novelonline Chapter 970
Chapter 970
Chapter 970
Spain occupies half of the Champions League semi-finals, but this season's Champions League group stage A also occupies half of the country, that is, Atletico Madrid and Juventus.
At the beginning of the season, Atletico Madrid and Youyou were both in Group A. Speaking of which, Atletico Madrid's winning streak in the Champions League was ended by Juventus.
In the last round of the group stage, Atletico Madrid was a guest in Turin. In that game, Atletico Madrid only got a draw. This also ended Atletico Madrid's cross-season winning streak. The final winning streak was fixed at [-] games, but even if it was ended, Atletico Madrid's winning streak had already refreshed the winning streak created by Barcelona and became the longest winning streak in the history of the Champions League.
Although the winning streak was terminated, Atletico Madrid's unbeaten streak continued. Atletico Madrid only drew with Juventus in the last round of the group stage. Atletico Madrid has now been unbeaten in 23 games. They almost lost in the second round of the quarter-finals, but in the end they relied on Lin Dong's brace from the bench to bring the situation back.
"Atletico Madrid is indeed very good, but the schedule has already reached the semi-finals. In such a crucial game, when there is no difference in strength between the two sides, the outcome is basically a [-]/[-] match," Juventus coach Allegri told the media.
Allegri's words obviously lack confidence, but this is also normal. In the past two seasons, Atletico Madrid's performance is obvious to all. Let alone Juventus, any other team will have some shortcomings.
"Juventus is a strong team, so for this game, I hope to take away a draw." Allegri lacks confidence, while Simeone keeps a low profile.
Well, it's not that Simeone is low-key. It was the last game that scared Simeone. Expansion is one thing, but reality is another. Although Simeone has been inflated, he can still see reality clearly.
What is reality?The reality is that Atletico Madrid's strength is not superior to others, and it can't sweep everything. The main reason why Atletico Madrid can achieve the current results is that everyone is united and fighting for the same goal, but now, Atletico Madrid's hearts have cracked.
Lin Kinetic can feel it, and Simeone can't feel it. Recently, the pair of generals who have cooperated closely in the past have seldom communicated now.
"Alvaro is an excellent player. I have fully felt this when I was still in Real Madrid." At the pre-match media meeting, Lin Dong talked about Morata.
Before that, Morata said in front of the media that Lin Dong taught him a lot when he was in Real Madrid, and he was his teacher. Morata will also start this game.
Morata and Tevez, at the Juventus Arena tonight, the starting rosters of the two teams have already been announced. In the midfield, Pirlo, Vidal, Marchisio and Sturaro, Pogba is injured and did not enter the squad.
The defense is from Evra, Chiellini, Bonucci and Lichtsteiner. Naturally, there is no suspense about the goalkeeper. As long as Buffon is not injured, he must be the starter.
For Atlético Madrid, Lin Dong and Mandzukic will start as strikers, veteran Thiago will start again in midfield, and the other three positions will remain unchanged, Koke, Gabi and Turan.
The defense started again. Although Siqueira has recovered, Gamez is undoubtedly more trustworthy according to his current performance. Similarly, the other three positions have not changed, Godin, Miranda and Juanfran, and goalkeeper Oblak.
"This is the second time that Atletico Madrid has played against Juventus this season. It is said that Atletico Madrid will meet Serie A teams in the knockout rounds in these two seasons. It was AC Milan last season, and it is Juventus' turn this season."
"Juventus, as the team that ends Atletico Madrid's Champions League this season, will see if they can go one step further and end Atletico Madrid's unbeaten run."
On the court, the referee Atkinson from England has already blown the whistle for the start of the game, and Juventus, who are playing at home, have the kick-off right.
Tevez drove to Morata, and Morata passed it back to Vidal, who took the ball and continued to send it back, and it fell at the feet of Chiellini.
The moment Chiellini took the ball, Lin Dong rushed over. After Tevez kicked off, Lin Dong rushed straight into the Juventus half and into the Juventus hinterland.
Split sides, the two full backs of Juventus are quite good, Lichtsteiner is the best right back in Serie A, although Evra is old, but the state is still very good.
It was Lichtsteiner who took the ball, but the latter did not hold the ball forward, and passed it diagonally back to the middle. The ball came to Pirlo's feet, and when the ball came to Pirlo's feet, Juventus's offensive officially started.
The midfield master, in today's football, there are very few midfielders who can be called masters. Barcelona's Xavi is one, and Alonso who is currently playing for Bayern Munich is also one. There is no doubt that Pirlo is also a midfield master. Even Pirlo's control over the rhythm of the team is still higher than Alonso, keeping pace with Harvey.
Under Pirlo's control and scheduling, Juventus began to slowly attack Atletico Madrid's half, and finally completed the first shot of the game.
After gradually entering Atletico Madrid's half to attract defensive attention, Pirlo split the side. Evra, the Frenchman inserted at high speed. As he grew older, Evra slowed down a lot, but this slowness is also relative. The Frenchman was once on the throne of the world's number one left back.
"Bottom pass" Gamez became the background board for Evra's breakthrough.
"Morata~~~header~~~ failed to top the power, and the ball was directly confiscated by Oblak." It is said that some media now call Morata Kobayashi.
Lin Dong is very versatile now, he has both the role of a center forward and the ability to grab points as a striker. Even the shortcomings of the past have been filled, and now Lin Dong is almost an existence that has no solution.
European football has exclaimed more than once that Lin Dong is a monster. Modern football has developed to this day, and there has never been a striker who is as perfect as Lin Dong in all aspects.
Morata is also versatile. After Lin Dong’s teaching and influence in Real Madrid that season, not only that, but the current Morata will still consult Lin Dong. Lin Dong even introduced Klose to Morata, so the current Morata is even better than the one in the original history.
In the transition between offense and defense, Oblak kicked the goal kick with a big foot. Mandzukic retreated and overwhelmed Vidal and gave the ball to Thiago.
The same full-back stepped in. After taking the ball, Cork immediately moved forward to attract the attention of the defensive players. Juanfran broke out from behind and sent a cross.
"Oh~~~Lin Dong~~~ Almost exactly the same attack, header~~~Buffon~~~Atletico Madrid's corner kick" Compared with Morata, Lin Dong's header is powerful and faster. To be on the safe side, Buffon chose to hold the ball out of the baseline.
(End of this chapter)