Chapter 556: "Old Woman" Juventus

Juventus is a well-deserved Serie A overlord and one of the most successful clubs in the world.

Founded in 1897, they have won 36 Serie A titles, the most of any team in Serie A. It is also the first team in history to achieve a grand slam in the three major European cups (Champions League, Europa League, European Cup Winners' Cup).

But in reality, it feels like Juventus is a team that is obviously very strong, but not too strong.

Strong, it means that his honor and achievements, ten consecutive Serie A championships, will be Milan Twins, Roma, Lazio and other giants pressed under him. The Champions League also often reaches the last four and even the final, and is only one step away from the top of Europe.

However, he doesn't seem to be very strong.

No matter who you play, you can't score a few goals, but it's hard to avoid conceding goals. The kick is also grinding and chirping, and the style of the ball is ugly.

It's a bit like Captain America in Marvel, whether it's facing Thanos or Miscellaneous Fish, you can fight five or five!

Juventus' nickname is "The Old Woman".

According to themselves, it is because the team pursues high sportsmanship. When the team was founded, the founders stressed that Juventus should be a team with good skills and morals, and that they should be amiable and courteous like a respected old woman.

However, more people think that this is because Juve's style of play is dragging, flat and stable, like an old lady's footcloth, smelly and long!

This style of play has allowed Juve to achieve a good record, but it has also limited them to go further, and they have lost many fans, in order to achieve a double breakthrough in terms of economy and record, Juventus spent a lot of money to bring in Cristiano Ronaldo in the summer of 2018.

It's hard to assess what kind of deal this is, just as you can't define exactly how strong Juventus are.

Financially, Juventus must have made a lot of money, but they have not been able to improve in terms of results.

Although Ronaldo has maintained an efficient competitive state and scored goals, he is also the well-deserved core of the team. But without strong and passionate midfield support, his performance was inevitably affected.

Now it feels like Ronaldo is playing with Juve, playing very tired and hard, and Juve's operation is awkward.

For Juventus and Cristiano Ronaldo, their partnership cannot be defined as a success without winning the Champions League. Now 4 or 5 years have passed in the blink of an eye, and Ronaldo is already a 37 or 8-year-old veteran, if he doesn't win the championship again, it will be really difficult to climb the peak.

In this regard, Ronaldo's Juventus is very similar to Messi's Barcelona. You know, Luo Qiu Wang is two years older than Mei Qiu Wang!

However, they are different.

Although Ronaldo is older and less talented, he feels that he is more trustworthy than Messi.

No one will think that Messi will lead Barcelona to win the Champions League now, but many people think that Juventus, who is actually similar, has a chance, because he has Cristiano Ronaldo in his team!

Cristiano Ronaldo has a big heart, which has been proven in countless classic matchups. The stronger the opponent, the stronger he becomes, and with him on the field, the game is never over!

This time he led the team to the last four of the Champions League, once again moving towards his dream.

In the hearts of the world, the 38-year-old Ronaldo is no different from the 18-year-old, who still maintains a strong hunger for victory and glory.

People like to jokingly call him "Luo Sansan years old", but as everyone knows, it is this dream-chasing innocence that stimulates him to constantly hit the peak.

Even though he ran away for half his life, he still returned as a teenager!

Of course, to say that Ronaldo only has spirit and no strength is pure nonsense.

The two biggest illusions in world football: Ronaldo is not talented, and Messi is not hardworking.

Can people with no talent stand on top of world football? Now Cristiano Ronaldo has degraded a lot in his breakthrough and fancy movements, but his ability to grab points, bounce and head the ball, shooting accuracy, variety of attacking methods, and ability to read the game ...... These are the top in the world, and it can even be said that there is no "one".

This is also an important reason why the outside world believes that Ronaldo is more likely to cause trouble for Maritimo than Messi. He may not be able to make the team's attack more fluid and flashy, but he can put the ball in the opponent's goal in any situation!

Football, after all, is a sport that sends the ball to the goal!

It is based on the trust in Cristiano Ronaldo that people are extremely looking forward to the next matchup.

However, to the disappointment of the outside world, the suspense of this much-anticipated contest seems to be about to be killed in the first round!

Unlike previous rounds, Maritimo's Champions League knockout round is a "home and away" format.

The home and away situations are different, and the coping strategies of Gao Yuan are also different.

This time, in the first leg, he chose to take the initiative, and the team played extremely ferociously, continuing the fast-paced, high-confrontation, and high-pressure pressing in the last game against Barcelona, and strive to complete the battle!

The old "old woman", where can she stand this kind of stimulation.

Playing away from home, they have made the old mistake of getting into the game slowly.

was already stumbling and slowly soaring, and under Maritimo's high-pressure pressing, it was even more fragmented.

Even Ronaldo was robbed. Unlike Messi, the 38-year-old Ronaldo has become a pure shooting machine, and he is no longer capable of dropping back into midfield to get the ball to organize.

Therefore, he could only stay in the front court and watch his teammates being robbed dizzy and complaining, but he could only stare dryly, in vain!

In such a situation, Maritimo broke the deadlock in the 18th minute.

Zhou Yong steals Chiellini in front of the field and gives it to Wang Zi in front of the big penalty area, Wang Zi even stopped, wore the crotch past De Ligt, and shot low through the goal guarded by Szczesny.

Maritimo, who took the lead early, played more comfortably.

In the 43rd minute, through a corner kick, the score was expanded by Kusai in the middle.

At halftime, Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo made adjustments, and the locker room boss Cristiano Ronaldo also used a passionate speech to inspire and calm everyone's emotions.

In the second half, Juventus gradually stabilized their position and gradually entered the rhythm of the game. (Nonsense, if you don't get into the rhythm, it's not slow heating, but completely cooling).

In the 73rd minute, Juve counter-attacked, Dybala got past Danso and crossed into the box, Ronaldo's clever miss at the front post attracted the attention of the defenders, and Morata shot from the back post.

Niu Gensheng's lack of experience is vividly reflected in this ball, he was also shaken by Ronaldo's leaky ball, although the second reaction was fast, but after all, the whip was out of reach, and the ball rolled into the net.

2:1。

Just when Juventus saw a glimmer of light, Ronaldo's wonderful moon scimitar free kick three minutes later was poured down like a basin of cold water, which made Juventus lose their heart.

3:1, Maritimo sealed the win!

Towards the end of the game, Maritimo had another chance to extend the score.

In the 93rd minute, Pan Xinyue successfully scored a goal to kill the suspense of the semifinals against offside.

However, he was reminded by the VAR video assistant referee that it was offside.

The referee borrowed the slope to get off the donkey and announced the goal.

However, according to the slow-motion replay, Pan Xinyue is almost completely parallel to Chiellini, who is dragged at the end, if it has to be offside, it is Pan Xinyue's long hair, which is slightly longer than Chiellini's "coconut head", and then the video referee who deliberately found fault with a magnifying glass "saw it"!

However, everyone understands that for the sake of ratings! If the fourth goal is really scored and there is no suspense at all, who will spend money to watch the next leg!

End of game, 3:1.

The young Maritimo won again, and won very easily! Everyone is also used to such victories and takes it for granted.

However, they didn't notice that Ronaldo in the opponent's team, in addition to disappointment, was more unyielding and resolute!