Chapter 284: Istanbul!
Nedved's goal sparked the excitement of thousands of Juventus fans who came to watch the game, and they gave the Czech ironman the warmest applause for a long time to express their excitement!
It has to be said that for Juventus, Nedved's goal can be said to be crucial - if the Czech Iron Man fails to score at this time, then the Bianconeri, who are 0-2 down at this time, will basically lose the last bit of hope to reach the Champions League final. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
And now, after Nedved pulled one back for Juventus, the situation has taken a subtle turn. With the aggregate score 1-2 and the first leg tied 0-0, Tottenham, who had a huge advantage, began to feel some pressure. Because if Juventus score another goal in the last few minutes to equalize the score, then the Bianconeri will knock out Tottenham Hotspur with more away goals and get a ticket to the Champions League final!
It was precisely because of this realization that after Nedved's goal, the faces of the Tottenham players could not help but become extremely solemn - they did not want to see the Bianconeri complete the reversal in the last minute after leading Juventus by two goals at one point, and lose the chance to compete for the Champions League title!
You know, in order to go far in the Champions Cup, Tottenham have paid a heavy price for losing the league leader. Therefore, with the opportunity to qualify for the Champions League final and compete for the Big Ears Cup, which symbolizes the highest honor at the European club level, they naturally have to go all out to completely stifle Juve's counterattack momentum!
Seeing the morale of the team after Nedved's goal, Capello hurriedly replaced De Jong with Tacinadi while the iron was hot, and replaced the underperforming Pierrot with Mutu - with the team still having a chance to qualify for the Champions League final, the realist Capello is not in the mood to consider the ideas of Moggie and Prince Zebra!
After all, leading a team is often the best indicator of a manager's coaching ability, and the same applies to Capello. However, what embarrassed Capello is that although after leaving AC Milan, he led Real Madrid and Roma to win the league title, and there is a high probability of winning the Serie A title at Juventus this season, but since losing to Ajax in the Champions Cup final in the 94-95 season, he has not led the team to even one Champions League final in the past ten years!
Although this was due to the fact that the format of the Champions Cup at that time was different from now, and the strength of the team was not good, in any case, when he was in charge of the peak Roma team at the turn of the century, Capello did not lead the team to the last eight of the Champions League once, which is really a bit unreasonable.
In fact, if it weren't for Capello leading the team to the semi-finals of the Champions Cup this season, I'm afraid those media would really label him a "civil war insider, foreign war outsider" hat!
Therefore, Capello is quite eager to make some achievements in the Champions Cup, in order to respond to these remarks from the media, and prove that he is still the gold medal coach of the year, and not the old guy like Trapattoni and Sacchi, who was eliminated by the times!
Although Nedved's goal gave Juventus a glimmer of hope of qualifying for the Champions League final, and Capello used Tacinadi despite Moggie's ban, Tottenham did not let the goal be thrown into disarray. In the face of the Bianconeri's onslaught in the final stage, George waved his hand and decisively ordered the team to change their tactical approach, slow down the pace of the game slightly, and return to the frequency they are most used to playing, rather than blindly speeding up the tempo on the field!
In George's view, it is obviously not a wise move for Tottenham to continue to speed up the game and Juventus to speed up the game when Davies is gone, which has led to the lack of a reliable starting point in the team's counter-attack, and the defensive hardness of the midfield has also dropped significantly. Because by doing so, not only will it not allow Tottenham, who have lost control of the midfield, to continue to take the initiative in the game, but it will also increase the frequency of their own mistakes, thus giving Juventus a chance to equalize!
To be honest, in this regard, George admires Zeman from the bottom of his heart. At the very least, the attacking maniac has the ability to lead Lecce's small ball to jaw-dropping attacking football, a hard-fought Juventus side, and even twice breached the Bianconeri, who are known for their solid style of play and defensive toughness, in the second meeting between the two sides this season. Tottenham, who are more than a step above Lecce, did their best, and their offensive performance in this game was only a tie with Lecce.
Therefore, in terms of how to regulate the pace of the game, whether it is George or his Tottenham players, there is still a lot to strengthen and improve in the future!
Tottenham returned to their normal rhythm and pulled everyone except Cristiano Ronaldo and Franck Ribery into their own half to defend, which was undoubtedly the last thing Juventus wanted. Time is running out and the Bianconeri must attack with all their might to have a chance to equalise before the end of the game, and Tottenham's approach has undoubtedly greatly increased the difficulty of Juventus' comeback!
Not to mention, with Ribery and Cristiano Ronaldo cruising in their own backfield, it will be difficult for Juventus to hit the ground running, and once these two young guys in their early twenties get the chance to counter-attack quickly and get the ball, then Cannavaro and Thuram, who are in their thirties, will never be able to catch up!
As the time passed under the anxious gaze of the fans on both sides, the battle between the players on the field has entered a white-hot stage, almost to the point where every ball must be contested!
In order to avoid accidents or chaos in the game between the two teams that had already killed the red eye, Friske had to stop the game frequently to calm down the players on both sides. However, the Swedes' efforts have obviously had little success - both Tottenham and Juventus players have only one thought on their minds at this time, and that is to win this game at all costs!
And so, when all the five-minute stoppage time had passed, and Frieske blew the whistle to announce the end of the game under the desperate gaze of the Juventus players, there were deafening cheers at White Hart Lane, the city of London, and the whole of England. At this time, they abandoned their respective positions, gave up the estrangement between each other, and all expressed their warmest congratulations to Tottenham Hotspur!
After a full six years, another English club has finally reached the Champions League final!
At the same time, the Tottenham players hugged each other excitedly after the whistle blew to celebrate the hard-earned victory and their qualification to Istanbul for the Champions League final!
Istanbul!
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