Well, after talking for a long time, Juventus still had an advantage in the game and played better after being sent off personally?
How is it possible? If it is really easier to play with fewer people, I believe that football matches, as early as I don’t know how many years ago, have evolved into a rhythm where players commit various active fouls and then automatically apply for red cards!
But if not, why is Juventus' defense easier than before and seems to have an advantage?
First of all, it must be made clear that it is true that Juventus is easier to defend, but being easier to defend does not mean that they have an advantage!
After all, football is a goal-scoring game. If you can't break through the opponent's goal just by defending well, then all your words are useless!
Take Juventus for example after being sent off one man in this game. It is true that in the remaining 10 minutes of the first half, Juventus’ defensive quality seemed to be no different from that of the opening period.
What a difference, even better!
However, their offense is completely different from before!
Before Zambrotta was sent off, Juventus, playing at home, was troubled by Friedman's reverse free man tactics for a while, but overall, Juventus' offensive was still good.
Pretty good, at least, not losing to Crystal Palace![
But what happens after one person is sent off?
Since Juventus decided to pay attention to defense, the result actually goes without saying. Fans can guess it. Yes, in the words of the commentator, the game ended from 30 minutes to 45 minutes in the first half.
In this 10-minute match, the ball possession rate of both sides on the court is no longer enough to explain the problem!
It is no exaggeration to say that this 10-minute game was purely a half-time offensive and defensive drill for Crystal Palace!
The offensive power is not as good as before. This is the first problem Juventus encountered after sending off one man. Don't forget, they are still trailing 0-1 at the moment. If you still have thoughts about this game,
Not to mention taking the lead, at least equalizing the score is very urgent.
The reflection of being sent off on the court is naturally far more than the weakness of offense. There are also, for example, physical problems. This problem, as time goes by and retires, will also affect whether Juventus will be able to play this game.
It will collapse, factors must be considered!
10 against 11 against 11! Crystal Palace, under Friedman’s latest instructions, began to constantly dispatch the ball on the court, consuming Juventus’ physical energy. It can be said that because there is one less player to play,
, in the last 10 to 15 minutes of the game, except for goalkeeper Buffon, everyone else in Juventus will definitely be more than weaker than Crystal Palace in terms of physical fitness alone! Under such circumstances, then will be the real test.
A moment of Juventus’ technical, tactical and will quality!
The second half of the game continued to unfold after various battles of wits and courage between the coaches of both teams!
Back in the second half, Crystal Palace, who had one more player on the court, immediately followed Friedman's arrangements during the halftime break. They changed from the long-pass style in the first half.
Instead of using the open-and-close offensive method, Barcelona learned the technical flow and began to play ball control.
What? Crystal Palace is used to long passes and can't control the ball?
Are you kidding me, who are the Crystal Palace midfielders?
Sneijder, Modric, Yaya Toure, Nasri (replaced Wright-Phillips in the second half), Bale.
Coupled with Friedman's reverse free agent tactics, when the team attacks, Dani Alves and Zabaleta are used as wingers. None of these 7 people has such rough skills.
host!
Under such a configuration, the Crystal Palace side, perhaps because there is little practice on the court, is meaningless, and it is easy for the audience to watch how proficient the ball control tactics are to fall asleep! However, using such tactics, it is difficult to deal with the lack of play.
With one person, Juventus, who dare not get too close to the front line, is more than enough!
Unconsciously, the game was under Crystal Palace's conscious control, and it reached the 25th minute of the second half, which was the 70th minute of the game.[
This time, Friedman didn’t need to remind him any more. As early as midfield, it was already scheduled to start the attack at 70 minutes. It was a rare opportunity to catch more than one person fighting on the field, aiming to accumulate more goal difference for the Champions League group stage.
The Crystal Palace is unobtrusive and unrevealing, and it speeds up the pace of playing on the court.
And Crystal Palace's sudden change of pace in advance, it can't be said, really gave them a good scoring opportunity on the court.
Why do you say suddenly?
In fact, as a strong team, or at least a pseudo-strong team, Juventus can really surpass Crystal Palace by a lot in terms of experience in various competitions.
Therefore, although in Friedman's view, his tactics are very smart, but after just taking a look at Crystal Palace's ball control tactics after returning from the second half, without any tactical reminder, all the Juventus players had already guessed what Crystal Palace was doing.
In the final stage of the game, it is an inevitable choice to take advantage of their physical inability to keep up and speed up the tempo on the court.
However, as you might have guessed, Juventus did not predict that Crystal Palace would actually play cards out of common sense. When the game was only 70 minutes old and Juventus still had the strength to fight,
Suddenly he exerted force.
Unexpectedly, when it was transferred to the field, Juventus was half a beat slower in reacting to the new wave of Crystal Palace's offensive!
At that time, it was Yaya Toure who received a short pass from the defender in the midfield. There seemed to be no good chance. In order to get rid of Amauri, who was clinging to him like a tarsal maggot, he unconsciously
In the blink of an eye, he took the ball to the space between the two central defenders.
Seeing that Amauri adheres to the tactics set by his coach, as long as the Crystal Palace side does not reach halftime, he will never waste his energy on meaningless pressings and stop near the midline, Yaya Toure seems to be deliberately teasing Amauri.
, took the ball, directly in front of Amauri, and then took the ball again and ran towards Amauri.
As long as they can play football on the court, most players are passionate men. Faced with Yaya Toure's provocation, although he knew that he should not be fooled by the opponent, Amauri still couldn't help but break through the coach's midfield
The tactics were decided, and they rushed over in the direction of Yaya Toure.
But what a Yaya Toure, he was the one who stirred up the sparks between the two sides before. This time, after Amauri couldn't help but challenge, it was he who avoided the fight!
While Amauri was still running, before he could get into the gap in front of him, Yaya Toure smiled slightly, showing his fine white teeth, and then, under the gaze of Amauri that was about to burst into flames, he didn't care.
The opponent showed contempt and swept the ball towards Kompany who was not far away from him.
Having been provoked to anger, Yaya Toure moved the ball. Amauri naturally followed the ball, adjusted his direction slightly, and Amauri headed towards Kompany's position and killed him!
However, before Amauri could really take a step forward, almost as soon as Amauri started, Kompany gently touched the outside of his right foot and transferred the ball again to Yaya Toure.
Lescott on the other side!
"!" After being played by the opponent's defense like this, at this time, he still didn't understand that the opponent just wanted to play with him. Amauri's life for these decades has been in vain!
He stared hard at the three Crystal Palace players who were teasing him, seemingly trying to carve the opponent's figure into his mind, and adjusted his direction. Amauri didn't care about the ball anymore, just waiting to return to his previous position.