Ace Young Marshal

Chapter 950 The Weakest Moment?

On the evening of May 5, Italy, Turin, Juventus Arena.

Under the night, the Juventus Arena was brightly lit. Fans from both Juventus and Liverpool cheered for the team they supported before the game.

Ten years have passed since the Calciopoli incident. During these ten years, it took Juventus five years to return to the top of Italy. In the past five years, it has also reached the semi-finals of the Champions League for the second time, which is enough to show that they are working hard Hit the top of Europe!
Excluding the previous black history, the current Juventus has been the best-run Serie A team in the past few years, and the financial situation is also the best, and they are representatives of clubs with vision and ambition.

It's a pity that the overall decline of Serie A will hinder Juventus to a certain extent. They are very strong in Serie A, but they lack challenges.

The challengers they have encountered in these years are more like a flash in the pan, not enough to form long-term and healthy competition incentives!
Like the top three in La Liga and the top six in the Premier League, they are all hotbeds that can breed kings.

This can also explain Bayern Munich's decline in European competitiveness since 2013.

The decline of Hamburg and Dortmund has caused Bayern Munich to lack challenges.

When European football has entered the era of superstars, it is almost impossible to win the Champions League. Even if Situ Yunbing is now to coach a Ligue [-] or Serie A team, he cannot guarantee that he will be able to win in three years. Aspire to the top of Europe.

The miraculous splendor of Monaco and Hamburg can no longer be replicated.

Situ Yunbing walked into the stadium and looked around the stadium stands. The weather is very good tonight, the temperature is moderate and there is no wind, which is very suitable for the players to have a fierce battle.

When he came to the coaching area of ​​the visiting team, he glanced at Allegri who stepped into the field after a step. The opponent looked calm and did not pay attention to Situ Yunbing.

After the starting players of the two teams entered the field, Situ Yunbing carefully examined Juventus' starting lineup and fell into thinking. Today, he used cards for the five starting players of Liverpool after a long absence. To help the team win, then he is duty-bound!

"Good evening, audience friends, welcome to the Juventus Arena in Turin with the camera.

The first leg of the European Champions Cup semi-final will be played here today!
Serie A champions Juventus host the Champions League champions Liverpool.

We all know that Liverpool is currently full of wounded soldiers, and their strength is greatly reduced. If it is full, I think the outside world will overwhelmingly see Liverpool advance to the Champions League final for the fourth consecutive year!

But now that there is a lack of half of the team's main force, this game will be at least [-]-[-], and Juventus may even have a slight advantage!

The opinion of most media before the game was that Juventus should seize the home court, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

Juventus coach Allegri said in the pre-match interview that he would never underestimate Liverpool!

Let's take a look at his formation today.

Juventus starting 3412!

Goalkeeper: Buffon.

Defenders: Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini.

Midfield: Alves, Marchisio, Dybala, Pjanic, Sandro.

Forwards: Mandzukic, Higuain.

Juventus's starting lineup today still looks very aggressive. Dybala ambushed behind two center forwards. In actual offense, Juventus can be said to have three forwards!
Liverpool started today at 433.
Goalkeeper: Ter Stegen.

Defenders: Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk, Benatia, Robertson.

Midfield: Henderson, Eriksen, Casemiro.

Forwards: Mbappe, Vardy, Gareth Bale.

Liverpool have come up with their strongest lineup, in the Liverpool bench we see Skrtel, Guerrero, Reina, and then four players from the reserve team.

It can be said that if Juventus has a chance to advance to the Champions League final, they must win Liverpool at home today!
This is Liverpool's weakest moment!
Well, the pre-match kick-off ceremony has been completed, now let us enjoy the first round of the Champions League semi-final together! "

Amidst the cheers of the fans of the two teams, the referee blew the whistle to start the game.

Juventus' 343 formation does not bother Situ Yunbing. Anyway, Liverpool is playing defensive counterattacks away!

In order to reduce the negative impact of the absence of Kanter and Coulibaly, Liverpool must be more conservative at the tactical level.

Going to stimulate Allegri before the game is also to make Juventus show more courage at home.

Serie A teams have always been conservative. If Juventus has the idea of ​​​​never conceding a goal and scoring a goal, then the semi-finals of these two rounds are really difficult to play.

Maybe it will be a penalty shootout in the end.

But after seeing Juventus' 343 formation, Situ Yunbing was immediately excited and his confidence increased a lot.

After the start of the game, Juventus really quickly launched an offensive. Since Pirlo and Pogba have left the team one after another, the important task of their midfield organization has fallen on the shoulders of Pjanic.

But Pjanic can't support the offensive organization of a giant team!

Because of this, Juventus pays more attention to the two wings flying together on the wing!
When Sandro quickly went forward from the left to receive Marchisio's pass, he immediately slid the ball to the bottom!
Arnold underestimated the enemy, and his interception was too reckless, resulting in a direct breakthrough by Sandro!
Fortunately, Henderson's quick replacement did not give Sandro the space to cut across the penalty area, otherwise, Liverpool's entire defense line would be very passive!
When Sandro passed the ball in front of the baseline, Higuain contained Van Dijk in the front of the penalty area, and Mandzukic took off with Benatia in the back to compete. Although he succeeded in header, there was no way to control it. Looking at the angle, the football flew directly into the stands!
"After the opening, Juventus' first offensive was successful!

Sandro broke through from the left and made a pass to Mandzukic to create a header. Unfortunately, Mandzukic missed the header under the interference of Benatia!

Juventus was right to play this way, bypassing Liverpool's defense in the middle, and advancing from the wing as much as possible to create opportunities for the striker! "

Liverpool's positional offensive was relatively simple. In the 4th minute of the game, Henderson passed the ball from the backcourt to Eriksson, who was running and responding. The latter was under the attack of Dybala and Pjanic. Pass the ball diagonally to the right.

As soon as Mbappe stopped the ball, he was counter-robbed by Marchisio. At the same time, Sandro also retreated to the full-back defensive position early.

It is 343 when attacking and 532 when defending. There is nothing new about Juventus' style of play.

Mbappe quickly dialed the ball to change direction. Although he had no chance to accelerate and make a breakthrough, he still passed the ball obliquely to the front right of the penalty area.

After Vardy responded, he faked and changed to cross the middle to get rid of Chiellini's defense, but he was intercepted by Bonucci who was decisively grabbing in the middle of the penalty area!
The essence of Italy's chain defense is that the chain is interlocking. Even if Juventus does not adopt a chain defense as a whole, the rhythm between the back lines is very good, and it will be very difficult for the opponent to break through individually.

Even if you charge head-on, you need extraordinary strength.

Liverpool's offensive failed to complete, Juventus quickly launched a fast break, and Alves on the right quickly advanced forward. After receiving a pass from Barzagli, he tried to get rid of Gareth Bale's defense. Immediately, Pjanic, who came to meet him in the middle, completed the collision with the wall. He continued to drive forward, and when the Brazilian veteran touched the ball, he stopped and killed Robertson.

Mandzukic slanted in and knocked back with his heel to find the ball, and then inserted the ambush Dybala!

This series of cooperation was still very exciting, but Dybala was squeezed away by Casemiro to seize the position when he was in possession of the ball!
The disadvantage of the Argentine supernova in the confrontation is clear at a glance. After completing the steal, Casemiro immediately passed the ball to Eriksson's feet.

Gareth Bale went out to sea on the left like a dragon and was unrestrained, and successfully charged offside!
However, the Juventus back line also retreated quickly. Gareth Bale controlled the ball before the baseline and changed direction into the penalty area. Facing Barzagli's interception, Gareth Bale had already slowed down. Observing the situation calmly, Vardy was already marked by Bonucci when he advanced into the middle of the penalty area, and Chiellini controlled the rear point of the penalty area.

Gareth Bell picks the ball to the top of the arc in the penalty area.

Marchisio originally went to guard Mbappe's cut-in line, but at this time he did not expect that Mbappe changed direction and rushed to the top of the arc in front of the penalty area. When he turned to chase, he was amazed by Mbappe's speed!

Before the football landed, Mbappé killed it!
Bonucci, Barzagli, and Chiellini stepped forward together, putting Gareth Bale and Vardy into an offside trap. In order to compress Mbappe's ball possession space, they shrunk to the center together.

This left Mbappe with few options for possession of the ball, so he kicked a volley and burst into the air when he hit it!
A forced volley with his right foot made the football fly straight behind the three Juventus players like a cannonball!
No one can see the trajectory of the football clearly at the first time, and everyone didn't react until the football flew over the crossbar and flew to the stands!

Mbappe looked solemnly at the football that flew onto the stage, somewhat dissatisfied with the control of his footwork just now!

If you can take a little bit of force and press the angle, the effect of this ball will be better, at least test the legendary goalkeeper Buffon!
Buffon made a false alarm, so why not the Juventus fans in the stands?

Are Liverpool weak?
Judging from this attack, if you think that Liverpool can be bullied wantonly, you are absolutely wrong!
It can be said that their defensive counterattack will definitely bring Juventus a lot of trouble!

Until then, Juventus will strive for goals!

(End of this chapter)