road to victory

Chapter 302 Champions Cup Final ([-])
After Pires got the ball again, he also took a long shot. This ball was much more reliable than Davis's. Peruzzi threw his huge body into the air before barely reaching the baseline with his fingertips.

This is Bordeaux's first threatening counterattack in this game. Bordeaux's counterattack now relies on three people, Pires, Nedved and Shevchenko, and Shevchenko is still playing a more restraining role.

Although Bordeaux's counterattack was still relatively threatening in Vincent's view, it still did not cause much shock to Juventus. The players who should attack still went to attack, and only a few people stayed behind to defend.

However, Zidane was frozen, and Juventus' offensive efficiency had to be greatly reduced. The current offense would either pass from both sides, or the two midfielders would forcefully pass into the penalty area.

In the former case, the two forwards of Juventus cannot grab the high point, and in the latter case, the ball is often destroyed by the defensive player before it passes into the penalty area. Shooting accuracy is not ideal either.

In the 39th minute, Deschamps made a direct pass to the penalty area, and Inzaghi took the ball in the penalty area, but at this time Song had already leaned up, his body was close to Inzaghi to prevent him from turning around, and the ball was passed at the feet of Inzaghi. There are very few of them, and basically all of them end in shots.

This time was no exception. Inzaghi saw that it was hopeless to turn around directly, so he took the ball back a step, then turned around and shot.Such a shot was weak, and the ball slowly rolled towards Bordeaux's goal. After Chilavert hugged the ball, he made another long pass and launched a quick counterattack.

But this time Juventus' two defensive midfielders Didier Deschamps and Davis returned to the defense very quickly. Bordeaux's counterattack became a 3-on-5 situation. Shevchenko had no choice but to pass the ball back. Bordeaux continued to waste. time travel.

It is estimated that Lippi had anticipated this situation before the game. Even though Bordeaux was wasting time, Juventus did not deliberately press down. .

In the 43rd minute, when Juventus poured the ball in the midfield, Didier Deschamps made a direct pass. Del Piero took the ball in the upper left corner of the penalty area this time. This position is commonly known as the Del Piero area.

The left side of the restricted area and its front area is the "Pierro area"!
This time the position is just at the front of the penalty area. Although Gamara is in front of Piero, Piero, who is now at the peak of integrity, has his own self-confidence. He doesn't even look at Gamara. Shun, with a slight gap, he kicked and shot.

This shot is not only powerful, but it hit an arc and went to the upper left corner of the goal. Fortunately, Piero didn't have enough time to exert force, and the speed of the ball was not very fast, so Chilavert was able to move over. The racket goes out of the baseline.

"It's too scary, you can even shoot!" Fan Shang broke out in a cold sweat. "It seems that the perception of Del Piero has to be redefined."

In fact, Vincent’s current impression of Del Piero is still in the middle and late stages of his career, when his physical fitness and physical fitness declined, and when Juventus’ main position was not guaranteed.But looking at Del Piero on the field now, he is definitely the top in the world.

But now it is impossible to assign one person to mark Del Piero. After all, if one person is lost, there will be loopholes in Bordeaux's zone defense.

The last attack in the first half was completed by Juventus. At the last moment of stoppage time, Juventus got a free kick at the front of the penalty area. Zidane, who was bored for a game, actively asked for the free kick. ball.

Zidane's free throws have always been short run-ups, mainly relying on arcs to win, and this time is no exception. Zidane's free throws bypassed the wall and ran towards the lower right corner of the goal. Chilavert fell to the ground to catch the ball , but did not touch the ball, just when everyone thought Zidane was going to score this free kick at the buzzer, the ball bounced off the ground and hit the outside of the right post and popped out of the baseline.

"Huh..." Fan Shang really broke out in a cold sweat on the sidelines. If this goal is scored, not only will Bordeaux fall behind, but it will also bring a huge blow to Bordeaux psychologically.

After this attack, the German referee directly blew the whistle for the end of halftime.

"We saw that the head coaches of the two teams, Vincent and Lippi, both quickly entered the player channel, and both of them looked very serious." Charles Biduo said after halftime. "Michel, what do you think of the first half of the two teams?"

"In the first half, the two teams played a little cautiously. After all, it was the final," Platini said. "To be honest, the technical characteristics of the two teams are actually similar. They both focus on defensive counterattack. In terms of defense today, Bordeaux did a more thorough job, while Juventus focused more on offense today."

"Yes, but I think Juventus was forced to attack by Bordeaux. After all, from the beginning of the game, Bordeaux was going to the penalty shootout." Charles Bidor began to discuss with Platini.

"Yes, Bordeaux appeared in the game today as a weak team. Except for a few counterattacks after Juventus failed to attack, Bordeaux was either defending or pouring the ball at other times. A positional attack." Platini also agrees with Charle Piddo, "But Bordeaux's defense today is really good, especially the veteran Dudir. He really froze Zidane. We can Looking at Zidane's data, he basically takes the ball in his own half, and his passes are mainly back passes and crossings, and there are very few forward passes."

Two commentators analyzed the situation during the intermission, and the coaches of the two teams were not idle.

"Zinedine, can't you get rid of the defense?" Lippi questioned, "You can't get rid of your running, but what do you rely on? Your strongest skills are foot skills, pulling the ball, turning around, smashing the ball, etc., use it These techniques, strive to get past that midfielder."

Zidane just nodded to show that he knew, without saying a word, this is Zidane's character.

"Egard, Didier, both of you go forward more in the second half, Bordeaux will not attack in the second half, their goal is a penalty shootout, you two don't care about defense, strengthen long-range shots and direct passes, try to go to the left Way to go." Lippi continued to give instructions, "Alexander, Pipo, you continue to look for opportunities in the penalty area, stay away from the two central defenders of Bordeaux, and try to minimize physical contact with them."

(End of this chapter)