Chapter 239: The first half ends

"Beautiful!! Luton's nice counter-attack!! ”

"The three players in the front court played together with successive passes, they completely opened up the space!! Faced with such a quick pass in front, Juventus didn't even have time to foul!! ”

Lightkinson shouted!

"It was another gap from Cannavaro's side, Griezmann raced from Cannavaro's side, went around in front of him and finished a goal-grabbing shot, compared to the fast Griezmann, Cannavaro was like a snail!"

"The great centre-back's physical condition may not be able to adapt to the professional game, and Luton's counter-attack was quite fast, and Cannavaro's weaknesses were magnified to the maximum under such rapid passes! The thirty-seven-year-old Cannavaro couldn't keep up with the pace of the game. ”

On the pitch at this point, Antoine Griezmann, who had just finished scoring, rushed to the corner flag area, and behind him, Vardy, Adam, and many more players rushed up!

Vardy pounced on Griezmann before Adam jumped up and pressed him down.

This was followed by Drinkwater, Kevin Keane, Adam White.....

They piled up like arhats!

Jeffrey also rushed up from the back line, he was the last to jump up, he put his hands on his teammates, then threw his head up and roared at the stands!

It's a roar from English One side Luton!

Juventus and Luton, one is a giant in Serie A and the other is a small team in England.

The roar of the little man knocking down the giant!

Luton Town celebrate their hard-earned goal at the silent Stadio Olimpico in Turin!

For this goal, Luton Town had been preparing for it more than a week ago!

The counterattack of the three forwards and Gao Bo wanted to implement the left hand for a long time, compared to the double forwards, the three forwards can make more effective use of the width of the field, and the kicking rhythm of the three players is also in the same channel mountain, and the three of them seem to be quite tacit!

Gao Bo was high-fived with his coaching team, and decided to use a new offensive tactic before the big game, which was quite a risky approach.

But this goal let Gao Bo know that they succeeded!

The connection between Adam Vardy and Griezmann, the combination of three agile and fast strikers, made Juventus's defense a little overwhelmed!

Not to mention the aging Cannavaro, Grosso's age is also there, Chiellini is a good centre-back with strong frontal defensive ability, but his mobility has always been his weakness.

On the other side, Cáceres was fast, but when Juventus pressed the attack, right-back Cáceres needed to step forward to assist.

Juventus have always had a tradition of 3.5 defenders - the so-called 3.5 defender, which is the tactic that former Juventus manager Lippi liked, simply put, one of the two full-backs pressed to assist, and the other stayed at the back to defend.

Obviously, in Ferrara's lineup, the older Grosso can no longer run up and down with such an extremely physical drain.

Three strikers, usually facing the opposing three defenders when counterattacking! Coupled with the cards on the equipment that increase the counter-attack efficiency by 15%, this is the capital of Gao Bo who can face Juventus away from home!

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The players were celebrating wildly on the pitch, with centre-backs Saul Campbell and Jeffrey rushing up front, and being able to lead a team like Juventus away from home was enough to drive all the Luton players crazy.

After Gao Bo high-fived the coaching staff, he did not continue to celebrate, but stood on the sidelines.

The players ended their celebrations and began to return to their own half.

Gobo pulled down the Luton players who passed by him one by one, and quickly explained what to watch out for the rest of the first half.

There is no timeout in a football game, so Gao Bo can't afford to waste such an opportunity.

After Luton took the lead, the opponent was sure to fight back, and Gao Bo planned to keep the score 1-0 until the end of the first half, of course, if there was a chance to counterattack, the team would definitely not give up.

And the premise of all this is to defend, and on the basis of doing a good job of defense, the opportunity to counterattack will come!

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After conceding the goal, Buffon fished out the ball from the door with some frustration, and then drove the ball out with a big kick.

The rest of the Juventus players were similarly depressed.

Before the start of this game, they thought it would be a very easy game, against a third-tier team, and it was indeed very difficult to reach the round of 16.

And the players also read the newspapers, and judging by the reports of the Italian media, the Italian media also agree with the information from the English side that Luton Town are not going to continue to invest in the Europa League. After all, the impact of the two-front battle on the team is too great, and the league is just a normal operation for Luton.

But the game was very difficult for Juventus from the start.

Originally, they thought that beating Luton Town was within reach, but at the beginning of the game, it was Luton Town who were the first to threaten, and then Juventus took control, patiently organising the attack in midfield, and the forward combination of Piero and Amaury also created some threats frequently.

Juventus is used to the rhythm of the game, and this team rarely plays big games, so even if there is no goal in the first half for more than 30 minutes, the Juventus players are used to it.

However, Luton's counterattack made it impossible for Juventus to continue the slow pace of the game.

Luton's quick forward pass picked up the tempo of the game, which forced Juventus to speed up the pace as well.

In Serie A, Juventus is mainly defensive and counter-attacking, and the three midfielders are not easy to get up, so the experienced Cannavaro is rarely exposed to the opposing strikers and is forced to play one-on-one with the strikers.

However, Juventus were clearly prepared to attack in the first half, so their midfield three also pressed up, resulting in Cannavaro having to face the onslaught of Luton's three fast and explosive strikers in quick succession.

The most depressed player now belongs to Cannavaro.

The former Italian captain and Ballon d'Or winner at centre-back level is now entering the final stages of his career.

After a series of attacks from the opponent's three strikers, the 37-year-old Cannavaro was a little overwhelmed.

I couldn't keep up with the pace and started to have problems with my fitness.

Cannavaro looked at the noisy stands and then at the greenery.

Maybe..... I've actually left this place...

Cannavaro even had the idea of retiring at this moment.

At thirty-seven, it's time.

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There is not much time left in the first half, and in the next few minutes, Gao Bo commanded the team to shrink across the board and enter the halftime break with a 1-0 lead, Gao Bo is still very satisfied with this result!

Ferrara is also aware of the predicament Juventus is facing.

Juventus are used to slow-paced games as several of the key players in their squad are not young. Luton, on the other hand, played a couple of quick counter-attacks.

The relentless counter-attacks kept the aging backline out of pace, and the backline lost its protection when it pressed the attack.

Ferrara knows why he conceded the goal, but now he doesn't care so much, even if he wants to adjust, he has to wait until the second half.

At the end of the first half, Juventus attacked again!

When time was running out of time, Amaury's role was revealed.

In the 44th minute of the game, Cáceres crossed from the right, and Amaury had the upper hand when he competed with Jeffrey for a header in the box.

Amaury's header almost equalised for Juventus, but the ball went just wide and hit the side-netting.

After this attack, the first half of the game went into stoppage time.

Luton Town also took the ball to organize an attack, Griezmann's long-range shot hit the defender and went out of the line, and then when Griezmann was about to go over to take a corner, the referee blew the whistle for the whole game before the corner kick was taken.

This made Gao Bo very unhappy on the sidelines, and he thought that the first half should not end until Luton's corner was completed.

In the face of Gao Bo's protest, the coaching staff did not respond, and for the referee, blowing a penalty for a game is also quite physically draining.

After the whistle blew, the players from both sides walked into the players' tunnel one after another.

At the end of the first half, Luton temporarily led by 1-0!