Chapter 714: .714 The only remaining master

Juventus Arena, the first round of the Champions League quarter-finals whistle to start!
Situ Yunbing led his team to play away in the Champions League. The goal has always been clear: an away goal must be scored!
This is the extra advantage that the rules give away goals.
When Juventus played cautiously at home, Liverpool began to become relatively active and strong.
In the 3rd minute of the game, Coutinho encountered multiple players in the middle of the front court. He quickly knocked the ball back to Casemiro, who then passed the ball diagonally to the right to find Mbappe.
The French genius tried to pass directly in front of compatriot Evra, but just after Evra dropped, Chiellini expanded the defensive range to help defend to the wing to control the ball first, while Evra was also interfering The start of Mbappe accelerated.
Mbappe's state has fallen back recently. This is a normal phenomenon. He was replaced in the last league game, but Situ Yunbing still gave him a high level of trust. The starting qualification for this game is proof.
For a 16-year-old star, he does not lack skills, speed, physical fitness, but lacks experience.
Juventus is not a team represented by bravery and fierceness. They are more like a model of old crafty and cunning. In terms of experience, especially defensive strategy, they can be called the top representatives of European football.
They are just a bit outdated in the format, slow pace is already the label of Serie A, and even the impact of Ligue 1 like Monaco can't match.
But slow has its advantages, especially in Serie A, which advocates chain defense.
In the previous wave of defense, when Chiellini assisted in defending the wing, Juventus's overall defense movement was obviously very tacit, and took the initiative to fill the gaps in the penalty area after Chiellini assisted in defense.
This is the advantage of Juventus, but also their capital based in Europe.
Compared with the 352 that Conte once admired, it has been proved in European football that they are indeed not as rhythmic as the top European teams in active head-to-head confrontation. At the same time, in containing modern wingers, the three-back system does have certain defects. Now in the Allegri era, Juventus has picked up the chain defense again, playing as slow and fast as possible, regardless of the east and west winds, I will stand still!
This wave of Liverpool's offensive failed, and Juventus's counterattack came quickly.
When Pirlo sent a long and precise pass in the middle of the backcourt, Tevez pulled the left side of the frontcourt and took the ball without waiting for Azpilicueta to grab the ball. Morata.
Kanter rushed to counter Morata. The Spanish striker pulled the ball back and then tapped the ball horizontally. Vidal quickly followed up and continued to push the offense. When Casemiro blocked him , Vidal knowingly passed the ball diagonally to the left of the penalty area.
Carlos Tevez made a quick cut inside to follow up, and wanted to take the opportunity to sprint the ball to speed into the penalty area, but he did not pass Van Dijk!
At the moment Van Dijk completed the steal, many Juventus fans hugged their heads and sighed.
If Tevez was in the past, it would be single-handed!
Situ Yunbing nodded slightly, not only satisfied with Liverpool's defensive performance, but also recognized Juventus's performance.
Allegri is a coach who knows the current affairs well, so it is not surprising that the fit between him and Juventus is very high.
Even if Juventus is playing at home, the posture is very low, so low that the offense only relies on two or three players.
And the smartest thing about his tactical design is that he didn't pursue the way of ground pass and cut, but to maximize the role of Pirlo!
Pirlo is so old that Pirlo is even one year older than Gerrard!
But now Pirlo, who is nearly 36 years old, is still active in the top arena. The reason is actually very simple. He is completely different from Gerrard's style that relies on more physical fitness.
In other words, ten years ago, when Pirlo was considered to be at his peak, did he rely on physical confrontation, speed and explosiveness, and dexterity to break through the rivers and lakes?
Do not!
What he relies on is the football IQ, the overall view, the rhythm of the game, and the skill at the feet like softness!
These skills based on the rivers and lakes allow him to still play a huge role in the team in his twilight years, because his pass is hard to buy!
When most teams have to attack for 20 yards in the past half of the game, 3 or 4 players are required to pass the ball to achieve this effect, while Pirlo only needs his teammates to run out of space and then pass the ball to achieve the same effect. When it comes to effects, there are only two words to evaluate such players, master.
Allegri let the team lower their stance in order to let Liverpool take the initiative to attack and press up. This will allow Juventus forwards to have time in the frontcourt when they can move, and then in the counterattack, Pirlo can kick the long distance. His pass hits the counter-attack to the front line for the first time!
Then the rest of the work is done by the strike team.
I have to say that this kind of play still poses a certain threat to Liverpool. In a sense, Liverpool's frontcourt oppression and anti-grab is lost.
Most of the time, Liverpool's anti-robbing pressure will make opponents make mistakes, which will lead to Liverpool being able to quickly regain the ball and continue to launch a fast attack!
In the 7th minute of the game, Liverpool made a quick pass in front of the match. Casemiro knocked the ball across to Kanter in front of Marchisio. The latter quickly shifted the attack to the left. Robertson assisted the ball and drove straight in. Lich Steiner’s defensive attention was on Gareth Bale. When Pereira rushed to intercept Robertson, Gareth Bale moved inside and Lichsteiner defended the inside line, but what he didn’t expect was Robertson made a straight pass along the wing to send the ball out, Lichsteiner turned and looked back, and suddenly saw Lewandowskira respond!
Just when Lichsteiner was hesitant, Lewandowski knocked the ball across the penalty area from the sideline.
Gareth-Bernache led the ball and faced Bonucci and turned to the right to smash the ball. Bonucci was not completely passed. At the same time, Gareth-Berne didn’t feel good when he took the ball to the right foot. , So he knocked the ball diagonally back to the top of the penalty area.
Coutinho quickly pushed forward to get rid of Pirlo, Marchisio still had some distance back to the defense, Chiellini immediately stepped forward to block, but Coutinho still blasted the ball first!
The football goes straight to the bottom right corner of the goal!
Seeing that the ball is bound to be scored, Buffon's left hand appeared on the line of the football flight, and Buffon, who swooped deep in front of the goal line, blocked the ball with his left hand!
Buffon, who completed a world-class save, stood up calmly and tightened his gloves again.
"Wow! Buffon made a wonderful save. Coutinho couldn't play better with this ball, but he still couldn't beat Buffon's ten fingers!
The Italian goalkeeper defended Juventus' goal with a wonderful save! "
Situ Yunbing sighed softly, and it was a pity that the goal had not been scored.
Buffon's wonderful saves will inevitably be the highlights of the game. In today's European football, Buffon is still the world's number one goalkeeper!
Even in the new generation, Neuer, De Gea, Ter Stegen, Courtois, and Navas of the Mesozoic appeared.
But among the gods, Buffon is still the most awesome!
The top goalkeepers actually perform similarly most of the time, but the difference is who is more stable!
Every week, I browse the performance of these goalkeepers. It is not who has conceded how many goals, but who has made low-level errors. Other goalkeepers’ low-level errors have become a hot topic in the media. Feng is very few, almost invisible, but according to his age, it is estimated that he will fall into the altar in one or two years.
But according to the duration of his peak period, it is definitely the position of the gods in the history of European football, occupying the position of Italy for more than 12 years!
Juventus may indeed look inferior to Liverpool in terms of overall strength.
But combined with technical and tactical confrontation, Juventus still has the power to fight!
It was Buffon who held the Juventus bottom line, and Pirlo had the offensive engine. The rest depends on the performance of other players!
In the 13th minute of the game, Pirlo sent a slanted pass from the backcourt to make the assist Lichsteiner comfortably speeded up the ball and hit the offensive danger zone in the frontcourt. Faced with Robertson and Lichsteiner. Directly pass the ball diagonally close to the front line of the penalty area.
Morata quickly jumped in and grabbed the ball before Coulibaly returned to the defense. When he stopped the ball and adjusted, Coulibaly made the ball. Morata made a gesture to kick the ball back, but the ball changed to the bottom line. Coulibaly was swayed out of the cross line by him, Morata no longer hesitated, and sent a pass.
Tevez followed up to grab a spot in the middle, and Ter Stegen attacked and punched the ball first!
"Ter Stegen's decisive attack failed to allow Tevez to seize the opportunity!
Juventus's offensive is indeed very sharp!
It can be said that Juventus bypassed Liverpool's midfield blockade!
Pirlo's pass is crucial! "
Kanter and Casemiro were somewhat helpless.
In order to maintain pressure, they must keep a certain distance from Juventus's midfielder, Pereira, Vidal, Marchisio, so that they can immediately step forward to steal when they try to catch up!
But in this way they stay away from their own restricted zone!
This has led to Pirlo’s long-range pass and it’s very difficult for them to immediately return to the defense to form an interception, but if they take the lead in retreating, Juventus’s midfielder will let in as long as they can follow up Liverpool's defense fell into passive instead!
Since the middle lane followed up and formed a side-to-center combination, then the offensive-derived changes have more possibilities!
The key is Pirlo's pass!
This is the superiority of organizational ability. Maybe it's not a threat to pass the ball, but it makes the team's offensive pattern a threat!
It is undeniable that the superstars from the end of the 70s to the pre-85s are more dazzling in their quality than those of the post-85s, and there is a gap in their level. Among the superstars of the post-85s, although there are Messi and Ronaldo that challenge the legendary status of football history A superb character, but you can hardly see a second star who can match Zidane, Xavi, Pirlo, Maldini, Nesta, Nedved, Carlos, Ronaldinho, etc. The new superstar.
It is no exaggeration to say that Zidane’s retirement in the World Cup final in 2006 was the prelude to the ten-year retirement of world football masters. In the following ten years, the football masters retired. One is one less. By 2015, it can be said that the grandmaster-level stars are almost extinct!
A golden age is gone...