Football’s First Defender
Chapter 598: Star play
In the opening stage, Juventus used their frontcourt tactics to not only achieve a very good defensive effect, but also created two opportunities for themselves to attack.
Liverpool was indeed caught off guard by the "surprise" that Juventus opened.
However, as a “new trick” in the Premier League that has to face different opponents for a long time, Liverpool players are still quite capable of adapting.
When Juventus’s frontcourt press was not yet formed, the Liverpool players had already used long passes to hit Juventus’s back. However, Juventus’s defense was the first time to destroy the ball out of bounds. , Give the players in front, win back defense time.
And if, in the first time, the clearance cannot be completed, or the defensive suppression cannot be formed, then Juventus players will immediately use fouls to avoid the formation of a large-scale threat attack by Liverpool in the midfield.
Several long passes and through passes. After finding a teammate in the front field, Liverpool slowly found the attacking rhythm, forced Juventus, and moved to their own half to prevent Liverpool from really playing a threatening attack.
Allegri’s tactical arrangement is quite clear. When the Liverpool players just started to pass the ball, the frontcourt applied pressure, but when Liverpool took the ball out of the midfield and the personnel were all dispersed, then Juventus Players must fully retreat and do a good job of regional defense.
Juventus players who retired to their own half, still maintain a 442 lineup, specializing in defense.
As a Serie A team, the defense is carved into the bones.
As the dominant team in Serie A, Juventus has strong offensive firepower, but it is well-trained on the defensive end.
In the league, sometimes after winning one or two goals, the offensive player relaxes, and in the end it is not all relying on the defensive player to clean up the mess.
We must know that with the circulation of the world’s top players, not all teams in the five major leagues have to have two brushes. There is still a big gap between the rich and ordinary teams, but now the underdogs The success rate of overthrowing giants is definitely better than before.
Juventus's defensive arrangement today is quite detailed.
In Allegri's defensive tactics, he is very persistent in area defense.
The most obvious point is that when Juventus really retired to their own half, except for goalkeeper Buffon, everyone was divided into three rows, which was distributed according to the 442 formation, and then, against Liverpool players, back and forth in the midfield. The conduction ball directly turns a blind eye.
Everyone is standing in their own area of responsibility. When Liverpool players pass the ball, or bring the ball into their own defensive area, they will move to defend.
If the Liverpool player does not move further offensively, then the Juventus player will stand still and will not move.
What I have to say is that the essence of Italy's chain defense, although through the development of the times, is constantly changing.
But on the playing field, sometimes, it is really easy to use.
Juventus’s defensive lineup is there, Liverpool tried several times, but all failed.
Juventus's line of defense, not to mention the strong personal defensive ability, the overall line of defense is still flexible.
Whenever Liverpool wants to break through from a point, the surrounding defensive forces will be assembled in an instant, and the offensive ability of that point will be eliminated.
And the defensive efficiency is not only reflected in the restrictions on Liverpool's offensive players, but also reflected in the blocking of Liverpool players on the offensive end.
From this, one can see how meticulous Juventus' pursuit of defense is.
As long as possible, not only assist in defense and limit Liverpool's offensive players, but also in the process of assisting defense to block possible passing routes to the greatest extent.
Liverpool’s offense has been launched several times, but none of them can create a threatening shot.
Of course, this may also have something to do with Liverpool's fear of Juventus' counterattacks and not daring to invest too many offensive personnel.
The two sides returned to the temptation link for a while, as if there was no good way to do with each other.
However, duel between giants, sometimes a momentary opportunity can create murderous intent.
The team's tactics are one aspect, the personal ability of the star with a high annual salary is also one of the factors that change the situation.
Liverpool still has at least possession of the ball. As long as the ball is at your feet, it can create opportunities at any time.
The biggest threats are actually Coutinho and Sterling.
Because the other Liverpool players are all Premier League-style players, straight and straight are good, but if you want to play "turn around", they lack the technical conditions.
has the ability to disrupt the opponent’s defense, has unreliable creativity and breakthrough ability. Liverpool is best at this, namely Coutinho and Sterling.
Lallana is good at small-range ball-handling ability, and frontcourt shots. It is still a bit difficult to play as expensive as Coutinho.
Liverpool used continuous fast-paced outside passes to try and tear Juventus' defense.
But Juventus’ defense is quite disciplined. In the end, the task of trying to achieve a breakthrough has to be handed over to Coutinho.
Facing Juve’s two defenders on the wing, Coutinho seemed to stop the ball after receiving the ball, ready to pass the ball.
caught the gap where the opponent was stagnant and suddenly accelerated to complete the lateral dribbling.
However, Coutinho could not get rid of Pirlo's chase.
In the middle area, when more Juventus players were encircled, Coutinho chose to pass the ball, and he used the space to disrupt Juventus's defense in an instant to find the space he could use.
Coutinho crossed the ball this time, and it did change Juventus’s defense. After the ball was passed, Henderson immediately moved the ball to the right.
When Flanagan received the ball, Sterling moved forward quickly, which caused Juventus's defensive lineup to move to the side, but Flanagan moved the ball in a wide range and relocated the ball to the left. Road ~lightnovelpub.net~ dribbled the ball across to the center, and Sterling cut in on the right to attract the opponent's firepower.
When Coutinho quickly returned to the left and received the ball again, only one defender was left in front of him.
Lichsteiner is indeed an excellent full-back, but he faces Coutinho head-on and his style is incompatible. It is not so easy to defend alone.
Although there are not many offensive opportunities, Coutinho's status adjustment is quite good in the Champions League final.
A fake action of accelerating on the left, shaking Lichsteiner’s center of gravity, Coutinho immediately smashed the ball and accelerated to the right.
After passing the defender, Coutinho can go directly into the Juventus penalty area.
Everything happened too fast, and even some Juventus defensive players failed to adjust from the previous state of guarding Sterling's advance.
Vidal wanted to come over to make up the defense for the first time, but Coutinho closed it when he saw it. He knew Juve's speed of making up defense. The coach emphasized before the game, don't overweight.
If there is a chance to hit the door, just hit it.
When entered the penalty area, Coutinho was already making adjustments to the goal.
shot with a kick and aimed at the upper right corner of the goal.
Vidal's blocking did not stop Coutinho's kick.
And Buffon’s save, facing the curved ball from outside the goal, rotating the goal, is also helpless...