Chapter 462: Conte's Sustenance
Benfica's positive actions after the opening kick-off showed that they did not want to treat the game with a conservative attitude at the Juventus Arena, which was speculated by Conte, who recycled the formation deeper after the opening. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Vidal's presence can greatly improve the defensive interception ability in the middle, but Jesus clearly has 424, the concentration is on the wing, and their pressure is very resolute, and the full-backs will follow the full-backs forward according to the situation.
The presence of two strikers in the middle still held back most of Juventus' defensive energy in the back three, and Juventus' wide defence was far from solid.
All Juventus can do is slow down the tempo of the game when they get possession, and Gabriel Jesus is intent on using the high tempo to attack Juventus' wings.
The advantage of Juventus is that the ball is controlled, but in the attack will encounter trouble, no matter who attacks actually wants their pace to be fast, but today Juventus's task is not only to score, but also to the ball can not be arbitrarily conceded, the speed of the attack is deliberately slow.
Gabriel Jesus has a few brushes, and their strength in the middle is a little weaker today, which is more than Juventus, Perez and Amorim are more in the task, in order to make up for this lack, Jesus requires his players to be able to attack and be more active when retreating.
Therefore, the slow-paced Juventus met Benfica, who was actively defending, and the threat in attack was not very great, and of course, Benfica's side impact has not yet created any absolute chances.
In 20 minutes, everyone was a stalemate, Zhang Yuan and Tevez were not very active in the front, which was the reason for the tactical restrictions, Juventus played too cautiously, and the forward insertion of the midfield in the past was a sharp weapon in attack, not only to rush into the box to shoot, but also to contain the purpose.
But today they have a lot less plugging in the back row, and the pressure on Tevez and Zhang Yuan is naturally heavier, and there are really not many opportunities to get them.
There is also an implicit thing in this, Conte's status in the team has been in full swing since the beginning of this season, in the first two seasons he was Zhang Yuan as the core of the attack, and the ball in the front court was passed to Zhang Yuan's feet as much as possible, but this season Zhang Yuan was absent for a period of time in front of him, and the performance of Tevez and Llorente was very good, Juventus's attack was more integral under Conte's tuning, Zhang Yuan's role was lowered, although he still scored a lot of goals, but the tactical role was obviously not as good as before, Zhang Yuan himself also had this feeling, but he didn't say anything。
In the 26th minute, Juventus's attack in front was cut off, and Benfica immediately played a quick counterattack, although Juventus did not have many offensive troops, the center and back still maintained a relatively solid position.
But Benfica was quite willing to invest in the counterattack, Bonucci didn't have time to foul, Rodrigo quickly distributed the ball to the side, Gaitan drove straight with the ball, and before Chiellini blocked, a low-altitude diagonal pass, bypassing Barzagli in the middle, and Lima followed up with a catapult behind!
Buffon certainly didn't have anything to do about such a goal, so he was sent to the net by Lima, and Benfica, who were playing away, actually scored first, and they successfully recovered the disadvantage!
The red camp in the corner of the stadium erupted in a huge cheer, and their voices finally overwhelmed the Juventus fans at this moment.
Gabriel Jesus excitedly hugged his aides and celebrated the goal, his attitude was very resolute, and he obviously paid more attention to attack than to defend, although there was not much effect in front, but with this goal, the risky set-up was worth it, very worthwhile.
Conte felt helpless about conceding the ball, Benfica's pass was too fast, three times two divided by five quickly tore apart Juventus's defense, and Juventus's players had no problem in position, but compared to concentrating on defense, the gap between the players was not small, giving Benfica a chance.
As soon as the goal was scored, Gabriel Jesus immediately re-made a tactical adjustment, Gaitan's position was moved to the middle, Rodrigo played in the center position, Lima and Markovic were separated on either side, and the formation changed to 433 again.
Gabriel Jesus, who was not very good defensively, began to play resolutely on the counter-attack, setting up a bus in his own half.
This one Benfica really surprised many people, and then Juventus's nightmare began, in the face of the big bus team, Juventus needed to score, but under the dense defense and Benfica goalkeeper Obarak's excellent performance, Juventus's attack was futile again and again.
This time the field is a bit strange than Jesus's line-up, Dotour, who performed well in the last game, did not start, and he sent Oblak, Obalak actually belonged to Benfica in the past few seasons, and has been loaned out by Benfica, after returning to Benfica this season, he is at the bottom of the competition with Dotour, but he has also got a lot of opportunities, after all, Dotour is older, Benfica must plan for the next step.
At the end of the first half, Juventus temporarily trailed Benfica 0-1 at their home stadium, and conceding a goal at the Stadium of Light last time may not have been a big deal, but this time on their own home turf such a score really pushed Juventus to the brink.
Conte didn't make any special arrangements at half-time, he just cheered for the players.
In the second half of the first half, Juventus ran out of tricks, with Zhang Yuan and Tevez both trying to change the game with their individual abilities, but both failed.
What else can Conte do?!All he can do is send Llorente on the pitch at the right time in the second half, so that Juventus have an extra point of support up front.
After the start of the second half, Benfica went their own way, still resolutely put their own bus, Juventus attacked in a hurry, they were ruthless, with the price of fouls to stop Juventus's attack, breaking the dense defense is not a problem for Juventus, this is simply a worldwide problem, when Benfica is not weak in itself to use such a trick, just like Juventus last year in the face of Barcelona and Bayern, even if the opponent is strong, it is difficult to get cheap.
Time is losing minute by minute, and the Juventus fans in the stands are needless to say how anxious they are, they still cheer for the team with one song after another, and the most sung is actually the song to Zhang Yuan.
At this time, they especially look forward to Zhang Yuan being able to stand up at such a moment!
But Zhang Yuan can't stand up, it is impossible to perform a miracle in every game, Benfica is not frightened in the away game today, but because it is away they have been stimulated to the energy of the defensive end, Zhang Yuan has also been broken three times when he dribbles the ball.
In the 67th minute, the situation on the field changed, Perez, who was not punished by UEFA, was blown a second yellow card by the referee, accumulating red cards and leaving the field, although this penalty caused strong dissatisfaction from Benfica up and down (in fact, there is no big controversy, but who wants to play one less, Benfica itself is in a passive state, and Perez is a defensive titan in the midfield!), but the game still has to continue.
Juventus were given 11 men to 10 men, with Gabriel Jesus replacing Rodrygo with Almeida in the 69th minute to complement the midfield defence.
Perez's dismissal did not panic the Benfica players, but instead gave them a sense of hatred for the enemy, thinking that the theme of UEFA almost punishing Perez before the game and ensuring Juventus to the final made Benfica's defense more tenacious.
We just won't let you get your way!
Conte anxiously commanded the game on the sidelines, with a sad face, the clock was just over ten minutes left, and Juventus did not even show signs of equalizing, he felt that it was time to make adjustments, so in the 74th minute, he replaced Pogba with Llorente, and played 343 instead, and then replaced Vidal with Marchisio, who replaced Vidal because Vidal's physical condition was no longer ideal, and his position was more critical.
In addition, in terms of tactics, he also conveyed new instructions to the team, so that everyone could pass the ball to Zhang Yuan, let Zhang Yuan be the core of the wing, and make organizational breakthroughs.