Chapter 199: The True Test

"Sure enough, Juventus are really a tough opponent to play against. "Although George hopes that the team can get a win against Juventus today to further cement their advantage in the group standings, judging from the performance of the Juventus players after the start of the game, it is very unlikely that George will achieve this wish.www.biquge.info

As a standard Italian team, defense is naturally Juventus' specialty. Not to mention, several Bianconeri managers have been quite accomplished defensively, and the current manager Capello has built Juventus' defense like an impregnable wall. On this point, it can be seen from the fact that Juventus have conceded a clean sheet in the league so far.

It is Zeman, the head coach who regards the attack as his life, who has the ability to knock on the turtle shell of Juventus three times in a single game - for which Ajax also paid the tragic price of being scored by Juventus players four times.

Therefore, in this game, when the main defensive counterattack and the positional attack completely rely on the individual play of the front trident, it is really difficult for Tottenham to break through Juventus's goal!

"How is this possible?!" Seeing that his breakthrough was successfully stopped by the Juventus players again, Ronaldo's heart was full of puzzlement at this time, "Just a few of them, how could they prevent my breakthrough so easily!"

Although in terms of personal ability, these Juventus players who are opposite Ronaldo are not bad at all, whether it is Emerson, Nedved or Zambrotta, they are all in the squad in European football, but in the eyes of the young and vigorous Portuguese, relying on their increasingly sophisticated foot skills, it is not a matter of getting these old guys to take care of them?

As a result, after the start of the game, the reality was to give the pre-game confident Portuguese youngster a slap in the face, and also made Ronaldo, who was proud of himself in the Premier League, understand what it means to have someone outside the world. The reason why Zambrotta deliberately kept his distance from him was not because he was afraid of losing in a head-to-head confrontation, but because he was preventing him from breaking through directly from the right side; Emerson, who seemed to be moving slowly, was like a moving wall, firmly blocking his inward lane; as for Nedved behind him, almost every time, the Czech would retreat to the defense as fast as he could, and entangle himself while he was facing off against Zambrotta!

Like Cristiano Ronaldo, Franck Ribery is in the same predicament. However, due to Zebina's limited level and the fact that Frenkie de Jong and Camoranesi are not as clean as Nedved, the Frenchman is in a better position than Ronaldo - at least, Ribery can use his speed to create a few well-positioned set-pieces for the team, which Ronaldo can't do in the face of a top star.

Seeing that the team was at a stalemate in attack, Cristiano Ronaldo and Ribery were both at a loss for what to do, but George did not show much worry, but his eyes showed a little joy. Because only by exposing these young people to more things through actual combat can they thrive and move forward to becoming real stars!

And Juventus, which has the strongest defense line in Europe, is obviously the best whetstone that George used to hone these players!

Juventus' defensive line is strong in that it does not lack the ability to fight head-on, but also has enough resilience and elasticity, and the players have a lot of experience in the tournament. No matter what type of attacking player you face, you won't be blown up easily, let alone Tottenham's young people who lack game experience!

That's why players like John Terry and Rio Ferdinand are so much sought after in English football, because their presence has managed to give the Three Lions, who are more than tough in defence, more than enough flexibility to make up for the biggest shortcoming of the England national team at the back!

It's just that what everyone didn't expect was that after Uncle Seaman retired, the England national team, which had never worried about the goalkeeper position, would fall into a goal shortage, and the successors David James, Paul Robinson, Scott Carson and Robert Green were more buttery than one by one, and low-level mistakes were endless, wasting the good years of Terry and Ferdinand and others, resulting in the Three Lions never being able to make breakthroughs in international competitions, but becoming a laughing stock in the mouth of the media and fans again and again.

Juventus, with Gianluigi Buffon in front of the goal, clearly does not have such a problem. Cannavaro and Thuram have a clear division of labor between the top and the back, and although the full-back combination of Zebina and Zambrotta is not the top, they will not easily fall into one-on-one heads-up with their opponents with the help and protection of their midfield teammates.

Blocking, packing, compressing space, cutting off passes, Juventus' defence is not as visually striking as the Premier League side, but in terms of effectiveness, it is clear that the Bianconeri are superior.

Despite this, though, Juventus' defence is not invulnerable. For example, the height of the mini centre-backs of Cannavaro and Thuram is undoubtedly an opportunity that opponents can take advantage of!

Although Cannavaro's physical confrontation ability and bounce are among the best in the world, his height of 1.75 meters is a hard injury after all. Especially when encountering a strong center forward like Drogba with super-physical quality, Cannavaro will often expose many problems, which will inevitably bring losses to the team!

In the 25th minute of the game, Drogba, who blocked Cannavaro behind him, used his head to gently push the long ball sent by Evra to the feet of Xavi Alonso, who was inserted from the midfield!

After receiving Drogba's return pass, Alonso adjusted slightly, picked up his right foot and kicked the ball towards the bottom of the ball, kicking the ball directly towards the Juventus goal!

Or a lob shot from a full 30 yards away from the goal! Alonso's bold choice made the eyes of everyone present widen. After all, none of them could have imagined that Alonso would be so bold on such an occasion and shoot an imaginative lob shot!

Seeing Alonso's move, many Juventus fans also laughed at the Spaniard's ignorance of the sky, and thought that this would crush Buffon. However, when these people saw that Buffon was running from outside the penalty area to the goal in a panic, everyone's glasses shattered - God! How could even Buffon make such a low-level mistake and actually run outside the penalty area in the game!

Although Buffon was able to return to the defence as quickly as possible, in fact, he also knew in his heart that the chances of trying to save Alonso's lob shot were almost slim - you know, there are few goalkeepers in this era who are known for their speed, and Buffon is no exception. Therefore, in the face of Alonso's hanging shot, Buffon can only do his best to obey the fate of God.

However, just when everyone thought that Tottenham was about to score a goal, and even Buffon gave up resistance, a figure in a black and white sword striped shirt suddenly rushed to the door of Juventus, rose up with his back to the ball, and blocked the ball outside the goal line with a very difficult barb!

"Fabio Cannavaro! The moment the ball was about to cross the goal line, the captain of the Italian national team showed up in the right place to be there and help Juventus escape!"

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