Chapter 459: Stand up at the critical moment
Juventus will not only use the combination between Tevez and Zhang Yuan to play one way, not forgetting that they also have Pirlo in the team, and Pirlo's long ball dispatch is also a very threatening way. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
In the 23rd minute, Juventus made a comeback, this time with a quick counter-attack, Juventus broke the ball at the back, passed it several times, and moved the ball to the right side, Lichtsteiner dribbled past Skylar and then passed a low ball.
Tevez didn't touch the ball in front of the point, Zhang Yuan volleyed directly sideways in the center of the penalty area, the power and angle of the ball were not good, but Dotour, an old man, talked about juvenile madness, and once again blocked Zhang Yuan's shot.
Zhang Yuan was disappointed again, it's good that this ball can be kicked like this, Tevez didn't touch the ball in front of him or interfered with him, and he didn't kick or kick away, so his reaction was fast enough!
Gabriel Jesus broke out in a cold sweat, it was so difficult to limit the opposition's two strikers, and the only hope was for Dotour to play bravely, his own defence was to try to compress their shooting angles, it would be unrealistic to let them not get a single shot.
Conte looked worried on the sidelines, Juventus' clear advantage is that the possession rate is slightly above the point, and there is a lot of time to hold the ball, everyone is good in the defensive formation, and their respective shots are not much, but now the most passive is that their team conceded a goal at the beginning, which is quite good for Benfica to keep this goal.
And Juventus are obviously unwilling to accept such an ending, they still need to score!
In the 35th minute, Juventus ushered in a good chance to score for the third time, this time Zhang Yuan took the ball at the front of the penalty area, suddenly accelerated to start, went down, and then swept Benfica near the bottom line.
Juventus definitely have a lot of chances, while Benfica's chances are not so good, they pay too much attention to the wings, and Markovic plays the role of a midfielder, most of the time he divides the ball between the sides, habitually making a fuss from the wings.
Soleimani and Rodrigo do it in two ways, either by breaking through and cutting inside the box from the wing, or by crossing from the wing.
Cardoso is very tall, but Juventus' backline led by Bonucci did not make serious mistakes, and Cardoso and Bonucci did not have the absolute upper hand in the duel, and everyone can only say that they are evenly divided.
Cardoso is very crucial to Benfica's tactical system, on the one hand, it goes without saying that he is a good goalscorer, and on the other hand, he is also very good at playing the ball.
Benfica's attack pays attention to the wings, the two wingers have the function of cutting inside, and their fullbacks press more frequently, Skylar's fullbacks insert assists are a sharp weapon in Granada, and the right fullback Pereira, when he debuted, was born as a fullback, short stature, fast speed, and accurate crosses.
When the two fullbacks press, Rodrigo and Soleimani will lean in the middle, plus the forward Markovic, and there are more than three Benfica players competing around the second point around Cardoso, so in terms of data in the league, Benfica's wingers are not less likely to score goals because of this, with Cardoso to play for them.
However, the effect of such a trick today was not very obvious, resulting in Benfica having a shot on goal, but there were not many absolute chances.
At half-time, Benfica temporarily led Juventus 1-0 at their home stadium, and Benfica have played Juventus four times at home in history, with three wins and one draw, and the fans in the stands seemed to see the dawn of a fourth victory.
Conte is very anxious, but he can't be anxious about the players, putting aside the slow heat conceding at the beginning, although there are not many shots on goal overall, Juventus's performance is acceptable.
"There are still 45 minutes to go, so don't be in a hurry! The mistakes at the beginning of the first half can't be repeated! We need to be patient, I'm sure we can get the score back in the second half!" he kept cheering up the players, and the Juventus players said that it was too fragile to lose confidence, but everyone thought that it was only 45 minutes!
At half-time, Conte did not make any personnel changes, and Jesus did not make any adjustments, he actually had people available on the bench, and Lima, the top scorer in the Benfica team in this game, was put on the bench, one because Lima had just recovered from injury, and the other was that Jesus did not think that Lima could cause more problems for Juventus.
Lima usually plays in Rodrigo's winger position, but he is not particularly fast, and physical confrontation is not an advantage, the strength is the excellent shooting skills, Jesus placed him on the wing in the league because he may be a bit of a disadvantage in confrontation, but as long as there is more space, he is a very dangerous player.
At the beginning of the second half, Jesus was the same old routine again, letting his players violently impact the side of Juventus, but this time Juventus was not so easily unlucky, and he had to pay attention to a lot of mental strength, and Conte had a warning.
And taking advantage of Benfica's characteristics, Juventus launched a counterattack instead, but unfortunately Zhang Yuan's attack was signaled offside by the linesman.
Benfica was much more honest and calmly grinding with Juventus!
In the 61st minute, Gabriel Jesus made the first substitution, allowing Lima to replace Cardoso, so that Benfica's attacking style was a new adjustment.
Lima had better technique at his feet, Cardoso didn't take advantage of the high ball, and Jesus had such a move, simply focusing on ground attacks.
In the 65th minute, he replaced Soleimani with Almeida, put Andre Gomez up front, and Markovic as a winger, with Almeida and Perez forming a central midfield combination.
Almeida is a versatile player who can play at full-back, midfielder and forward, and such a player is destined to have a more balanced skill set in all aspects and better defensive ability than Gomez.
Gabriel Jesus made two substitutions in quick succession, starting to switch to frequent crosses and ground passing, which would make Benfica less likely to lose possession and strengthen their defence.
However, not long after he made this adjustment, Zhang Yuan in the Juventus team broke out!
In the 68th minute, Almeida made a mistake in the midfield pass and was intercepted by Marchisio, who passed to the retreating Zhang Yuan, who took the ball, pulled the ball, inserted his foot, and shook Almeida.
At this time, Benfica's midfield and backfield were not fully inserted, and their formation had not had time to move forward at all, Juventus did not have many players on the offensive line, only Tevez and Zhang Yuan, but Benfica's defensive formation was relatively complete.
Benfica players probably didn't expect Zhang Yuan to be so bold, after passing Almeida, Perez, who was not far from Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan continued to advance with the ball, and the frequency of dribbling the ball at his feet was very fast, Perez cut in diagonally and tried to hit Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan protected his side with his hands, unmoved, and still controlled his ball at his feet.
The center of gravity was adjusted, and another acceleration was accelerated, throwing off Perez, Perez's figure was not as tall and strong as Zhang Yuan, but his speed was also very fast, after Zhang Yuan threw him away, Perez followed closely behind.
Garay, Perez, and Skylar formed a triangle encirclement, but Zhang Yuan dribbled the ball quickly, and they didn't have time to close the door.
Zhang Yuan took advantage of this opportunity to break through the defense line between Garay and Skylar, but suddenly changed direction and passed between Garay and Perez and killed directly in the penalty area!
Perez raised his hands because he was about to hit Zhang Yuan, and this gesture was nothing more than a sign that he had not committed a foul, but he was disappointed, Zhang Yuan ran away, ran again from under his nose, and he and Garay were both played.
In front of him is an open field, except for the tall Luisson, Luisson's target just now is Tevez, but now he is not going up to block Zhang Yuan immediately, but trying to form a tacit understanding with Dotour, not only to block Zhang Yuan's shooting angle, but also to prevent Zhang Yuan from passing the ball to Tevez.
But whether it can be done or not depends on the will of God.
When Zhang Yuan had the intention of going down, he was secretly happy in his heart, and moved up in the direction of the goal, and his steps were getting closer and closer to Zhang Yuan.
But was Zhang Yuan so easily sealed by him?!
Fake shot, real buckle, and then shoot!
The ball flew straight from under Louisson's dangling crotch to the far corner!
You think I'm going to pass the ball, tell you I can't, I'm just waiting for the moment when you stretch your foot.