At this stage, Sporting Lisbon and Porto have not opened up the points gap, and the remaining opponents in the cup are not weak. If they are not well prepared, they may really suffer a double overturn.
This is what fans least want to see.
But there is also good news, that is, the pressure on Porto is also very high.
Currently, they are almost all fighting on three fronts.
They successfully passed the UEFA Cup play-offs and entered the knockout stages.
March 10th, the 26th round of the Portuguese Super League.
Sporting Lisbon defeated Santa Clara 3-0.
Reina made many wonderful saves in this game, which can be regarded as proof of Arsenal's poor performance.
At that time, he encountered a wave of Internet violence from Barcelona and almost collapsed.
It was Deng Kai who found Reina and told him that even if Schmeichel recovered from injury, Sporting Lisbon would let Reina play against Barcelona in the last round of the group stage.
Reina was inspired, and then he regained his confidence and quickly adapted to the team's game.
On March 11, a plane loaded with "Black and White" flew to Lisbon.
The east wind blows and the war drums beat, who is Juventus afraid of?
The former Serie A hegemon now comes to Lisbon as the second in Serie A and wants to take all three points at the Alvalade Stadium.
Because currently, like Sporting Lisbon, they only have four points in hand, behind Barcelona and Arsenal who have seven points.
And the one who can dominate the Bianconeri in the Serie A standings is Inter Milan, who was extremely stretched last season.
The introduction of Viana and the disposal of useless players such as Pirlo have made Inter Milan's lineup structure relatively benign.
Pirlo:???
The reason why I say relatively is because they still have too many forwards, but there are really not many that can be used.
However, Inter Milan fans are still unhappy with last season.
The main reason is Lippi.
This mole acted like he didn't understand tactics when he was coaching Inter Milan last season.
As a result, this season he led Juventus and suddenly became a master tactician again.
Let Nedved play from the midfield to the attacking midfielder, and change Juventus' parallel midfield into a diamond midfield. There are many tricks, and the effect is not bad.
This is really...if it weren't for the arrival of Hector Cooper, international fans would almost think that all their players are parallel imports.
As a result, after Cooper arrived, everyone discovered that Inter Milan players are still good.
So what do you think the problem is?
Lippi's professionalism and character have also been questioned to a certain extent.
Of course, some people said that Inter Milan really couldn't carry them that year.
Both sides announced their lineups before the game.
Juventus is still the same here:
Del Piero, Trezeguet
Davies, Nedved, Conte, Zambrotta
Pesoto, Ferrara, Montero, Thuram
Buffon.
Among them, the original main defensive midfielder Tachinadi was unwell, and veteran Conte took his place.
That's right, it's the future famous coach Conte.
In specific games, Davis's position will be slightly further back, with both defensive functions.
Nedved's position is further forward, playing as an attacking midfielder, completely replacing Zidane's function at Juventus.
The changes at Sporting Lisbon are not small:
Cristiano Ronaldo, Didier Drogba, Yin Bu
Deng Kai, Ronaldinho
Guardiola, Pepe
Barzagli, Vidic, Maicon
Reina.
In the frontcourt, due to Kaka's injury, Sporting Lisbon simply brought Yin Bu up.
This arrangement is intentional.
Not surprisingly, Yin Bu will become an important fulcrum for Sporting Lisbon in the frontcourt.
Because Pesoto, who is playing against Yin Bu, is only 1.73 meters tall.
The cutest height difference of more than 20 centimeters is Sporting Lisbon’s conspiracy.
Moreover, Yin Bu's foot skills are very good. If he really gets the ball, it is almost impossible for Pesoto to steal the ball from Yin Bu's feet.
This will inevitably pull out Juventus' left center back Ferrara.
In terms of defensive midfielder, after Matthaus was injured, Toure's effect was average.
The choice of backcourt swingman Pepe was based on his defensive ability, which also reflected Sporting Lisbon's caution.
After all, the last time we played against Juventus, we lost 4-0.
In terms of the three defenders, the use of Maicon also reflects the consistency of Sporting Lisbon's tactics.
After Yin Bu becomes a stable ball-handling point on the right, various tactics will inevitably be used around him.
The insertion of the Maicon sleeve is particularly important.
This is also the reason why Guardiola, who has always been in the right midfielder position, moved to the left today.
Pepe can fill the defensive hole left by Maicon on the right side at any time.
Anyone who knows tactics can basically guess Sporting Lisbon's style of play when they see this formation.
There are no secrets to tactics.
Once the tactic of keeping it secret is used, it will soon be discovered by the other party.
Juventus made corresponding tactical changes on the defensive end in response to Sporting Lisbon's formation.
Davis was completely assigned from the left midfielder to the left midfielder, focusing on double-teaming Yin Bu, and at the same time restricting Ronaldinho.
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Soon, the match between the two sides started.
And sure enough, in the ninth minute, Sporting Lisbon used Yin Bu's fulcrum to pass the ball to Ronaldinho, thus creating a set ball in the frontcourt.
Unfortunately, Deng Kai's feet were not yet warm, and the free kick he took missed the goal.
In the eighteenth minute, Yin Bu received the ball again.
He used force to knock Pesotto away, then turned around and feinted, eating Pesotto alive, and then pressed both Pesotto and Davis behind him.
Ferrara broke out of the penalty area and rushed towards Yin Bu.
Ronaldinho advanced into the middle, and Montero's attention was attracted.
Drogba started directly between the two central defenders and headed towards the small penalty area.
boom!
Yin Bu sent a through kick.
Because Davis was attacking from behind, the quality of this through ball was not high.
But the victory is that the opponent's defense has been completely torn apart and there is enough redundancy in passing, so it is still a good pass.
Buffon attacks!
Drogba didn't have time to adjust after receiving the ball, and Buffon grasped the timing of the attack very well.
Facing the attacking Buffon, Drogba could only try one shot.
But I can't even swing my legs.
In the end, the ball was tied to Buffon, who was then cleared by Montero who was chasing after him.
Although they failed to score, Sporting Lisbon overwhelmed Juventus on the field.
Juventus did have an insight into Sporting Lisbon's tactical routine, but whether it can limit the performance of the opponent's players is the most important thing in defense.
And Yin Bu... this player left a deep impression on Juventus.
So powerful!
It’s impossible to do anything!
In this regard, Deng Kai can only say that you still don't understand me, Dafengxian, well enough.
Whether I, Dafengxian, will become weak when encountering strength is still open to debate, but it is certain that we will become strong when encountering weakness.
As long as you make him feel like "the other person is nothing more than that", then you really have no chance.
Some people say that this kind of player is not good?