Green Journey

Chapter 529 Never seen this kind of team!

"The change between four at the back and five at the back was a stroke of genius in Allegri's game today."

"On the left side of Juventus, Sandro firmly guards Manchester City's right channel, and Alves is also on the right side, which hinders Manchester City's quick attack on the two sides."

"Yes, during the opening period, Manchester City has made many side attacks, but after the attack developed to the side of Juventus, they were unable to penetrate Juventus' defense. There is no chance at all." He Wei said.

"Yes!" Zhang Lu said, "Although Juventus have a shield, they know how to attack."

"One of the biggest features of Juve's counterattack is the neat pass. Whether it is Bonucci, Pjanic's long pass from the backcourt to find Mandzukic and Higuain, or pass the ball forward through the ground, Juventus players do not rely on it. Dribbling is the core method.”

"One of the most frightening aspects of Juve's counterattack is that he often passes the ball between several people in a row and can send the ball outside your penalty area in an instant."

"This kind of neat counterattack often makes it too late for the opponent to deploy defense, and they have already completed the last kick..."

Just as he was talking, Juventus's attacks came, and they continued one after another.

In the 10th minute of the game, Manchester City served a sideline kick from the right side of the center circle in the Juventus half.

Walker threw the ball back to Stones, who ran from the right side of the center circle to the side in front of the center line.

Stones stopped the ball sideways, and before he could turn around, Mandzukic actively pushed up.

Stones was also very vigilant and immediately turned his back to protect the ball under his feet.

Seeing Walker run back along the sideline after serving the ball, he immediately made a false kick.

After tricking Mandzukic into moving on the passing line between him and Walker, he immediately dialed the ball and turned around on the spot, crossing the ribs in the middle circle.

At the same time, De Bruyne, who was on the right side of the center circle, moved forward.

But in a blink of an eye, Pjanic pushed up along the ribs and stared at De Bruyne.

Seeing that he couldn't pass the ball, Stones could only wait along the center line.

Soon, as De Bruyne continued to go deeper, Pjanic also retreated.This allows Stones to have enough space to dribble in front of him.

Stones immediately pushed forward, but after taking three or four steps, he suddenly made a cross in the middle circle area, looking for Chu Zheng in front of Dybala and Higuain.

But for some reason, Stones' cross pass was out of standard. Chu Zheng in the middle had obviously run before the arc of the middle circle, but he passed the ball into the middle circle.

This mistake instantly caused a serious crisis in Manchester City's defense.

Chu Zheng was also taken aback, and quickly turned around and rushed back to the penalty area.

However, the ball was too close to Higuain behind Chu Zheng.

Chu Zheng needs to run one meter, but Higuain only needs one step.

Before Chu Zheng rushed to the ball, Higuain swiped his left foot to the right and crossed the ball to his right, in front of Dybala in the center circle.

Before the kick-off point, the moment Dybala took the ball, Stones, who made a mistake on his left back, and Yaya Toure, who was four or five meters away in front of him, immediately prepared to pinch back and forth to steal the ball.

Dribbling the ball across the center line, I saw Yaya Toure bending over and slowly approaching in front of him, and Stones also quickly killed him on the left back. Although Dybala was young, he did not panic, but used himself as a bait.

When Stones stretched his foot to grab the ball from the back position on the left, Dybala suddenly accelerated and rushed out to the left.

On Yaya Toure's side, faced with Dybala's speed-up ability, he was blown away, and he reached out to try to pull Dybala, but he didn't expect that Dybala's body was short, and he caught nothing.

"Juve's counterattack is coming!"

"Manchester City made a very undeserved mistake!"

"Woo!!!!!!!" In the stands around Ittihad, the Manchester City fans immediately booed and put pressure on Dybala in a panic.

However, Dybala is not Sterling, and he has no fear at all.

After taking the ball out of the center circle, Dybala successfully left Yaya Toure behind.

But at the same time, Walker on the wing quickly approached.

But in the face of Walker, Dybala didn't hesitate at all, and went straight to the ball to get up to speed. With the advantage of distance, he successfully left Walker behind.

Walker saw that the front captain Kompany had continued to retreat along the ribs and was already in position, so he didn't speed up with Dybala, but followed closely behind.

It's not that he has a problem with his game attitude, or that he can't catch up with Dybala, but that there is no need to rush directly in such a panic. He is afraid of giving Juventus a set ball in the frontcourt.

Moreover, Kompany has already settled down, and when Dybala slows down, the two of them will definitely break the ball when they clip each other.

However, Walker, the iron man, only had Dybala in his eyes, and he didn't see Higuain who was quickly following up in the middle.

In a blink of an eye, two or three meters from the front of the upper corner of the penalty area, Dybala suddenly crossed the ball to the right while running.

The ball rolled directly to Higuain at the top of the arc.

Chu Zheng was behind Higuain on the left.

However, just as he was about to speed up to grab Higuain from the blind spot behind Higuain, his front right Higuain suddenly fell on his feet on the free throw arc.

What's even more outrageous is that Otamendi, who stopped and turned suddenly in front of Higuain, also fell and squatted.

Chu Zheng was so dumbfounded by the look, good guy, so if you fall, it will be contagious, right?

On the sidelines, Guardiola covered his head with both hands, and Allegri held his forehead with one hand. One was scared and the other was angry.

"Look, this is Chu's power. He will do anything to chase him back, and he will scare Higuain and his teammates directly." BBC, Lineker joked.

Next to Ferdinand and Lampard laughed up and down.

In the sports channel studio, He Wei and Zhang Lu were also having fun.

"Dybala gave the ball a bit suddenly, and the line was slightly behind. Higuain's left foot mixed with his right foot when his footsteps were messed up. Otamendi, too, stopped and turned suddenly and slipped."

"Yes, but even if Higuain didn't drop the ball, Chu Zheng would probably snatch it away."

"Chu Zheng followed all the way and waited for this, but he didn't expect to save trouble!" Zhang Lu said cheerfully.

"However, from Manchester City's mistake, it can be seen that Manchester City's players are still not letting go." He Wei said.

"Yes, when Dybala took the ball just now, if he was in the Premier League, Walker would have speeded up to catch up and grab it. As a result, he didn't do so. I guess he also had a psychological burden. He was afraid that a foul would give Juventus a chance to threaten the goal with a free kick."

"It's already reached the gate of the Champions League final. Everyone doesn't want to make mistakes at this time, but sometimes the more players have this mentality, the easier it is to make mistakes."

"That's right..."

At the same time, countless Juventus fans looked at Higuain in the camera, and looked at the sky with their foreheads speechless.

In the summer window of last year, Juventus signed Higuain from Naples with a transfer fee of 9000 million euros, but the fans who transferred to Juventus didn't feel very good.

Although Higuain has scored 22 goals for them in Serie A so far this season, he has only 3 goals in the Champions League.

"Dropping the chain as soon as the big game comes" is the deep impression Higuain left on the fans, and even became a label for Argentina's small smoking guns.

In recent years, Higuain has often been smooth sailing in the league, scoring constantly.

But once against a strong opponent or on a huge stage like the Champions League, he can't fully display his abilities, as if he is imprisoned by an invisible force.

It's the same today, looking at the inexplicable garlic underfoot just now, it's really speechless.

In the next game, Juventus played a wave of consecutive offensive climaxes.

In the 12th minute of the game, Juventus made a long pass from the right in the backcourt.

Higuain retreated along the arc of the left middle circle, and passed his head to Pjanic in front of his body.

Pjanic kept the ball crossing the center circle area, and Marchisio got the ball and immediately launched an attack on Manchester City's defensive weak side with a long pass, that is, Manchester City's right.

Sandro sprints along the touchline, his thighs high and the ball off the ball with ease.

When he came to the outside of the penalty area, Sandro kicked up and crossed to the middle of the penalty area without saying a word.

Walker pushed out a step slower and failed to block it.

On the left side of the penalty spot in the middle of the penalty area, Kompany got in place in time, resisted Higuain who was squeezing from the right side, and pushed the ball out of the penalty area when he looked back at the moon.

In front of the ribs at the top of the arc, Yaya Toure stopped the ball with his back.

Marchisio came up quickly behind him, instantly strangling his chances of turning around.

Toure didn't panic either.

Seeing Sterling on the left start forward, he immediately wanted to pass the ball across.

But at the moment of passing the ball, Marchisio pushed him behind him, causing him to kick the ball directly to Sandro on the wing.

Faced with Sterling's return, Sandro directly passed back to the backcourt to reorganize the attack.

In a blink of an eye, the Juventus offensive resumed.

Pjanic and Marchisio passed back and forth in the ribs, and found that they could not penetrate Manchester City's rib defense. De Bruyne was forced to back up and bring back. Pjanic went straight to the left, and Juventus shifted laterally on the right.

On the right side outside the upper corner of the penalty area, as soon as Dybala stopped the ball, Otamendi quickly pushed it out, taking a backside step to control the position tightly.

After shaking continuously outside the sideline of the penalty area and attracting Sane, Dybala suddenly passed the ball back to the right rib area at the top of the arc.

After Alves took the ball, he saw that there was no one around Sandro in the back point, and immediately kicked up a diagonal pass to the back point.

But Alves gave the ball a little too close to the goal.

When Sandro in the penalty area reached the front of the goal post of the small penalty area, Edson had already taken the first step and kicked the ball away with a single punch.

On the sidelines, Allegri saw a punch in the palm of his hand.

It was a very good chance, but it was a pity that Alves missed the pass under the interference of Sane who turned and chased.

In a blink of an eye, in the 15th minute of the game, Juventus attacked again through an offensive mode of attacking on one side, and then quickly transferred with a long pass.

On the left outside the penalty area, Mandzukic was defended by Walker, so he had to quickly smash the ball back before the line between him and Sandro behind him was cut off.

Sandro makes a cross.

The ball accelerated again after reaching the feet of Pjanic in the rib.

This time, Pjanic's long ball went directly to a weak point in Manchester City's defense.

The ball landed outside the front edge of the upper corner of the small penalty area on the right.

Before landing, Alves had rushed into the penalty area and caught Otamendi, who turned slowly on his left back, by surprise.

At this moment, countless Manchester City fans saw that Alves was almost facing Ederson directly, and all of them suddenly felt agitated.

"Alves!!!!" He Wei exclaimed.

"Manchester City's defense has been pierced!!!" Zhang Lu's eyes widened, and she was taken aback by Juventus's sudden opportunity.

In the restricted area of ​​Manchester City, Alves and Higuain on the other side had already run to the back of Manchester City's defense at this time, and the two ghosts hit the goal.

In the next second, in order not to delay the timing of the attack, Alves rushed to the landing point without stopping the ball and directly pushed the ball out horizontally.

Then Higuain was embarrassing again.

This time he didn't fall, but he misjudged the line.

Seeing the ball flying sideways, he immediately jumped up, but only then did he realize that the ball was at least an adult forearm away from his head.

"Alves probably didn't pad the ball properly," Zhang Lu said.

"Shouldn't it be offside?"

"No, Alves' cushion is slightly deeper and higher."

"Manchester City escaped a catastrophe because of this!" He Wei laughed.

Seeing Higuain's funny rush to the top, the Manchester City fans who survived the catastrophe burst into laughter in the Etihad stands.

Seeing that Higuain missed the opportunity, Allegri bent his knees and turned back in anger, threw his hands and raised his head to the sky and roared, it was so angry.

Beside, Guardiola also breathed a sigh of relief at the right time.

Juventus is so strong, he is not strong at a certain point.

To be honest, Guardiola has not encountered a team like Juventus this season for a long time.

The defense is as tough as steel, and the coordination, awareness, and coverage are almost impeccable.

In addition, Juventus' strength is also reflected in the defensive system.

He is strong in the whole, defense, midfield, striker, center, wing, positional warfare, counterattack, high press is simply all good.

Although it is impossible to get full marks for every point, there are basically no shortcomings.

Even pass control they played very well.

During this time Guardiola has been paying attention to Chu Zheng and De Bruyne.

His two confidantes and beloved generals are not inaction.

But every time the offense develops outside the Juventus penalty area, it will be resolved by Youyou's seamless defense.

Give Guardiola a punch in the cotton.

On the field, Chu Zheng and Guardiola felt the same way.

In the past ten minutes or so, Chu Zheng has been looking for opportunities to organize an attack, with passes from the ribs and bottoms from the wing.

But Juve's line of defense is really difficult for him to insert the needle.

Every time a flaw appears, it will disappear in a blink of an eye. Juventus' overall synergy is really amazing.

For the next 15 minutes, the game was at a stalemate.

Juventus has both offense and defense, focusing on their own rhythm.

As for Manchester City, Chu Zheng also maintained the team's offensive and defensive operations at his own pace, slowly moving forward when he got the ball, controlling the ball and looking for opportunities.

Although the two sides played back and forth on the court, they did not threaten the opponent's goal much.

For many fans who only pay attention to the outside and not the inside, it can be said that this is a bit boring game, not exciting at all.

However, this is actually a common situation in high-level battles.

On the surface, it looks calm and calm, but in fact, the inside is already turbulent, with hidden murderous intentions.

When the game came to the 30th minute, some fans in the stands were already yawning.

But in a blink of an eye, these fans were stimulated by the sudden scene on the field, and they were instantly energized and fell into endless ecstasy.

(End of this chapter)