Chapter 122: It's up to me!
Lippi is uncomfortable now, and that damn Davies didn't care how begging he was after scoring a goal, he was cheeky and took off his shirt like he had just finished a dragon, ran straight to the Juventus bench, and beat his chest in front of him and threw up his clothes!
It's shameless, but the humiliation value is indeed full.
Lippi only felt that he was about to have a heart attack, but he could only pretend to be expressionless and turn his head away from the chimpanzee with hair all over his chest!
The referee naturally couldn't tolerate Davis's jump, and immediately stepped forward to show a yellow card.
FIFA officially wrote into the rules in 2004 to prohibit "running with your head covered in your jersey and taking off your shirt to celebrate naked" in 2004, of course, the referee will not be so harsh in the first year or two, but Davis's provocative stripping is definitely going to be carded.
"What's he crazy about?"
"No, isn't this just a cake? Excited like this? ”
"Speechless, I'll be on the ball, too!"
“……”
Davis's series of actions did not attract any praise for him, who made him eat this ball a little disgusting.
This will be the world's commentators praising Zhang Desheng's pass, his cake is really fed to Davis's stomach, and his own son is treated like this, right?
Jose Mourinho will also feel that the team has won and many games have become easier.
That's the case with today's game, after Porto took the lead from the start, they could switch to the tactics of leading the snake out of the hole.
Their defense is not as stretched as the Macau team at this time, and it is easy to defend and be pressed to the point that they are no longer able to counterattack.
Porto's defence was even very pressing, especially with the addition of Demichelis, which improved the athleticism and ball control of the backline.
Now that their defence has become aggressive, Demichelis and Carvalho also have the ability to play long balls directly from the back.
In the 16th minute of the first half, Carvalho was backing the ball back and forth with his teammates in the backfield to lure the opponent, and suddenly found that there was a hole in the midfield composed of three Juventus, so a long pass hit Zhang Desheng directly.
Zhang Desheng followed the pass again to complete the breakthrough, and then was brought down by Appiah's flying tackle in front of the penalty area, not only for a free kick, but also for another yellow card for Juventus' midfield defender.
The position of the ball was not very good, Zhang Desheng naturally did not shoot, but passed the ball into the penalty area.
McCarthy, with his explosive power of 93 this season, really came out of the crowd to complete the point-grabbing shot, but his 86 shot was still not superb enough, and the ball was directly picked out by him over the crossbar.
"Well, if Eto'o had the ball, right?"
Zhang Desheng now regrets that he didn't persuade the boss to add an extra five million to buy Eto'o in the summer, and McCarthy is still a little soft when he arrives at the competition!
But this surprise still made Juventus dare not easily press and press, and even did not dare to invest too many troops when attacking.
This made Porto's defence more solid, allowing Juventus to have five shots on goal throughout the first half.
"We're amazing!"
After the Porto players played a perfect first half, everyone couldn't help but think like this.
But this is not to get carried away, but to strengthen the self-confidence that comes from within.
This kind of self-confidence of a strong team is not easy to form, it is a kind of temperament that is really convinced of one's own ability, so that every move is handy.
This aura of victory makes it easier for them to spot opportunities when the wind is down, to be confident in adversity, and to calmly look for opportunities even when they are still behind in the final minutes, believing that they can turn defeat into victory.
Don't say that this kind of self-confidence is useless, when you really encounter the kind of hard battle where the two sides fight until the last moment, they are likely to win at the last moment with this tone.
After watching the first half, Lippi knew that Porto's defense had completely evolved, and it was impossible to expect them to take the initiative to make mistakes, and if they wanted to turn the tables today, they could only take the risk of forcing the opponent to make mistakes.
But this kind of thing is usually relative, and while they invest more troops to force the other side to make mistakes, they will become more and more empty behind them, and in the end, it is not clear who will make the mistake first.
However, it is not possible to take risks, they at least have Buffon to rely on, and there is more room for error than Porto.
So they had to take a risk in the second half, they couldn't let Porto win at home, otherwise they would be passive when they returned to the Stadio Alp.
Porto also guessed that Juventus would give it a go in the second half, and most of them would only start to exert their strength in the last 20 minutes, because this would not leave too much time for the opponent to seize the opportunity to expand the score to 2:0 through counterattacks, and then take advantage of the situation to play a more disparity score.
Jose Mourinho even had time for Juventus to attack aggressively, but he still didn't dare to take the lead in the first 20 minutes of the second half.
While doing so would have a chance for Juventus to take advantage of their lack of preparation and score, it would also make them more likely to concede goals themselves.
Mourinho feels that in the current situation, they do not need to take this risk as the dominant side, and it is better to focus on stability in this kind of knockout match!
It was the right choice, because it was Juventus who started the second half on the counter-attack.
The Italian even took the initiative to relinquish control of the midfield, giving Porto the opportunity to bombard themselves indiscriminately, with the aim of luring Porto into attacking.
But it's a pity that Porto is not fooled at all, even if you retreat, I don't attack forward, at most I move the position of the ball forward to the midfield, and it becomes a midfield that keeps reversing the ball and reversing the ball...... Then rely on Zhang Desheng's individual ability to occasionally burst into a wave, or pass a risky through and long pass, and see if Juventus' backcourt defense will make any mistakes for them to catch?
This style of play makes the mentality of the Juventus players very explosive, because Porto simply don't risk letting them take chances.
But what is uncomfortable is that Porto just rely on Zhang Desheng's wide breakthrough and McCarthy's speed, they have to keep their spirits tense, and they don't dare to relax for a moment.
But even like that, he almost conceded the ball again, and McTica received a risky long pass from Deco in the 60th minute of the second half, and actually took advantage of Montero's clearance error to get a one-on-one chance.
Gianluigi Buffon, the leader of the Bianconeri, saved the team once again, using great agility and stunning saves to block as many angles as McCarthy could before he got to his feet.
But the goal was not scored or the only fault was that McCarthy's feet were not hard enough, and he wanted to pass the opponent directly when he faced Buffon at the beginning...... But after approaching, he changed his mind because of the gains and losses, and felt that it was too risky to pass the goalkeeper...... Then shoot, how can the striker have an advantage in the handling of the single ball...... However, he began to hesitate to use the method when shooting goal, and always felt that it was not safe to do so, so it was not appropriate......
What McCarthy didn't notice was that every time he hesitated, that fleeting opportunity was one less ......
In the end, when he missed a few chances to score because of hesitation, he looked up and found that there was no chance to shoot on goal, and Buffon, who had already seen through his mental activities, took the initiative to save the ball directly.
"Damn, this is pure stupidity!"
Zhang Desheng's ball had already been followed up on the right side, and he felt that even if McCarthy turned and passed the ball, he could rub an arc on the spot and hit the far corner, at least 80% sure that the ball would go in.
But you're really dead to being pounced on the ball like this, aren't you?
Mourinho was also watching on the sidelines at this time, how could he not score this goal?
Well, even if you can really not score, then you won't be saved by someone just to save the ball, right?
This TM is simply a crime!
How to say this, it can only be said that Buffon's position selection and judgment, coupled with his great prestige, still formed too much psychological pressure on a striker like McCarthy who is not psychologically qualified.
He was not only killed, but also scared to death!
So this is even more rare for Zhang to win, as soon as he gets the ball, even Buffon, who is full of psychological quality, is extremely nervous.
In the 67th minute of the second half, Zhang Desheng was outside the penalty area on the right side, and a volley with the outside of his instep that no one expected, directly made Buffon unable to even make a save, because this kind of shot was completely out of his prediction.
But the football drew a strange arc, stunned to bypass a total of six or seven players on both sides, and actually came back, and finally smashed on the crossbar in the dead corner of the left side of the goal, and bounced down on the goal line.
The hearts of the entire Juventus players and fans were almost bounced out of their hearts, and in the end, it was Birind who kicked the bouncing ball out with a barb.
The ball was later replayed in slow motion, and almost two-thirds of the ball had crossed the goal line by the time it bounced.
But under the new rules, football must cross the goal line in its entirety to count as a goal, and that's not a mistake!
After Juventus was frightened by these two times, how could they have the strength to fight back!
Lippi didn't dare to let the team take any more risks, and Porto were clearly in much better form than them, especially since the Chinese talent could give them a drink at every opportunity.
It's a good luck that they didn't concede a goal, and it's not unacceptable to be 0:1 in this situation, and it's probably a worse outcome to really take the risk.
Juventus's plan has changed, and they are simply ready to take a 0:1 home game and then make plans.
Jose Mourinho was quick to see that Juventus were planning to go to the bottom, but he didn't dare to risk letting his team go on the attack, because a 1-0 win at home was already a 90-point result.
They didn't win much, but it was a complete victory!
The most important thing is not to let the opposition get valuable away goals, which means that they can continue to play defensive counter-attacks when they are away from home.
Such an advantage is already huge, and there is no need to risk it again.
In the end, after Zhang Desheng kicked a well-placed free kick over the crossbar in stoppage time, the final score of the first leg between the two sides stayed above 1:0.
"It's a pity!"
Zhang Desheng lamented that his ball luck was indeed a little worse today, once he hit the post, three times he wiped the edge, plus McCarthy's criminal single knife, so he still has to do the work of a striker himself.
Can McCarthy play as a striker in the knockout rounds of the Champions League?
Of course not, I don't have the ability to know!
Mourinho also felt that McCarthy should not be trusted, although the product was in amazing form in the league, it still smelled of soft-footed shrimp when it came to the tournament.
So he replaced McCarthy in the 70th minute of the second half, and then let Zhang Desheng return to the front line.
But Juventus at that time has begun to change its mind, and no matter how good Zhang Desheng is, he can't face a team like Juventus and say that he will score a goal.
Although, he did make Buffon's palms sweat, because he couldn't guess what the Chinese would do with the ball, and many times he was shocked to find that he couldn't predict at all?
Zhang Desheng may not have noticed it today, he is actually very restrained by a goalkeeper like Buffon, who has a perfect score in position selection and positioning.
But it's a pity that he wasn't close enough to the goal today, and Mourinho really shouldn't let him play on the wing again, otherwise today will definitely be more than 1:0.
(End of chapter)