Chapter 0967, the most chaotic group
The thirteenth round of Serie A ended on November 19, and a few days later, Juve's Serie A journey began again.
On the evening of November 23, on the stage of the Juventus Arena, Juventus welcomed a formidable opponent, the Portuguese Super League giants Porto.
In the last meeting between the two teams, Porto drew 3-3 with Juventus at their home stadium, showing strong offensive and defensive strength, in Yunsheng's heart, in fact, Porto is the strongest opponent in this group.
This game is back at the Juventus Arena and Yunsheng must win this game.
Juve, who are currently at the top of the group, have six points, and Porto, who are bottom of the group, have four points, and perhaps after one game, this ranking will be reversed, and for Juve, this game must not be lost.
Before the start of the season, everyone thought that there was a huge disparity in the quality of the group and that Juve would have no problem qualifying. But I didn't expect that after four rounds of group stage, Group G has become the most chaotic group, and no team has qualified in advance or any team has been out in advance.
Porto lined up in a 4-1-3-2 formation today, exactly the same as in the previous game. Goalkeeper Elton, four defenders from left to right are Γlvaro Pereira, Mangala, Otamendi and Fusile, the single midfielder is Fernando, the three midfielders are Cristian Rodriguez, James Rodriguez and Moutinho from left to right, and the two forwards are Hulk and Kleber. On the bench are also sitting De Sousa, Beruschi and other powerful players.
With a balanced attack and defense on three fronts, there are few weaknesses in this Porto side.
However, for Yun Sheng, he was a little more sure of today's match, because last weekend, he finally drew a good charm.
After extracting a bunch of [Training Bonus] and [Energetic] in a row, Yun Sheng hadn't seen a spell that could be used in a game for a long time, and he even wondered if it was because the team was in good shape and strong at the moment, so the system was not in a hurry to give himself a better charm?
But this stage is different, especially in the Champions League, Juve are still in a lot of trouble and are in dire need of some hard hand spells.
This time he drew a B-level [Defensive Bonus], although the level is average, but it is better than nothing, Yun Sheng did not hesitate, and played directly in this game.
Juventus are still in the main squad today, and Yunsheng hopes that the team can take advantage of the momentum of the home stadium and the solid blessing of the charm on the defense, and score as soon as possible on this basis.
But at the beginning of this game, it was not as smooth as Yunsheng imagined.
Porto are bottom of the group and there is no value in keeping a draw away from home, and if they want to qualify from the group, they will have to go all out to win, otherwise there is no hope at all.
Led by striker J Ronaldo, Porto's attacking line was attacking the Juventus defence from the first minute.
Hulk dribbled with the ball and squeezed away Barzagli to shoot hard!
Moutinho's precise cross and Kleber's header on goal!
J Ronaldo dodges space in front of the penalty area and curls the ball into the far corner!
However, despite this, Juve's goal showed no signs of loosening under Buffon's tight defense, and no matter how fierce Porto's attack was, it could not knock on Buffon's goal.
Looking at Buffon's excellent form, Yunsheng knows very well that after breaking the Serie A record of no goals conceded, Juventus, who is already invincible in Italy, now urgently needs to prove the strength of the team in the Champions League, and Buffon, who has been missing a Champions League trophy in his career, is even more eager for this championship.
The game lasted 30 minutes and the two teams went back and forth, but neither team broke the deadlock.
Porto's attack was fierce and Juve's attack was sharp.
The trio of Piero, Raul and Robin van Persie is a powerful duo that also threatens Porto's goal.
However, the opposing team's two centre-backs are really good, Otamendi and Mangala are not only fierce defensively, but also very well selected, even Raul, who is known for his dexterity, will find it difficult to bargain on them.
After scoring a hat-trick against Atletico Madrid in his last game, Robin van Persie was heavily guarded and struggled to get chances in the box.
And the captain Piero, who also didn't have many chances in the first half, was weak with several shots, and was far from the goal.
Despite this, Piero struggled to get his way.
In the gap before a corner, Piero called Raul and Van Persie to his side: "Guys, our opponent was too strong defensively in this game, but I found a big hole in him. β
Van Persie was stunned: "Porto's three lines are very strong, and there are no loopholes in the middle and wing." β
Raul's eyes narrowed: "Del, are you talking about, their goalkeeper?" β
Piero smiled and nodded: "Gonzalez, you still know me better." I just had a few shots on goal, in different positions, using different ways such as clever shots, lob shots, long-range shots, etc., and I found that their goalkeeper Elton had a good reaction from close range, but he was not stable in his long-range save, and he just got out of his hands once. We'll deal with it like this in a moment......"
The three chatted a few words, and hurried into the penalty area to wait for a corner kick opportunity.
Van Persie won a corner, but his header was more positive, which was saved by goalkeeper Elton with agility, and speed was the biggest characteristic of Elton.
The game continued.
Porto's counter-attack was again in vain, and Juve's attack came up again.
On the one hand, he is older and not as fast as before, on the other hand, Piero is now more responsible for the task of a playmaker, and his passing and overall view are at the top level among strikers.
Piero advances with the ball, Moutinho falls to the ground and makes a vicious tackle!
Piero suddenly chooses to cut in, and he is in the familiar "Piero area" again!
Piero didn't hesitate at all, he suddenly got up and shot with his feet!
The ball goes straight to the far corner! Goalkeeper Elton makes a save!
Elton got rid of it! Raul shoots at the back post!
The ball went in!!
In the 35th minute of the game, Juve finally broke the deadlock!
1 to 0! Juventus is finally down-to-earth!
After the goal, Raul rushed to Piero!
"Del! Your shot is fantastic! Our analysis is correct, this guy is just not strong enough, and he lacks the strength to save powerful long-range shots! β
"Gonzalez! Your forward thrusts and shots are beautiful too! β
"We've found the opponent's holes, and this game is definitely fine!"
'Ten minutes to go until the first half, we're going to try to score another goal!'
"A must! We have to win this game! Juventus must win! β