Chapter 460: Juve's Small Moves

Louisson, who was a tall man, was caught off guard by the ball, which passed under his crotch quickly, and Dotour's position this time also caused him to be too late to watch the ball go to the far corner. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Tevez rushed forward at the far end and, when he expected the ball to go in, slowed his pace and watched as the ball drilled into the back of the net.

Zhang Yuan also stared at the ball after shooting, which was ideal, and the trajectory of the ball developed exactly according to his expectations and entered the goal smoothly.

Zhang Yuan opened his arms, rushed to the sidelines in front of the away stands, and knelt down, there were very few Juventus fans who came to watch the game away today, but they had been ignited by Zhang Yuan's goal, and when they saw Zhang Yuan rushing over, they cheered Zhang Yuan's name vigorously.

It was his personal victory, another time Zhang Yuan staged a solo ride on the pitch, and once again saved Juventus, who were at a disadvantage.

Conte also became excited because of this goal, it is too difficult to score a goal, the current time node is very good for Juventus, Jesus has just completed the substitution and intends to strengthen the defense, if it takes a little longer, with the decline in the fitness of Juventus players, it is foreseeable that it will be more difficult to score, now it is okay Although it is currently a draw, Juventus has an away goal, which is a good advantage.

Jesus can only secretly curse Almeida in his heart for his poor passing skills, no one is forcing you, you make a mistake like this, if this game is like this, Jesus will definitely regret replacing Almeida.

Of course, he will also blame the Benfica players for their collective distraction, and even several people?! Can this kind of drama be staged?! It still happened when the defensive formation was relatively complete, which is of course Zhang Yuan's super ability, but this is also the reason why the Benfica players are collectively distracted and hesitate!

After the restart, Conte instructed his players to slow down the tempo, and it was good for Juventus to get a draw now, and there must not be too many mistakes in attack to avoid giving Benfica a chance to counter-attack.

Benfica were much more aggressive, but Gabriel Jesus did not dare to let his side go completely, and it would be even more unfortunate for Juventus to score a second away goal and get a win.

In the 75th minute, Juventus got a set-piece in front, Pirlo passed the ball into the penalty area, and Chiellini, who was fighting for the top of the opposition half, was elbowed by Perez.

Originally, the foul was confirmed, but the key point was that the referee didn't notice it, so although Chiellini expressed his displeasure, Perez still escaped the red card.

Immediately afterwards, Juventus did not dare to show weakness, and Markovic, who was not in excellent physical condition, was also viciously tackled by Asamoah on the side.

The two sides fought again, the referee showed Asamoah a yellow card, Jesus yelled at his players, he expressed his dissatisfaction, the object of his dissatisfaction was why his players chattered, time was running out, there was no need to get into a fight for a card, you should hurry up and score!

Under his command, Benfica's players stabilized their minds, and in the last ten minutes, they boldly used the strategy of pressing high in the frontcourt, Conte replaced Tevez, and then let Llorente play, he did not let Llorente play the center forward position, but let Llorente continue to play Tevez's position, give Llorente a face, let him return to the defense to press.

Llorente's defensive skills are of course not very good, but fortunately, he is full of physical energy, has long feet and long hands, and can be used, and still plays a good role in the defense of the central midfield.

As for Zhang Yuan, he stayed in the front court to seize the opportunity to counterattack, but unfortunately Jesus is very concerned about his marking, and the back line will never be too pressed, even if there is a disconnect in the middle and back, but it is necessary to watch Zhang Yuan.

In the end, under the referee's whistle, the game was over, and Jesus' Benfica could only helplessly get a draw at home, which was not very good, but it was not completely without a chance to advance.

Speaking at his post-match press conference, Gabriel Jesus said: "It's certainly not what we wanted, but we still have a second leg and although Juventus will be stronger at home, we are still confident of progressing!" ”

Speaking about the game, Jesus felt that the team lost quite unjustly: "We played well overall! But let Zhang Yuan take the ball at will, this is really undeserved, our players need to keep paying attention on the court at all times, otherwise they will definitely suffer the bitter fruit, today is a good example, I hope we will not have such a mistake in the next round, in short, today's loss is a bit wronged! ”

Both teams played well in the midfield and back, in fact, Benfica only got 10 shots today, while Juventus were not as good as them with 9, which shows that everyone is very cautious in such a battle and focuses more on how to stop the opponent.

Benfica also didn't play the attacking style they were good at.

Conte called it lucky in his post-match evaluation, "Of course it's very difficult to play at this level! And today's game illustrates that very well, I said before the game that it was going to be a tough game! They deserve respect, they did well at both ends of the pitch and we could have threatened more chances in this game, but we were lucky to get a draw! Anyway, the result is acceptable for us, and the next round will be decisive! ”

Zhang Yuan also accepted an interview with reporters after the game, and the focus was of course on his solo breakthrough.

"Is this ball pretty?! I think it's okay! ”

"I didn't think about anything else, I just wanted to take it and I was lucky to score it! A draw is also important for us! ”

The Juventus team did not return to Turin on the day of the match, but continued to stay in Lisbon for the night before returning to Turin by plane the next morning.

The story about this game does not end there, Chiellini said after the game that the elbow, Perez is the main midfielder of Benfica, Juventus began to find a way to hit the opponent at this time, they filed a complaint with UEFA, submitted relevant materials, proved that Perez was a malicious foul, and asked UEFA to intervene in the investigation.

The referee on duty for the match did not actually mention it in the match report, and UEFA needed time to confirm and ask questions.

It wasn't until the day before the second leg that UEFA asked Benfica to investigate Perez's elbow attack, a move that caused strong displeasure from Benfica, and Benfica vice-president Cerfan said in an interview with Milan Sport newspaper that he was angry with UEFA, "UEFA wants Juventus to reach the final and lift the title, especially given the commercial interests, there is no doubt about that." They would like to see a traditional giants play in Cardiff in the UEFA Super Cup, but Benfica are also giants. Benfica are in sixth place in the UEFA standings, as evidenced by this. If you only think about the on-field factors, then football is a wonderful sport. However, if football is dominated by off-field interests, then the so-called charm of football is not worth mentioning. ”

The statement is quite impressive, and it makes people think about it, saying that the current president of UEFA is Platini, who is a famous Juventus legend, and it is hard to believe that there is no cat in it, and it took a few days to notify Benfica of the investigation.

Juventus met Sassuolo on Sunday night, which is an away game, Sassuolo are currently in the third from bottom and the situation is critical, if they don't do well, they will be relegated, and the only consolation they have now is that Chievo and Bologna in front of them are about the same number of points, with Bologna and Sassuolo on the same points, and Chievo is only two points above them.

There are still four rounds left in the league, they still have a chance, Zhang Yuan did not play in this game, it was not Conte who arranged for him to take a turn, but his daughter was hospitalized with a fever the day before the game, he must have to take care of his daughter, asked the team for leave, and did not travel with the team.

However, his absence didn't make much of a difference, with Carlos Tevez and Llorente both in good form, scoring a goal each in this game to help Juventus win 3-1 at Sassuolo.