Chapter 428: Buffon, a living legend
Ibrahimovic's goal changed the score to 2:1. At the same time, the aggregate score became 6:3. Juventus will need to score four goals in the remaining 25 minutes to qualify for the final. It's an impossible task. Juventus has almost been sentenced to death.
Manchester United request a substitution!
Replace Liu Yun, replace Ibrahimovic! Replaced by Juanmarta and Lindelof.
Mourinho's intention for this substitution was twofold. The first is to protect the two veterans Liu Yun and Ibu when the overall situation has been decided. So as not to lead to unnecessary attrition before the League Cup final, FA Cup final, and Champions League final.
Victor Lindelof came on to strengthen the defence. Jose Mourinho is now doing an experiment – an experiment with a back five. Against Real Madrid, he even wanted to play a defensive counterattack that he was all too familiar with!
When Liu Yun and Ibu left the stadium, as usual, the fans in the Dream Theater stood up and applauded the 46-year-old old lieutenant and the 36-year-old Ibu.
Manchester United's on-field lineup has changed to a back five. There is a saying in Huaguo that more monkeys have more than three points of strength. Besides, Lindelof is not a monkey, but Mr. 35 million euros. In the first leg against Juventus, he made a low-level mistake and gave the old lady a big gift. He came off the bench in this game and seemed determined to make amends. He defensively solid and a positive runner. Mr. Thirty-five Million seems to have regained the feeling of the game.
Juventus seem to have nowhere to talk in the face of Manchester United's back five tactics. For a time, the two sides once again fell into a stalemate. The game scene also became extremely ugly.
In fact, Mourinho's coaching style during his time at Chelsea was to not care about the scene, but only to win or lose.
As the minutes ticked by, the clock had reached the 87th minute.
Juventus organize the attack! Higuain won the ball in the middle and split the side of Cuatrado. Quatra cut inside and into the box!
At the critical moment, Mr. Lindelof dropped the chain again!
At the moment when Cuatrado crossed Mandzukizi, Lindelof swung his arm while defending and blocked the ball just right!
"Beep~~" The referee's whistle sounded.
Liu Yun, who was sitting on the sidelines, didn't see the situation on the field clearly, and thought that it was an offside position when the Juventus player attacked.
Who would have thought that the referee pointed his hand straight to the penalty spot!
Penalty kick! In the final moments of the match, Juventus won a penalty!
In fact, Lindelof's handball is somewhere between intentional and unintentional. It's hard to tell if it's malicious handball or not.
The referee blowing a penalty kick in this game is an excellent referee's art of judging.
If it were an ordinary referee, he might not dare to blow a dispensable penalty in the final stages of the game.
Good referees are different. Now that Manchester United's victory is decided, Juventus has already been pronounced a death sentence. Give Juventus a penalty, Manchester United, for their part, will definitely not dwell on the issue of this penalty.
Conversely, if this penalty is not blown. Juventus, the loser who is holding back the fire in his belly, may protest and even besiege the referee! Cause chaos! Of course, this is extremely unlikely.
What a good referee has to do is to reduce this extremely low probability to 0!
On the commentary bench, the big-mouthed Dunphy said: "Oh, Juventus got a consolation prize. The referee awarded them a penalty. This may be their last chance for this game. ”
Fat Bob said: "Juventus' first penalty taker in the league is Dybala. It is not known if the penalty was taken by Dybala. ”
On the pitch, Dybala and Higuain whispered a few words, as if to discuss who would take the penalty.
Then, Dybala walked to the penalty spot.
At this moment, the 80,000 Red Devils fans of the Dream Theater and hundreds of millions of fans around the world in front of the TV set were amazed!
The 40-year-old Juventus veteran captain Buffon actually ran from the back to the front!
The big-mouthed Dunphy said suspiciously: "Could it be that Buffon wants to take this penalty himself?" ”
Gianluigi Buffon played for Juventus for 17 seasons, and the veteran captain was the spiritual leader of Juventus. is also a well-deserved big guy in the locker room. He wants to take the penalty, neither Dybala, nor Higuain, nor even Bianconeri manager Allegri has any opinion.
Gianluigi Buffon, a veteran who has been fighting for the Champions League trophy for almost 20 seasons, came to the penalty spot.
It's a duel between De Gea and Gianluigi Buffon!
De Gea, 28 years old. Buffon, 40 years old. They are 12 years apart. On the football field, twelve years is a whole era! By the time De Gea joined Atletico Madrid's junior football academy at the age of 10, the 22-year-old Buffon had already played for the Italian national team for four years! It can be said that De Gea and Gianluigi Buffon are players of two eras.
This is a duel between the best goalkeepers in world football from two eras!
Fifteen years ago, 13-year-old David de Gea watched the 0203 Champions League final in his dorm at Atletico Madrid. Juventus against AC Milan. He saw the 25-year-old Buffon go high on the goalline like a ghost. In 120 minutes, Juventus kept the door open.
In the penalty shootout, Milan goalkeeper Dida was even better, saving 3 penalties.
In the end, Juventus lost. That game 15 years ago was the closest Buffon came to winning the Champions League. Although Juventus lost, the young Buffon became a well-deserved idol in the hearts of the teenager David De Gea.
De Gea told Marca before Spain's match against Italy at the '16 World Cup: "Gianluigi Buffon is one of the goalkeepers I follow the most. He's my idol and I've always been a fan of him. He's a living legend. In such a long career, Buffon has been in great shape. I think Gianluigi Buffon is an icon for any goalkeeper. ”
Now, De Gea will be confronting his boyhood idol!
The best way to worship a person and pay homage to him is to defeat him!
De Gea took off his gloves first and gave Buffon a thumbs up in front of the penalty spot.
Buffon smiled faintly at De Gea.
De Gea put on his gloves and swayed from side to side on the goal line.
Buffon drew a cross on his chest. This penalty is for the glory of Juventus, for the glory of Italian football, and for himself!
Run, kick, shoot! It was a boccia ball that went straight into the bottom right corner of the Manchester United goal.
Almost as soon as Buffon got to his feet, De Gea made a right-hand pounce.
De Gea judged the right direction and slammed Buffon's penalty in front of the goal line!
De Gea won the showdown!
Gianluigi Buffon looked up at the sky 45 degrees after missing the penalty. His eyes were filled with tears.
It's over, it's all over. Missing out on the Champions League may be my fate.
Buffon turned around and ran towards his own goal.
According to the rules, De Gea at this moment can throw the ball with his hands to attack. Juventus now have a wide open door and attack directly with the ball thrown in their hands, with almost a 50 per cent chance of scoring.
De Gea, however, surprisingly did not. With the ball in his hand, he watched as his childhood idol ran back to his goal.
The fans at the Theater of Dreams gave a standing ovation. They were applauding De Gea and they were applauding Buffon.
Because Buffon deserves everyone's respect.
Because Buffon is a living legend!