Green Journey

Chapter 538 Can you imagine that he is 34 years old this year?
Just as Allegri was hesitating whether to adjust the focus of tactics and strategies, the situation on the field changed again.

After the restart of the game, Juventus can almost be said to have taken off completely, both defensively and offensively.

Chu Zheng at Manchester City is also cooperating with his teammates to constantly seek to use extremely fast passing and receiving speeds to tear apart Juventus' overall defense speed.

There are indeed opportunities, but it is still a bit difficult to really threaten Buffon.

In the 36th minute of the game, Juventus sent a throw-in from the left in the middle of the backcourt.

Many Manchester City players rushed up along the sidewalk, but Juventus used continuous alley-oops to push the ball across to the rib area.

On the point of landing, Bonucci was in place quickly. Seeing Aguero and Sterling quickly clamping from the left and right sides, he took off on the spot and shook his head hard to the right to hit the ball.

The ball came obliquely in front of Alves in the right rib area of ​​the Juventus center circle.

Behind Alves, Chu Zheng quickly went up to the top. Seeing Stones in the middle also go straight to Alves, Chu Zheng instantly realized that this was a wrong choice.

However, before Chu Zheng opened his mouth to remind Stones to cut off the connection between Alves and Khedira who advanced behind him, Alves passed the ball diagonally into the center circle.

Immediately, Juventus' counterattack was formed again, and Manchester City's defense was once again exposed to Juventus's soldiers, forming a 3-on-3 situation.

Khedira pushed forward at full speed immediately after taking the ball.

The technical characteristics of this German midfielder are comprehensive.

He has a good view of the overall situation, a large defensive coverage area, a titan on the defensive end, and a surprise player on the offensive end. He has the ball to advance and excellent forward awareness.

When Khedira advanced along the middle to the front of the 30-meter area of ​​Manchester City's half, Kompany saw Walker on the right side staring at Mandzukic, and Otamendi on the left side also stuck Dybala on the outside. So without saying a word, he slowed down and went up to the top to steal.

As soon as he left, a huge gap appeared in the area before and after the top of the arc in the middle of Manchester City's originally complete three-man defense line.

Just when Chu Zheng chased after Khedira, he and Kompany were about to form a front and back attack on Khedira. Khedira's right outer instep sent a forward right.

Divide the ball.

After passing the ball, Khedira wiped past Kompany and went straight into the huge gap in the center of Manchester City.

In the next second, Dybala in the front area of ​​the right rib at the top of the arc kept the ball back to the penalty area with his left foot, and a simple one-two pass shattered Manchester City's defense.

Chu Zheng's heart suddenly tightened.

Seeing that Walker had started to outflank Khedira at the top left of the arc, he took advantage of the situation and turned to the middle, switching defenses with Walker and guarding Mandzukic.

In a blink of an eye, Khedira caught up to the ball on the right side of the penalty spot, and without any hesitation, he swung his right foot and hit it.

On the end line of the small penalty area, Edson sank his waist and immediately opened his arms slightly, ready to make a save.

But in the next second, Walker on the left side of Khedira reached in time, and fell to the ground with a sliding shovel just to block the ball out of the baseline.

"Huh!!!!" In an instant, countless fans in the stands covered their mouths, and even Buffon, who had a full goal on the other side, turned around angrily and bared his teeth.

"Kompani was a bit reckless this time around."

"Yes, Khedira waited for him to come out, and then made a point to the right. A wonderful one-two with Dybala immediately threatened Manchester City's goal."

"Chu Zheng and Walker also have a tacit understanding in this switch. Otherwise, if Mandzukic is unguarded, it may be more dangerous for Khedira to pass the ball."

On the sidelines, Allegri saw that the players were very excited, and their state was much better than before. He pressed his mind to change his tactical strategy.

Since the player is in good condition, why change it?

There is no need to suppress the players, maybe playing like this now is the most suitable choice for the current situation.

Not long after, the Juventus corner kick was ready to be taken.

In the penalty area, Juventus came up with five players, distributed in the front and center.

Manchester City also has seven people participating in the defense.

With a bang, the ball came straight to the front point, looking for Mandzukic.

Seeing the ball coming, Mandzukic didn't have time to see who was behind him. He immediately resisted the person behind him, and took off immediately when the time came.

But after jumping up, Mandzukic missed the ball.

To be exact, before he could swing his head to attack the goal, he felt a huge thrust from the left.

Man Zhujiqi couldn't control his body balance for a moment, and could only watch Chu Zheng make a rescue.

The ball flew over the crossbar and went out of the baseline. Juventus won another left corner.

Countless Juventus fans were speechless after seeing this scene, and they were amazed by Chu Zheng's amazing jumping ability and physical fitness.

"As long as Chu Zheng is in the penalty area and near the landing point of this kind of ball, once he takes off, the opponent will almost only be crushed, and you will not be able to win."

"Ok!"

Not long after, Pjanic on the left took a corner kick.

In the penalty area, most of the players from both sides gathered at the front point, while Chu Zheng guarded Chiellini, who was lagging behind, on the right side of the penalty point.

But Pjanic didn't drive the ball well. The ball didn't fall in front of Chu Zheng and Chiellini, nor did it hit the head of the crowd, but fell behind the crowd.

Edson hit the goal line and jumped in time, hitting the ball with both fists.

The landing point is outside the free throw arc on the right.

Alves quickly rushed to the landing point, and before Aguero on the left and Otamendi in the penalty area in front of him came out, he swung his right foot and aimed at the ball falling from the air to volley directly.

Bang!
The ball suddenly turned into a white lightning, shot through the cracks in the penalty area, and went straight to the goal.

In front of the goal, Edson, who had just gotten up quickly from the ground, returned to the goal line and flew to the left.

But Alves' volley was too good.

The shooting line is not tricky, it is not the kind of extreme angle that rubs against the inside of the post.

Not too tall, just a flat fastball.

But perhaps because of the volley, the ball suddenly had an extremely obvious drop after entering the small penalty area, and it even got into the goal from under Edson's extended left hand.

“what a goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

BT Sport studio, Gary Neville and Martin Taylor, despite being on City's side, had to marvel at Alves' brilliant volley.

Including Lineker and Ferdinand in the BB studio.

Their cheers have nothing to do with their positions, they are purely for seeing a wonderful goal.

On the field, Alves scored a goal, ran along the sideline with his eyes wide open, interacting with the cheering and cheering fans in the stands.

After a while, Buffon rushed up from the backcourt, hooking Alves' neck directly with his left hand.

Mua! Mua! Mua!Kissing Alves three times on the face seems to be more exciting than Alves who scored a goal.

At this moment, Buffon's heart may be the most excited among the 11 Juventus players on the field.

Although Buffon's many years of football career does not lack the honorary titles of domestic leagues and World Cup champions, the Champions League has always been a trophy he can't dream of.

Outside the penalty area, Chu Zheng, who was out of breath, looked at the Juventus players on the sideline celebrating together. He suddenly felt extremely tired.

At this moment, he couldn't help but wonder whether Juventus could win.

But soon, Chu Zheng got rid of this negative thought due to exhaustion, and a feeling of dissatisfaction, unwillingness, and reluctance instantly filled his whole heart.

On the sidelines, Allegri was excited and ran to the players to celebrate together, leaving only Guardiola standing next to him in the coaching area, looking dumbfounded.

In the live broadcast room of LeTV Sports, Zhan Jun looked at Alves who was showing love to the fans in the camera, and Zhan Jun exclaimed: "Alves is like a god!"

"Can you imagine he's 34 years old this year?"

"His presence is unbelievable!"

Zhang Lu nodded and said with a smile: "The form is great, 3 goals and 1 assist in the two games, these four goals all came from his feet."

"If Manchester City is really eliminated today, in a sense, Manchester City can be said to have lost to Alves. The state is too good!"

"I believe it is definitely a super super huge loss for Barcelona to let him go!"

"Hmm!" Zhang Lu said, "Just now I thought there was a refraction, but in fact the ball has an arc and falls very fast. It's too difficult for the goalkeeper to pounce."

After the words fell, the live broadcast camera suddenly cut to the sidelines.

I saw that Guardiola, who was standing in the coaching area at this time, was almost going berserk. He was using powerful movements and roaring to pass instructions to the Manchester City players on the field.

Not long after, Manchester City kicked the ball again and sounded the horn of attack again.

For Manchester City, they have no choice.

The total score is 4-3. If they want to eliminate Juventus, they must either tie the score and then kill Juventus through a penalty shootout, or score two goals in a row in the next time and ensure that they do not concede a goal. Only in this way can Juventus be resolved.

But no matter what it is, in terms of the current situation, it is not an easy task for Manchester City.

But perhaps due to the sudden deterioration of the situation, there was a problem with the mentality of the players on the Manchester City field, and the crisis followed.

In the 40th minute of the game, Juventus circled the right flank in the middle of the half, and Barzagli received a cross from Bonucci in the middle.

Before the ball stopped, Sane rushed in front of him to press.

Barzagli immediately stopped with his left foot, and moved his right foot forward to split the side, just avoiding Sane's grab.

Next to the center line on the sideline, Dybala stepped back a few steps to catch the ball with his back.

But as soon as he turned around after taking the ball, there was darkness in his vision, and a figure was approaching at an extremely fast speed with the sound of the wind, so fast that he had no time to react at all.

In the next second, Chu Zheng rushed to Dybala and kicked forward with his left foot, and the ball rolled to the right and towards Sane in front of the center line.

Seeing that Sane got the ball, Chu Zheng immediately picked up his speed and stepped forward on the sideline of the court.

"good chance!!!!!"

“Very nice offer!!!!”

In the LeTV live broadcast room, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu exclaimed in unison, and became excited instantly.

In the stands, Juventus fans were also taken aback by Manchester City's sudden counterattack.

On the field, seeing Barzagli being taken away by Chu Zheng, who was advancing forward, Sane immediately turned around and entered the ribs, and also rushed up.

In the middle, in the middle circle area, Sterling also quickly started to advance in a straight line, forming a 3-on-3 situation against Juventus.

In a blink of an eye, Sane entered the 30-meter area along his ribs.

Barzagli and Bonucci are on the inner and outer lines of the ribs, while Chiellini, who is at the top of the arc in the middle, stares at Sterling next to him.

As long as Sane dares to take the ball from among them, he will inevitably be pinched from left to right and lose the ball.

As Barzagli and Bonucci slowed down, Sane was forced to slow down too.

At this time, he fell into a situation of isolation and helplessness, unable to break through suddenly, and no one passed on.

Just when Sane was about to wait for the teammates behind him to come up, he didn't realize that Pjanic and Alves behind him had rushed back.

At this moment, Chu Zheng offered him a third choice.

Seeing Chu Zheng suddenly start running diagonally towards the sideline of the penalty area, Sane immediately passed the ball with his right foot from between Barzagli and Bonucci.

The cooperation between Chu Zheng and Sane seemed to be expected by Bonucci and Barzagli.

The two quickly crossed positions, Barzagli moved inside to guard Sane who had passed the ball, and Bonucci went straight to the sideline of the penalty area to block Chu Zheng.

A few seconds later, Chu Zheng got the ball from the sideline, and Bonucci also rushed to block him in time.

Chu Zheng stepped on a bicycle on the spot, but Bonucci was unmoved.

In the stands, seeing that Juventus was about to return to defense collectively, all Manchester City fans secretly sweated for Chu Zheng.

Once Juventus are all in place, even if Chu Zheng completes a breakthrough, it is estimated that it will be difficult to threaten the goal guarded by Buffon.

At this moment, countless people's eyes straightened.

After Chu Zheng, who was confronting Bonucci outside the penalty area, stepped on a bicycle, he suddenly jumped up with the ball between his feet.

"Holy shit! The rainbow is amazing!!!"

"Neymar's signature move!!" Zhan Jun was also surprised.

In front of Chu Zheng, Bonucci never expected that Chu Zheng would use such extraordinary movements, it was really unexpected.

Panicked, Bonucci turned around immediately, trying to use his body to separate Chu Zheng from the ball that had flown over his head and behind him.

But as soon as he turned around, he felt a huge force coming from the left rear side.

In the next second, Bonucci jumped forward and was directly squeezed by Chu Zheng.

After passing Bonucci, Chu Zheng rushed to the ball that fell from the air, swung his right foot and hit it directly.

In front of the goal, Buffon fell to the outside while Chu Zheng shot, stretching his hands forward, just blocking Chu Zheng's shot.

"Huh!!!!" Seeing the ball rebounding to Chiellini's feet on the penalty spot, the fans of the Juventus Arena suddenly let out another hasty exclamation!
"Oh!!!!!!" Zhan Jun slammed the table angrily, "It's Buffon again! Today's form is amazing, I almost forgot how many shots he saved Manchester City today."

"Chu Zheng's mentality is a little anxious!" Zhang Lu frowned.

On the sidelines, Guardiola also turned his back with regret.

But at this moment, Juventus' efficient counterattack suddenly appeared.

After Chiellini brought the ball diagonally to the left, he suddenly sent a long pass of extremely high quality before Sterling approached him.

This long pass is followed by navigational precision.

The landing point is 30 meters in front of the penalty area in the middle of Manchester City's half.

In a blink of an eye, the ball arrived.

Higuain rushed to the landing point and waded out the ball falling in front of him to the left, instantly avoiding the pincer attacks of Kompany and Otamendi on the left and right sides.

But he was also disturbed by Otamendi on the right, which slowed him down a bit.

When he caught up with the ball at the intersection of the free throw arc on the left and the top of the penalty area, Kompany had already circled to his right.

However, just when Kompany was about to stretch out his foot to steal or destroy, Higuain was extremely determined to slash with his foot on the ground, and the ball went straight to the far corner of the goal.

But this time Edson's positioning was almost perfect.

The moment the ball came over, he quickly fell to the left and grabbed the ball firmly with both hands.

In an instant, the Juventus Arena exclaimed like a huge wave.

On the sidelines, Guardiola, who was frightened enough by Juventus's terrifyingly efficient counterattack, exploded on the spot.

He was extremely excited in the coaching area, yelling at the Manchester City players on the field and making gestures, signaling to Chu Zheng and the others not to worry, and to stabilize the rhythm.

"Juve's counterattack is terrible."

"Manchester City had just completed a kick, and in a blink of an eye they took advantage of the opportunity of Manchester City's formation to make a surprise attack from behind."

"Yes!"

"..."

Not long after, the referee Kupes blew his whistle and the game entered the intermission.

(End of this chapter)