Green Journey

Chapter 530 Who said that a fortress can only be breached from the inside!

"At this moment, you can see that Juventus have a back four, but when they attack with the ball, they will become a three back."

"Sandro goes up the left very fast."

"Yes." Zhang Lu said: "When Juventus has the ball, their formation will change in the frontcourt or midfield."

"This kind of three-back, four-back, five-back on the football field, don't look at Juventus switching back and forth like there is no problem at all, but ordinary teams can't play well."

"Yes, the average team plays in one formation. If they can maintain this formation well, it will be pretty good if they don't disperse throughout the game." He Wei laughed.

Just then, the goal came.

In the 34th minute of the game, Manchester City's high pressure on the left side of the frontcourt forced Juventus to take consecutive kicks from the right side in the 30-meter area of ​​their own side, and finally passed the ball out of the sideline.

At this time, due to the rapid movement to respond, the two defensive lines of Juventus's center and backcourt became a mess.

Guardiola was standing in the coaching area. When he saw the ball coming, Chu Zheng also rushed forward. He was stunned for a moment, and then immediately realized what Chu Zheng was doing.

So he ran a few steps forward and directly rubbed the ball upwards.

In the next second, Chu Zheng arrived, grabbed the ball picked up by Guardiola in front of him with both hands, turned to face the court, and threw the ball heavily to the left front side of the penalty area.

At the same time, Sane in the ribs immediately started to pull the ball to the side.

Juventus was caught off guard by Chu Zheng's sideline kick.

Bonucci on the outside of the ribs and Barzagli on the wing wanted to close the door between them, but Sane, who had a tacit understanding with Chu Zheng, was too fast. Before they could get close to each other, Sane was like a gust of wind. scraped over.

"Chu Zheng grabbed Ju Wen's seven inches, can it be done?" Zhang Lu's eyes widened expectantly, without blinking.

"Too fast!" He Wei marveled at the speed at which Juventus built their defense.

In the BBC studio, the three Linekers who were chatting and laughing just now also shut up instantly, and their eyes were all focused on the super large LCD TV in the studio.

In the stands, the hearts of the Manchester City fans were instantly raised. The game has been played so far, and Juventus' defense has shocked them.

On the field, when Sane got the ball in front of the bottom line on the side, Juventus also pulled up a defensive line in front of the goal, extending from the penalty area to the side outside the penalty area.

Sane saw Bonucci behind Barzagli on the right inside line staring at him, and he immediately began to hesitate whether to take advantage of the trend and cut into the penalty area along the bottom line.

But if he cuts inside, Bonucci will take advantage of the opportunity to push forward and Barzagli behind him will push forward. There is a high probability that he will be flanked by these two people.

With just such a hesitation, Sane's internal cut line was blocked, and in a blink of an eye Barzagli was blocked in front of him.

At the same time, Manchester City quickly pulled up two solid chain lines of defense inside and outside the penalty area.

At this time, Chu Zheng, who had finished throwing the ball, had come to the front of the upper corner of the penalty area. He looked at Sane, who was confronting Barzagli, and did not ask for the ball.

At this time, Sane made a call back, a reverse spike and a pass, and the gap that was blocked by Barzagli and cut into the penalty area along the baseline was opened again.

This time Sane cut inside firmly.

Although Barzagli turned around quickly, he was still wiped out by Sane's extremely fast starting speed.

But after crossing the penalty area line, Sane's situation deteriorated sharply.

Bonucci is waiting for him on the sideline of the small penalty area. Pjanic in the penalty area is quickly squeezing the ball holding space in front of him. With Barzagli behind him, if Sane continues to move forward, 90.00 % Jiu will fall into the siege of the three.

Sane quickly observed and found that the Juventus players in the penalty area blocked all the passing lines of the inverted triangle, and he passed the ball directly to the middle of the penalty area.

At this time, there were three tall players in front of the Juventus goal. Seeing the ball flying from the sky, they immediately blocked Aguero and Sterling behind them through a tacit position.

In the next second, Sane's cross was cleared out of the penalty area by Chiellini.

Seeing this scene, the Manchester City fans in the stands beat their chests and feet.

"Tsk tsk!" After watching the game for more than 30 minutes, Niu Benben was amazed, the defense was amazing.

Jiang Lai next to him was also full of surprises. In just a few seconds, Juventus, who retreated into the penalty area, performed their duties, cutting down the triangle return line, chasing, intercepting, and air defense. All Manchester City's offensive development lines were blocked.

Now Jiang Lai and Niu Benben understand why Hao Xiao has an expression of egg pain and toothache when he mentions Juventus. Anyone with this level of defensive ability will have a headache.

On the court, the ball landed on the right rib of the top of the Juventus arc, which is the left side of Manchester City.

At the front of the upper corner of the penalty area, about 30 meters away from the fans, Chu Zheng just stood there.

Seeing that Alves quickly pushed forward, Chu Zheng decided to unload the ball and pass back to reorganize the attack.

But as soon as this idea came out, Chu Zheng felt a sense of irritability, which was caused by Juventus' impenetrable defense.

So in the next second, Chu Zheng changed his mind.

So, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Chu Zheng, who rushed to the landing point, raised his right leg to face the falling ball in front of him, and volleyed directly with the outside of his foot.

"Chu Zheng's long shot!" Zhang Lu and He Wei's spirits lifted immediately.

Chu Zheng's seemingly not calm enough choice also made the three of Lampard in the BBC studio frown.

However, in the next second, everyone's eyes were straightened, and everyone looked at God.

On the field, with a muffled sound of "bang", the ball was snatched by Chu Zheng and pulled towards the Juventus goal before Alves arrived.

After being twitched by Chu Zheng, the ball climbed straight up, and the speed of the ball was extremely fast.

Judging from this rising trend, there is a high probability that this ball will be an anti-aircraft gun.

Chiellini and Aguero, who stood still in the penalty area and looked up at the ball in the sky, thought so too.

Bonucci was even a little happy in his heart. He believed that Chu Zheng's impatience came from their almost perfect defense.

On the sidelines, Allegri also had a smile on his face. After all, he is a young player. After all, no experienced player can withstand the pressure of playing such a heavyweight game.

At this moment, Allegri seemed to see their hope of winning the first round.

Because he believes that as long as Manchester City Chu Zheng's super brain is messed up, Manchester City's offensive will no longer be terrible, and the threat will be greatly reduced.

In front of the goal, Buffon, who stood on the right in front of the goal line, also judged in advance that this long-range shot would hit the stands, but he was still vigilant due to his rich experience.

In Buffon's gorgeous football career, he has seen too many incredible goals, and most goalkeepers who fail to keep them are often because they trust their own judgment too much.

Just then, a miraculous scene came.

After the ball flew over the front of the small penalty area, it turned to the right, which is the left side of the Juventus goal.

At the same time, the ball is falling rapidly.

The exaggerated curve and falling speed stunned everyone at this moment.

On the goal line, although Buffon was on guard, he was still scared out of his wits.

He ran along the goal line to the left, but just took two steps, before he flew to the upper left corner, he saw the ball falling like a rocket, from the lower edge of the crossbar at the upper corner of the goal and the inner side of the goal post. The corner drilled in and hit the goal net hard.

Immediately afterwards, Buffon's legs softened, and he knelt directly on the goal line, staring blankly at the ball that fell on the side net inside the goal.

At this moment, Buffon's confidence in the team's ability to reach the Champions League final and even win the final Champions League was cracked.

Outside the penalty area, even the referee Laos was stunned, and did not blow the whistle for a goal immediately.

"Boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Two seconds later, Ittihad ushered in an unprecedented shock, which made everyone in the field feel the shock under their feet. The ground is trembling at a certain extremely fast frequency.

Huge waves of cheers swept across the venue, and the burst of sound even made countless people's ears tingle, as if they heard the sound of a heart detection instrument stopping beating.

“Amazing goal!!!!!!”

“Amazing goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

In the commentary seat, Martin and Smith were already crazy at this time, screaming and screaming in trembling and crying voices, and their faces were as red as a monkey's butt.

In the BBC studio, Lineker, Ferdinand and Lampard were also going crazy at this time.

"Unbelievable scene! A bold instep volley from Chu outside the penalty area, God, is it magic?"

"Great! Really great! It was a perfect presentation of football art. Bold moves and precise shots, this is the poetry of football!"

In the BTsport studio, Gary Neville was full of enthusiasm and shouted in a trembling voice: "I can't believe what I saw! Chu's amazing outer instep, is this magic?"

Beside him, Martin Taylor also had a shocking expression on his face. He spent most of his life commenting on the game, but he had never seen such a weird goal from the outside of his foot. "This may be the craziest goal in the history of the Champions League." One of the balls, I need time to digest the image."

In the studio of Channel [-], He Wei was also very excited at this time, saying: "Chu Zheng's shot is like a goal that came out of an impossible fantasy, just like the plot in a football fairy tale , it set the Etihad Stadium on fire, it set everyone on fire."

"There is no doubt that this will be a goal recorded in the history of the Champions League!" Zhang Lu said, "Juventus' record of 564 minutes of zero goals in the Champions League is frozen at this moment."

"This team is very similar to the perfect defense line that Italy won in 2006. After all, it still met Chu Zheng, who descended from the gods. This is the role of top stars!"

In the stands, the three of Hao Xiao were also dumbfounded.

"His grandfather's, what kind of arc is this? It's almost a 90-degree turn!" Hao Xiao murmured, ignoring Niu Benben who was jumping wildly next to him.

This kind of ball arc is too weird, it is really puzzling.

On the field, after Chu Zheng witnessed his long-range shot being fatal, he turned around and ran wildly, roaring continuously, venting the depression accumulated in his heart during this period.

At this moment, Chu Zheng felt comfortable all over his body, and his body was a little lighter.

Seeing Chu Zheng running with De Bruyne and a group of players, Guardiola, who was already wrapped in ecstasy, also rushed over, followed by Foden and others on the bench.

No, everyone in Manchester City gathered outside the coaching area to celebrate together.

Next to the coaching area, Allegri watched silently. At certain times, human emotions are not connected, but opposite.

But Chu Zheng's anti-human goal from the outside of his foot left Allegri with nothing to say. He couldn't even find a player who was responsible for it.

Inside and outside the Juventus penalty area, Buffon, Bonucci, Chiellini and others also looked helpless.

They never expected that the strong fortress they built today would be directly breached by Chu Zheng from the outside.

At this moment, Buffon was still recalling the weird arc just now in his mind. Even though he was well-informed, it was the first time he had seen such a puzzling arc.

At the moment when he found the ball turning, Buffon even had the absurd illusion of 'this ball is alive'.

After a while, Manchester City's celebration ended, and Juventus kicked the ball again in the middle circle.

On the sidelines, Allegri felt a little tormented at this time.

Now one goal behind, the initiative fell into the hands of Manchester City, he had to make a choice, whether to play more proactively, or continue the game according to the tactical strategy before the goal.

On the field, after Manchester City scored a goal, the momentum was like a rainbow, the offensive and defensive transitions were accelerating, and the restraint in the players' hearts was gradually released as the game time passed.

Therefore, Manchester City no longer played cautiously like the first 30 minutes, but boldly pressed forward, launched a swift offensive, and gradually began to control the situation.

Since Manchester City's attack on the left was firmly blocked by Alves and Barzagli, the attack planned by Chu Zheng and De Bruyne became more direct.

In the 39th minute of the game,

Chu Zheng personally dribbled the ball in from the left, Sane on the left was parallel to him, and Alves on the wing and inside formed a partial two-on-two situation.

Seeing that Sane was unable to completely take away Alves when he advanced along the sideline, Chu Zheng directly took the ball and crossed it diagonally.

The ball landed at the front of the upper corner of the small penalty area on the left.

At the moment of passing the ball, Aguero, who was sandwiched between Bonucci and Chiellini, suddenly started to follow up, instantly throwing Bonucci to the left and right.

Facing the ball flying from the left, Aguero hit the end line of the small penalty area.

But Buffon's positioning was perfect, and when he fell into the goal, Aguero's close-angle shot was blocked by him, allowing Bonucci to make a big clearance.

In the 42nd minute of the game, this time it was changed to De Bruyne.

Manchester City continued to hold the ball, and the first two courts were returned to reorganize in a row. The ball came to De Bruyne's feet on the right side of the front field.

Seeing Sandro, Mandzukic, and Pjanic standing in an inverted triangle in front of him, firmly protecting the side road, De Bruyne made a quick observation and suddenly kicked a diagonal cross.

At the moment of passing the ball, Aguero, in front of the penalty spot in the Juventus penalty area, shrewdly ran to the left side of the penalty area.

In the next second, De Bruyne's navigational precise long pass delivered the ball.

In front of the end line of the small penalty area, Barzagli stood up and stuck Aguero behind him, but it turned out that Aguero hit the ball, which made people have to marvel at the precision of De Bruyne's pass.

However, Manchester City still couldn't get past Buffon, Juventus' last line of defense.

Facing Aguero's rush to the top, Buffon on the goal line flew to the right, and with his right hand, he pushed out the ball that was about to rub against the inside of the post and fly into the goal.

"Huh!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Witnessing Buffon's god-level performance again, there was another short exclamation from the Etihad stands.

Countless Manchester City fans jumped their feet in anger, and the two chances to score goals fell to Buffon.

At this moment, everyone is incredulous about Buffon's state.

Not long after, the referee Laos blew the whistle for the end of the first half, and Manchester City entered the intermission with an advantage on the scene and a goal.

Although Juventus fell behind by one goal in the first half, everyone knows that Allegri must have made targeted adjustments in the second half, and the suspense is far from over.

(End of this chapter)