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Chapter 201 Meat Grinding Battle (1)

Drogba's goal made the entire Alp stadium silent in an instant. All Juventus fans looked at the ball lying quietly in their own goal in a daze, and it was difficult for them to accept the cruel reality in front of them for a moment!

What is the way this Ivory Coast striker has? He actually broke through the iron triangle of defense composed of Cannavaro, Tulam and Buffon with his own strength! This is the only idea in the hearts of Juventus fans at this moment. They never thought that their extremely strong defense line would be successfully defeated by Drogba!

Although Juventus's goal was pierced by Ajax three times before, don't forget that the Zebras did not actually play their true level on the defensive end in that game - the teams coached by Zeman often have a strange magic that can invisibly affect the rhythm of the game and make their opponents unconsciously play against them at this rhythm.

Even so, no Ajax can solve the central defense line composed of Cannavaro with his personal ability like Drogba. It all relies on increasing the number of offensive players and forcing the opponent to disperse his defensive power before finding the opportunity to score.

Therefore, after Drogba completed this task that was almost impossible to complete in the eyes of most people, everyone could not help but think of a name that once shocked the entire international football world - the former King Meacha, the ace center of the Italian national team, Christian Vieri! Because at this moment, everyone seemed to see Vieri's shadow from Drogba!

If Drogba really had the same level of destructive power as Vieri on the offensive end... Thinking of this, Juventus fans who have always been confident in this game couldn't help but start to worry about the team they support. Their family knows their own affairs. Although Juventus's defense line looks solid, this does not mean that there is really no weakness!

"Fabio Cannavaro is 1.75 meters tall and weighs 75 kilograms; Lilian Tulam is 1.85 meters tall and weighs 80 kilograms; and Didier (Drogba) is 1.85 meters tall and weighs 91 kilograms!" After looking at the Juventus player who was stunned on the court and Capello who was frowning on the sidelines, George said to Charlie, "regardless of height and weight, Didier is obviously over Cannavaro and Tulam. Coach Capello actually thought that these two lightweight central defenders could withstand Drogba's impact? I really don't know what he thought."

Although Cannavaro has made up for his lack of height with his outstanding bounce and precise positioning, this problem has actually always affected his swing on the court, making him who had entered the ranks of first-class central defenders early on and never able to go further and become the top presence in this position!

In George's previous life, except for Cannavaro's almost perfect swing in the World Cup in Germany, and became the first player in football history to receive the honor of a double-teamed gentleman as a pure defender (Bacenbauer is a libero in the backcourt, responsible for the offense and defense of the entire team), the problem of storming almost plagued Cannavaro's entire career for most of the remaining time. For example, in the 2ooo European Cup final, if Cannavaro hadn't had the last moment of storming, Italy could have defeated France and raised the Delaunay Cup on the podium for the second time.

This is also the main reason why Cannavaro obviously became famous earlier than Nesta, but few people regard him as the world's best central defender candidate - compared with Nesta, who is hailed as "one person can stand a back line", Cannavaro, who has obvious weaknesses, obviously cannot deserve such praise.

Juventus' goal loss is also inseparable from Cannavaro's abnormal swing. If Cannavaro had not been eaten by Drog Klang, the latter would not have been able to get the opportunity to face Turam and Buffon directly, and it would be even more impossible to break through Juventus' goal.

"George, don't underestimate Cannavaro too much. In fact, if it weren't for the previous rescue in front of the goal that cost him too much, Didier wouldn't have been able to gain the upper hand in the head-on confrontation. After Cannavaro recovered his strength, Drogba and the others were likely to be beaten back to their original form." Hearing George's words, Old Charlie thought about it and expressed his opinion. "However, coach Capello may have to wait for Cannavaro and Tulam to solve this problem on his own on the court. After all, except Cannavaro and Tulam, Juventus will never have a reliable central defender available on the bench."

As old Charlie expected, since Tudor was tired due to injuries for a long time, the aging Montero and Ferrara were no longer as brave as they were. Therefore, after the game entered the halftime break, Capello did not make any adjustments to the lineup, but let the players hurry up and recover their physical strength, and at the same time made some tactical adjustments to achieve the goal of equalizing or even inverse scores in the second half!

Like Capello, George did not take any substitutions. After commending the players' performance in the first half, he focused on the tactical arrangement of the second half. After unexpectedly gaining a ball lead, George had a new idea for the game!

Want to break through Tottenham’s goal? Let’s first see if you have such good teeth!

In this way, after the second half of the game began, Tottenham took the initiative to shrink its defense line and lure Juventus to press the attack. However, the experienced Juventus player was not deceived, but instead played steadily according to Capello's instructions, and advanced layer by layer from the midfield, trying to forcefully knock out Tottenham's defense with his overall strength advantage!

The game is slow, attaching extreme importance to defense, complex tactics, and good at grasping opponents' defensive loopholes to chase and fight hard. This is the common feature of Serie A teams during this period. As the leader among them, Juventus will naturally not change this style easily.

Faced with Juventus' pressing step by step, Tottenham players were naturally not to be outdone. Under the command of Ridley King, Tottenham players set up many defense lines within 30 meters in front of the goal, and fought an extremely cruel ground meat battle with Juventus in the half of the team!

Nedved wanted to force a breakthrough after receiving the ball, but Kompani and Carl directly closed the ball and beat the dog. Alonso was about to use a long pass to counterattack, and Camoranesi, who was returning to defense, was immediately knocked to the ground; Mascherano and De Jong both fell to the ground in a competition, and then the two had a small-scale conflict, forcing Merck to show them a yellow card respectively, which was considered to be a barely suppressing the situation!

Every goal is a must-try, the physical confrontation is extremely fierce, and various small moves and fouls are emerging one after another... As the battle continues to escalate, the players on both sides have already become angry. At this point, the Champions League group stage between Tottenham and Juventus has finally begun to enter a white-hot stage!
Chapter completed!
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