3.074 Departure
Birmingham were very lucky to win this game, with Cuomo holding Birmingham City with 76.1% possession in 90 minutes of regular time. If their strikers had been a little more capable of taking their chances, Birmingham would have had no chances at all. Pinamonti is good, but not a finisher, and Colidio doesn't have a similar goal percentage.
However, with Como's ability to earn, they can't afford the cost of a first-class striker, and even after the end of this season, this young Como team will fall apart, without Wenger's charisma, Como can be said to be unattractive.
It's no wonder that no one doesn't like to go to a bigger team, which means more income, more exposure, and a better chance of winning championships. Even Pirlo, Como's successor Arsene Wenger, went to AC Milan to coach, and Como, who is destined to be silent, has the capital to keep these outstanding young people. What Li Chengfeng can do is to use Birmingham's bigger platform to retain as many outstanding young people as possible and make Birmingham a new giant.
After the game, Arsene Wenger announced his retirement and his place will be taken over by the team's assistant coach Ranocchia.
With Arsene Wenger's retirement, that era is truly over. Looking back at that era, when the older generation of coaches Ferguson, Arsene Wenger, Heathfield, Heynckes and others complemented each other, I am afraid that now no one can still remember their former glory, which is really embarrassing.
Li Chengfeng also expressed regret and blessings for the retirement of the old handsome. messed up the retirement ceremony of the old handsome, and Li Chengfeng was also a little unhappy. However, the new generation has risen, and now it is Li Chengfeng's era. This championship is just the beginning, and Li Chengfeng is looking forward to competing with other best young coaches to become the king of the new era, both in the CM world and in the real world.
Next, let's use the Champions League three times in the CM world to set up an insurmountable monument for the latecomers.
Both teams fielded their strongest line-ups, but Juventus did not back down in the face of the aggressive Manchester City, and they took the initiative to press the formation forward en masse, hoping to squeeze the possession of Manchester City's central midfield in this way.
Juventus's positivity surprised Li Chengfeng, and Manchester City's possession core Klos also made two consecutive mistakes. But aren't they afraid of the counter-attacking speed of Manchester City's NSL combination?
Li Chengfeng also raised the defensive line, increased the midfielder's ball options, curbed Juventus' pressing, and pushed the battle line forward.
In addition to the overall strength, Juventus's frontcourt players' containment ability is much worse, Tehgart is already old, Morata's awareness is not enough, and it is not a little worse than Manchester City's NSL.
Allegri, who had tried to find things out of the way, immediately pulled Juventus back and tried to take advantage of the Italian team's good defense to find opportunities. Nostalgia and Alvaro Morata are not very good at interfering with City's ability to play the ball, but they are still good on the counter-attack.
However, Juventus' squad is flawed, their flanks are too weak and lack speed, which is the price of their use of Khedira Marchisio Pogba Pirlo's diamond midfielder. It is this style of play that Juventus do not have a real winger on the pitch, and the age of the two full-backs, Patrice Evra, and the roughness of Lichtsteiner, have led to a limited threat from the full-backs. Tevez and Alvaro Morata had to play in the middle on a number of occasions, and Juventus had to rely on Pogba's dribbling to move forward.
In comparison, Manchester City's two wings are playing well. For Juventus's wings, Manchester City's two wings did not have a lot of in-cut dribbling or retreating to receive the ball and dribble forward, but directly crossed or shifted to the other side in a wide range to pull the opponent's defense.
Juventus' diamond midfielders also lacked width defensively and were unable to defend against City's onslaught on both flanks, while the chain defence, while tough, could be devastating if they didn't get along. Reus broke through with the ball, attracting the attention of the Juventus man before handing the ball to the inserted Kolarov and cutting in to take away the defender. However, Kolarov transferred the ball to Neymar on the right side, and Barzagli, who was accustomed to the style of play of three central defenders, pounced directly on the side of the ball with the left back, and Bonucci behind him did not follow, resulting in a huge vacuum of "broken chain". Modric inserted into this area, received a pass from Neymar, and crossed directly with the instep outside the left side of the penalty area, Suarez pushed his left foot into the right side of the gate 9 meters in front of the goal, 1-0!
After falling behind, Juventus still maintained their rhythm and did not suffer, and the temperament of the old woman was unmistakable. But that's fine, Manchester City's same routine has come a few more times, and they have caused a big threat.
In the 8th minute, Neymar's cross from the left hit Lichtsteiner's left hand, and Turkish referee Chakir did not interrupt the game. In the 13th minute, Messi passed directly to the right side of the penalty area, Suarez knocked back, and Neymar's push shot from 12 meters in front of the goal was held up by Buffon with one hand.
In the 39th minute, Neymar passed Reus to be blocked by a defender, and Suarez's shot from 13 meters from goal was tipped off the crossbar by Buffon.
With the same routine, almost every time he almost conceded a goal, Allegri was unmoved, did he really think Buffon could block every shot from Manchester City?
At the end of the first half, Manchester City led Juventus 1-0, and the advantage on the field was greater than the score. But is Allegri capable of this? Li Chengfeng didn't believe it, and he felt that Allegri would definitely make a change in the second half.
However, Allegri does not have many cards on hand, nothing more than to step up the pressing, or switch to a strong winger. However, Juventus don't seem to have any good wingers, and perhaps pressing more is their only option. Li Chengfeng was looking forward to what Juventus would change in the second half.
In the second half, Allegri finally made a move, and Juventus' line moved significantly forward, and the number of troops invested in the counter-attack also increased significantly. Anyway, the defense is dead, so it's better to bet on it once.
Juventus' four midfielders have an excellent ability to take the ball and play the ball, and in front of Manchester City's defense, Juventus midfielders can always calmly play the ball and pass the ball forward.
Manchester City's forward formation moved forward and pressed on the spot, although Juventus's counterattack was limited to a certain extent, but once Juventus broke through Manchester City's defense, there was a large gap behind it.
In the 55th minute, Marchisio made a wonderful back-heel pass under the two-man defense, Lichtsteiner burst into the right side of the penalty area and made a low cross, Tevez turned and swept with his left foot 11 meters in front of the goal, which was blocked by Neuer on the ground, but Morata advanced the empty goal from 5 meters from the goal on the left side, 1-1.
Juventus, who tasted the sweetness, became more and more counterattacking, and even suppressed Manchester City on the field.
In the 63rd minute, Morata made a return on the right side of the penalty area, Marchisio knocked it cross, and Tevez pushed it high from 18 meters in front of the goal. One minute later, Patrice Evra crossed back from the left and Pogba half-turned and volleyed in from 20 yards out on the back of goal for Ter Stegen. In the 67th minute, Pogba leaned on Alves in the box and fell to the ground, but Chakir did not interrupt the game.
Li Chengfeng watched the excitement of Juventus' attack, but knew that Manchester City's opportunity had come. When it comes to counter-attacks, Manchester City's threat is much greater, and Juventus' squad is not very strong to chase back, and it is not easy to defend the counter-attack of a dynamic Manchester City.
In the 68th minute, Manchester City exceeded the score again! Reus counter-attacked on the left flank, none of the Juventus players could catch up with him, he successfully dribbled to the edge of the penalty area and fired a low shot that caused Buffon to get out of his hands, and Suarez pushed a half-volley into the net from the edge of the small box on the right, 2-1.
Falling behind again made Juventus coach Allegri sigh, he didn't know the problems Juventus would encounter if he insisted on attacking, but he had no choice but to concentrate on defense and lose even more temperlessly. Manchester City has no shortage of means to break down dense defenses, whether it is set-pieces, breakthroughs, headers, there is a set.
Serie A has long declined, and even the ability of the players in Serie A is not as good as Manchester City. If you don't have enough strength to win the game, you can only hope for luck, but today's luck is obviously not on Juventus' side, even in the 72nd minute, Neymar's header from 7 meters in front of the goal was ruled invalid, he still scored the winning goal in stoppage time, and the score of this game was fixed at 3:1.
At full-time, Manchester City won the Champions League for the third time in a row with a win over rivals Juventus. This is the first time that the Champions League has been restructured for three consecutive times, and even except for Li Chengfeng's Manchester City, no team has been able to defend the Champions League, even the previous Barcelona failed to do it.
However, for such big news, the media is more concerned about where Li Chengfeng will go next season. Li Chengfeng is now widely regarded as the number one coach, having won six top-flight titles, two Europa League titles and four Champions League titles in his 12 seasons. As for the other domestic cup winners, the Super Cup is too lazy to calculate. This also has to consider that Li Chengfeng coached a low-level league team in the first two years of his debut, otherwise I am afraid that it will be even more amazing.
Li Chengfeng naturally did not reveal his whereabouts, he just euphemistically said that he wanted to take a break, as for Manchester City, they can now pursue the football they want, and they only want to win football.
That said, the ripple effects of Mr. Li's departure will continue until he decides on his next target.
"Manchester City, missed the opportunity to be the greatest club. Those big clubs, hurry up and see who can become the next dynasty team. ”
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