Chapter 283 Unyielding Iron Man
Of course, Evra knew very well that he had already received a yellow card before, and knew that if he received a yellow card in this game, he would definitely miss the next Champions League final because of the suspension of accumulated yellow cards. Therefore, when he saw Frisk show him a yellow card, the French international was shocked and rushed to the Swedes as quickly as possible to defend himself, trying to make Frisk take back his life!
You know, Evra reached the Champions League final with Monaco last season, but unfortunately he lost to another dark horse, Porto, in the final, leaving an unforgettable regret in the hearts of the Frenchman. Now, Evra finally reached the threshold of the final with Tottenham, and of course he was not willing to miss such an important opportunity!
For a professional player, it is undoubtedly their dream to appear in the Champions League final - have you seen someone as strong as Ronaldo, who has not yet been able to make it to the Champions League final?
At the same time, Ridley King and others, who also realized that something was wrong, also surrounded him, hoping that Frisk could play Evra one after another and cancel the punishment for this yellow card. After all, although Bynes showed good potential and talent, in terms of personal ability, he was still only at the level of rotation of the main players of the mid- and lower-level Premier League teams. In other words, once Evra missed the Champions League final because of accumulated yellow cards, then at that time, Tottenham's left defense line will inevitably have an extremely huge vacuum, becoming the key target to be used by the opponent!
However, although Evra, Ridley King and others desperately pleaded with the Swedes, Frisk ignored the complaints of Tottenham players and ordered the players to return to the court to continue the game. This means that even if Tottenham passed the Juventus level today, they will be destined to lose Evra, the defender in the next Champions League final!
Seeing that Frisk was not moved at all, Evra, who was sad, had to give up, and stood up with his teammates honestly, preparing to defend Juventus' frontcourt free kick. If Tottenham lost a good game while leading two goals, Evra would not only not get people's sympathy, but would also be regarded by Tottenham fans and British media as the eternal sinner who was reversed and eliminated by Juventus!
Although Evra paid an extremely painful price for this foul, it was precisely because of his timely foul that Juventus got the free kick in the frontcourt, and he could only choose to pass it across the penalty area to form an attacking opportunity, and finally ended the attack with Pierro's anti-aircraft gun.
In the two home and away semi-finals, he did not show enough convincing performance, and was constantly wasting valuable scoring opportunities. Pierro's poor competitive state has aroused the dissatisfaction of many Juventus fans, and the number of people supporting Capello's dethroning the Zebra Prince's main position is increasing day by day.
In fact, if it weren't for Juventus's previous life who was ordered to be relegated in the summer of 2006, causing a large number of stars to be lost, Pierro would not have played for nearly 20 years in the Zebras. Capello, who had long controlled the right to speak in the locker room, would have been sent out of Torino. In this life, although Pierro was not replaced by Capello by Capello in the most frequently replaced player under George's intervention, the Zebra Prince's invisibility at the critical moment still occurred from time to time. While causing losses to Juventus, it also consumed the patience of the management and fans.
The most important thing is that when the Agnelli brothers (i.e., Jani Agnelli and Umberto Agnelli) died one after another, there is no one in the Agnelli family who is willing to support Pierro. Without losing their backing, the Zebra Prince's position in Juventus naturally becomes precarious.
It is precisely because of this that Capello dares to suppress Piero in this way without worrying about the constraints from the management or the boss - if the Agnelli brothers are still alive, they would not dare to treat Piero like this if they lend Capello ten courages!
Now let's get back to the point. Although Tottenham successfully seized Juventus's life goal and infinitely amplified the weaknesses of the Zebra Legion by speeding up the pace of the game, this style of play has quite high requirements for the players' physical strength. Especially when Juventus deliberately stabilizes the rhythm in the second half, insisting on the speed-up tactic and trying to find ways to lure the opponent's attack will naturally consume more physical strength than the Zebra Legion!
Just now, in the 78th minute of the game, George, who realized that the player's physical fitness began to have problems, made his first substitution adjustment in this game, and replaced two players in one breath - Davis and Robben, and Bastulk and Ribery came on as a substitute!
After Davis got out of the court, Tottenham's midfield hardness immediately dropped a lot, and the counterattack strength also weakened a lot - this is also impossible, because Bastulk's advantage lies in dribbling and forward attack. There is a clear gap between the ball and the defense ability compared to Davis, which makes it difficult for Tottenham to make accurate and fast counterattacks like Davis when he was on the court!
Tottenham's speed-up tactics were a bit unsustainable after Davis came out, while Juventus, who was fighting back and forth, launched a counterattack under the leadership of Nedved. In the 83rd minute, Zanbrotta received Emerson's pass and made a cross from the bottom. Trezege headed back with Vidic's interference. The Czech Ironman, who had already set up a gun mount at the top of the penalty area, did not make any adjustments and directly shot a strong and heavy volley. The ball crossed Cech's ten fingers and entered the net, one-to-two!
One to two! When Trezeguet was entangled by Ridley King and Vidic and Pierro was in a sluggish state, Nedved stood up in time to win a goal for Juventus!
Seeing Frisk announce the goal valid, the Czech Iron Man first clenched his fists excitedly and yelled at the sky, then rushed directly into the goal and ran towards the middle circle of the court without stopping - Nedved did not forget that Juventus is still one goal behind Tottenham. So, if he wasted precious game time now because of celebrating the goal, it would only be a waste of money for the opponent!
In this way, when Juventus was already forced to the edge of the cliff by Tottenham, Nedved stood up and used a thunderous long shot to break through the goal guarded by Cech, and pulled the Zebras back from the brink of elimination on their own, allowing Juventus to see a glimmer of light of advancing to the finals again!
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