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Chapter 223 Fighting Rome Again
The first match between Juventus and Borussia Dortmund in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals ended with Juventus beating Dortmund 2-1 at home.However, although Juventus won the first round of the confrontation, it can be regarded as a relatively favorable start for the time being.

However, Dortmund also scored a valuable away goal.And looking at this score, as long as Dortmund wins even 1-0 at home, they can eliminate Juventus and enter the next stage of the knockout competition.

However, the next round of the match between the two sides will be on March 3, and there will be a full three weeks.And within these three weeks, Juventus will first face the most powerful opponent in this season's league title competition, the Roma team.The game is on March 18.

And then, three days later, the Coppa Italia match against Fiorentina.The next home game against Sassuolo was the latest game in the current round of Serie A, on March 3.In the following weekend's game, Juventus traveled to Sicily in southern Italy to play against Palermo.

Then the whole team will go directly north to the Ruhr area of ​​Germany. The second round of the UEFA Champions League quarter-final match against Borussia Dortmund will be held at the West Stadium in Dortmund.

In short, in the next period of time, the entire Juventus team will realize the difficulty of the game and the lack of time. Fortunately, except for the first league game with Roma, other games, for Juventus It's not a very difficult game.Until the door to challenge Dortmund.

Therefore, on the evening of March 3nd, during the prime time for the Italians, Juventus, who went to Rome, will come to challenge Roma. This is a game that attracts everyone's attention in the 2th round of Serie A. , After all, it is a direct dialogue between No.25 and No.1 in the standings.It can be said that it is the game that determines the championship.

Before the game, although Juventus coach Allegri knew very clearly that the opponent Roma is not an opponent that can be easily and easily defeated. In the first round of the one-eighth match, although the home team defeated Dortmund.It seems that the morale of the whole team is relatively high.However, the league has been going on until March, and these main players of Juventus have inevitably experienced some physical problems, large or small, as well as some physical problems, large or small, dominant or hidden. injury.

However, this game is a very important game for Juventus. If they can beat Roma, they will be able to widen the gap in the league standings to double digits.If they lose to the Roma team, then let the Roma team's dream of "taking food" in Juventus' "tiger's mouth" be further realized.If it can be tied, it will still maintain an ideal gap of 9 points.Three wins.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Allegri decided to stick to Juventus' best tactical play, the 3-5-2 formation position, and still use the strongest lineup in his hands.

"Welcome to the most eye-catching game of the 25th round of Serie A, I'm Gentile."

"I'm Marchegiani.

This game was played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, and the opponents were the current second-ranked Roma team in the league and the league-ranked Juventus team.In the previous game, Naples, who ranked third in the league, lost the game in an upset. Therefore, compared with the current Roma team, which has one game less, the points gap has been narrowed to three points. "

Before Gentili opened his mouth to introduce the starting players of both sides, Marchegiani hurriedly introduced the current situation in the Serie A standings.After that, Gentili quickly took over the topic, and then said:
"Now that the players from both sides have walked out of the player channel under the leadership of the referee, let's introduce the starting situation of the players from both sides.

For the Roma team, head coach Rudy Garcia sent out a 4-3-3 formation. The goalkeeper is No. 26 De Sanctis, the defense is No. 35 Torossidis, and No. 44 Marcus Noras, No. 2 Mbiwa, No. 25 Hollebas.In midfield, Pjanic on the 15th, De Rossi on the 16th and Keita on the 20th.On the front line, there are No. 27 Gervinho, No. 10 Totti and No. 8 Ljajic.

For Juventus, Allegri used the 3-5-2 formation that Juventus is best at in this game. The goalkeeper is still No. 1 Buffon, and the three central defenders are No. 3 Caceres. No. Bonucci and No. 19 Chiellini.In terms of midfield, the right midfielder is No. 3 Lisi Steiner, and the left midfielder is No. 26 Evra.The midfield trio, because Pogba felt unwell before the game, and the veteran Pirlo was injured against Dortmund, so it is No. 33 Pereira, No. 37 Marchisio and No. 8 Vidal.The starting two forwards still use the same tactics as the previous game against Dortmund, No. 23 Victor and No. 10 Carlos Tevez. "

The 45 minutes of the first half seemed to pass quickly. At the time of the intermission, Gentile and Marchegiani were sitting in the commentary room. said:
"In the first half of the game, the two sides played very fiercely, and the speed of passing and receiving the ball was very fast. Whether it was Juventus or Roma, they basically passed the midfield very quickly, and the forward pass was faster than the cross. Wear a lot."

"Yes," after Gentile's words were over, Marchegiani immediately said next to him:
"Needless to say on the Roma team, although Keita is a player from Barcelona, ​​he is not surrounded by Barcelona players such as Xavi or Busquets. As for Juventus, in fact, the game ended because Pogba, who is unable to play due to personal physical reasons, prefers to slow down the rhythm when passing and receiving the ball. And now the three midfield combinations are all players who are accustomed to playing the ball directly."

"So the speed of the two sides in the first half was very fast," Gentile reiterated again, and continued:

"In addition, from the first half of the game, we can also see that the fighting between the two sides is very fierce. In the 20 minutes of the game, Thomas Disci of the Roma team scored a goal with a shovel for Vidal. Yellow card."

"However, most of the fighting between the two sides was near the midfield, so it seemed that the game was very lively, but there were not so many threats to the goals of both sides. Although the Roma team almost scored an own goal in the first half." Marchegi After listening to Gentile's words, Yani went on to say,

"The Roma team had a few more threatening attacks against Juventus after the game reached the middle of the first half. However, the Roma team's striker lacks German players who can't play like they can't play in this game. A player like Stroh who can grab points in the middle. So there is no way to break through the gate of Juventus.

On the Juventus side, Tevez and Victor on the front line do not seem to have any good opportunities, and they rarely get some particularly good opportunities to send football into the gate of the Roma team.However, Juventus got some good opportunities in the first half, but the offensive desire of several players in the midfield was a bit too strong. When facing some good opportunities, they thought of shooting themselves, but Not passing the football to a teammate in a better position. "

"So I hope that in the second half of the game, the two sides can walk more on the ground and cooperate more, and the teammates will cooperate more, and try to pass the football to the teammate who is in a better position. Although this is a game that neither side wants to lose, but , if it ends in a 0-0 draw, then I don’t think this is a match that will satisfy the fans. Okay, let’s take a break and see you in the second half.” Finally, Gentili also heard the director in the earphones Greeting, thus ending the analysis of the first half of the game during the halftime period.

Four minutes after the start of the second half, Juventus was in a counterattack. Carlos Tevez, Victor and Vidal passed and cut each other in fast running. Volley.It's a pity that the football was blocked by the outstretched hand of the Roma goalkeeper and slipped out.

"It seems that Juventus entered the game in a very good state in the second half, and this attack can also see the confidence of Juventus players in winning this game." Marchegiani then commented.

After the start of the second half, Juventus's offense was so fierce, so the arrival of Juventus's goal is also reasonable.It was also during the counterattack. Suddenly, Vidal fell into the penalty area of ​​the Roma team as if he had been tripped.And the referee's whistle sounded.

The referee immediately ran to the "scene of the incident," and at the same time called Roma's Torosidis to his side.Then he put his hand into his pocket, and then took out the red card, heading towards Torosidis in one fell swoop.

"The referee decided that Torosidis had fouled Vidal, awarded Juventus a free kick in a good position, and sent Torosidis off the pitch with a red card. But with the slow-motion replay, it was difficult to time it Torosidis really tripped Vidal." Gentili saw that he was very aggrieved by the referee's penalty, and after seeing himself getting a red card, he knelt down on the lawn. Diss also spoke in a tone of disbelief.

But the judgment made by the referee cannot be changed.And this free kick is naturally handed over to Victor to take the penalty. The free kick in this position is naturally cherished by Victor who has no good shooting opportunities today.

So Victor placed the football well behind the white line drawn by the referee, and then took a few steps back, looking at the wall of people drawn by the Roma team obediently standing behind the white line drawn by the referee. .The goalkeeper of the Roma team was also standing on the side close to the goal post, calling for the wall to quickly block the other side.

But Victor naturally knew how to take the free kick, after hearing the referee blow the whistle to allow the free kick.Run-up, shooting, football draws a beautiful arc.Victor is aiming for the top of the wall and the junction of the post and the crossbar on the other side of the goalkeeper.

And the football flew over the head of the wall and flew directly to the other side of the goalkeeper of the Roma team. The goalkeeper of the Roma team saw the football flying and reacted, and it was too late to save it.The football plunged into the goal of the Roma team. 0 to 1!Juventus lead away to Roma.

(End of this chapter)