 minute, after passing the ball for a short period of time, Costa, who switched to the right, faced Bareca, whose defensive ability was slightly inferior to that of Silvestri on the other side, with a set of impressive The dazzling bicycle and the rapid change of direction changed the angle and passed the ball to the front of the penalty area.Khedira, who appeared in that key position, sent a diagonal through ball without stopping the ball, which helped Dybala, who had already entered the penalty area without anyone knowing it, get a good opportunity to attack the goal directly.

While several Turin defenders raised their hands to signal offside, the Argentine star's left foot pulled the ball out of a wonderful arc and went straight to the far corner of the goal.Fortunately, Casillas' attention has always been kept in a highly concentrated state. He quickly fell to the ground and blocked the opponent's threatening shot. The second point of impact was controlled by Kanneman. Mandzukic, who rushed forward, drove the ball out of the baseline with a big foot.

Pjanic immediately sent a quick tactical corner kick. The tall players who are good at headers such as Mandzukic and Benatia made the Turin team dare not neglect, so they defended heavily inside the penalty area, but Dybala on the outside caught it. Chance found space for a long-range shot. He received a cross from Costa and directly blasted with his left foot into the near corner of the goal.The power angle of this volley is almost impeccable, but it still failed to pass Cassie's ten fingers. The legendary Spanish goalkeeper once again saved the team with his heroic save. The ESPN commentator who broadcast the game live He exclaimed loudly: "Can you imagine that such an excellent goalkeeper might miss the World Cup? If he is from England, I think the Three Lions may have won at least one major trophy in the past 20 years."

Not to mention everyone's praise for the wonderful performances of Dybala and Casey in the two offenses and defenses just now, but Li Moody on the sidelines could no longer remain silent.He had been standing on the sidelines to watch the game since the game restarted, and immediately yelled at his goal twice, reminding the players to concentrate and follow the pre-match deployment, not to be disturbed by the opponent's strategy.

However, in the next six or seven minutes, under the pressure of Juventus' strong attack, the offensive efficiency of the Turin team could no longer return to the level of the first half. Because they were worried about their own defense, the wingbacks on both sides greatly reduced the number of assists. , causing the opponent to use more troops to encircle and suppress Immobile and others.The difficulties encountered by the team in the frontcourt also made it difficult for the ball to stay in Juventus' half for too long. Once the opponent successfully steals the ball, they will quickly launch a counterattack.

In order to prevent the situation from deteriorating further, Li Mudi had no choice but to issue a new order to control the ball more in the midfield, but it seems that it has not formed a substantial impact on the Bianconeri who have found their own rhythm.

In 5 minutes, Cuadrado faced Bareca's marking from the right and sent a through ball. Khedira, who was inserted in the back row, made a pass, but failed to master his footwork. The ball flew directly to the far corner of the goal. and go.Casey jumped and hauled the ball over the bar for the third corner of the second half.The corner kick taken by Pjanic was very precise, and it directly found Benatia who suddenly retreated from the front of the goal to the front of the small penalty area. Fortunately, Diego Llorente responded in time and followed Morocco closely The central defender interfered with the opponent's head-shaking attack.The ball almost flew out of the bottom line at the junction of the beam and the post, making the Juventus supporters on the scene sigh their bad luck.

After Cassie made a short pass goal kick, the players of the Torino team carried out a long pass transition in the backcourt, hoping to use this to kill the opponent's gradually rising morale, and at the same time attract the Juventus players to grab. See if there is an opportunity to create a hole in the opponent's defense.

However, the sophisticated Italian football overlords did not make any mistakes, and they also took advantage of today's referee's relatively loose penalty scale, and constantly used high-intensity physical confrontation to put pressure on Baselli and other offensive players, so that the Red Bulls It is difficult to pass the ball to the dangerous area of ​​​​the frontcourt.As for those non-threatening backcourt passes, Juventus obviously didn't pay much attention to them. Their possession rate today was always about ten percentage points behind. Allegri didn't care about the statistics of this game at all. All he wants is the final victory and the trophy.

As a result, there was a relatively calm period on the court for the time being. As long as the ball did not enter Juventus's half, then apart from a few frontcourt players making interference, the Bianconeri's midfielder would not increase the intensity of the press.But once the Turin team tries to burn the flames of the battle across the midfield line, the two central midfielders, Khedira and Matuidi, will take turns to cooperate with Pjanic in the center to siege. Offensive organization spreads restrictions.

Since they could not invest too much force on the offensive end, even though the two forwards chose to retreat more to meet the conduction of their teammates, these attempts did not cause any waves in front of Juventus, which has a solid defensive system.On the contrary, in No.60 two minutes, Allegri made a new adjustment. Juventus suddenly launched a high-position press for a period of time, forcing the Turin team to make a mistake in the backcourt possession tactics. Within a few minutes, he once again occupied the absolute advantage on the field, playing a wave of flow, almost ending the suspense of the game.

In the 604th minute, Juventus all pressed forward, forming a siege of the penalty area of ​​their rivals in the same city.Cuadrado dribbled the ball in from the right. After making a strong fake move, he suddenly passed the ball low to the top of the penalty area. Dybala's diagonal pull created a small defensive vacuum for Douglas Costa. In the zone, he stopped the ball three meters in front of him and made some adjustments, then volleyed directly with his left foot.

The ball hit the right leg shinplate of Ranocchia, who was desperately going forward to block, and a slight change of line occurred, which made Casillas, who was fighting, caught off guard.Although his left hand touched the ball, it was unable to significantly change its trajectory afterwards. A moment later, the sound of the ball colliding with the net and the cheers of tens of thousands of Juventus fans announced that the score finally happened on the field. After a change, Juventus finally fulfilled the judgment of most people before the game and became the first to score goals.

After scoring, Costa rushed to the sidelines to undress to celebrate because he was too excited, and was shown the first yellow card of the game by the referee.But this will not affect the joy of the Bianconeri. They are very clear in their hearts that the fourth consecutive Coppa Italia championship trophy is close at hand.According to relevant statistics, in the last 84 games where they scored the first goal, Juventus has not lost within 10 minutes, and only four of them ended in a draw, and the winning rate is as high as 95%. Above, stable enough to make opponents despair.

After the re-kick-off, the Torino team, who had to step up their offensive investment, made a major pass error in less than a minute, and was hit by a quick counterattack by the opponent.On the right side of the frontcourt, Dybala suddenly appeared in the state of being a god. He used his wonderful dribbling skills to get rid of the siege of three defensive players in a row, and he reached a position about five meters away from the top of the penalty area in the middle. A strong volley.The ball went straight to the top right corner of the goal with a strong arc, and Casillas made an equally wonderful flying save to barely block the ball out of the baseline.

Although they failed to score again in a short period of time, almost everyone believed that it would not be too far away from Juventus to secure the victory. The Serie A overlord had already taken the absolute initiative, and the possibility of the Turin team wanting to complete the counterattack was not very high. big.

(End of this chapter)