super storm

Chapter 1585 Are you coming tonight?
Serie A, once the number one football league in the world, has gradually declined in European football status after the Calciopoli incident in [-], and the team has gradually lost its competitiveness. It has only gradually improved in recent years.

The most criticized is undoubtedly the skills and tactics of the Serie A team.

Since the [-] season, the concept of passing and controlling the ball led by Guardiola's Barcelona has become more prevalent. The Italian football concept has gradually been opened up by the other three major leagues in Europe. Coupled with various reasons such as the lack of youth training and the team's lack of financial strength, Serie A teams have gradually declined. Even teams like AC Milan and Inter Milan have failed to perform in European football.

It was not until the rise of Juventus that they gradually explored a path that belongs to Italian football.

Juventus's tactics retain the characteristics of Italian football, a solid steel defense line, and a slow pace of the game, but they also incorporate many advanced European technical and tactical concepts. In order to protect Pirlo, they keep retreating the core area of ​​ball control and put it on the back line, so they need defenders like Chiellini and Bonucci.

It can be said that in Juventus, the midfielder is not for control, but more for coverage and connection. Going forward, you must be able to attack the opponent's penalty area to form a numerical advantage. In the future, you must be able to retreat to the front of your own penalty area to protect the defense.

Therefore, among the Juventus midfielders, versatility is undoubtedly a crucial attribute, from Vidal to Marchisio, from Pogba to Khedira to Matuidi...all are the same.

In the process of Juventus' rise, Pirlo is an unavoidable role.

The leading organizational midfielder in European football, partnering with the almighty Vidal and Marchisio, under the leadership of Conte, swept the Apennines and fired the first shot of Juventus' revival.

After that, as Pirlo got old, Khedira joined strongly, but more importantly, the French teenager Paul Pogba introduced from Manchester United rose rapidly and became a world-class midfielder, which further improved Juventus' midfield strength.

The midfield led by Pirlo, Pogba and Vidal finally sent Juventus to the Champions League final. Although they lost to Real Madrid led by Yang Yang, the performance of the Bianconeri was still recognized by professionals.

Subsequently, Pirlo left, Vidal transferred, and later, even Pogba transferred to Manchester United at a sky-high price, which forced the Juventus midfielder to overthrow the reorganization.

Especially in the past two years, Matuidi and Khedira have aged, and Juventus's midfield level has dropped sharply, and they are no longer able to support the style of play they have struggled to support in the past few years.

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In addition to the aging midfielder and not as good as before, Juventus has also encountered a very serious problem this season.

That's the winger.

Serie A has always had a very interesting tradition, that is, whoever gets the winger can get results.

Juventus's midfielder has never been responsible for delivering shells, even when Pogba is there, and the one responsible for sending the last pass in the frontcourt is often from the side of the frontcourt.

Therefore, when necessary, Juventus can even put a center player like Mandzukic on the wing, allowing him to use his physical advantage to suppress the opponent's full-back, grab the long pass in the backcourt, and create opportunities for the center.

But that's turned around this season because of the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo.

The 34-year-old Portuguese no longer has the speed and impact of his youth. He has transformed into a pure shooter. This is inevitable, but in front of him, a center needs to stretch the line of defense for him and take advantage of his flexible running position, so Mandzukic must stand in front.

In this case, the injuries of Cuadrado and Douglas Costa directly caused Juventus' offense to be greatly reduced.

Therefore, when Ajax pressed from a high position at the beginning of this game and suppressed Juventus' midfield, the Bianconeri even had only three shots in the entire first half. Only before the end of the first half, Cristiano Ronaldo's one dived to the top and hit the goal.

The advantage of the superstar is reflected in the only chance to shoot the goal in the first half, and the Portuguese seized it!

Ajax was very unlucky. They created a lot of chances in the first half and frequently threatened Juventus' goal, but they were just a little bit behind the goal.

In this way, Ajax, who had the advantage, was scored by Juventus at the end of the first half.

This is football!
Always so unexpected!

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"We played well in the first half!"

In the locker room of the home team, Yang Yang affirmed the performance of the players in the first half.

Although the score is now [-] to [-] and temporarily lagging behind, Yang Yang sees more than just the score.

"In the entire first half, Juventus only had one shot on goal and only three shots on goal. From this, it can be seen that our tactics worked, and we can even say that they were successful."

Yang Yang's analysis was reasonable, and the players felt better after hearing it.

"We should forget about the goal of Cristiano Ronaldo, but I ask you to pay attention to this player. His movement is very smart. Our defensive players must always be vigilant and cannot be led away."

Dericht and Militao looked at each other, both a little ashamed, because they did miss it.

Of course, Ndombele himself felt a little guilty because he failed to follow Cristiano Ronaldo in the first place.

Not focused enough, this is an old problem in the French midfielder.

"In the second half, we still followed the style of play in the first half. We continued to press at a high position at the beginning, continue to rob, and attack when we rob."

Yang Yang turned around and pointed at Frankie De Jong, "Frankie, if necessary, you can still sit a little further back, let the two full-backs press forward a bit, and when the full-backs come back, you can move forward."

This is also a set of changes in Yang Yang's secret training during the winter break, that is, changing from four backs to three backs.

In fact, this is not new, because as early as when Guardiola coached Barcelona, ​​​​he often let Busquets retreat to the central defender position, and in Ajax, Frankie De Jong is Yang Yang's Busquets.

"We still have to continue to press in the frontcourt, grab the ball, attack fast, play with speed, and catch the opponent by surprise in the shortest possible time, understand?"

The players all nodded in agreement, because they have all adapted to Yang Yang's style of play for almost a year.

If they were still worried at the beginning of the season, now they are convinced.

"Boss, are you coming tonight?" De Ligt asked suddenly before playing.

Everyone looked at Yang Yang one after another, obviously they were also very concerned about this issue.

"You guys work harder, try to equalize the score as soon as possible, and consume the opponent's stamina. I will play in 10 minutes." Yang Yang replied with a smile, "Give the opponent an away goal. If we don't grab two more goals, we are not worth it!"

After hearing this, the Ajax players all laughed.

At the door of the locker room, after hugging Yang Yang one by one, he returned to the court full of energy and high spirits.

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At the start of the second half, Ajax took the lead.

For the first forward pass, Frankie de Jong passed the ball directly to the left side of the front court, trying to find Neres and hit behind him.

But Juventus was already prepared for this, and Cancelo grabbed the first spot in time.

On the left side of the front court, Cancelo stopped the ball.

Neres is a cunning Brazilian player. He lost the opportunity and failed to grab the first spot, but he deliberately slowed down. After Cancelo stopped the ball, he suddenly rushed forward, grabbed the foot before Cancelo, and stabbed the ball forward.

The right back of Juventus was shocked. He didn't expect this cunning guy to come to pick peaches while he stopped the ball, and immediately turned and chased back.

Neres dribbled the ball all the way into the penalty area at the fastest speed, and Cancelo desperately chased after him, and gradually caught up.

On the left side of Juventus' penalty area, Cancelo finally caught up with Neres.

But in the penalty area, Neres did not wait for Cancelo to react, suddenly stopped suddenly, pulled the ball horizontally, changed from obliquely into the penalty area to cut in, dodged Cancelo, and quickly kicked a strong volley with his right foot.

Szczesny fought hard to save the shot, which went straight into the far corner of the Juventus goal, but it was still beyond his reach.

One to one!

Neres became excited, and quickly rushed out of the field, running all the way, celebrating his precious goal!
This is definitely a key goal that will make him famous!
The entire Cruyff Stadium was also boiling, and countless fans were cheering!

"One to one, the two sides have returned to the same starting line!"

"Ajax were still sharp tonight, unbelievable."

"We absolutely have reason to believe that Yang Yang must have done something and said something during the intermission, so his team was able to play such an attack at the beginning of the second half, without being affected by the conceded goal near the end of the first half."

"Now the situation is starting to favor Ajax again."

"Is there a way for Juventus to break Ajax's high press?"

"Did Allegri make any better adjustments during the intermission?"

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As the game progressed, everyone gradually discovered that Allegri actually didn't make a move.

Ajax still had the advantage as in the first half. This group of young players seemed to be unable to run to death. They did not hesitate to consume their physical energy and still used high positions to press and press.

However, Juventus had no way to face Ajax's style of play, and even failed to form a shot for a long time.

What worries the Bianconeri even more is that from 5 minutes onwards, Yang Yang began to warm up on the sidelines.

This guy is going to play!
(End of this chapter)