Mister Legend

Chapter 491 The King of Turin City Changes Owner?
No matter how reliable the two sides' remarks before the game are, anyway, everyone can see some differences from the starting list announced in advance.

For the home team, Li Moody still did not change the formation as predicted by the media, but continued to use the 3-5-2 position that the tacit understanding has been shown to be full in the FM system. Adjustment.

According to the original plan, the starting three central defenders should be Glick, Ranocchia and Kannemann, but in the UEFA Champions League away game against CSKA Moscow in midweek, although the Turin team lost, the French teenager Issa Diop played a world-class defense and continued this good form into the weekend.Considering that Nokia's level of competition was mediocre, Li Moody boldly changed his previous plan and put the young man who was not yet 22 years old in the starting list. As a result, Diop's morale was further stimulated. It made him show a trend of bursting state.

In addition, Bruno Fernandez, who served as the midfielder, has also been given more defensive tasks. He will increase his original range of activities and often retreat to the position of central midfielder to help his teammates Vukocevic and Baselli to defend. , This will form a big test for his physical fitness.

On the Juventus side, Allegri did not dare to be careless in the away game. Although the two goalkeepers, Szczesny and Palin, have been adhering to the principle of fair competition before, but on such a critical occasion today and before In the many strong dialogues, the more experienced Polish national team was still sent to the field.And considering the goalkeeper's age and consistent high stability, Palin's prospects at Juventus are actually not too optimistic. I don't know if he, who is sitting on the bench, will occasionally regret rejecting the invitation of the Turin team. After all, Cassie has decided to leave the European arena in the summer of 2019. In the competition for the new main goalkeeper of the Red Bulls, he has an advantage over Savage Jr.

In the 4-3-3off formation (that is, setting up a delayed midfielder), except for the left back Sandro who failed to play due to injury and was replaced by De Sciglio, the rest of the positions are the regular main candidates.It is worth mentioning that German international Emre Can, who joined from Liverpool on a free transfer in the summer, unexpectedly failed to find his place quickly at the Allianz Arena in Juventus. Being able to get playing time has caused quite a bit of controversy.

Just looking at the old woman who also has many good players such as Pjanic, Matuidi, Bentancur, Khedira, Sturaro and Marchicchio as reserves in the central midfielder position, the rest The team will have to have deep envy.And in order to counter the Turin team's fast offensive tactics, Uncle Jiong, who has always attached importance to the midfield organization ability, sent two defensive midfielders, Matuidi and Sturaro, today, which shows how cautious he is .

However, due to the existence of Dybala and Pjanic, their organizational skills can still be guaranteed.Especially after Allegri pushed Ronaldo to the center position, Dybala, who has become more flexible in his movement, has blurred his role in many games. He is not limited to the winger position. He is actually a The free agent in the frontcourt has brought many diverse changes to the team's tactics.

Douglas Costa, who serves as the left winger, plays the role of a wing assaulter. He is one of the few outstanding players in world football who can combine speed and technology to a very high level. Similar to what a healthy Bale has done for Real Madrid.

The strength of such a super 11-man combination is self-evident, and it also took the initiative on the court without any suspense in the opening stage of the game.Even though Allegri's tactics did not require too much possession of the ball, but because the Turin team has been recovering a relatively large area in the first 10 minutes of the first half, the experienced Juventus generals will not deliberately avoid more possession of the ball. This strategy, although the effect of attacking tough positions will always be unsatisfactory, but at least it reduces the number of counterattacks of the home team and keeps one's goal in a safe state.

In terms of players, Cristiano Ronaldo entered the game state very quickly. When the game just started less than 2 minutes ago, he used his iconic long-range shot to test his former teammates or opponents. Celias, who later showed his still superhuman jumping ability during a corner kick, overwhelmed Glick with a powerful head flick.It's a pity that these two attempts to score goals were fruitless. The legendary goalkeeper of the former Real Madrid and Spanish national team was also in excellent form today, blocking the opponent's top star's desire to score with two wonderful saves.

It's just that when the Portuguese superstar wanted to make persistent efforts and continue to challenge Cassie, he found that he seemed to have suddenly lost his accustomed rhythm, and he became more and more uncomfortable playing.The reason for this effect turned out to be the French teenager Issa Diop who often stood on the road leading to the door, which made the president very angry.

Although he was praised by the Juventus team doctor as having a 20-year-old body when he joined the Serie A overlord in the summer for a physical examination, compared with the peak of the year, Ronaldo's absolute speed and explosive power have declined significantly.Of course, even so, he is still a fast forward, but at least he no longer makes defenders chase after him like he did back then.So when he habitually retreated to the two ribs and rushed to the home team's goal with the ball, the young Diop could keep up, and with the assistance of his teammates, he repeatedly forced the president to give up this simple Direct play, had to hand the ball to teammates.

However, it is well known that Ronaldo, who has lost his advantage in impact, will at least reduce his power by [-] to [-]% in positional battles. This is also the defensive strategy that many teams will adopt when facing him before.In the Champions League last season, both Bayern and Liverpool tried to limit his performance with this trick, but in the end they failed because of luck and the performance of other Real Madrid players.

But now when Li Mudi used this defensive method again, he achieved very good results.One is because Torino's formation can use more troops in defense, and the other is because Juventus does not have another center player who can cover the ballmates in the penalty area.

Prior to this, the world football world had been using Benzema's ability to waste opportunities as a stalk, and continued to laugh at it, but the facts proved that Qi Zu's original persistence was not unreasonable.Losing the stupid horse who can contain the opponent's central defender, has good personal assault ability, and occasionally has a flash of inspiration, when Costa and Dybala are unable to gain a foothold in the opponent's penalty area, Ronaldo will frequently Falling into the opponent's multi-layered defense system, it was extremely difficult to play, which is somewhat similar to the situation where the Portuguese national team did not have a serious center in the World Cup in Russia.

Speaking of this, some people may have some doubts, because if the president can attract more defensive attention, then other Juventus players can get more room for movement, just like Real Madrid last season, and You don't necessarily need Ronaldo's goals to win.

Douglas Costa is definitely stronger than Guedes, and Dybala has completely surpassed the existence of Bernardo Silva. Juventus's offensive line is naturally far stronger than the Portuguese national team. Compared with the previous Galaxy battleships, they are not at a disadvantage. How can the goal of the Turin team be stable?
Then it is necessary to mention the weakness of the president (perhaps the only flaw in him), that is, his temper that is easy to be irritable.His desire for goals may be the strongest among the players Li Moody has come into contact with. In his brilliant career so far, although he has assisted a lot, in most cases, Ronaldo They will let themselves be the final terminator.Especially after his friends Kaka and Benzema are no longer by his side, the desire to score goals in his heart often explodes.

When he hopes to score goals or more goals, there is often no one else in his eyes, and there is only one goal: kick in the goal!And when he failed to achieve what he wished, there would inevitably be small emotions. If he couldn't get relief in a short period of time, the furious president would appear.

He ran to a good position but his ballmate didn't pass the ball, then the death stare will be staged; the ball under his feet is broken by the defender or a mistake is made under the opponent's defense, then the more confrontational awareness of the defender will be Stronger.These will seriously interfere with his judgment on the court, and at the same time bring a lot of trouble to the team.

But today, it happened to be the day when he was determined to win a victory. His super self-esteem did not allow him to join the new club. The point difference is behind the rivals in the same city. For Ronaldo, this result is absolutely intolerable.

Although Juventus signed him mainly to make a breakthrough in the Champions League, winning eight consecutive Serie A championships is also a basic part of the plan, and Juventus has long been regarded as a bag. Allow sailing in the gutter on this side.

Moreover, after experiencing the hot state at the beginning of the season, Ronaldo's scoring luck in the last two or three weeks has shown a downward trend. Except for scoring a penalty kick, he hasn't made a fuss for a long time.Although still leading the scorer list in the league, Icardi behind him has narrowed the gap to three goals, and the advantage is no longer obvious.

So no matter what the reason is, the Portuguese superstar has a reason to win, but after experiencing a series of small moves set by the opponent's coach, the team's victory is gradually equated in his heart with the fact that he must score a goal .Although the most basic sense of being a professional player is still there, he will not intentionally fail to complete the due cooperation with his teammates, but when he thinks he has a chance to kick the goal, he has indeed given less consideration to creating trouble for his teammates. Here's the chance.

So in the entire first half, out of the eight shots scored by the visiting team, six were from Ronaldo, and naturally at least half of them were completed under not-so-good opportunities.This also directly led to the fact that Juventus, which had an absolute advantage in ball possession, failed to create too much threat to Casillas. In the 0-0 score at halftime, it was naturally due to the excellent defense of the Turin team. However, Ronaldo has also acted as a booster because of his obsession with the choice of personal attacks many times.

However, the seasoned Allegri will naturally not fail to understand the situation on the field. He didn't wait any longer, and replaced him with Mandzukic before the start of the second half. Because Ronaldo kept pulling to the left, he lost his most accustomed position. Costa, the Croatian striker can serve as a bridgehead in the penalty area, and can also be pulled to the side to form a containment. If it is not because he is over 32 and a half years old and his state is starting to go downhill, based on his two years in Juventus and the country The performance of the team definitely has the qualifications to be promoted to the ranks of the world's top strikers.

With the assistance of Manju, Ronaldo finally regained the feeling of partnering with Benzema in Spain before. After another battle in another place, he rushed into the dangerous area of ​​the penalty area with a ghostly move, and grabbed the grid. Before Lik made a clearance, he almost knocked on the goal guarded by Casey with a quick shot.It's a pity that he lacked a little luck. After the ball was poked between the Turin goalkeeper, it hit the outer part of the goalpost and flew out of the baseline, regrettably missing the goal.

However, this attack still showed that Juventus's firepower seemed to be fully prepared. They formed a siege to the home team's goal within the next quarter of an hour. He no longer plays too many routines of inserting in the back row, frequently haunts dangerous areas inside and outside the penalty area, or responds to his teammates, or completes the goal, which disrupts the Turin team's defense.

As the situation became more and more unfavorable, Li Moody boldly directed his players to speed up the speed of the ball after the successful defense. Immobile and Belotti, who "play dead" for half the game, finally got to play their own opportunity for ability.With the help of Fernandez, who spared no effort to run around in the front and back courts, and the wing backs on both sides, he played two counterattacks in succession, and made Benatia's handball in the penalty area in the No. 603 minute, but was judged by the referee as It was an unconscious behavior and refused to award a penalty kick, which caused strong dissatisfaction among the fans of the home team.

But 4 minutes later, when Glick, who was hit by the opponent's offensive player on the defensive end, took advantage of a corner kick to knock on Szczesny's goal, all the previous grievances were nothing.And this goal completely changed the development of the game. Juventus had to try to tie the score as soon as possible, otherwise the final result may be unacceptable to them.

However, when the two full-backs who had not actively advanced and assisted before also put more energy into the frontcourt, Andre Gomez, who came off the bench, sent a counterattack by the TV commentator Pirlo. A straight long pass from 40 meters away, which was called "incomparably wonderful", helped Immobile, who had succeeded in countering offside, score a very easy one-handed goal, completely putting the victory into the Red Bulls in the pocket.

In the last 3 minutes of regular time, Cristiano Ronaldo, who has been tirelessly pursuing goals, finally achieved his wish. He scored the No.16 league goal of the season with a wonderful curve ball push , but failed to help the team narrow the gap with the leaders.

After the Torino team won 2-1, they widened the point difference between them and their rivals in the same city and the biggest enemy of the championship to an astonishing 8 points.

This night, the throne of Turin City seems to have changed hands!

(End of this chapter)