Chapter 217: Attack and Defense

Juventus used a 4-4-2 formation for this game, and the midfield used a three-back single forward position: goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon; centre-backs Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci, left wing-back Evra, right wing-back Lichtsteiner; Marchisio, Pirlo and Pogba in the midfield positions, Vidal in the front; Up front, Alvaro Morata and Carlos Tevez are up front.

On the Dortmund side, the most commonly used 4-2-3-1 formation in the league is still Shen Peng's single striker, Klopp did not take any risks, after all, several previous attempts to improve the formation were not very successful.

On the offensive line, left midfielder Reuss, right midfielder Aubameyang, central midfielder Mkhitaryan; Defensively, Gundogan and Shaheen are the backs, and Piszczek, Papastathopoulos, Hummels and Schmelzer are the defenders; Goalkeeper Weidenfeller.

In this game, Klopp did not let Mbappe play, although Mbappe cooperated well with Shen Peng, but he still didn't think he could break through Juventus's defense, so he sent a more stable Reuss, after all, in the away game, as long as he didn't lose.

Judging from the lineup alone, Dortmund's side has lost most of it, and Juventus's defense line is almost the defense of the Italian national team, which can be called the best defense in the world at present.

Offensively, Vidal is a player with speed, excellent jumping, excellent defensive awareness, strong assist ability and good shooting skills, and Bayern Munich are said to be pursuing this player.

Alvaro Morata has excellent header skills, excellent sense of tackling, fast dribbling and sprinting, and is like a tower in the penalty area.

Tevez hails from Argentina and, like most South American players, has excellent foot ability, much like Maradona back then, and when handling the ball up front, he is unguardable.

Even in the face of such a strong lineup, Dortmund's players are like newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers, and there is no timidity.

As soon as the game began, Dortmund launched an offensive against the Juventus goal.

Starting from the right, the ball quickly fell to Aubameyang, who immediately took advantage of his speed and drove forward.

When he was brought to midfield, it was Pogba who was in front of him.

Pogba joined Juventus in 2012, won the European Golden Boy Award in 2013 and joined the French national team.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang didn't go toe-to-toe with Pogba, but before that, he split the ball and played it to Mkhitaryan in the middle.

There were many people in the middle, and Mkhitaryan also passed the ball directly to Shen Peng in front.

After Shen Peng took the ball, he was just about to dribble the ball, when he found a figure following him, and he fixed his eyes to see that this person had long flowing curly hair and a pair of eyes as if he hadn't woken up. He is none other than Juventus' defender Andrea Pirlo.

According to the pre-match information, Shen Peng also knows the strength of this midfield master, he is known as Da Vinci on the football field, organizational ability, scoring ability, set-piece ability is proficient in everything, although some fans criticize him for his soft style of play, not suitable for the back, but his defensive skills have improved for all to see, in addition, more importantly, he is determined and has an excellent leadership temperament.

A lot of information flashed in Shen Peng's mind in an instant, with his current level, it is not difficult to break through Pirlo, but once he does this, he will definitely lose the ball, because there are several players behind Pirlo who are eyeing this side, their position is very particular, Shen Peng looked at the past, no matter what way he is ready to break through next, the other party has the ability to cut off this ball - this is the defense of the Italian team.

So he tangled with Pirlo for less than two seconds before he immediately passed the ball back – he really didn't have a chance.

The ball fell back to Mkhitaryan's feet, and he also knew that it was difficult to break through the front, so he moved his feet, and the ball flew to the feet of Reuss on the left, of course, Reus took a few steps forward, and it felt like he was stuck in the mud, and in desperation, he passed the ball back to full-back Schmelzer.

In this way, the ball turned at the feet of the Dortmund players for nearly a minute, from right to left, from front to back, and there was no chance to attack.

Eventually, the ball fell to Vidal when Gundogan tried to make a long pass to Aubameyang.

Vidal got the ball and started to attack, and Morata immediately ran into the Dortmund box, for which Hummels of course kept a close eye on the defense.

When Vidal arrived at Dortmund's half, he suddenly passed the ball back to Andrea Pirlo when he was about to break through, and then he himself was like a nimble loach into the Dortmund lineup.

At this time, Pirlo suddenly got up, the ball crossed a strange arc in the air, knew the Dortmund penalty area, and found Morata as if he had eyes!

Alvaro Morata also ran towards the ball, and at the same time, Hummels also ran towards the ball, and the two jumped almost simultaneously in the entanglement!

Then there was a bang, the ball flew out of the air and the referee signaled for a corner, and it turned out that it was Hummels who pushed the ball off the line.

Klopp breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, if he had allowed Juventus to score at the beginning, this game would not have been easy, but fortunately Hummels has a lot of experience in defense, plus he is tall enough, otherwise this goal is really hard to say.

At the same time, he also quickly signaled to the players not to concede the ball easily, although Juventus is a team that pays attention to defense, their attack is not weak at all, and if they underestimate their attacking power because of their defense, they will suffer a lot.

Juventus' corner kick was ineffective when Dortmund were fully defended, and finally Weidenfeller punched the ball into the midfield and fell to the feet of Shahin.

Originally, a corner kick was an opportunity for them to counterattack, but when he was about to pass the ball to Aubameyang or Shen Peng, he found that both of them were followed by a Juventus player, and if he passed the ball rashly, he might lose the ball again.

After Juventus took a corner kick, they retreated to defend while ensuring that their defense was in order!

He's not an attacking player himself, he has his own position to defend, and with his own ability, it's impossible for him to carry the ball forward.

By the time he finally found a teammate to pass the ball, the Juventus players were already in position and Dortmund had no chance to counter-attack.

After this attack and defense just now, Dortmund's players had to calm down, slowly fall to their feet, and wait for Juventus' defense to show their flaws; And Juventus, like a patient hunter, quietly waits for the opportunity.