Ace Young Marshal

Chapter 714 The Only Surviving Grandmaster

Juventus Arena, the Champions League quarter-finals first leg blows the whistle!
Situ Yunbing led the team to play away games in the Champions League. The goal has always been clear: must score away goals!

This is the extra advantage given by the rules to away goals.

While Juventus played cautiously at home, Liverpool became relatively active and strong.

In the 3rd minute of the game, Coutinho encountered multiple people in the middle of the front court. He quickly knocked the ball back to Casemiro, who then passed the ball diagonally to the right to find Mbappe.

The French genius tried to pass directly in front of his compatriot Evra, but just after passing Evra, Chiellini expanded his defensive range and helped defend to the wing to control the ball first, while Evra was also interfering With Mbappe's start-up accelerating.

Mbappe's state has declined recently. This is a normal phenomenon. He was substituted in the last league game, but Situ Yunbing still gave him a high degree of trust, as evidenced by his starting qualification for this game.

For a 16-year-old star, he does not lack technology, speed, and physical fitness, but what he lacks is experience.

It's just that Juventus is not a team represented by bravery and stamina. They are more like a model of cunning and cunning. In terms of experience, especially defensive strategies, they can be called the top representatives of European football.

They are just a little outdated in terms of structure. The slow pace is already the label of Serie A, and even the impact of Ligue [-] such as Monaco cannot be compared.

But slow has its advantages, especially in Serie A, which advocates chain defense.

In this wave of defense just now, when Chiellini assisted in defending the side, the movement of Juventus' overall defense line was obviously very tacit, actively filling the gaps in the penalty area after Chiellini assisted in defending.

This is Juventus' advantage and their capital based in Europe.

Compared with the 352 that Conte once advocated, it has been proved in European football that their sense of rhythm is not as good as the top European teams in active confrontation. At the same time, when restraining modern wingers, the three-back system does have certain defects. Now in the era of Allegri, Juventus has picked up the chain defense again, playing as slow as possible as fast as possible, let the wind from east to west, north and south, I am standing still!
Liverpool's offensive failed, and Juventus' counterattack came quickly.

When Pirlo sent a precise long pass in the middle of the backcourt, Tevez pulled the left side of the frontcourt to respond, and did not wait for Azpilicueta to grab the ball. Morata.

Kante rushed to counterattack Morata, the Spanish forward pulled the ball back and then knocked the ball horizontally, Vidal quickly followed up and continued to push the offensive, when Casemiro blocked him , Vidal sensibly passed the ball diagonally to the left of the penalty area.

Tevez quickly cut inside and followed up, trying to take advantage of the trend to speed up the ball into the penalty area, but he didn't pass Van Dijk!
The moment Van Dijk completed the steal, many Juventus fans hugged their heads and sighed.

If Carlos Tevez is in the past, it will be single-handed!

Situ Yunbing nodded slightly, not only satisfied with Liverpool's defensive performance, but also recognized Juventus' performance.

Allegri is a coach who is very aware of current affairs, so it is no wonder that he and Juventus have a high degree of fit.

Even if Juventus is playing at home, their posture is very low, so low that they only rely on two or three players for offense.

And the smartest thing about him in tactical design is that he didn't pursue the way of ground pass and cut advancement, but maximized Pirlo's role!
Pirlo is old, even Pirlo is one year older than Gerrard!
But Pirlo, who is nearly 36 years old, is still active in the top arena. The reason is actually very simple. He is completely different from Gerrard's style that relies more on physical fitness.

In other words, ten years ago, when Pirlo was considered to be at his peak, did he rely on physical confrontation, speed, explosive power, and dexterity to break through the world?
Do not!
What he relies on is his football IQ, his overall view, his sense of the rhythm of the game, and his foot skills like using softness to overcome rigidity!
These abilities based on the rivers and lakes allow him to still play a huge role in the team in his twilight years, because his one-foot pass is hard to buy!

When most teams want to attack and advance 20 yards after halftime, they need 3 or 4 players to cooperate with the pass to achieve this effect, but Pirlo only needs his teammates to run out of space, and then pass the ball to achieve the same effect. When it comes to the effect, how to evaluate such a player, there are only two words, master.

Allegri asked the team to lower their stance in order to allow Liverpool to take the initiative to attack and press up. This will allow Juventus' forwards to have space in the frontcourt to run, and then when counterattacking, Pirlo can kick a long distance. The first pass will hit the counterattack to the striker!

Then the remaining work is completed by the cooperation of the striker team.

It has to be said that this style of play still poses a certain threat to Liverpool, and in a sense it makes Liverpool's frontcourt pressure and counter-grab useless.

Most of the time, Liverpool's counter-pressing will cause the opponent to make a mistake, which will cause Liverpool to quickly regain the ball and continue to launch a fast break!
In the 7th minute of the game, Liverpool quickly passed and cut in the frontcourt. Casemiro knocked the ball across to Kanter in front of Marchisio. The latter quickly shifted the attack to the left. Robertson assisted and drove straight in. Steiner's defensive attention was on Gareth Bell. When Pereira rushed to intercept Robertson, Gareth Bell ran in and cut in. Lichtsteiner followed the defense and entered the inside, but what he didn't expect was Robertson sent the ball out with a straight pass along the wing, Lichtsteiner turned around and looked back, and suddenly saw Lewandowski pull the side to respond!
Just when Lichtsteiner hesitated, Lewandowski knocked the ball across the penalty area from the bottom line from the side.

Gareth Bell cuts the ball inside to face Bonucci and smashes the ball to the right. Bonucci is not completely passed. At the same time, Gareth Bell is not feeling good when he shoots with his right foot. , So he obliquely hit the ball back to the top of the arc in the penalty area.

Coutinho quickly moved forward to get rid of Pirlo, Marchisio still had a distance to return to the defense, Chiellini immediately stepped forward to block, but Coutinho still blasted the ball first!
The football flew straight to the bottom right corner of the goal!
Seeing that the ball was bound to be scored, but Buffon's left hand appeared on the flight line of the football, and Buffon's left hand, who was diving deep and horizontally in front of the goal line, blocked the ball out of the baseline!
Buffon, who completed a world-class save, stood up calmly and tightened his gloves again.

"Wow! Buffon made a great save, Coutinho couldn't have played better, but still couldn't get past Buffon!

The Italian goalkeeper defended Juventus' goal with a wonderful save! "

Situ Yunbing sighed softly, it was a pity that the goal was not scored.

Buffon's wonderful saves will inevitably be the highlight of the game. In today's European football, Buffon is still the world's number one goalkeeper!

Even if there are Neuer, De Gea, Ter Stegen, Courtois, and the Mesozoic Navas and other goalkeepers in the new generation.

But among the gods, Buffon is still the most awesome!
The top goalkeepers perform almost the same most of the time, but the difference lies in who is more stable!

Going through the performance of these goalkeepers every week, what you want to compare is not who concedes how many goals, but who makes low-level mistakes. Other goalkeepers make low-level mistakes more or less irregularly, which has become a hot topic in the media. Feng is very rare, almost invisible, but according to his age, it is estimated that he will also fall from the altar in a year or two.

But according to the duration of his peak period, he is definitely a near god status in the history of European football, occupying the position of Italy's national gate for more than 12 years!

Juventus may indeed look inferior to Liverpool in terms of overall strength.

But combined with technical and tactical confrontation, Juventus still has the power to fight!
It is Buffon who guards Juventus' bottom line, Pirlo is the offensive engine, and the rest depends on the performance of other players!
In the 13th minute of the game, Pirlo sent a diagonal pass from the backcourt to assist Lichtsteiner, who accelerated very comfortably. During the acceleration process, he slammed the ball into the dangerous area of ​​​​the frontcourt attack. Facing Robertson, Lichtsteiner Diagonally pass the ball directly in front of the baseline close to the penalty area.

Morata quickly moved forward to grab the ball before Coulibaly returned to the defense. When he stopped the ball and adjusted, Coulibaly hit it. Morata made a gesture to kick the ball back, but his feet turned the ball to the bottom line. Koulibaly was shaken out of the cross line by him, Morata no longer hesitated, and sent the ball with a cross.

Tevez followed up in the middle to grab the point, Ter Stegen attacked and punched the ball first!
"Ter Stegen's decisive attack did not allow Tevez to seize the opportunity!
This wave of Juventus offensive is indeed very sharp!
It can be said that Juventus bypassed Liverpool's midfield blockade!

Pirlo's pass is the key! "

Kanter and Casemiro are somewhat helpless.

In order to maintain the pressure, they have to keep a certain distance from the Juventus midfielder, Pereira, Vidal, Marchisio, so that they can immediately go up and steal when they try to respond!

But in this way they are far away from their own restricted area!

This made it very difficult for them to return to the defense immediately after Pirlo's mid-to-long distance pass was sent to form an interception. Liverpool's defense fell into a passive state instead!
Because after the follow-up in the middle, a combination of side and center is formed, so there are more possibilities for offensive derivative changes!
The key is Pirlo's pass!

This is the superiority in organizational ability. Maybe it wasn't a pass that formed a threat, but it made the team's offensive structure a threat!
It is undeniable that the superstars from the late 70s to the 85s are more dazzling than those born in the 85s. There is a gap in level. Among the superstars born in the 85s, although there are Messi and Ronaldo who challenge the legendary status of football history Outstanding person, but there is almost no second one who can match Zidane, Xavi, Pirlo, Maldini, Nesta, Nedved, Carlos, Ronaldinho and other superstars new star.

It is no exaggeration to say that Zidane's retirement in the 2006 World Cup final was the prelude to the retirement of world football masters for ten years. One will be one less, and by 2015, it can be said that the master-level stars are almost extinct!
A golden age is gone.
(End of this chapter)