Chapter 956: Half of the Country
Spain occupy half of the Champions League semi-finals, but this season's Champions League group stage Group A also accounts for half of the country, which is Atletico Madrid and Juventus.
At the beginning of the season, Atletico Madrid and Atletico were placed in Group A, and Atletico Madrid's Champions League winning streak was ended by Juventus.
In the final round of the group stage, Atletico Madrid visited Turin, and Atletico Madrid only won one draw in that game, which also ended Atletico Madrid's cross-season winning streak, and the final winning streak was fixed at eighteen, but even if it was ended, Atletico Madrid's winning streak had already broken Barcelona's streak and became the longest winning streak in Champions League history.
Although the winning streak was ended, Atletico's unbeaten streak continued, and Atletico only drew with Juventus in the final round of the group stage, just counting that Atletico Madrid is now unbeaten in 23 games, and almost lost the second leg of the quarterfinals, but in the end it was Lin Dong's brace that came off the bench to pull the situation back.
"Atletico Madrid is really good, but the schedule is already in the semi-finals, and this kind of crucial match, when there is no difference in quality between the two sides, the victory or defeat is basically in half," Juventus coach Allegri told the media.
Allegri is obviously a little lacking in confidence, but this is normal, in the past two seasons, Atletico Madrid's results are obvious to all, not to mention Juventus, even any other team will be a little lacking.
"Juventus are a strong team, so for this game, I hope to take away a draw" Allegri is not confident and Simeone is low-key to collect character.
Well, it's not that Simeone is low-key, it's really the last game that scared Simeone, inflation is one thing, reality is another, although Simeone has been inflated, he can still see the reality.
What is Reality? The reality is that Atletico Madrid's strength is not superior, and it can not sweep everything, the main reason why Atletico Madrid can achieve the current results is that everyone has a heart and strives for the same goal, but now, Atletico Madrid's hearts have cracked.
Lin Dong can feel it, Simone can't feel it, recently this pair of generals who worked closely together in the past have rarely communicated with each other.
"Alvaro is a fantastic player, I was already feeling that when I was at Real Madrid," said Lin Dong at the pre-match press conference, about Alvaro Morata.
Previously, Morata said in front of the media that Lin Dong called him a lot when he was in Real Madrid, he was his teacher, and Morata will also start this game.
Alvaro Morata and Tevez, at the Juventus Arena in the evening, the starting lists of the two teams have already been announced, and in midfield, Pirlo, Vidal, Marchisio and Sturalo, Pogba is injured and has not been included in the squad.
At the back, with Patrice Evra, Chiellini, Leonardo Bonucci and Lichtsteiner at the back, there is naturally no suspense in the goalkeeper, and as long as Buffon is not injured, it will certainly be a starter.
For Atletico Madrid, Lin Dong and Mandzukic started up front, veteran Thiago started again in midfield, and the other three positions remained unchanged, Koke, Gabi and Turan.
At the back, Gamès started again, and although Siqueira has recovered, Gamès is undoubtedly more trustworthy in his current performances, as are the other three positions, Godin, Miranda and Juanfran and goalkeeper Oblak.
"This is the second time that Atletico Madrid have faced Juventus this season, and it is said that Atletico Madrid will meet a team in Serie A in the knockout rounds in both seasons, AC Milan last season, and Juventus this season."
"Juventus, as the team that ended Atletico Madrid's Champions League this season, will see if they can go one step further and end Atletico Madrid's unbeaten streak."
On the pitch, referee Atkinson from England has blown the whistle for the start of the game, and Juventus, who are playing at home, have the right to kick off.
Tevez played for Morata, who played a ball back to Vidal, who took the ball and kept it back to Chiellini's feet.
At the moment when Chiellini got the ball, Lin Dong rushed over, and after Tevez kicked off, Lin Dong rushed straight into the Juventus half and rushed into the heart of Juventus.
On the side, Juventus' two full-backs are quite good, Lichtsteiner is the best right wing-back in Serie A, and Evra is in good form despite his age.
It was Lichtsteiner who took the ball, but the latter did not carry the ball forward, crossed diagonally into the middle, and the ball went to the feet of Pirlo, and when the ball came to Pirlo's feet, Juventus' attack officially began.
Midfield masters, in today's football, there are very few midfielders who can be called masters, Barcelona's Xavi is counted as one, and Alonso, who now plays for Bayern Munich, is also counted as one, there is no doubt that Pirlo is also a midfield master, and even Pirlo's control of the team's rhythm is still above Alonso, on par with Xavi.
With Andrea Pirlo in control, Juventus began to slowly break into Atletico's half and finally had their first shot on goal.
After gradually entering Atletico Madrid's half to attract defensive attention, Pirlo kicked the side, Evra, the Frenchman inserted at high speed, Evra slowed down a lot as he got older, but this slowness is also relative, the Frenchman once climbed to the throne of the world's No. 1 left-back.
Gamès became the backdrop for Evra's breakthrough.
"Morata~~~Header~~~ failed to top the power, and the ball was directly confiscated by Oblak" It is said that some media have now called Morata Kobayashi.
Lin Dong is now very versatile, with both the role of a center and the ability to grab a striker, even the shortcomings of the past have been filled, and now Lin Dong is almost an inexplicable existence.
European football has exclaimed more than once that Lin Dong is a monster, and modern football has developed to this day, and there has really never been a striker like Lin Dong who is perfect in all aspects.
Morata is also all-round, after Lin Dong's teaching and influence in Real Madrid that season, not only that, but the current Morata will still consult Lin Dong, and Lin Dong even introduced Klose to Morata to know, so the current Morata is better than the one in the original history.
In the transition, Oblak kicked the ball in goal, Mandzukic stepped back to beat Vidal and headed the ball over to Thiago, who took the ball past half-court and distributed it to Koke.
It was the same full-back who stepped in and Koke picked up the ball and immediately stepped forward to draw the attention of defenders, with Juanfran smashing in from behind to deliver a cross.
"Oh oh oh~~~ Lin Dong ~~~ almost the same attack, header ~~~ Buffon ~~~ Atletico Madrid's corner kick" Compared to Morata, Lin Dong's header is full of power and the ball speed is faster, in order to be safe, Buffon chose to hold the ball out of the bottom line.