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Chapter 465 We have Ling Feng, how could we lose!

"Welcome to the elevator and watch the first match of the second leg of the 2016-17 Champions League semi-final brought to you by Sky Sports."

"Serie A champions Juventus welcomed the newly crowned Premier League champions Manchester United at the Allianz Stadium in Turin!"

“This is going to be an exciting game!”

Before the game, the predictions and odds given by major media and bookmakers all showed that Manchester United had the upper hand.

After all, Manchester United's performance in the first leg at Old Trafford was simply amazing!
Especially Ling Feng's hot form, which made the Red Devils' legends, such as Ferdinand, Neville, Scholes and others, as well as the number one fan Lineker, all believe that Manchester United, under the leadership of Ling Feng, will definitely be able to escape unscathed from Juventus' home court!

Moreover, the two-goal advantage is also very obvious, giving Manchester United a psychological advantage away from home.

Of course, an away goal also left Juventus with a glimmer of hope of advancing.

As long as Juventus can score two goals at home, they will be able to achieve a reversal and advance to the final!
Of course, the prerequisite is to keep Manchester United scoreless!

This task is obviously extremely difficult.

After all, Manchester United is the most powerful offensive team in the Premier League and one of the teams with the most goals in the Champions League this season.

Fortunately, like Manchester United, Juventus also has a huge lead in Serie A.

As long as they can get one point in the next round of the league against Roma, they will win the Serie A championship in advance.

Therefore, in this game, Juventus will naturally go all out to try to turn the tide at home and reach the Champions League final again after two years!
Compared to the starting lineup in the first round, Allegri made several targeted changes in positions:
Because Barzagli, who played as a left-back, was too slow, he was repeatedly beaten by Ling Feng who switched to the right.

Therefore, in the second leg, he chose Brazilian international Alex Sandro as left back.

Then, in the midfield position, Khedira, who was useless on both offense and defense in the last round, was abandoned in favor of the "Bosnian Commander" Pjanic, who has stronger organizational skills.

Obviously, everyone knows that if Juventus, who are two goals behind, want to turn the tables at home, attack is the only option!

Only by scoring more goals can we defeat Manchester United and advance to the final!

Therefore, Allegri would rather abandon the midfield defense and send Pjanic to strengthen the midfield control!
As for Manchester United, they rotated three positions.

The left and right wingers, Rashford and Lingard, replaced Martial and Rooney and became the starters of this game.

Although the two players' footwork is relatively not that delicate.

But speed and vitality are the best weapons to deal with Juventus' experienced defense!
In addition, on the defensive line, Smalling also replaced Rojo and partnered with Bailly as a central defender again.

In the last game, the central defender combination of Rojo and Bailly was repeatedly blocked by the opponent in the defense of set pieces and corner kicks.
If it weren't for De Gea's heroics, they would have conceded more than one goal.

Therefore, considering that the opponent will definitely attack with all their might in this game, there will definitely be more opportunities for set pieces or corner kicks.

Starting Smalling, the tallest player in the team, can provide the team with enough height when defending high balls.

Although Smalling occasionally gets distracted and lacks concentration.

However, this is an acceptable risk for the sake of the height advantage at set pieces.

When the Manchester United players, wearing the dark blue away jerseys, came to the stadium which was already occupied by a sea of ​​black and white, with a 3-1 advantage in the first leg.

The next second, the noise came.

Looking up, I saw a giant black and white "Juventus" Tifo hanging on the east stand, which was very shocking.

In fact, Tifo culture was first born in Italy and Southern Europe!

Early Tifos were mostly large hand-painted banners covering the entire stand, and generally only appeared in hostile matches such as city derbies and national derbies.

In the late 1960s and early 70s, it began to spread as a mainstream fan culture around the world and continues to this day.

Nowadays, Tifo is more often presented in the form of fans waving hand flags in the stands, or pictures of different colors, which are pieced together to form a huge three-dimensional picture of the stands.

It is a gorgeous weapon for the die-hard fans in the stands and the ultimate equipment for fan organizations!
Of course, in such an important match as the Champions League semi-final, the use of Tifo will definitely inspire the morale and fighting spirit of Juventus players, allowing them to perform at their best under the watchful eyes of home fans!
It was with the cheers of more than 30,000 home fans that Juventus showed their tenacious fighting spirit and desire to win at the very beginning of the game!

At Juventus' home ground, the referee's whistle was clearly biased towards the home team.

For some relatively excessive fouls, the referee will not blow the whistle every time.

Perhaps it was the blessing of the "home whistle", coupled with Juventus's high-pressure pressing from the start, that made Manchester United players a little uncomfortable.

At the beginning of the game, the Serie A champions took the upper hand!

Less than ten minutes into the game, Juventus had two shots on target.

It’s just that Pogba and Higuain’s long-range shots were at too straight an angle and did not test De Gea.

However, just as Manchester United slowly got into the rhythm of the game, Juventus seized an opportunity that was not an opportunity:

In the 13th minute of the game, Manchester United controlled the ball in the backcourt and were under high pressure from Juventus in the frontcourt.

Bailly's long pass found Lingard on the wing.

The latter stopped the ball a little too long, and Sandro, who came up from behind, kicked the ball away!

Immediately afterwards, the ball came to Pogba, who was still playing as a left midfielder in this game.

The Juventus core player looked up into the distance, then without hesitation kicked his right foot and sent a soul-stirring 45-degree long pass!
The ball drew a beautiful arc over the Allianz Stadium in Turin, fast and flat.

Dybala came in from the right, stopped with his left foot, then changed the rhythm, shook off Luke Shaw, and cut into the penalty area with the ball sideways!
Seeing that Luke Shaw had lost his position, Smalling, who was nearby, rushed up and used his body to block the shooting angle.

At the same time, Dybala swung his left leg and made a powerful shot!
The next second, there was a "bang" sound, and the ball hit Smalling's right arm, which had not yet been retracted, and then changed its direction.

Seeing this, Dybala and the Juventus players who witnessed this scene immediately raised their hands and loudly appealed to the referee:
"He's got the fight!"

"Referee, handball!"

The Spanish referee Laos, who was not far away, blew the whistle without hesitation and raised his hand to point to the penalty spot!

Penalty kick!

This penalty immediately led to protests from Manchester United players.

However, no matter how many excuses he makes, it cannot change the fact that Smalling's hands were not tightly pressed against his torso, but were open, thereby expanding the defensive area.

This is undoubtedly a penalty!
Mourinho, who was on the sidelines, turned around and cursed when he saw the penalty:

"What the hell!"

Because at the moment of going down to the ground to block, Smalling subconsciously opened his arms slightly in order to protect himself.

Therefore, Smalling cannot be blamed for this goal, he can only blame himself for his bad luck.

And Juventus' first penalty taker is naturally Pogba.

Juventus' No. 10 stood in front of the ball, performed a classic series of small steps to run up, and then completed it in one fell swoop!

One to zero! After scoring the goal, Pogba immediately rushed into the goal, picked up the ball and ran back.

Whether it is leading Juventus to defeat his former club Manchester United or defeating Ling Feng, it is very important to him!

After the penalty kick opened the scoring, Juventus became more motivated and their attack became more aggressive.

As the formation pressed forward, Manchester United was forced to shrink its defense and launch a defensive counterattack.

Fortunately, under Mourinho's coaching, the team's ability to withstand pressure has improved significantly compared to last season.

Coupled with the relentless running of midfielders Kante and Herrera, Juventus was unable to easily break through Manchester United's tight defense for a while.

Instead, Manchester United stole the ball in the midfield.

However, Juventus, knowing full well that Manchester United's counterattack was sharp, adopted a foul tactic!

Once Ling Feng launches a counterattack, or other Manchester United players want to advance with the ball during the transition from offense to defense, they will be ruthlessly knocked down by the nearby Juventus players!
Although in just twenty minutes, Pjanic and Marchisio received two yellow sapphire war cards due to tactical fouls.

But this price is worth it.

If Manchester United launches a quick counterattack, whether it is Rashford, Ling Feng, or even Lingard, they have enough speed and impact to tear open Juventus's old Deng defense!

With Juventus players' rough and tough defensive actions, the rhythm of the game became somewhat fragmented.

And Manchester United players also felt the most tenacious and tough defense of this season for the first time!

Seeing Juventus like this, Ling Feng also played the role of the team commander, signaling the two wingers to retreat and shrink the formation to the half court.

His purpose is very simple, that is to let the opponent attack, and then they will seize the transition and counterattack!
Anyway, they are still leading in the overall score, so there is no need to fight to the death with the opponent.

Moreover, the midfield duo of Pjanic and Marchisio both received a yellow card.

If they dare to use fouls to stop Manchester United's counterattack next time, they will definitely receive a second yellow card and be sent off!
In that case, Juventus, who are one man short and behind in the score, will be in a desperate situation.

Therefore, in the next game, these two people will definitely be cautious.

Next time, he just needs to actively advance into the two people's defense zone during the counterattack. As long as the two people make a move, he will be able to commit a foul and make one of them be sent off!
However, this plan is very good and feasible.

However, he still overestimated his team's defense.
In the 34th minute of the game, Juventus saw that Manchester United's half was too crowded, so they returned the ball to the backcourt.

Bonucci took the ball, observed for a moment, and then made a precise long pass to Mandzukic who was in the same position as Bailica.

The Croatian striker used his strong body to lean on Bailly with his back, then jumped up and headed the ball to Pogba in front of him.

After the latter stopped the ball with his chest, he used a silky Marseille turn to get past Kante who was trying to steal the ball.

Then, he pushed the ball with his right foot and pretended to take a long shot.

As the long-range shot king in Serie A, Pogba, who has scored seven goals outside the penalty area this season, is definitely the most threatening player in Juventus.

Sure enough, everyone was attracted by his realistic movements. Center back Bailly hurried forward, trying to block his shooting angle as much as possible.

Unexpectedly, Pogba made a fake shot and then passed the ball with a flick of his ankle. The ball went straight between Bailly's legs and into the penalty area!

Higuain made a diagonal run and got a half-solo opportunity on the left side of the penalty area!
"Higuain!"

"Chance!"

Higuain didn't hesitate and fired a close-range shot with his left foot!

Fortunately, De Gea reacted quickly enough and blocked the near corner.

But the shot was so powerful that he didn't dare to catch it with his hands, so he could only punch the ball out with his fists.

As luck would have it, the ball flew right in front of Dybala who had sneaked into the right side of the penalty area!
Seeing this, the little fairy pushed the ball with her left foot without hesitation, and before De Gea got up for the second time, she sent the ball into the almost unguarded goal!

"The ball is in!"

"The goal was scored by Paulo Dybala!!!"

"Unbelievable! Juventus is leading by two goals before the end of the first half!"

Two to zero!
At the 2th minute of the first half, the scoreboard at the Allianz Stadium in Turin clearly showed "0:".

Thanks to Pogba's penalty and Dybala's follow-up shot, Juventus led Manchester United by two goals at home!
This score seemed familiar to fans of both teams.

A week ago at Old Trafford, the home team Manchester United also led their opponents by two goals in the first half.

Now, the situation is reversed!
There are still ten minutes left until the end of the first half.

If Manchester United continues like this, it will not just be a matter of conceding two goals before the end of the first half!
Perhaps before stepping into this stadium, no one, including Ling Feng, had imagined that Juventus, returning to their home ground, would be so powerful!

They are worthy of being the Serie A champion who defeated Barcelona 3-0 at home!

(Barca: You haven’t finished yet, have you?!)

Two consecutive blows made Manchester United players feel depressed and helpless.

An unlucky penalty and a goal from a rebound, neither of which was a great opportunity in the absolute sense.

But the opponent got in.

The two-goal lead was wiped out in an instant.

And the opponent also scored an away goal!

The balance of victory suddenly tilted from Manchester United to Juventus.

Could it be that their victory over their opponents in the last game was just luck?
Just as the Manchester United players were feeling frustrated, a voice rang out:

"Keep your head up!"

"It doesn't matter! We are only two goals behind, the game is not over yet!"

"Don't worry, we will definitely score a goal before the end of the first half!"

If someone else said this, Manchester United players might sneer.

However, the one who said such confident words was the number one player in the Premier League, the team's top player and super thigh Ling Feng who has scored 40 goals in all competitions this season!

You know, this season, they won almost all the games in which Ling Feng started.

Moreover, they have witnessed Ling Feng perform miracles to save the team more than once!

For a moment, everyone's inner depression and helplessness turned into full confidence!
Yes, we have Ling Feng!

How could we lose!

(End of this chapter)