Chapter 216: Defend Your Title in Advance? (b)

Palermo have set up a bucket formation on the road, ditching the three centre-backs currently used by more Serie A teams in favour of a traditional back four. In midfield, Barreto and Anselmo are the two defensive and interception-oriented duo at the back, with the main central midfielder Alebalo in the centre, and wing-backs Donati and Speduti on the left and right respectively.

It is worth mentioning that Alebalo, Donati and Speduti are also defensive players who are more offensive than attacking, and the three of them have no more than two doubles in goals and assists combined, which may also have something to do with the overall strength of Palermo.

The young 20-year-old Argentine striker Dybala broke forward alone, and Dybala is also a speedy player, a typical dexterous breakthrough striker. In front of the goal, he has a keen sense of smell and has the feeling of "fox in the forbidden area". He was quick, had a good ability to run short distances and outflank the balls, and also scored some long-range shots from outside the box and low headers in front of goal. The dribbling is not fancy, the combination of man and ball is good, and there is a strong ability to pass people continuously. During his second year, he also sometimes liked to clove the wings or cross or create space for his teammates.

Judging from the above characteristics, it is a bit similar to Li Zihan's characteristics, but Li Zihan is much faster than him, and he is more adept at using sideline breakthroughs to tear apart the opponent's defense and create opportunities for his teammates. There is also the fact that Li Zihan can almost become the "Fox of the Penalty Area" now, but the young Dybala was not bad in the Argentine second division, averaging a goal every two games, an assist every 3.5 games, and two hat-tricks.

Now, since Palermo spent 12 million euros to bring him to the Apennines before Inter Milan, he has played 25 games this season, failing to score a single goal and only two assists.

Obviously, the current performance and his value are completely incompatible, 12 million euros may be a low-to-average or even cheap expense for other teams, but for a small team like Palermo is an astronomical amount, you must know that the transfer fee expenditure in the past two seasons has not exceeded this amount, you can imagine the current pressure on Dybala.

Argentina's "new Aguero" was completely extinguished when he arrived in the Apennines, but the only consolation for Palermo is that Dybala is only nineteen and a half years old this year, and there is still time to grow and become familiar with the characteristics of Italian football.

Analyzing Palermo's line-up, everyone knows that Palermo came to Torino with a defensive counterattack, and perhaps they didn't even think about taking three points from Juventus, who wanted to defend the league title early. For them, they are satisfied with one point at the moment, and if they might be able to find a way to steal three points while the "lion" is napping, but now the "lion" is looking at the "big meal" in the bowl.

So in the eyes of professionals, this is an iron bucket array, not so much a four-two-three-one formation, but a disgusting six-three-one

Juventus, on the other hand, put on the three-five-two formation that Conte often uses, and Vidal, who has returned from injury, has found his form after training and coming on as a substitute for several games, so he appeared in the starting position today, and Pogba sat on the bench.

Pogba has no complaints about this, after all, his playing time at the beginning of this season, whether it is a starter or a substitute, has reached an absolute main range. There are three midfielders in three positions. Whoever rested was the first to come on as a substitute.

Li Zihan continued to sit firmly in the starting position, and he was partnered with Montenegrin center Vucinic in his playing years. From this, it is clear that Conte is serious about this game, and he does not want to save the suspense of the title for the next round.

Before this game, the famous "Li Hei" Mr. Sanchez published an article in his column that Juventus will win the championship, which is not to say that he changed his faith and began to fall in love with Juventus, but this championship is almost in the pocket of the "old woman", if he says that the champion has wings to fly at this time, it does not mean that he is unprofessional. Even ordinary fans know that Juventus is imperative to win the championship, but you, a professional football commentator and football news media person, are talking nonsense that this is not a smashing signboard.

Of course, the article inevitably continued to hack Li Zihan, saying that the reason why Li Zihan is so good is because Juventus's famous "Frontal Weakness Syndrome" gave him more opportunities to perform and familiarize

Of course, this kind of problem is a matter of opinion.

In fact, Li Zihan doesn't pay much attention to how he is written in the newspaper, whether it is good or bad for him. He pays more attention to the dynamics of some other leagues and the news of some of the main rivals in the same league, although these unscrupulous journalists often rely on their own speculation to write nonsense, but there is still a certain reference value.

So when Sanchez thought he was "disgusting" to Li Zihan, Li Zihan didn't look at him very seriously

And this match too, Sanchez's pre-match remarks did not affect him, and he himself was more focused on the game itself.

After the start of the game, he tried to use his superior ability to impact the opponent's defense, although he knew that the opponent in this game was Palermo, who needed to be relegated, but he still underestimated the determination of the opponent's defense.

His dribbling was met with stubborn sniping from the opposition not far from the halfway point, and Barreto and wing-back Morganella formed a decisive flank to form a circle. Li Zihan's speed is difficult for other Juventus teammates to keep up with, and the only one who is close to his speed is Giovinco is still sitting on the bench at the moment. So he looked around and didn't find any teammates who could cooperate and support, so he planned to come by himself.

Just when he was thinking about using feints to influence the opponent's judgment or breaking through the opponent with speed, Barreto was still a little away from him, and directly slid the tackle, and directly shoveled the ball out of the bottom line for no reason.

Li Zihan stumbled, and he was almost taken down by the other party.

And looking at the opponent like this, it seems that he doesn't care about whether he will eat cards at all, but cares about whether the opponent's ball will threaten his goal

In fact, Barreto knows his own affairs, and usually as long as the malicious foul is not too excessive, the referee will not give the card quickly. Unless it was the famous villain Winnie Jones who caught Gascoigne's yellow card in the opening three seconds, no one has been able to break the record.

After nearly a season's baptism, Li Zihan has obviously matured, he knows that he was "taken care of" by the opponent in this game, and is currently ranked second in the league scorer list, and few people will not deliberately make some arrangements for such players.

So he simply "disappeared" from the pitch, and instead of hanging in front of the court, he retreated back. Seeing this scene, Vucinic knew that he should step forward in place of Li Zihan, and Palermo arranged too many defensive liliang in the midfield in this game. While Juventus' attack was not able to play, their attack did not shine brightly.

Even their attack failed to reach the edge of the penalty area, and there were no attacking players in the midfield to cooperate with striker Dybala, and Dybala was alone. Bonucci easily cleared or broke the ball when he finally caught a chance, and even the other two central defenders, Barzagli and Chiellini, had no chance to help

Palermo head coach Sannino sacrificed his attack to solidify his defence, and his thinking was simple. Try to take away a point away from home with a stubborn game, and then put the attack on the next few games against the weaker teams. After all, playing with a strong team like Juventus that wants to win the championship, if the defense is not good, it will be ugly.

So the fans in the stands were very upset, because it had been fifteen minutes since the start, and not a single goal had been scored, not to mention that the ball had not rushed past the midfield several times. Players from both sides have been entangled in midfield, and Juventus' midfield is already strong. But Palermo were even more desperate, as they put in a lot of five men in midfield.

The task of these five people is to keep entanglement with the opponent in the midfield, and send the ball to the feet of Dybala in front of the court when they have the opportunity, and then if Dybala is cut off, they are also worried, and immediately use a vicious tackle to snatch the ball back.

As soon as the opposition tried to attack their own midfield, Palermo would help to bring them down. Li Zihan has suffered a few losses before, and every time he wants to break through with the ball, Arebalo and Barreto jointly defend him, and there is a Morganella behind the two.

Even though Palermo is a lower team, Italian football's chain defense is no worse than that of other strong teams. This is why Weishenme has been the top scorer in Serie A for more than half a century, and has not scored more than 30 goals in a season, most of whom have only a little more than 20 goals, and even many have only a dozen goals.

So Li Zihan learned to be obedient and didn't go to join in the fun. He honestly stayed behind, hiding behind Vidal and Vucinic and waiting for his chance.

Asamoah and Liszsteiner at full-back also decisively moved forward to support their midfielder Liliang, who is actually an attacking full-back, but they are a jack of all trades. They can play anywhere on their wing, as well as in midfield and in midfield, and the pair have often made cameos as wingers. It wasn't until the sudden rise of Li Zihan that Juventus' attacking liliang improved significantly, and the two were placed in the full-back position by Conte. It is said that he is a full-back, but in fact, he plays more of a full-back role

The situation that has not been open has been greeted by boos from the Juventus fans at home, and of course they are going to the away team Palermo. In the eyes of the fans, this game should be a celebration of defending their league title ahead of schedule, and Palermo is like a hooligan who has come to cause trouble.

In a fierce midfield confrontation, Juventus' midfield commander Andrea Pirlo was brought down by a vicious tackle from full-back Speduti, who had cut in diagonally from the flank.

Juventus fans were furious.

"Palermo relegated!!"

"Palermo relegated!!"

"Palermo relegated!!"

The stadium's 40,000 fans shouted Palermo's name in unison, as if organized, and then clapped three more times together, and Zuihou roared for relegation. It seems that the patience of the home fans has reached the limit, and they did not even shout the sound of giving cards, but directly shouted relegation

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