Green Journey

Chapter 537 Complete Juventus!

After this attack, Juventus' offensive and defensive transition speed was significantly accelerated, and it was no longer like the old lady who was doing everything slowly before losing the ball.

Juventus' accelerated offensive and defensive transition rhythm immediately put Manchester City's overall defense under pressure.

In the 24th minute of the game, Juventus took a set kick from the backcourt.

After receiving a cross from Chiellini on the left, Pjanic was pressed positively by Sterling.

Pjanic knocked the ball back directly.

Chiellini saw that the left side of the middle circle was a little empty, and Higuain was retreating along the left side to get the ball, so he immediately kicked the ball low and made a long pass.

Stones followed closely, leaving no room for Higuain to turn around after taking the ball.

Sensing someone behind him and seeing Yaya Toure on the left approaching rapidly along the center line, Higuain quickly gave up the idea of ​​taking the ball and turned to meet the ball and pass it back directly to the backcourt.

At the front of the arc in the middle, Bonucci took the ball and pushed forward while looking forward.

Taking the ball more than one meter away, Bonucci, who saw the opportunity to attack, immediately made a long pass and launched an attack directly.

The ball crossed the midfield and landed directly in front of Manchester City's penalty area.

On the right side of the center arc, Kompany and Dybala rushed to the landing point almost at the same time, but the ball was on the right side of Dybala.

Kompany saw that he was in a bad position, and he was already the last player on the team. He didn't dare to grab too hard, so he had to retreat a few more steps, preparing to get stuck in his position first.

Dybala discovered Kompany's intentions, and he knew very well that the probability of success in taking advantage of the trend is not high.

Kompany's experienced central defender is not so easy to deal with.

So he played tricks, suddenly stopped and turned around, with his back to the penalty area to stop the ball.

Kompany was caught off guard and quickly followed the emergency stop and turned around.

However, in the next second, Kompany did not fall, but Dybala fell.

Dybala stopped the ball half a meter back. Perhaps the grass was a bit slippery. When he stopped and turned around to start to take the ball out of the stop, his foot slipped and fell to the ground.

The next second, Higuain rushed to the ball.

At this time, Toure is behind him, Stones who landed in time on the left, Otamendi on the outside of the ribs on the right, and Kompany in front of him.

Seeing that Dybala didn't get up immediately, Higuain knew very well that he could only single out Kompany's four.

So before the encirclement of Manchester City's four men began to shrink, he rushed to the ball and swung the ball vigorously towards the ribs.

The timing of this choice was almost perfect, hitting Kompany's weakness.

At this time, Kompany had just completed a sudden stop and turn. Although he maintained his balance with strong core strength and did not fall, he had not fully adjusted his center of gravity.

As a result, Higuain rushed at this time, which was simply a fatal time node.

Kompany knew very well that it would be too late for him to follow up the defense in the penalty area at this time, and he would definitely be thrown away by Higuain who had already rushed up.

So after pulling his center of gravity back, he used the inertia of stepping on the ground to slide the shovel directly in front of Higuain, completely throwing himself out.

He has to keep one of the man and the ball, and he can't care so much about whether he will get a card.

But after all, it is still slow.

The ball rolled past Kompany's outstretched right foot and into the penalty area, Higuain leaped over him with his back foot.

"Have the opportunity!!!"

"Higuain, let's go in!!!" Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu elongated their voices.

At the scene, the hearts of Manchester City and Juventus fans in the stands were also hanging in their throats. All of them stared wide-eyed and watched Higuain in the penalty area of ​​Manchester City with held breath.

In the penalty area, on the left side of Higuain at this time, Stones is rapidly approaching the right.

In front of Higuain, Edson also attacked to the end line of the small penalty area.

Bringing the ball to the front of the upper corner of the small penalty area, Higuain saw that Ederson almost blocked the near and far corners, so he directly chose to lob.

But at this moment, Stones, who was leaning towards Higuain, suddenly turned back to the goal.

The next second, Higuain managed to hang the ball over Ederson's head, but it just hit Stones.

Stones pumped the ball directly into the sky before hitting the goal line.

"Huh!!!!" An earth-shattering exclamation resounded through the Juventus Arena.

On the sidelines, Allegri was so angry that he jumped in the coaching area.

Guardiola was also frightened enough, but the player was not to blame for this ball. It was really wrong, and it was not caused by the player's own mistakes.

"This is Juventus, you don't give him a chance, but once he gets a chance, there may be a goal. They are very capable of seizing opportunities."

"Yes!" Zhang Lu said: "Juventus did not take the initiative to attack before losing the ball. Instead, they first defended themselves well and waited for Manchester City to have problems in defense."

"But after losing the ball, Juventus can't just wait for the defensive counterattack, but also actively look for opportunities to attack."

"Many people now say that Juventus' defense is good, but they often ignore their ability on the offensive end. Look at how well Juventus played offensively in the past few minutes."

"It is Juventus that can play such a good offense while doing a good job in defense."

Zhan Jun nodded and said with a smile: "This is thanks to Juventus coach Allegri. The tactics he formulated for Juventus can be said to be very successful."

"Correct."

Not long after the two finished speaking, Juventus resumed their offensive.

In the 27th minute of the game, Kompany received the ball from Otamendi on the left side in the 40-meter rib area of ​​the backcourt.

Stones immediately retreated from the middle circle to respond after seeing it.

But before he could run, Kompany sent a powerful through pass down the ribs.

On the arc of the middle circle on the right side of the Juventus half, Khedira turned to the left and quickly started, intercepting the ball very simply.

Khedira did not stop the ball at his feet, but passed it forward to the left to Mandzukic on the center line, and then quickly pushed forward.

Mandzukic stopped on the center line for a second after getting the ball. After adjusting his posture, he suddenly passed the ball diagonally to the center.

Dybala saw Kompany and Walker quickly narrowing the distance in front of him on the left and right sides, and he immediately turned his back and directly returned the ball to Khedira who was three or four meters away in front of him.

At the same time, Manchester City had a problem on the left. Because Otamendi was a bit too high just now, facing Juventus's sudden counterattack, he was left behind by Alves in the rib.

After Khedira saw Alves and plugged in, he faced the ball and made a long pass directly. The ball rose into the air and fell to the rib area on the top of the arc on the right front.

This series of one-foot passes is really pleasing to the eye, and I am amazed at the simplicity and efficiency of Juventus' counterattack tactical system.

In a blink of an eye, the ball fell on the end line of the restricted area in the ribs first, and then bounced into the restricted area.

Alves slowed down a bit.

When he followed up and got the ball by the sideline of the penalty area, Otamendi had also returned to the penalty area and stuck him on the outside in time.

Alves didn't hesitate too much, and immediately took the sideline to the bottom, grabbed the ball before Otamendi grabbed it, and crossed the ball into the penalty area.

Before approaching the goal post, Kompany and Higuain rushed to the end line of the small penalty area at the same time.

But Alves' pass came between the two, and the height was not high.

In a blink of an eye, the ball grazed Higuain's left rib and Kompany's right rib, and slipped through the middle.

Kompany and Higuain kicked their feet backwards almost at the same time, but the ball hit someone's foot and jumped up a lot, and went straight to the front of the upper corner of the small penalty area.

In the next second, Mandzukic followed up to the landing point, jumped directly to meet the ball and rushed to the top.

But under Walker's interference, he didn't make a full head, but by mistake, the ball fell directly to the upper corner of the right goal and turned into a header.

Before approaching the post, Ederson quickly ran across to the left, then jumped out, reaching for the ball with his left hand.

In the next second, Edson missed the ball.

But the ball didn't go in, but hit the outside of the post with a bang and flew out of the baseline.

"Huh!!!!!!!" Immediately, there was another turbulent exclamation in the Juventus Arena.

On the sidelines, Allegri spread his hands and looked at the sky speechlessly.

Beside, Guardiola frowned, and he suddenly realized that he had made a mistake.

Just now, he asked the team to slow down the pace to allow the players to distribute their physical energy reasonably, so as not to play too hard so that they can't run before the end of the game.

At the same time, it is also to prepare for the 30-minute overtime game that has a certain probability.

But now it seems that he really can't tolerate a little bit of slack.

To play this level of competition is really to risk your life the whole way.

Standing still and thinking for a while, he immediately passed new tactical instructions to the Manchester City players on the field.

Soon, Chu Zheng, who received the new order, raised the rhythm of the team's offensive and defensive transitions.

The effect of this mention was immediate.

Previously, due to the slow rhythm of offensive and defensive transitions, the speed of Manchester City's offensive and forward balls was slower than Juventus' overall defense speed, and they were often intercepted and destroyed by Juventus.

But now that it's fast, it's not that simple for Juventus to intercept easily.

So Manchester City's offensive suddenly rose, directly suppressing Juventus, which was playing well.

In the 31st minute of the game, Chu Zheng, De Bruyne, Sane and Stones made an amazing pass in a row, destroying Juventus' midfield defense in an instant.

After Chu Zheng got the ball from the wing, he saw that Sane in the front was going to the ribs, and De Bruyne was running to his left side. He immediately took the ball into the ribs.

Then Juve's Alves and Pjanic on this wing were passed by Chu Zheng one after another.

After bringing the ball to the front of the left rib in the top area of ​​the arc, Chu Zheng used his body as bait to attract Khedira, Alves and others to the rib area to encircle him. After that, he distributed the ball to De Bruyne, who was unguarded on the sidewalk.

De Bruyne also knows that at this time, the offensive rhythm must not be slowed down, it must be faster than Juventus' overall defense.

So he kept hitting the ball at 45 degrees.

After the point, at the front of the post, Aguero and Sandro jumped forward at the same time.

In the next second, the two decided the winner. The ball was hit on the forehead by the diving Aguero and went straight to the near corner.

Seeing that the ball was about to fly into the goal along the inside of the post.

At the critical juncture, Buffon's green figure appeared on the shooting line in time, directly confiscated Aguero's header and held it firmly in his arms.

"Buffon's position selection today is really perfect." Zhang Lu was full of surprise.

"The teenager Buffon is also the soul of Juventus' BBBC defense. If it wasn't for Buffon today, Juventus' goal might have been blown away by Manchester City's stormy offensive shortly after the opening." Zhan Jun said.

However, the change came at this time.

In the penalty area, Buffon quickly straightened up after holding the ball to death, and ran to the left side of the penalty area.

Seeing that Sandro had run out of the penalty area in front of him, he raised the ball above his head with both hands, and then smashed forward hard.

"Counterattack!!!!" BBC, Lineker exclaimed, his eyes widened instantly.

At this moment, the fans in the stands became nervous instantly.

On the outside of the penalty area, Sandro chased the ball that Buffon hit in front of him and exploded, and then started to go wild.

When he took the ball across the center line along the wing, Walker was still two positions behind him.

It can be seen that Sandro's speed is no less than Walker's.

At the same time, Manchester City's defense is in jeopardy, with only Kompany and Otamendi on the right rib and center.

However, in front of the two, there are Dybala and Khedira, and it is completely a three-on-two situation.

If you count Stones and Higuain on the center line on both sides of the center circle, it will be four against three, and Manchester City still does not have the advantage in numbers.

In a blink of an eye, Juventus' counterattack advanced to the front of Manchester City's penalty area.

Khedira is in front of the free throw arc in the center, Higuain is in front of the right rib area at the top of the arc, and Dybala pulls to the outside line on the left rib to meet Sandro, who was blocked by Walker on the outside line after deceleration.

This scene seems to be the tacit movement of Kompany, Otamendi and others to delay Juventus' quick counterattack, but it is still a hidden murderous intention.

Because the large area on the right rib at the top of Manchester City's arc is completely empty.

On the front side of the upper corner of the penalty area, Sandro was stopped by Walker, but seeing Dybala on the right rib was in place, he immediately passed the ball across.

The moment Dybala stopped the ball, Stones, who had successfully settled down, immediately pushed out, instantly blocking the space and angle of Dybala's long-range kick.

In the next second, Yaya Toure and Chu Zheng rushed back along the ribs and the middle respectively.

Seeing this scene, countless hearts were immediately relieved.

However, in the next second, Dybala, who was blocked by the three Stones on the penalty area line of the ribs and had to go back, suddenly made a diagonal pass back to the middle.

Immediately after Pjanic came up, he went to the right front rib.

After Alves got the ball, he didn't give Chuzheng and Otamendi in the middle any time to get close, and directly kicked a 45-degree diagonal pass to the back.

Juventus' rapid transfer this time caused problems in Manchester City's defense.

On the left rib at the top of the arc, Mandzukic went straight forward, but no one followed him.

"Missing someone!!!!" Zhan Jun widened his eyes and raised his voice instantly.

The next second, at the upper right corner of the small penalty area, Mandzukic jumped up in front of Stones, his body arched like a shrimp, and his forehead hit the ball directly.

Near the goal post, Edson quickly fell to the right, and the ball hit his right hand and rebounded in front of him.

Immediately afterwards, Mandzukic followed up with a supplementary shot. After the ball flew into the goal, the back net protruded a long way.

"boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

At this moment, the Juventus Arena was boiling, and there were faint cheers and shouts even in the night sky outside the stadium.

At this moment, the city of Turin was lit.

"The goal is scored! Mandzukic!!!" In the LeTV live broadcast room, Zhan Jun's voice was drawn out, "The suspense of the game is back!!!!"

On the barrage in the live broadcast room, there are densely packed, countless people are feeling Juve's all-round attributes.

[The defense can prevent you from doubting your life, and the positional battle can also be fought like this. This Juventus team is really amazing! 】

[Brothers, I'm a little panicked, look at the posture, Manchester City is about to be eliminated! 】

[With my Chu God here, panic! 】

【…】

Guardiola doesn't know if the domestic fans are panicking or not, but he is panicking now.

This is good, the advantage of promotion has gone to Juventus again, which is really painful.

For Allegri, he is also a bit difficult at this time.

Now the total score is 3-3, although Manchester City have one away goal, but they are two.

As long as they maintain this score, they can still eliminate Manchester City.

But after 20 minutes before the opening, Manchester City's stormy offensive made him feel unconfident now.

Once their formation shrinks, it is conceivable that what awaits them will be Manchester City's stormy attack again.

However, after 3 minutes, the Juventus players on the field helped him make a choice.

(End of this chapter)