I started with Torres, to revive German football

Chapter 364

Seeing Zhao Jinge and Mahrez vying to move forward, Barzagli's turn was a little slower, and Mahrez had already completed the violent overtaking. Bonucci yelled to retreat, not daring to fight Zhao Jinge at all. When pressing forward, he went to help Barzagli defend.

Buffon became nervous in an instant, and quickly directed his teammates in front of him to start marking. Don't block his vision, so as not to delay his attack or save.

But at this moment, Mahrez, who had not yet reached the bottom line, suddenly chose to pass the ball!
  There was no deliberate pass to the inverted triangle, because then Bonucci would have enough time to block Zhao Jinge's position.

Mahrez, who was almost two positions ahead of Zhao Jinge, chose to knock the ball horizontally, giving Zhao Jinge room to accelerate and complete the shot. The amount was given just right in advance!
  Bonucci didn't expect Mahrez to be so bold, and he was not afraid of him destroying it first!

But then, Zhao Jinge used his explosive speed to let him understand the source of Mahrez's confidence!
  "Mahrez passed the ball! Zhao Jinge broke out!!!"

Andy Gray roared angrily. In his passionate explanation, Zhao Jinge almost instantly rushed to the same position as Bonucci, taking the lead and blocking the advantageous position with his body!

And at the moment when Zhao Jinge successfully got stuck, his right foot without hesitation swung the ball with almost no backswing!

All this happens in just a second or two.

After Mahrez passed the ball, many Juventus fans felt that it was just a flash in their eyes. Zhao Jinge had already exploded with terrifying speed, arrogantly blocking Bonucci's possibility of destroying the offense!
  Zhao Jinge's shooting connection made many people fail to see the action clearly!

Buffon's response when he went to the ground to save was already very quick, but the football that Zhao Jinge pulled out passed Buffon's fingertips even faster!

When the football rolled towards the far corner of the Juventus goal, Chiellini, who was full of milk, almost threw himself out at the back point to try to destroy the ball!

But when the football rolled into the net of the goal, he crossed the goal line, but it was too late and he could only watch the football cross the line!
  “Zhao Jinge’s shot!
  GOAL! ! ! ! !

Twenty-four minutes! Zhao Jinge took the lead in breaking through the door of Juventus!

Buffon didn't stop the ball!
  The legendary Italian goalkeeper was overwhelmed by the speed and passion of the Manchester City King at this moment!

Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini!
  These Italian defensive stars have nothing to do with the cooperation between Mahrez and Zhao Jinge!
  An exquisite and quick counterattack!
  This is Manchester City's magic weapon to win! "

Under a small sky-blue crowd of churning carnivals, Zhao Jinge jumped up high, roared and turned around with fists pumping, his eyes full of arrogance and wantonness!
  He wants to conquer the Juventus Allianz Arena today, he wants to conquer the Apennines today!
  "This is the situation again. I knew it was Zhao!"

Looking at the Manchester City generals who gathered under the visiting team fans' stand to celebrate, Aguero scratched his head, with an indescribable emotion fermenting in his heart.

Just when Zhao Jinge scored, he was struggling with Stones in the frontcourt and almost couldn't hold back his excitement. He hugged Stones and prepared to celebrate.

Then Stones' strange eyes revealed that he had been away for most of the season.

The blue sky turned into black and white, and he was no longer there under the blue sky of Manchester.

It’s such a familiar and nostalgic feeling! However, Aguero is not too pessimistic. After Manchester City formed a suppressive attack against Juventus, the familiar sense of oppression made him dream of returning to the Premier League.

It's just that he was a member of this blue army before, but now he is their opponent.

In this situation, Aguero was already mentally prepared. After all, it was really difficult for him not to assume that Manchester City would score the goal first.

Facing such pressure all the time is not conducive to his performance. Now that Manchester City has really scored, he feels much more relaxed.

It's the same as he was at Manchester City before.

After Manchester City scored a goal first, I felt less burdened.

It is better to let go of your hands and feet than to worry and guess all the time. Anyway, the worst case is to lose. What can you do if you don't fight?

Aguero comforted himself. Of course he was extremely familiar with everything about Manchester City, so he quickly adjusted his mentality.

But other Juventus players are not as open to him as he is.

In the first [-] minutes or so, we lost a goal at home and fell behind, but Manchester City broke through and scored a goal. It was not a lucky goal.

Such a result can only show one thing, that is, their defensive system has not played its due role.

And this is the most unacceptable situation for Juventus players who have dominated Serie A and Europe with their defense in recent seasons!
  If you say that the offense is not strong enough to threaten Manchester City's defense, then these Juventus players will accept it.

It just happened that their defense, which they were most proud of, suffered a defeat. A complete defense line failed to guard against Manchester City's two offensive players!

Not to say that the collapse of faith is so serious, but in terms of confidence, the Juventus players have indeed suffered a lot at this moment.

Bonucci's brain is still blank even now.

In one confrontation, he was directly knocked down by Zhao Jinge, and in another speed competition, he was knocked down. He was unable to block his defensive position, allowing Zhao Jinge to score successfully.

Since he transferred to Juventus, he has never suffered such a disadvantage, and he was really blown out in the personal matchup!
  The skills at his feet, the sense of position and the overall situation that he is proud of have no room to play in the opening twenty minutes.

He could already imagine how the outside fans would evaluate him at this moment.

The sarcasm and ridicule flashed in his mind one by one, making his face a little ugly.

Fortunately, Chiellini saw that something was wrong with Bonucci, and a low drink brought Bonucci back to his senses.

The more experienced Barzagli followed up with a few words of persuasion, and Bonucci himself has a big heart, so he himself was relieved.

Buffon was annoyed, but now he was also shouting for his teammates to cheer up.

Regarding Bonucci, Buffon is actually not too worried. He is a friendly teammate, but he is also thick-skinned. He was stunned for a while, but there will be no mental problems.

However, only emphasizing spiritual encouragement cannot cure the root cause. Manchester City's style of play makes Juventus very uncomfortable, and Allegri still needs to think more about tactics.

Thinking of this, Buffon also turned his head and glanced at the sidelines.

Allegri was holding the assistant coach and making gestures, wondering what they were discussing.

Juventus' home fans, like Buffon, are now placing most of their hopes on Allegri, hoping that the Juventus head coach can make timely adjustments. But now Allegri is not as confident as he showed.

In fact, Allegri was just making a gesture to stabilize the mentality of the players on the field.

It is easy to make tactical adjustments with one mouth, but in actual operation, it is not so easy to make a decision to replace someone.

On-the-spot play was not Allegri's strong point. He was troubled by falling behind early, so he had no choice but to rope in his assistant to discuss it further.

Guardiola on the other side had no such worries. He was even in the mood to help Allegri deduce some tactical adjustments.

As far as the players on the Juventus bench are concerned, the most capable players are Cuadrado and Khedira.

Cuadrado is a typical South American winger. He is thin and fast. His skills and flexibility are his strengths. Apart from being a bit over the top sometimes, he is also a good player on the wing!
  Speaking of Khedira, this is the player Guardiola thinks Allegri is most likely to replace here.

The reason is simple. Khedira has a good sense of position, and his attributes are very balanced in all aspects. His tall stature and court coverage allow him to help Pjanic share the defensive pressure very well.

It's not that Marchisio is bad. Marchisio usually performs well on both offense and defense.

But Juventus is now being robbed by Manchester City. Not to mention advancing in the midfield, they can't even defend well. The backcourt organization is a mess. The last Marchisio is really not as good as Khedira.

At least we have to straighten out the ball routes in the midfield and backfield. One is Pjanic and the other is Marchisio. Facing the strength of Manchester City's midfield, these two people will naturally be targeted if they rush away, but if you don't With Khedira and a dual-core backcourt, wouldn't that be able to temporarily solve this problem?

How can this be possible without a strong enough defensive midfielder and being directly pushed against the defense by the opponent's striker? !
  These are the possible response plans that the Manchester City coaching team had expected before the game. Guardiola did not think that Juventus' coaching team would not think of anything they could think of.

Therefore, after joking in his mind, Guardiola also stared at Juventus' bench. As soon as Khedira came out to warm up, he followed suit and made adjustments.

But after waiting for a long time, the game restarted, and Guardiola didn't see any movement from Juventus' bench.

"Are you saying that Allegri is deceiving me? Is he waiting for me to make the move first and then make adjustments?"

Guardiola asked the assistant coach uncertainly whether Allegri's unadjusted operation would be able to fix him.

Most of the Manchester City players on the field didn't care that much. It would have been better if Juventus didn't adjust and continued to press. When they score another goal, the situation is decided.

The watershed of this game was when Manchester City scored the second goal.

Especially when Allegri is not playing Khedira, Juventus' midfield has almost no defensive ability. It is simply a fantasy to rely on their defense to withstand Manchester City's offensive and break Manchester City's defense to chase points.

Therefore, a two-goal lead is relatively safe. If this advantage can be achieved in the first half, Guardiola can make bold substitutions in the second half to defend against counterattacks.

It's not that Guardiola didn't want to take the risk and pay the money to withdraw early. The main reason is that the schedule is tighter and he has to take into account the physical fitness of several core players.

After all, after playing the game tonight, the entire Manchester City team will be able to fly back to Manchester tomorrow, but they will have to face Arsenal at home the day after tomorrow.

The rotating players have enough preparation time, but the players who played in the Champions League today only have one day of preparation time in addition to one day of required rest time.

Therefore, Guardiola can only find a balance point so that several core players can conserve more physical fitness.

Of course, Zhao Jinge is not included in this list. The one Guardiola can rely on most is Zhao Jinge.

Who allowed him to recover enough to become abnormal? Guardiola will naturally have to put more burdens on him in multi-line operations.

Mahrez and Mane know that they will not have much time to perform today, so there is no way to preserve their physical strength and condition.

He just opened up his firepower, continued to output with all his strength with the ball, and played against Juventus for a while.

However, no matter how fierce the offensive is, there will always be a time when it subsides temporarily.

Juventus' players were also holding back their anger. As soon as they caught the opportunity for Manchester City's offense to relax a little, they quickly pushed the defense out.

Pjanic breathed a sigh of relief. In the first half, he was targeted by Manchester City in various ways in terms of offensive organization and was forced to devote his energy to follow the defense. This time he finally had some room to play.

Under his scheduling, Juventus' formation also stretched out.

The players on both wings were able to cross the half court many times, and Marchisio and Dybala finally had the opportunity to advance with the ball.

Allegri's hanging heart gradually relaxed.

It seemed that he had withstood the fiercest moment of Manchester City's offensive, and he could barely accept conceding a goal.

As long as Juventus' midfield trio is functioning normally, Juventus still has a chance after all.

Guardiola was not in a hurry. Juventus seemed to be launching a counterattack at this moment, so he simply adjusted his tactics to prevent counterattacks first, allowing Juventus to mobilize more players.

Pjanic's excellent dribbling and long passing abilities were well demonstrated at this moment.

Although Guardiola doesn't like Pjanic's investment on the defensive end, he still has to praise him.

In terms of offense, this kid does have super talent.

The free technical moves and the cool long-pass scheduling are full of talents in Guardiola's opinion.

There is no shortage of midfielders in the Manchester City team now, no matter what type of midfielder. However, it is indeed unclear whether a few players will leave in the summer window next year.

Just like Aguero who moved away last summer, it is impossible to say that players will leave the team, and Yaya Toure, David Silva, and Fernandinho, except for David Apart from Silva, the other two have declined visibly, and their replacement Guardiola must also prepare early!
  Therefore, Guardiola has been looking for some young talents and thinking about when to buy them into his job.

Currently, including Pjanic, people like Monaco's Nardo Silva and Fabinho, and Bayern Munich's Thiago are all his favorite candidates.

(End of this chapter)