The green devil

Buffon saves the ball from the baseline and Espanyol wins a corner.

Jurado did not play, Piatti took the corner kick, and Zhao Yang went to the penalty area to grab the point.

Piatti took a corner kick to find Zhao Yang, but Juventus had a strong ability to control the air in the penalty area, and Zhao Yang failed to grab the spot under Chiellini's defense.

After the ball was cleared out of the penalty area by the Juventus defender, the Espanyol midfielder Diop grabbed the spot and followed up with a long-range shot. The ball flew directly into the stands.

Buffon kicked the goal kick, looking for his forwards Mandzukic and Higuain.

The Espanyol defenders and midfielders swarmed together, cut off the goal kick, and then launched an attack.

Diop passed the ball to Piatti, and Piatti wanted to find Zhao Yang, but Zhao Yang was seen as dead, so he split the pass to Baptistan.

Baptistan wanted to stop and change direction, but the stop was too big, and the experienced Barzagli quickly grabbed the ball and intercepted it.

According to the rules of the Espanyol team, if Baptistan loses the ball, he will grab it back.

Baptistan actively fought back and did not give Barzagli a chance to counterattack. To be on the safe side, Barzagli passed the ball back to his goalkeeper Buffon.

Seeing Baptistan press for Barzagli, Zhao Yang realized that Barzagli might pass back, but Reyes didn't go to the penalty area to press the goalkeeper, so he quickly went forward to the penalty area to press.

Buffon noticed Reyes, who was closer to him, but didn't notice Zhao Yang. Zhao Yang rushed out suddenly, which startled Buffon.

Zhao Yang just wanted to stop Buffon from launching a fast break, but he didn't expect that Buffon would miss the ball. He was also staggered and fell to the penalty area.

Buffon was shocked. There was a goal behind him. The ball was missed, and there was a high probability that it was heading for the goal.

Buffon turned as fast as he could and poked the ball over the goal line.

In his desperation, Buffon forgot that this was a pass back with his feet and he could not catch it with his hands.

The referee did not forget, and immediately blew his whistle, pointing to the penalty area, and awarded the Spaniard an indirect free kick in the penalty area.

This is something neither the Spaniard nor the Juventus thought of!

Buffon hurried forward to defend, meaning that he touched the ball with his feet first, and then received it with his hands, which was not a violation.

The referee ignored it and insisted on his penalty. He believed that Buffon missed the ball with that hit.

This is an excellent opportunity for the Espanyol to score.

Zhao Yang took the ball to the penalty area, put the ball well, called Reyes aside, asked Reyes to pass the ball to him, and he came to shoot.

Although Reyes is older than Zhao Yang and became famous earlier than Zhao Yang, he is still a rookie in the Espanyol team, and he can only follow the arrangement of the vice-captain Zhao Yang.

An indirect free kick in the penalty area certainly does not require too many players, as long as there are two players, one passing the ball and one shooting the goal, and the others standing outside the penalty area, ready to make a follow-up shot, or to prevent the opponent from counterattacking.

The free kick in this position is very dangerous. The Juventus people don't care about the counterattack. In order to prevent the opponent from shooting, almost no one stands outside, and almost everyone is arranged in the penalty area as a wall.

Reyes came to the penalty area, stood in front of the ball, facing the goal sideways, while Zhao Yang was facing the goal.

Generally speaking, free kicks in the penalty area do not have much coordination at all. At such a short distance, it is just a pass and a shot. If they can penetrate the wall, they will score a goal. If they cannot penetrate the wall, it will be useless.

But Zhao Yang used a more systematic gift of shooting skills, which was extremely accurate, so instead of standing in the penalty area to shoot, he stayed away from the human wall and stood on the line of the big penalty area.

The Juventus players didn't care either, they thought that distance was not enough to bypass the wall.

The referee's whistle sounded, Reyes flicked the ball away, and Zhao Yang followed him with a kick and went straight to the upper right corner of the goal.

Buffon mainly wanted to guard against Zhao Yang's ground cut. He didn't think Zhao Yang would hit the upper corner at this distance.

When Buffon realizes that he has made a mistake in his judgment, it will be too late to make a save. After all, he is 38 years old, not 28 years old.

Buffon has just moved one step sideways, and the ball has already flown into the net.

1:0

In the 3rd minute, Zhao Yang used an indirect free kick to open the scoring for the Espanyol.

After scoring the goal, Zhao Yang was also ecstatic. This is Juventus, one of the most famous giants in Europe.

He has been playing in La Liga, and Zhao Yang has never played against giants in other leagues. This goal increased Zhao Yang's confidence in playing in the Champions League.

The goal was conceded in the opening 3 minutes, and it was the meritorious star Buffon who made the mistake. Juventus coach Allegri looked a little ugly.

Italian teams have always been famous for their steel-and-concrete defense. Juventus is a master of defensive counterattacks. They conceded a goal in the first 3 minutes.

The Espanyol is really not a strong team.

Although he won the Champions League qualifying place last season, he was not placed in the eyes of giants like Juventus.

But this kind of contempt can only appear before the game, and it must be taken seriously during the game.

As a team with extremely rich experience in European wars, they should understand that as long as you are not careful, even a fish belly outside the five major leagues can give you a fatal blow.

However, it was the Juventus flag star Buffon who made the mistake. Allegri could not directly blame him, so he had to warn the players not to be careless on the sidelines.

Juventus has the nickname "Old Lady", and they are well-deserved of this nickname, the game is quite stable.

Even though they really underestimated the enemy at the beginning, after Zhao Yang scored the goal, the Juventus players immediately became serious.

Serious Juventus, the defense is really solid.

After the Espanyol team scored a goal, they were in great momentum. They wanted to strike while the iron was hot and continue to expand the score.

However, their offense was all flattened in front of the Italian defense.

In the 7th minute of the game, the Italian launched a fast break after stealing the ball from the backcourt. Chiellini made a long pass and accurately found their winger Alves. Alves took the ball and took two steps across the penalty area. , directly kicked and shot.

The counterattack was fast and accurate, and it hit the Spaniard's ribs to form a shot.

The Espanyol goalkeeper Roberto did not expect the opponent's counterattack to be so fast. Alves simply took two horizontal steps to give Roberto time to prepare. He leaped and caught the ball on the goal line.

Roberto stood up with the ball and wanted to launch a counterattack, but the experienced Juventus striker Higuain, who came to prepare for a supplementary shot, quickly blocked the goalkeeper and prevented the goalkeeper from taking the ball.

The opportunity to counterattack is fleeting, and when Higuain retreats, the Spaniard has lost the opportunity to counterattack.

Helpless, Roberto had no choice but to throw the ball to the defender, pass it forward slowly, and play positional warfare.