This player is not professional

Chapter 246
But Liverpool are not to be trifled with either.

No. 305 minutes, Juventus wanted to organize an offensive from the backcourt.

When Romulo took the ball in the backcourt, he dribbled forward. When he was approaching the center line, he encountered a block from Liverpool player Firmino. Break through Firmino's defense.

But Koeman passed the ball back to him with a little force. Romulo didn't stop it, and stopped the football several meters in front of him, which happened to be where Royce was!

Romulo was shocked and rushed to Royce, wanting to take the football away first, but Royce was faster than him, and directly poked the football to the front, leaving Romulo in vain!

The person who received Royce's pass was Lin Yi, who was in the front half. He passed the football, took advantage of the situation to complete the turn, took the ball forward, and hit Juventus' counterattack!

Although Liverpool had fewer players in the frontcourt than their opponents, Lin Yi was very calm. He did not rush to pass the ball, but waited for an opportunity while dribbling.

Sure enough, due to his sudden attack with the ball, four Juventus players were attracted to him, and only one Juventus central defender Barzagli was dragged behind.

Sterling ran diagonally and ran in front of Barzagli. Lin Yi saw the opportunity and immediately sent the football under his feet. The football broke out from the encirclement and rolled into the air in the penalty area. !
Sterling accelerated around Barzagli, received the football, and then made another trip!
With this step, Barzali was squeezed behind him!

"Sterling's single sword!"

But Sterling's step was a bit big. When he was chasing the football, Buffon also decisively abandoned the goal and slid out sideways. Although this attack method gave up the center of gravity, it maximized the defense. area.

When Sterling catches up with the football, it is already difficult to make other shots. He can only poke first, and then pin all his hopes of scoring on the fact that there is space under Buffon when he strikes. Let the football go through that void...

But there was no space. After the football was stabbed by Sterling, it directly hit the attacking Buffon's body and bounced back.

It happened to fall at the feet of the full-back Romulo who was returning to defense.

Romulo hurriedly turned around and passed the football to the front, and then he was relieved-it was so dangerous just now, it was his own mistake, if it caused a goal, he would be the sinner of conceding the ball!
Fortunately, Buffon is still reassuring as always.

"It's Buffon again!"

"Buffon strikes in time to keep the goal clean!"

"Lin Yi has created opportunities for his teammates several times, but they just can't break through the goal guarded by Buffon!"

Sterling spread his hands, looking helpless.

Lin Yi also shook his head slightly. After the match started, Liverpool clearly had the upper hand. With so many excellent opportunities, even if his teammates could catch one, they would be able to take the lead.As a result, he missed a goal...

But is it because his teammates didn't play well enough?

Lin Yi doesn't see it that way.

It seems that Buffon is in really good condition today...

It seems that this game has encountered the most difficult situation, that is, your side has the upper hand, but the opponent's goalkeeper is like opening and closing. No matter how you bombard, he can always beat you Resolve the crisis...

Goalkeeper cheating is the most unsolvable thing. No one can solve this kind of problem. Everyone is afraid of goalkeeper cheating. Now it seems that the best way is to torture the old man!
But now he is very worried about such a fierce offensive of the Liverpool team, but it will make Buffon's state better, which would be bad.

But it is obviously impossible not to shoot because of this.

Liverpool's attack threatened Juventus' goal, and Juventus quickly responded.

Marchisio shot a cold arrow from outside the penalty area. The football slid towards the lower right corner of the goal against the turf. Mignolet seemed to have slipped out on the turf, and only managed to get the football out of the baseline with his fingertips...

In the subsequent corner kick, Pogba's header went slightly wide of the far post.

No. In the 401st minute, Liverpool launched an attack from the right. After Manquillo made a collision with Lin Yi on the wing, he reached the 30-meter area. Then he sent a through ball and moved to the ribs. Firmino.

Firmino accelerated to chase the ball. On his inside, Pereira was also desperately chasing, trying not to be completely thrown away by Firmino.

His efforts paid off. Since Firmino did not completely throw off the defense, after catching up with the football, he could only choose to force a shot at a small angle!

The football ends up wide of the side netting.

Firmino, who was sitting on the ground, shook his head at the result, while Klopp, who was on the sidelines, slapped hard to encourage his players.

Going in a row without scoring a goal can easily lead to a drop in morale.

The players are not fools. They know that they have so many opportunities that they have not grasped, and they also worry that after the opponent has a chance to breathe, they will in turn threaten their own goal and cause the goal to be conceded.

Their worries are definitely not unfounded.

One minute later, in the No.1 minute, Juventus' central defender Obonna took the ball in the backcourt. He looked up at the front and did not choose to advance layer by layer with a short pass, but directly made a long pass with a big foot , The football flew from the air over almost the entire stadium, and flew to the front of Liverpool's penalty area!

Football is like a cruise missile, and it accurately found Simone Pepe who was sprinting at the front!

Of course, Simeone is not in an unmarked situation, and there is Skrtel who is retreating beside him.

It's just that with Simeone running in the offensive direction, Skrtel retreats while defending, which is his disadvantage.

So when he jumped up to fight for the top, he didn't hit the football!

He's over the top!

But Simeone didn't stop the ball, because Skrtel interfered with him, and the football was carried directly on his shoulder and bounced back.

The bounced football accidentally hit the back of Skrtel who had just landed, flew back again, and landed in front of Simone Pepe!

Godsend opportunity!

The Juventus fans in the stands cheered.

Simeone stopped and turned around halfway, swung his foot and shot!

He didn't see the situation in front of him at all, but if he observes again at this time, it will be too late!
So he didn't see that Mignolet had already jumped in front of him, so close!

With such a close-range shot, no matter how fast Mignolet reacts, it is difficult to make a save. At this time, the role of his early attack to block the angle is reflected-it is so close, he does not need it at all. No matter what moves, just relying on his body is enough to form a wall.

The football hit Mignolet directly on the jaw and bounced back!

The football that bounced back was facing down. It hit the ground and bounced up again, but it has not yet left the penalty area.

Simeone's reaction was fast enough, he turned around and wanted to get the football back again.

At this time, Lovren, who was back in defense, squeezed Simone Pepe behind him by virtue of his physical advantage, and then took the lead, and directly kicked the football out. This can be regarded as lifting the crisis in front of Liverpool just now...

"Simeone! Ah - in this game, he has missed two single chances!"

Some Juventus fans had some bad thoughts in their hearts. Wouldn't this be hinting at the result of the game?

Simeone's second missed one-handed goal was the last threatening attack from both sides in the first half.

Afterwards, the game became a little more uneventful. Until the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, neither side had a good chance.

In the end, the two sides entered the intermission with a score of 0:0.

"Huh..." He Wei breathed out in the commentary booth. "This first half was really intense. This may be the most exciting and intense first half of the Champions League final I have ever seen. The two sides did not hold back at all and went all out to attack. This kind of game looks really good. Enjoyable, but also tense enough…”

"The two teams have entered this extremely high-speed offensive and defensive transition from the first minute of the game. Anyway, thank the two teams for giving us such a wonderful first half of the final!" Ma Ser Leff also praised the performance of the two teams.

For a long time, there has been a saying that "the final has no name since ancient times", which means that such an important game as the final, there are very few games that can become classics. Dull" and "boring" representatives.

Because in such an important game as the final, both sides of the game will take making fewer mistakes as the first task, try not to make mistakes, and wait for the opponent to make mistakes, which is the guideline for many teams to play in the final.

Under the guidance of such an idea, many teams will choose defensive tactics and play cautiously and conservatively.

No one dared to attack rashly.

Under such circumstances, how can there be a good game?

Even if there is a defensive counterattack, it is worthy of the audience, let alone such a fanfare duel.

Many finals are often dragged into penalty shootouts in the end, which is related to this.

Although the penalty shootout is also very exciting and exciting, it is full of endless unknowns and uncertainties.But it's not a good treat for spectators to endure 120 minutes of tedious action before the penalty shoot-out comes.

Very few finals are head-to-head.

And today's Champions League final was a hearty confrontation from the first minute of the game. The audience who watched it was excited, and the commentators were exclaimed again and again!
"...This first half can already be recorded in history! If there is another goal, it will be perfect..."

In the replay of the halftime break, the guests in the CCTV live broadcast room thought the first half was very exciting. Generally speaking, Liverpool had the advantage. They had more threatening shots than Juventus, and finally failed to make progress. The ball is such a shame.The guests were also worried that Liverpool did not take the lead in the first half, so the 15 minutes of the intermission would be a breathing opportunity for Juventus.

Once recovered, it will definitely be a big threat to Liverpool.

Liverpool will surely regret their failure to score in the first half.

In the dressing rooms of both teams, the coaches of both sides praised their team's performance in the first half.

Even Simeone, who missed two single-handed goals, was not criticized by Allegri. On the contrary, the old coach specifically praised and encouraged him: "I told you yesterday, Simeone, you will be the leader of this game." You did not disappoint me in the first half, you see, I was right. So please continue to play like this in the second half! God will not always favor them!"

Originally, Simone Pepe, who missed two one-shot chances in the first half, was still feeling remorse and pain for this, but now hearing Allegri say this, he couldn't help but feel a warm current in his heart It came out - as a player, the trust from the head coach is what they value most.

He thanked Allegri for his support and trust.

On Liverpool's side, Klopp also made no criticism of his team's profligate squandering of chances in the first half.However, he still proposed to make the offense more efficient in the second half.

Because he also knew that wasting opportunities would result in retribution.

He praised Lin Yi's performance. In the first half, Liverpool had so many offensive opportunities, and Lin Yi played a very important and key role in it.

Although under the key marking of Juventus, he still sent wonderful passes frequently.

It can be seen that Lin Yi is in good condition today.

I hope such a good state will not be wasted...

During the intermission, in addition to the TV station, the Internet was also discussing the first half of the final.

Everyone agreed that this was the best Champions League final they had seen in the past ten years.

It is really rare to see the two sides fighting and attacking so recklessly.Moreover, the goalkeepers of the two teams performed very well in this game, which prevented them from being sieved when they attacked.

At the beginning, everyone felt that the battle between the two teams in the Champions League final might be boring.

But looking at it now, it turns out that's not the case.

The 15-minute intermission passed amid heated discussions.

Players from both sides reappeared on the court, still with the same staffing as in the first half, and no one was replaced.

There are no adjustments in tactics.

However, after the start of the second half, Juventus gradually took the initiative. Perhaps it was because they resisted the opponent's bombardment in the first half, which made them confident in their defense. Instead, they let go of their hands and feet and slowly took over upper hand.

At 5 minutes, Juventus won a corner kick.

After Simeone kicked the corner kick, Pereira nodded in the front and rubbed, and Carlos Tevez followed with a header in the back!
But it may be that Pereira's header rubbed back so that Tevez did not expect that the ball did not have the strength to go up and was easily hugged by Mignolet.

Just 1 minute later, Juventus made a comeback again.

First, Liverpool launched an attack and waded through, but was destroyed by the opponent in front of Juventus' 30-meter area. The football fell to the middle circle and Simeone received it.

Simeone took the ball forward, and Liverpool retreated from the back line, hoping to compress Simeone's sprint space. When there was no room behind them for Simeone to play, the threat of this attack was minimized.

(End of this chapter)