Green Journey

More than ten minutes after the game between Manchester City and Dortmund, the other two games also came to an end.

So far, the first round of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals has all eight teams winning or losing.

But because the scores of the two sides are not much different, the suspense of the game is still there.

But there is one game exception, and that is the match between Juventus and Barcelona that started at the same time today.

This is the first meeting between the two sides since the 2015 Champions League final.

Before the game, the outside world was generally optimistic about Barcelona, ​​because everyone still vividly remembered the miracle performed by Barcelona at Camp Nou.

Therefore, many people think that after the miracle, Barcelona has high morale. Even if the first round is a guest at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, even if they can't win, it is still very possible to shake hands and make peace.

However, the fact is that Juventus poured 3 basins of cold water on Barcelona.

All Barcelona members were kicked so that their hearts were flying and their hearts were cold. They lost 0-3 at the Allianz Stadium in Turin.

For a while, the media and fans were in an uproar.

So the media who were just about to criticize Guardiola's on-the-spot command problem immediately turned their guns and bombarded Barcelona.

"Dybala 2 goals, Juventus beat Barcelona 3-0! "

"This is the worst game of Neymar's Barcelona career! "

"Someone is no longer worthy of wearing a Barcelona jersey! "

"Barcelona is not just a matter of decline, they are rotten from the root!Paris Saint-Germain lost very wrongly! "

"Juventus has the most terrifying defensive system in the world, we are not afraid of any opponent! "

"wake up!It is completely impossible to reverse the next round!Juventus is not Paris! "

"Javier Mascherano, conceding a black hole!" "

"Mathieu!Hell-level performance, how did he wear the Barcelona jersey! "

"The probability of Barcelona advancing to the semi-finals is only a pitiful 9%, and no more miracles will happen!" "

"..."

Some media also said that Juventus is a typical Italian victory.

In the 90 minutes of the game, Juventus had only 30% of the ball, and the number of shots was less than that of Barcelona.

But judging from the scene, the absolute opportunities created by the Bianconeri are far more than Barcelona, ​​and the number of shots on goal is twice as many as Barcelona.

This reminds many fans of Italy in the European Cup last summer.

Although there is no advantage in possession of the ball at all, relying on their excellent defensive system and extremely high offensive efficiency, they still achieved consecutive victories.

Before the game, the famous Italian Albertini who once played for Barcelona said: "For the Italian team, they don't need to have the ball, and they may not even touch the ball in the first 89 minutes, but it doesn't matter, they can still play. Take the win in the last minute."

Albertini's words are a bit exaggerated, but this is indeed what makes the Italian team daunting.

Defense!Defense!Still defend!

The Italians have studied defense as an art, and the art of defense has been integrated into their blood, and they are invincible in this respect.

Just like Juventus.

In this season's Champions League, they didn't score too many goals, but their defensive statistics were terrifying.

How terrible is Juventus' defense?
One data can explain it.

Juventus have played a total of nine Champions League games so far this season, but they have only conceded two goals, which is the team with the least conceded goals among all European teams.

This is a terrifying data that makes the whole of Europe frightened.

In addition, Juventus have remained unbeaten in the last 48 home games, achieving a terrible result of 42 wins and 6 draws.

Since August 2015, they have never lost to any team at home.

Whether it is Real Madrid or Barcelona, ​​or Manchester City, which is collectively called by the media to have the strongest firepower in the Champions League, it is a headache to see Juventus's data against the sky.

Teams based on anti-counterattack tactics are the most difficult to deal with.

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On the plane back to Manchester, the cabin lights were dimmed, the players were resting, and there were occasional whispers of conversation.

Guardiola looked at the analysis report on the match between Juventus and Barcelona sent by the chief analyst of Manchester City on the tablet, shaking his head and smiling wryly.

It can be clearly seen from these two analysis reports that the offensive capabilities of the two teams in this game are not as disparate as the score reflects.

In Guardiola's view, the real huge gap is the defense.

In this game, the data of Messi, Neymar and Suarez in the frontcourt are terrible.

According to statistics, in the 45 minutes of the first half, Messi didn't even touch the ball in the penalty area.

Juventus' excellent overall defensive system, excellent momentum and fighting spirit at home allowed this old European woman to win the contest of spear and shield.

This is why Guardiola was worried about meeting Juventus early.

Because once you can't break its tortoise shell, then you have to be careful of the tortoise's head that is shrunk in the tortoise shell, it may suddenly stick out and bite on your vitals.

"Head, do you have an analysis report for the match between Real Madrid and Bayern?"

Guardiola was a little distracted while reading the report, when a human voice suddenly sounded from the back of his head, which startled him.

Guardiola glanced back at Chu Zheng, nodded, and beckoned.

Soon, Chu Zheng tiptoed and sat beside him.

After a while, after reading the game analysis report, Chu Zheng was amazed when he saw Neuer, who had been given a perfect score by several analysts in the team.

Tsk tsk, this heaven-defying performance in front of the goal deserves to be the number one goal in today's football.

In this game, the combat ideas of the two teams in the first half were almost the same. They both used the midfielder for lateral transfer, the frontcourt high press, and the tactical strategy of focusing on wing attack.

However, Bayern, who played at home, did a better job than Real Madrid in terms of pressing.

In the face of Bayern's high-position press, Zidane also gave a strategy to deal with it, that is, to resolve it with a lateral transfer, or to clear the siege with a big foot in the backcourt.

But sometimes there are mistakes.

Especially for this point of Casemiro, who is being taken care of today, Bayern pressed him very fiercely, which caused Casemiro to make many mistakes and gave Bayern a second chance to attack.

However, due to Lewandowski's shoulder injury in the league, he was unable to play, which also exposed Bayern's offensive problems.

Although Bayern scored a goal in the first half relying on the advantage of the midfielder, they were attacked by Real Madrid's blitzkrieg at the beginning of the second half and equalized the score.

Then the major turning point of the game caught everyone off guard.

Bayern's Martinez got hot-headed and fouled Ronaldo tactically, causing two yellows to turn into one red, and he was sent off.

Then Real Madrid blew the clarion call for a counterattack with more games and fewer games.

Bayern was defeated.

So Neuer single-handedly challenged all Real Madrid members.

Although he missed a few games due to injury, Neuer, who came back from the line of fire today, did not feel uncomfortable at all. He directly entered the state of God, and he seemed to be omnipotent for high-speed resistance.

It's a pity that in the end Bayern was reversed 1-2 by Ronaldo who scored twice.

But Neuer made 10 saves throughout the game, limiting Real Madrid's 12 shots on target to only two goals.

He single-handedly helped Bayern retain the hope of advancing to the semi-finals of the Champions League.

Chu Zheng grinned.

It is said that a good goalkeeper can top half of the team, but this seems to be wrong for Neuer, because he can top the entire team.

After the game, the legendary German goalkeeper Kahn also exclaimed: "He seems to have returned to the Schalke mode!"

After Chu Zheng read the reports from the two teams, he looked at Guardiola with a smile and said, "Boss, I heard that you have a good relationship with Neuer. Why didn't you bring him to Manchester City?"

Hearing this, Guardiola rolled his eyes and said, "This is almost impossible!"

Although there are no real non-sale items in football, Neuer's status at Bayern is very close to that of non-sale items.

It's not that he didn't think about it at the beginning.

But Neuer refused very simply, so he turned his attention to Bravo, and then fell into the pit.

Now Edson is performing very well. Although his ability to save is slightly worse, it can be said to fully meet his tactical needs.

As for the ability to save, it is only secondary to him. As long as it is not Bravo's performance of shooting on target, it is enough, and the ball is the most important.

Chu Zheng smiled, and asked again: "Boss, I heard that you wanted to transform Neuer into a midfielder?"

"Hehe! That's a rumor!" Guardiola was happy when he heard the words. "At that time, we had already confirmed the championship, so I wanted Neuer to start as a midfielder and try a new position, but he refused. , he told me to respect the opponent."

"Then I gave up..."

"Boss, can you tell me what you thought at the time?" Chu Zheng was really curious about Guardiola's magical brain, letting Neuer play midfielder, this is probably only Guardiola can think of.

"Who knows!" Guardiola shrugged and smiled, and then touched his marinated egg, as if he couldn't explain why he had that thought at the time.