After the game started, Juventus, which won the right to kick off, was not in a hurry to launch an offensive. Led by the two core midfielders of Nedved and Emerson, Juventus players carefully tested Tottenham's defensive strength, preparing to launch targeted attacks after finding loopholes in the opponent's defense!
After the first three head-to-head confrontations this season, Juventus has long stopped scorning Tottenham Hotspur and regards them as their biggest rivals on the road to winning the championship - able to defeat Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Emirates. Top teams like Inhoven were eliminated and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. They even achieved one win, one draw and one loss in the three previous direct matches with them. They did not fall behind in terms of record and appearance. This is definitely not the case. It can be explained by a simple sentence of good luck.
As for the other two teams that reached the semi-finals, AC Milan and Monaco, Capello and Juventus players did not take these two opponents they may encounter in the finals seriously. Having played against AC Milan at least twice a year, they naturally know the weaknesses of the Rossoneri very well and know how to deal with this powerful enemy. And Monaco? Sorry, even if this French Ligue 1 team has achieved extremely eye-catching results this season, it will not be Juventus's opponent at all!
Yes, you read that right. Although it was frantically poached by major European giants last summer, after being secretly acquired by George and becoming a satellite club of Tottenham Hotspur, this French Ligue 1 club that has introduced many future stars has been under the guidance of head coach Didier Deschamps. Under the leadership of main center Romedal Falcao, he performed an eye-popping performance. He beat Deportivo La Coruna 5-0 in the group stage, passed all the way in the knockout stage, and reached the Champions League for the second consecutive year. Semifinals!
After all, compared to Monaco's exciting offense, their defense is equally impressive - after entering the knockout rounds, Monaco conceded goals in almost every game, relying entirely on their powerful and lucky attack. He worked hard to advance to the semi-finals. Therefore, if Juventus plays against Monaco in the final, Capello will probably wake up laughing in his dreams!
However, to Capello's expectation, Tottenham did not have Alonso organize the offensive step by step after resisting his own attack, as he had expected before the game. Instead, after getting the ball, he He launched an attack on the spot and tried his best to speed up the tempo of the game, not giving the Juventus players a chance to breathe!
Faced with this situation that could be said to be abnormal, Capello frowned for a while and couldn't help but change his face: "Quick, Gianluca (Zambrotta)! Tell Pavel (Nedved) and Emerson, you must stabilize the rhythm for me, and you must not let Tottenham get into their rhythm!"
Although he is very confident in Juventus' strength, Capello also knows that there is no absolutely perfect team in this world. Even the Bianconeri, who have performed extremely stably on all fronts, have extremely fatal weaknesses!
If Tottenham's weakness is that their tactical routines are not rich enough and their players are a bit rigid and lack flexibility when defending, then Juventus's problem is that when their opponents deliberately speed up the pace to disrupt the game, it is difficult to be like AC. Milan and Inter Milan play at their own pace!
Compared with midfield masters such as Veron and Pirlo, Nedved, who serves as the core of Juventus's midfield, is obviously worse in his ability to control the rhythm of the game. This resulted in the Bianconeri's playing style being too rigid and lacking in necessary changes in rhythm, and they were more likely to be thrown out of rhythm than the Milan duo!
In fact, speeding up the tempo of the game and forcing Juventus to play fast with them on the court was not George's idea, but was proposed by Edgar Davids in a team meeting before the game. of. When the Dutch Wild Boar presented his thoughts and ideas at the meeting, almost everyone was shocked - is it too risky to use this tactic to deal with Juventus?
In the end, George used his authority as the team owner and head coach to overcome all objections and decided to adopt Davis's suggestion. Because in George's view, Davis's suggestion is not whimsical. If used properly, it can completely help Tottenham defeat Juventus at the minimum cost!
Of course, speeding up the pace of the game and disrupting the battle with Juventus is undoubtedly a double-edged sword. While bringing more scoring opportunities to Tottenham, it will also expose more loopholes in Tottenham's defense!
Therefore, whether he can take the lead in breaking through Buffon's goal becomes crucial at this time. Once Tottenham scores the goal first, then the players are very likely to win the game in one go; and if Juventus seizes the opportunity first, then Tottenham will be in danger next!
I have to say that George's luck is quite good. His gamble paid off in the 19th minute of the game - under the unremitting attack of Tottenham players, Juventus' defense finally showed a crack!
After stealing the ball from Emerson, Davis did not choose to hand the ball to Alonso, but directly launched a quick counterattack on the spot. The Dutch Boar passed the ball as accurately as a scalpel to Cristiano Ronaldo who was running up the right!
Facing the menacing Ronaldo, Zambrotta carefully maintained the distance between him and the Portuguese to avoid being directly driven through by the opponent - for Zambrotta, this choice can be said to be understandable. Because they are accustomed to defending through blocking and overall, they rarely rush directly to confront their opponents head-on.
But this time, Zambrotta clearly miscalculated. Because Cristiano Ronaldo cleverly took advantage of Zambrotta's opportunity to maintain a defensive distance and not mark people tightly. He made an emergency stop and kickback on the right, and then passed the ball to the penalty area with his left foot!
From the moment Emerson was intercepted by Davis in the midfield to Cristiano Ronaldo passing the ball into the Juventus penalty area, the whole process only took seven or eight seconds. Therefore, when Drogba positioned himself in the penalty area to receive Ronaldo's cross, Juventus had not had time to set up their defense!
Faced with this embarrassing situation, Cannavaro could only bite the bullet. However, if you think about it with the back of your head, you will know that it is extremely difficult for the captain of the Italian national team, who is 1.75 meters tall and weighs 75 kilograms, to successfully defend Drogba, who is a whole circle bigger than him!
In this way, after nearly twenty minutes of fierce fighting, Tottenham, playing at home, successfully seized a defensive mistake by Juventus, and Drogba knocked Buffon's goal with a powerful header. The goal, in this game that is about qualifying for the Champions League finals, grabbed a chance!
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