Chapter 1175: The Battle of Old Trafford (2)

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Perhaps at this time, some people will have the same question as Nedved, didn't Pirlo line up in the midfield, how could he suddenly kill when he passed back to Davies, cutting off the Czech's pass?

That's right, although judging from the position of the players at the beginning of the game, Pirlo, Deco and Ballack should have been lined up in midfield, each responsible for an area on the field, assisting Claude Makelele behind him to cover and defend Juventus' ball-handlers. But let's not forget, as the world's top playmaker, how could they be held back by a rigid formation at the peak of their careers?

In fact, under Heynckes' careful arrangement, the positioning of these three players on the court is very layered, and the division of labor in the game is also quite clear. Deco, for example, was the last of the trio, and his task was to assist Claude Makelele in protecting the defence and tasked with sorting out Fiorentina's midfield to avoid chaos at the back. Ballack is a bit more advanced than Deco, and his tasks are similar to those of Effenberg, but with more running ability and long-range shooting, he needs to be more decisive and involved in the attack, rather than just being on the pitch as a commander on the periphery.

As for Pirlo, who is the most advanced in the trio, under the training of the Fiorentina coaching staff and famous teachers such as Effenberg and Redondo, he is more flexible in attacking and can appear wherever he sees fit; Defensively, Andrea Pirlo's job is to cut off the Juventus players' passing lanes and use his excellent technique and passing awareness to launch quick counter-attacks in the first place.

After all, although Pirlo in this life has better physical fitness than in his previous life in a more scientific and systematic training method, he obviously has no way to compete with Juventus's muscular body flow midfielder in terms of confrontation ability. Therefore, under Heynckes' arrangement, once Pirlo cuts off the pass of a Juventus player, then he must immediately pass the ball to the front court to play a counter-attack or hand it to Ballack, who has the better confrontation ability. Otherwise, there is no guarantee that Juventus' muscular midfielders will not play on the spot against him, or more simply and directly foul tactics, thus destroying the hard-won counter-attacking opportunities.

"Danger!" At this time, when he saw Pirlo passing the ball out, and the target was behind several of his central defenders, Lippi, who was standing on the sidelines, couldn't help but shout under nervousness.

It's just that the Juventus players on the field didn't notice the shouting of the Silver Fox, because at this time they were trying their best to block the ball passed by Vieri and Pirlo, trying to rely on the numerical advantage to stifle Fiorentina's counterattack.

Fiorentina naturally could not make the Juventus players satisfied, at the same time as Pirlo passed this long pass, Ballack, Di Natale and others, who were still involved in the defense in their own half, rushed to Juventus' half at the first time, forming the second line of attack of this counterattack!

After all, Vieri, who is the arrow of counterattack, is just one person, no matter how capable he is. He may be able to crush the opposing defender once or twice with his strength, but he will never succeed in breaking through several defenders every time. Therefore, this second line of attack is very necessary, because Di Natale's presence can not only effectively disperse Juventus' defensive strength and help Vieri gain more attacking space, but also can once again attack Juventus' goal when Vieri's attack is not effective, increasing the success rate of counterattacks.

Sure enough, after Di Natale pressed them, Davies and Tacinadi and others, who had planned to surround Vieri, changed their goals and ran to defend Ballack in case their own defenders cleared not far away, only to be bombarded by the opponent from outside the penalty area - for the long-range shooting skills of the Fiorentina players, the Juventus players who have played against the Purple Lilies many times in the league obviously dare not take it lightly. In other words, the teams that were negligent in this regard have already paid a terrible price for their stupidity.

After team-mates such as Di Natale drew away some of the defence, Vieri, who was given more space, showed what he could do as the world's No. 1 centre-forward. He first turned and squeezed away the close guards of Montero and Iuliano, then grabbed a pass from Andrea Pirlo before Tudor and fired a left-footed shot into the far corner without making any adjustments!

It can be seen that although Juventus's three-center-back combination has a strong frontal defensive ability, it has a lot of flaws in turning speed and filling ability, as long as someone can seize the space behind them to make a big fuss, and there is a player like Vieri who can not fall behind in the physical confrontation and complete the shooting action, then Juventus's goal is dangerous.

In fact, this is also a helpless move by Lippi. Last summer he wanted to take advantage of Lazio's financial difficulties to take advantage of Glendoni's reinforcements, but in the end it was AC Milan who made the last move to take advantage of him, forcing him to continue to use these three similar centre-backs in the field.

However, just as the ball was about to cross the goal line, Frei stepped up to save Juventus from the brink of death. The French goalkeeper showed his quick reflexes, relying on his reach and bounce to keep Vieri's shot out of the line when he was in a poor position!

Seeing that the inevitable shot was blocked by Frey, Vieri couldn't help but kick the post in frustration. The attack just now made him realize that this game might not really be as good as he thought.

Indeed, this Champions League final is an extremely difficult challenge for the attacking players of both sides. Whether it's Vieri or Trezeguet, they're going to have to play against one or two or more defenders tonight!

After all, both managers were too careful in the game, and under their supervision, both teams have become a sophisticated machine, not to mention making mistakes, and not even leaving much room for their opponents to shoot. And this means that the two teams participating in the final tonight will not invest too much in the attack, and basically rely on a few players in the front court to complete.

Perhaps, just like the Champions Cup final in the previous life, only penalty shootouts can make the two tactical masters, Heynckes and Lippi, win or lose.