Green Journey

"Higuain, this is really a blockbuster! A very beautiful tackle in front of the goal."

"Edson can't help it, he's too close to the goal." He Wei said.

"From the perspective of football technical style, Higuain is an all-round forward. He can run, has speed, has a sense of smell in front of the goal, can score directly, and also has the ability to serve as a tactical fulcrum for a center forward. His skills at the feet are also good."

"But speed and explosive power are not his strong points. The reason why he can become the main striker in Real Madrid and now Juventus is actually because of his keen sense of smell, ghostly running position and his very superb shooting skills."

"He is one of the best strikers in the world, he only needs three shots in almost every game to score a goal."

"It's the same today."

"Before the goal, Higuain was not in a good state. It can be said that he has committed the problem of soft feet in every big game."

"But the greatest significance of the existence of a shooter is that when the real opportunity comes, he will not miss it repeatedly. As long as he is allowed to catch one opportunity, it will be fatal."

On the field, the Juventus players hugged and celebrated, and everyone's face was filled with happy smiles after the equalizer.

On Manchester City's side, Stones looked like a child who made a mistake, with his head down, not daring to look at his teammates.

He was also in a daze at this time, and at the same time, he was extremely annoyed that he chose to dribble the ball by himself just now, trying to get rid of the choice of going forward.

Stones is very excited to appear in the position of waist guard again today, and with his big brother Toure sitting behind him, he feels like a fish in water.

He enjoyed this feeling of freedom immensely.

Coupled with the fact that he has learned a lot from Chu Zheng and De Bruyne during this period of time, he thinks that he can already become a teacher.

In the end, he didn't expect reality to give him a blow to the head.

Now he really doesn't know how to explain to Guardiola, who has a lot of trust in him, and teammates like Chu Zheng.

He made a wrong choice, and the advantage that the team worked hard to create in the first half turned into a bubble.

"Snapped!"

Just as Stones was thinking wildly, he suddenly felt a slap on the back of his head. He raised his head and looked back to the left, and saw Chu Zheng's refreshing smiling face.

"John, forget about the ball and do what you should do." Chu Zheng smiled and said, "No one will blame you, you should understand what I mean."

Stones smiled a little forced and embarrassed, and nodded to show that he understood.

Before running away, Chu Zheng reached out and rubbed Stones' head.

To be honest, the loss of the ball made Chu Zheng depressed, but he would not be angry if he said it.

Man, who hasn't made a mistake yet.

And this is also a major feature of Stones. He has excellent foot skills, but this time he messed up.

Dybala and Alves cooperate too tacitly.

Chu Zheng watched the process of the two scrambling. The tacit understanding was speechless, and it really forced Stones to nowhere.

On the sidelines, Guardiola was also constantly shouting and clapping to the Manchester City players who were about to kick off, encouraging the players.

Although the loss of the ball made him depressed, he was not very angry.

Because from the time he prepared for Stones to play this important position, he was prepared for Stones to make mistakes.

And one mistake can't obliterate Stones' excellent performance on both ends of the offense and defense in the first 60 minutes, that's too unfair.

But at this time, Guardiola regretted that during the halftime break, he did not listen to the advice of Torrent and Arteta, and returned the team's formation to play a defensive counterattack.

The reason why Guardiola decided to follow the tactical strategy of the first half is because he believes that Juventus is just like that on the offensive end today.

Through careful observation in the first 60 minutes, Guardiola believes that Allegri's offensive arrangement today has not threatened much with Higuain's soft feet.

The Argentine striker is actually a very important link in Allegri's tactics.

After Pirlo left last season, Juventus' midfielder could only rely on Pjanic to hold the ball alone.

However, due to Pjanic's deep retreat, this led to Juventus, which mainly played 4231, without a real midfielder.

So Allegri can only let Higuain continue to retreat to the midfield to hold the ball.

When Higuain retreats, Mandzukic on the left will rush into the penalty area and play the role of a center forward.

But as a traditional standing center, Mandzukic's foot skills are not comprehensive. His characteristics are unlimited physical fitness, pulling, and grabbing high-altitude balls.

So Allegri arranged for Mandzukic to fight his opponents in the penalty area.

At this time, Higuain's main task is to control the second penalty.

He can pass and shoot, and he can almost play with ease in Allegri's offensive system.

Coupled with Mandzukic's desperate pursuit and participation in the defense on the left, this tactical arrangement undoubtedly liberated Higuain to the greatest extent.

He just needs to stand near the midfield and be ready to counterattack at all times.

To put it bluntly, Allegri's 4231 is through the return of the midfielder Pjanic, Bonucci's direct ball, plus Dybala, Higuain and other forwards retreating to organize the attack, and Mandzukic went to the middle of the penalty area to attack routine.

But before the goal was conceded today, Allegri's offensive routine did not have much effect, because Higuain's link withered.

Unexpectedly, Higuain's feet suddenly became soft.

At this moment, Guardiola knew that their troubles were coming.

This goal is bound to boost the morale of Juventus and Higuain's personal self-confidence.

And a confident top shooter will be extremely scary when he enters the state.

But the Manchester City fans in the Etihad Stand don't think so.

Many people think that this conceded goal was caused by Stones sticking to the ball, and it was their own mistakes, not how powerful Juventus' offense is.

It didn't take long for City fans to realize how wrong they were.

In the 63rd minute of the game, Edson, who saw the Juventus back line mentioned behind the center line, received the ball in the penalty area, immediately kicked a long pass to find Aguero in the circle.

But perhaps the loss of the ball affected his mentality, and his long pass did not play its due navigation attributes.

On the back of the left rib in the middle circle, Sandro came to the landing point first, grabbed the front of Aguero who was rushing, turned around directly, and returned the ball with his chest.

In front of the right rib area at the top of the arc, Chiellini took the ball and retreated again and again. Seeing Aguero approaching slowly, he turned around and passed Buffon back.

After Buffon got the ball, he waited for his three guards to pull away before dividing the ball to the right outside the penalty area.

Outside the penalty area, Barzagli had just stopped the ball when he saw Sane running, and Aguero on the sideline of the penalty area also cut off his cross to Bonucci.

Just when he was about to look for Higuain in the middle circle, Pjanic, who retreated along the middle road, came back.

Seeing Pjanic running towards the ribs, Barzagli immediately passed diagonally.

On the left rib at the top of the arc, Pjanic received the ball, but was pushed by Stones behind him and couldn't turn around, so he had to take it horizontally to the side. Then, taking advantage of Stones' unpreparedness, he suddenly stepped forward with a half-high kick pass.

On the wing, Chu Zheng was guarding Alves on the outside. Seeing the ball flying along the inside of the wing, he and Alves turned around at the same time.

On the point of landing, Dybala, who was originally on the ribs, quickly ran to the side, but he was also followed by Otamendi.

As long as he stops the ball, Juventus' counterattack suddenly accelerated by Pjanic will slow down.

Dybala obviously knows this too.

Seeing Alves run up to his ribs behind him, Dybala jumped up to meet the ball, knocked back with his left heel, and he passed the ball to Alves.

Dybala's coquettish non-stop ball and back jump pass caused an uproar in the audience, it was highly entertaining, and it had a perfect tacit understanding with Alves.

At the same time, Toure in the rib also quickly chased Alves.

The two meet just before the midline of the ribs.

But without waiting for Toure to make a move, Alves passed the ball with the inside of his right foot the moment the two of them made contact, and then continued to advance along the ribs.

On the arc of the middle circle, the moment Higuain took the ball, Mandzukic on his left rib started and ran directly to the middle, giving way to Sandro who came up behind him.

Walker had to follow to the middle.

In the middle, Kompany looked back while running.

Seeing Alves inserting at high speed along the ribs and Higuain waiting with the ball at a constant speed, he immediately guessed the main offensive line of Juventus' counterattack.

So he leaned against his left rib, ready to fill in for Otamendi.

Before the arc of the middle circle, Toure changed his target and went straight to Higuain who was holding the ball, trying to cut off the line between him and Alves.

But after all, it is still slow.

As soon as he ran to Higuain, he sent a direct pass, and the ball went straight to Alves, who advanced along the ribs.

In the right rib area at the top of the arc, Kompany quickly got in place and had a fierce physical confrontation with Alves.

After the physical contact between the two, Alves staggered a little and suddenly lost weight, but he stubbornly withstood the pressure exerted by Kompany and did not fall.

At the same time, Otamendi, who was a step behind the two, saw the door open at the top of the arc in the middle, and he immediately went to make up for it after running back.

Then just after he ran out for three or four steps, Alves, who was blocked by Kompany in the penalty area, suddenly leaned against Kompany on the left side of his body, and slammed back with his left heel, and the ball just passed from Ota Mendy passed behind his butt, and rolled straight to the middle area between the penalty spot in the middle and the end line of the penalty area.

In the next second, in Toure's blind spot on the left, Higuain suddenly rushed up and stuck Toure, who was half a beat behind, behind him.

After entering the penalty area, Higuain did not hesitate to procrastinate, and angrily pushed the lower left corner of the goal.

After the line in the small penalty area was broken, Ederson fell to the right to make a save. After all, he was too slow. The ball passed by his fingertips, and then rubbed against the inside of the post and jumped into the goal again.

"oh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Entered again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Oh my God!! It's still Higuain!!! Crazy Higuain!!!!"

"One entry is two!!!" Zhang Lu also exclaimed.

On the sidelines, seeing Higuain score twice, Allegri jumped high on the spot, threw three punches after landing, and his face turned red with excitement.

On the field, after Higuain scored twice, he rushed directly to the stands where the Juventus fans were, roaring like a madman, his face flushed.

The Juventus fans in the stands also responded frantically. Some people kept jumping for joy, and some shouted Higuain's name loudly and blushingly.

As for Manchester City fans, they are still a little confused at this time, and many people have not recovered.

"In the 64th minute of the game, Juventus rewrote the score again through a mercury-like counterattack, 2-1, with two away goals. This result is too unfavorable for Manchester City. The troubles of Guardiola and Manchester City Big." He Wei said.

"It's so beautiful!" Looking at the slow-motion playback, Zhang Lu still looked amazed, "Dybala's back-to-back blind pass is too imaginative, Alves' heel in the penalty area fell The triangular back pass to Higuain in the middle is also a stroke of genius."

"Toure is still the same problem. He didn't return to the position in time, and he didn't cover the area inside and outside the top of the arc in time, allowing Higuain to get in and catch it."

"Yes, the situation was reversed in an instant. If Manchester City attack across the board, it may mean more counterattack opportunities for Juventus."

Looking at the Juventus players who were interacting and celebrating with the fans at the edge of the stands, Chu Zheng's face was calm, but his heart was a little anxious.

On the sidelines, Guardiola, Torrent and Arteta stood on the coach's bench to discuss.

For Manchester City, there is no choice. They must score as many goals as possible in the next 20 minutes, so they must attack hard and use enough goals to even out Juventus with two away goals. advantage of the ball.

Otherwise, they will go to the Juventus Arena in the second round, and it will be extremely difficult for them to face Juventus at home.

At that time, Juventus only need to have a clean sheet at home to advance. If Juventus concentrates on defense, this is really not difficult for Juventus, which has a strong defensive ability.

Not long after, Manchester City kicked the ball again, and the scene that made Manchester City fans angry soon appeared.

After the game restarted, Juventus' defense line began to shrink and began to focus on defensive counterattacks. Although it was a little utilitarian, it was an extremely wise and correct choice.

As for Manchester City, they had no choice but to attack with all their strength at the risk of being counterattacked.

In the 68th minute of the game, Stones faced Pjanic and Alves on the left side of Manchester City's backcourt. This time he passed the ball.

On the wing, Otamendi made a forward pass to meet the ball, and Chu Zheng kicked up the ball directly.

After crossing the center line along the ribs, Chu Zheng used his right foot to send out a very penetrating side pass.

The ball passed between Bonucci and Barzagli on the flank, and then turned around in a small arc to Sane, who had already rushed up from the flank.

Outside the sideline of the big penalty area, Sane took the ball and slowed down to cut horizontally. He continued on the left and right sidelines without going to the bottom line and went outside.

But the four of Juventus' BBBC have a tacit understanding and a sophisticated position.

As soon as Barzagli was shaken away, Bonucci in front of the upper corner of the penalty area immediately stepped up, just in time to block Sane's shot.

In the 74th minute of the game, Manchester City played a counterattack in Juventus' counterattack, and Sterling quickly dribbled the ball from the right to the outside of Juventus' penalty area.

Attracting Chiellini and Mandzukic to the sideline, Sterling suddenly buckled the ribs and followed De Bruyne who responded.

But when De Bruyne took the ball across the ribs, Chiellini also returned to the end line of the ribs penalty area.

Seeing that there was no chance in the cross, De Bruyne passed the ball to the left, and then immediately started to penetrate into the penalty area.

In front of the rib area, Chu Zheng took the ball and made two false shots in a row. After hooking Marchisio and Chiellini behind him a little forward, he suddenly kicked a pass over the top.

At the same time, De Bruyne also rushed behind Chiellini, not offside.

In the upper corner of the small penalty area, De Bruyne had just arrived at the landing point, and Buffon also arrived. The ball was raised on his knees and kicked off with a single boxer. It was another timely prediction in advance.

Buffon's performance made Manchester City fans feel a deep despair in their hearts. The Italian goalkeeper's performance today is too demonic.

In the 78th minute of the game, seeing Manchester City's offensive becoming more and more fierce, Allegri replaced the goal project Higuain with Cuadrado, and officially changed his formation.

6-3-1.

Guardiola also made a bold substitution, Foden replaced Sterling.

The purpose of this substitution is to use the energy of young players who are not afraid of tigers to rush to Juventus' defense.

Especially the spirituality and excellent breakthrough ability of Foden.

Although he doesn't have as much experience as Sterling, Foden wins in his dexterity and ability to drill.

Maybe it can poke a hole in Juventus's impenetrable defense line, even a small gap.

But Manchester City fans did not understand Guardiola's intentions. They did not think that sending such a young player of seventeen or eighteen years old would be useful for the team's offense.

It turns out, however, that some players are born for the big picture.

In the 86th minute of the game, Chu Zheng retreated to the center circle to get the ball and then moved forward.At this time, the 631 of Juventus 63 is arranged before and after the top of the arc, leaving Dybala in the frontcourt.

As for Manchester City, everyone is in the Juventus half.

In the penalty area are Sane, Aguero and Foden.

On the left side of the penalty area is Toure, and on the left is Clichy who replaced Otamendi.

De Bruyne is on the right flank and Walker is on the right.

At this point in time and the situation of the game, it is hard to tell what kind of team Manchester City is.

Chu Zheng took the ball slowly to the front of the 30-meter area in the middle, and Pjanic slowly stepped up.

At this moment, Chu Zheng saw that Juventus' defense had not retreated too deep behind the end of the penalty area, so he suddenly lifted the ball and hung it to the right side of the penalty area.

Before the penalty kick, Foden often practiced with Chu Zheng, so he and Chu Zheng did not lack a tacit understanding.

Almost at the moment when Chu Zheng passed the ball, Foden, who was originally on the right side of Chiellini, suddenly started, ducked through Chiellini's right side, and then turned sharply and ran a ninety-degree route.

Facing Foden's agile and erratic running position, Chiellini, who has little physical strength left, really couldn't keep up.

The result of his forced body to follow is to fall, and then watch Foden rush to the landing point.

At the same time, Buffon quickly pressed up from the door.

But because Foden was receiving the ball with his back to the goal, he didn't continue to attack. Instead, he bowed his waist and opened his arms slightly, ready to deal with Foden's turned shot at any time.

But in the next second, Buffon never expected that Foden, an unfamiliar face, would turn his back and hit the door directly.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Foden stopped the ball on his chest, then fell backwards, and directly hit the falling ball with his rising right foot.

Buffon quickly plucked the green onion in a dry land, jumped up and reached for the ball to the upper right.

However, Foden's barb was wrong and wrong. Although he didn't kick it completely, he just let the ball jump over Buffon's fingertips in a parabola, and fell straight to the back penalty goal.

At this moment, everyone was so nervous that they couldn't breathe. After passing the ball, Chu Zheng also stood there and stared at the ball in the air with wide eyes.

Just one second seems like a century.

A second later, the ball luckily fell into the upper corner of the goal from the back penalty.

"Boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" In an instant, Ittihad began to tremble.

"The ball went in!!!!!!!!!!" He Wei shouted suddenly.

"This is a miraculous substitution. A 17-year-old player broke the goal that Buffon was holding!!" Zhang Lu blushed with excitement.

In the penalty area, Foden saw the ball go in, he stared wide-eyed for a while, and then he reacted and then started running all over the field.

As soon as Chiellini got up, seeing the ball scored, he sat back down in frustration.

On the sidelines, Allegri also looked dumbfounded.

He could see that Foden's barb didn't completely hit the ball, but he didn't think about it but made a mistake and led to a goal. Manchester City's luck is really good.

Next to it, Guardiola also rushed back to the coach's bench to celebrate with everyone like crazy.

On the field, after Chu Zheng witnessed the goal, he also sat down on the ground and looked at Foden who was running happily to celebrate with a smile.

Although the pace of today's game was not very fast, Chu Zheng felt extremely tired.

This kind of torment of attacking for a long time but still being unable to score a goal is simply a kind of mental and physical torture, which makes people physically and mentally exhausted.

Not long after, the referee Laos blew the whistle for the end of the game.

Although the two sides shook hands and made peace, the promotion situation is a bit unfavorable for Manchester City.

As long as Juventus sends Manchester City 0-0 in the second round, then Juventus will eliminate Manchester City with two away goals and advance to the Millennium Stadium with Real Madrid.