After time travel, I can only beat up the national football team

Chapter 122 Still Watching Me!

Lippi felt uncomfortable. After scoring the goal, that damn Davis, no matter how much he begged, he shamelessly took off his shirt as if he had just finished a dragon, and ran straight to the Juventus bench. She beat her chest and threw up her clothes in front of him!

This is so shameless, but the humiliation value is indeed maxed out.

At this moment, Lippi felt like he was about to have a heart attack, but he could only pretend to be expressionless and turned his head away from looking at the chimpanzee whose chest was covered with hair!
Naturally, the referee couldn't tolerate Davis jumping like this, and immediately stepped forward and showed a yellow card.

In 2004, FIFA officially wrote into the rules prohibiting "celebrations such as covering one's head with the jersey and running wildly and taking off one's shirt after scoring a goal". Of course, the referees will not be so harsh in the first year or two, but David Si's provocative stripping off this time will definitely result in a ban.

"Why is he so crazy?"

"No, isn't this just a piece of cake? Are you so excited?"

"Speechless, I can hit that ball!"

"..."

Davis's series of actions did not attract any praise for him. Who made him feel a little sick after eating the ball.

At this moment, commentators all over the world are praising Zhang Desheng's pass. He really fed Davis's stomach. Is this the kind of treatment his own son should receive?

Mourinho now also feels that with Zhang Desheng in the team, many games have become easier.

This is the case for today's game. After Porto took the lead smoothly at the beginning, they can directly switch to the tactic of luring the snake out of its hole.

Their defense is not as stretched as the Macau team at this time. It is easy to be overwhelmed and unable to counterattack.

Porto's defense is even very oppressive, especially after the addition of Demichelis, which improved the defense's athleticism and ball-handling ability.

Now that their defense has become very aggressive, Demichelis and Carvalho also have the ability to launch long passes directly from the backcourt.

In the 16th minute of the first half, when Carvalho was passing the ball back and forth with his teammates in the backcourt to lure the opponent, he suddenly discovered that there was a loophole in Juventus' three-man midfield, so he fired a long pass directly in front of Zhang Desheng. .

Zhang Desheng once again followed the pass and completed a breakthrough. Then he was tackled by Appiah in front of the penalty area. Not only did he get a free kick, but he also gave Juventus's midfield defensive general another yellow card.

The position of the ball was not very good, so Zhang Desheng naturally did not shoot, but passed the ball into the penalty area.

With his explosive power of 93 this season, McCarthy really broke out from the crowd and completed the shot. However, his 86 shot was not superb enough, and the ball was directly picked out of the crossbar.

"Hey, if Eto'o had this ball, right?"

Zhang Desheng now somewhat regrets not persuading the boss to add an extra 500 million to buy Eto'o in the summer. McCarthy is still a little weak when it comes to the competition!

But this shock still made Juventus dare not press easily, and even did not dare to invest too many troops in the attack.

This made Porto's defense more stable, allowing Juventus to complete only 5 shots in the first half.

"We are so awesome!"

After the Porto players defended a perfect first half, everyone couldn't help but have this thought in their hearts.

But this is not to get carried away, but to make the self-confidence born from within more stable.

This kind of self-confidence in a strong team is not easy to form. It is a temperament that truly believes in one's own abilities, so that every move can be done with ease.

This kind of aura poured out by victory makes it easier for them to spot opportunities when the wind is going well, and they are still confident when facing adversity. Even when they are still lagging behind in the last few minutes, they can calmly look for opportunities and firmly believe that they can turn defeat into victory.

Don't tell me that this kind of self-confidence is useless. When it comes to a tough battle where the two sides fight fiercely until the last minute, they are likely to win at the last minute with this tone.

After watching the first half, Lippi knew that Porto's defense had completely evolved. It was impossible to expect them to make mistakes on their own initiative. The only way to make a comeback today was to take risks and force the opponent to make mistakes.

But this kind of thing is usually relative. When they invest more troops to force the other party to make mistakes, they will become increasingly empty behind them. In the end, they are not sure who will make the first mistake.

However, it's no good if they don't take risks. At least they have Buffon to rely on, and the room for mistakes is bigger than Porto.

Therefore, they must take risks in the second half. They cannot let Porto win at home, otherwise they will be passive when they return to the Alpi Stadium.

Porto also guessed that Juventus would give it a try in the second half, and would probably only start to exert force in the last 20 minutes, because this would not leave too much time for the opponent to prevent the opponent from seizing the opportunity to counterattack. After the score expanded to 2:0, they took advantage of the situation and scored an even more disparate score.

Mourinho even counted the time for Juventus to launch a large-scale attack, but he still did not dare to take the lead in the first two 10 minutes of the second half.

Although doing so may allow Juventus to seize the opportunity to score goals due to lack of preparation, it will also increase the risk of them conceding goals.

Mourinho feels that under the current circumstances, as the dominant side, they do not need to take such risks. It is better to focus on stability in this knockout match!

This choice was very correct, because it was Juventus who started the defensive counterattack at the beginning of the second half.The Italian even took the initiative to give up control of the midfield, giving Porto the opportunity to bombard him indiscriminately, with the purpose of luring Porto to attack.

But it's a pity that Porto didn't take the bait at all. Even if you retreat, I won't attack forward. At most, the position of the ball will be moved forward to the midfield, and it will become a non-stop ball in the middle and backcourt... ...and then rely on Zhang Desheng's personal ability to occasionally make a breakthrough, or pass a risky through ball or long pass to see if there are any flaws in Juventus's backcourt defense that they can catch?

This style of play made the Juventus players' mentality explode, because Porto did not take risks and let them seize opportunities.

But the uncomfortable thing is that Porto only relied on Zhang Desheng's wing breakthrough and McCarthy's speed. They had to tighten their spirits all the time and did not dare to relax for a moment.

But even then, he almost lost the ball again. In the 60th minute of the second half, Macica received a risky long pass from Deco and actually took advantage of Montero's clearance error to get a single chance.

Buffon, the leader of the Bianconeri, once again saved the team. He used his excellent agility and amazing save status to block as many of the opponent's shot angles as possible before McCarthy took off.

But the fact that neither goal was scored can only be blamed on McCarthy's feet not being strong enough. When he first faced Buffon, he originally wanted to pass the opponent directly... but after getting closer, he changed his mind because he was worried about the gain and loss and felt that passing the goalkeeper was too risky. ... Then let's shoot. The forward has an advantage in handling the single-handed ball... However, he began to hesitate about what method to use when shooting. He always felt that it was not safe and inappropriate to do so...

What McCarthy didn't realize was that every time he hesitated, one of the fleeting opportunities was lost...

In the end, when he missed several opportunities to score goals because of hesitation, he looked up again and found that he had no chance to shoot. Buffon, who had already seen through his psychological activities, took the initiative and threw the ball directly.

"Damn it, this is pure stupidity!"

Zhang Desheng had already followed up the ball on the right side. He felt that even if McCarthy turned around and passed the ball over, he would be able to make an arc and hit the far corner. He was at least [-]% sure of scoring the ball.

But you are really going to die if someone saves the ball like this, right?
At this time, Mourinho was also watching from the sidelines and slapped his thigh directly. How could this goal not be scored?

Well, even if we really can't score, it won't mean that someone will just throw the ball away, right?

This is simply a crime!

How can I put this? It can only be said that Buffon's position selection and judgment, coupled with his huge reputation, still put too much psychological pressure on forwards like McCarthy who have poor psychological quality.

Not only was he a loser, he was also scared to death!
That's why Zhang's victory is even more rare. When he gets the ball, even Buffon, who is mentally strong, is extremely nervous.

In the 67th minute of the second half, Zhang Desheng fired a volley from the outside of the right penalty area that no one expected. Buffon was unable to even make a save, because this kind of shot was completely outside his prediction.

But the football drew a strange arc. After bypassing a total of six or seven players from both sides, it actually circled back and finally hit the crossbar in the blind spot on the left side of the goal. Then it bounced downwards hard. The ball bounced off the goal line.

The hearts of the entire Juventus players and fans were almost ejected. In the end, Billind used a hook to kick the rebounded football out.

The ball was later replayed in slow motion. When the entire ball bounced, almost two-thirds of the ball had crossed the goal line.

But according to the new rules, the ball must cross the goal line as a whole to be counted as a goal, so there is no misjudgment!

After Juventus was frightened twice, how could they still have the energy to fight back!
Lippi didn't dare to let the team take risks anymore. Porto was obviously in a much better state than them, especially the Chinese genius who could make them drink whenever he got the chance.

They were lucky not to concede a goal. In this case, 0:1 is not unacceptable. Taking the risk would probably be a worse outcome.

Juventus' plan has changed, and they are simply preparing to return to home court with a 0:1 score before making any plans.

Of course, Mourinho soon saw that Juventus was going to fight to the end, but he did not dare to risk the team attacking because a 1:0 victory at home was already a 90-point result.

Although they didn't win many goals, it was still a complete victory!
The most important thing is that they did not allow the opponent to get precious away goals, which means that they can continue to play defensive counterattacks on the road.

This advantage is already huge, and there is no need to take any more risks.

In the end, Zhang Desheng kicked a well-positioned free kick off the crossbar in stoppage time, and the final score of the first round between the two sides stayed at 1:0.

"such a pity!"

Zhang Desheng lamented that his ball handling was really bad today. He hit the post once and missed the ball three times. Coupled with McCarthy's criminal one-on-one, he still had to do the work of a forward himself.

Can McCarthy play as a forward in the Champions League knockout rounds?

Of course not, you don’t have the ability to know!
Mourinho also felt that McCarthy should not be trusted. Although he was in amazing form in the league, he still felt a bit weak when it came to the big game.

So he replaced McCarthy in the 70th minute of the second half, and then asked Zhang Desheng to return to the front line.

But at that time, Juventus had already begun to change their minds and move the bus. No matter how good Zhang Desheng was at seizing opportunities, he would never be able to score against a team like Juventus.

Although, he did make Buffon's palms sweat, because he couldn't guess how the Chinese would handle the ball. Many times, he was shocked to find that he couldn't predict at all?
Zhang Desheng may not have noticed today that he is actually very restrained by a goalkeeper like Buffon who has perfect positioning and positioning.

But it's a pity that he was not close enough to the goal today. Mourinho really shouldn't let him play on the wing again, otherwise today would definitely be more than 1:0.

(End of this chapter)