Juventus didn't launch its first threatening counterattack until the 16th minute.
After successfully intercepting the ball from the midfield, Parro quickly sent a direct pass and passed the ball directly behind the Naples defense. Bodinov sprinted forward as quickly as possible and chased the ball.
Just when the Bulgarian player was about to counter offside, he saw a blue figure quickly chasing him from behind, even faster and faster, and soon surpassed Bodinov, taking the lead and leaning on him with his body.
After stopping Bodinov and forcing him to slow down, he intercepted the ball first.
The Bulgarian player fell on the court again, but the referee still did not blow the whistle and signaled the game to continue.
David Luiz's wonderful comeback won warm applause from the audience.
"Great job, David!" Gao Shen shouted loudly from the sidelines.
In the stadium stands, Naples fans also cheered excitedly.
This is a very beautiful defense, which fully reflects David Luiz's outstanding personal ability and speed.
It can be said that this is a manifestation of his personal ability.
"That's it, keep it up, come on!" Gao Shen applauded vigorously.
Turning around, he saw Carlo, Lucas, Buenaventura and others all busy and excited.
Juventus has not even had a shot on goal so far.
This is Juventus!
Looking at the visiting team's coaching bench, Deschamps looked so worried that he was about to collapse. It was so enjoyable and such a sense of accomplishment.
"Last season, whether it was at the Alpi Stadium or at the Bernabeu, we were embarrassed by Juventus. Now we have revenge." Lucas said excitedly.
Who says it’s not?
Although Naples and Real Madrid are two different teams, for Gao Shen, it is quite normal and absolutely natural for Gao Shen to leave Real Madrid's revenge to Naples.
Besides, that guy Seco is still sitting in the stands.
Thinking of this, Gao Shen turned around, raised his head, and looked at the chairman's stand behind him. Although he couldn't see where Secco was, he seemed to have seen the embarrassed expression of the Juventus sports director.
hold on!
We haven't scored yet!
Gao Shen said expectantly.
The game lasted for more than ten minutes, and Juventus basically failed to organize a decent offense, but the defense was still very well organized.
The 4141 formation can ensure that their defense is very strong, and Deschamps himself is very good at coaching defense.
To break through Juventus' defense, Naples' offensive players must work harder.
Gao Shen stood on the long side and said nothing. He believed that his players knew what was going on.
They will definitely not let themselves down.
Definitely not!
…
Of course, the Juventus players are aware of the current situation on the court. Everyone is holding back their energy, playing against Juventus on the court, and patiently looking for opportunities.
Especially when counterattacking quickly.
The 414 formation allowed Juventus to organize a very tight defense.
Marchionne and Nedved are separated on the wings. These two players do not contribute much on the offensive end, but they work very hard on the defensive end and play a great role, especially Marchionne and Vargas on the left of Naples.
Every time I thrust forward, he followed closely all the way.
This prevented Naples' left wing, the attacking combination of Vargas and Gervinho, from being able to exert its due threat.
Gervinho was trapped in a one-on-one situation in the front, and Bill Lindley was also very experienced. Except for that cross, the threat was not great the rest of the time.
This also brought the competition scene into a stalemate.
Naples controlled the scene and rhythm and formed an overwhelming advantage over Juventus, but there were not many threatening attacks and they were unable to score a goal.
…
"It's loud and scary, but not threatening enough."
In the stands, Seco couldn't help laughing when he saw Napoli trying to pass the ball into the Juventus penalty area again, but still failed.
I don’t know how many times this has happened.
Although I have to be on tenterhooks every time, I still hold on to it in the end.
At the beginning, Seko was really worried, but later the team held on firmly.
"Sooner or later there will be a time when we can't hold on anymore." Marino replied calmly.
Secco didn't take it seriously. Naples had the advantage now. Although Juventus was a giant, they were playing away from home, and Juventus's style has always been to defend and counterattack.
"Have you seen the UEFA Champions League final in 2003? We could last 120 minutes with this kind of defense." Secco said with a proud smile. Although that game was a bit conservative, in the eyes of professionals, it was still
Very worthy of study.
It can be said that it was also the pinnacle of Serie A in recent years.
"We still lost in the end?" De Laurentiis sneered.
Seko's face froze, but he soon became relieved.
Urgent! Urgent!
"Perhaps, there is no need to defend for so long. When you can't attack for a long time..." Seko chuckled.
De Laurentiis and Marino looked at each other and both knew that what the other said was true.
Being unable to attack for a long time is often the most vulnerable time, especially for a young team like Naples.
At this time, Naples once again tried to pass the ball to Pellet's feet. After Pellet leaned on Kovac, he wanted to pass it back, but Zanetti, who returned to defense in time, destroyed the ball first.
Naples' attack suffered another setback.
Seko burst out laughing when he saw it, "Your biggest failure tonight is Pellet. He simply cannot cope with such a high-intensity game."
Neither De Laurentiis nor Marino could argue.
In fact, Pellet has not performed very well since joining Naples. On the contrary, Cavani has always performed well. The Uruguayan center is Naples' best player this summer.
But I don’t know why, Gao Shen actually took down Cavani tonight and chose Pellet to start. What is the reason for this?
Is it true that he will be defeated by Pellet as Seko said?
At this moment, Naples once again organized a wave of offensive on the court.
…
Pelle has a feeling that Juventus's counterattack now is feeble.
Bodinov was unable to take advantage of David Luiz, resulting in Juventus's counterattack being unable to pose a threat.
The Bianconeri's tactics are like a turtle, retracting its head and allowing you to fight until you are tired or unable to fight anymore.
However, Juventus's defense was so airtight and did not give Napoli any space.
Every time he tried to pass the ball to a threatening place, he was destroyed by Juventus players.
He really tried his best.
He has also been thinking about what Gao Shen and Borrell repeatedly told him, even if he cannot form an offense, he must still work hard to help his teammates create space for offense.
But how to create it?
It sounds simple, but how to do it?
Pellet felt very distressed.
Both the head coach and Borrell said that this kind of thing needs to be figured out by himself.
But how could he figure it out?
If he could figure it out, would he still be like this?
Maybe, I am not the material at all!
Pellet thought in frustration.
Another attack was frustrated. Pelle immediately launched a counterattack. Juventus failed to clear the ball in time and was forced to kick it out of bounds, resulting in a throw-in.
Gervinho wanted to take a throw-in, but Vargas blocked it.
The Peruvian full-back quickly stepped forward and signaled Gervinho to hurry over, along with Hamsik.
Pellet wanted to run over to respond, but saw that there were already three teammates over there. He felt that if he went over, there would be too many people, which would cause trouble for his own team, so he waited for an opportunity in the middle.
Vargas threw the ball, and after Gervinho threw the ball to Hamsik, he turned and ran into the penalty area, trying to catch Hamsik's pass, but Juventus's defense had already failed.
beware.
Hamsik had no choice but to protect the ball and pass it back to Vargas on the left.
The Peruvian left back stopped the ball with his left foot within the court line without going out of bounds. He glanced in the direction of the penalty area and saw Pelle raising his hand. Gervinho wanted to run out to meet him, but Vargas directly left his foot.
Cross.
The ball drew an arc and fell into the penalty area.
Pellet was competing with Kovac and could not face the goal directly.
Kovac is not tall and his physical confrontation is not as good as that of Pellet, but he is very experienced and always stands between Pellet and the goal. Coupled with the god-like Buffon, Juventus's defense can be said to be impregnable.
But the moment the ball was passed, Pellet could see the entire left side of the penalty area. He saw Gervinho turn around and rush back to the penalty area immediately after seeing Vargas pass the ball.
Suddenly, an idea popped into his mind.
He immediately pressed his body against Kovac, forcing him to take two steps back. After the ball fell, Pellet stopped the ball with his chest, and before it hit the ground, he took the ball forward with his foot.
One push.
"Hurry up!" Pelle shouted loudly.
He didn't even know whether Gervinho could guess his intentions or whether he could react to them?
Almost at the same time as Pellet shouted, Gervinho turned around, suddenly accelerated, threw away Billindelli, and rushed straight to the left corner of the small penalty area, barely catching up with the pass from Pellet.
Football.
It was too late, but it was so fast. After Gervinho caught up, he faced Pellet's pass without thinking and suddenly shot with his right foot. The ball was almost in a straight line, lightning-quick and shot towards the goal.
Juventus goal.
Buffon was disturbed by Pellet. When he reacted, he flew sideways and was slightly slower as a result.
Gervinho's shot finally got into the Juventus goal, which was close at hand.
Fans in the entire Sao Paulo Stadium had held their breath since the throw-in, and it wasn't until this moment that they suddenly burst into thunderous cheers.
Gervinho also turned around and rushed out of the Juventus penalty area amid the cheers of the fans, running all the way to the sidelines, cheering and cheering along the way, venting his inner excitement and excitement.
The entire Sao Paulo Stadium also turned into a vast ocean in an instant.
