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Chapter 781 Volume Six Crimson Counterattack Counterattack
Ranieri is not a coach who is good at improvising on the spot.Facing Tony Twain's sudden change, he was as slow to react as his team.
When Juventus did not respond, Nottingham Forest easily won control of the midfield.
There is a saying in modern football-the one who wins the midfielder wins the world.
Slightly exaggerated, but the importance of midfield is self-evident.
If Nottingham Forest wants to beat Juventus in the away game and break the opponent's steady counterattack, they must first take the midfield into their own hands.Only in that way can there be capital to advance layer by layer.
Juventus's ball could not be passed in the midfield, and the four players of Nottingham Forest played both offensive and defensive duties at the same time.Especially George Wood, who ran and intercepted tirelessly in the midfield, harassing every attack of Juventus.Under the fast-paced pressing of Forest's midfield, Juventus's pass error rate began to rise.
Another weakness of Juventus's lineup has also gradually emerged-they lack a midfielder who can control the football at their feet and control the offensive and defensive rhythm of the team.Camoranesi is a wide player and very old.Giovinco is still a little too young. He has good ball control, but he doesn't know what rhythm is.As for Malouda...he's more of a striker than a playmaker.Not to mention the muscular man, Sissoko, he is just an engineer, and he is very promising in stealing the ball, but letting him pass the ball is just passing the football to the opponent.
Del Piero has the ability, but he is on the bench.Because of a slight injury, Ranieri did not dare to let his captain take risks.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, after Nottingham Forest controlled the midfield, they pushed forward aggressively, completely ignoring that it was Juventus' home court.When the team is on the whole, the goalkeeper Akinfeev's range of activities has changed from the front of the goal to the entire penalty area, and even extends to the outside of the penalty area to act as a sweeper.The distance between the three lines is moderate to ensure that even if the first attack is hindered, there will be follow-up attacks, so that the opponent will not counterattack if one attack fails.The double-layer interception in the midfield also ensures that Juventus' offense cannot pass there quickly, buying time for the Forest team's defense.
Ranieri's goal of scoring a goal in the opening 5 minutes was not realized, and it was Nottingham Forest's turn to perform.
The Forest team, which is in control of the midfield, has many ways to send the football near Juventus' penalty area, and it is no longer a tedious sidewalk.
George Wood held the football under his feet, and Sissoko was far away, eager to grab it.But he just thought about it, if he really did this, the empty door behind him would be wide open, and Nottingham Forest would go straight to Huanglong, he would not be far from being replaced.
When it was understood that Nottingham Forest's main attack direction was not the two sides, but the center, the role of Sissoko became more important.
Wood can no longer remember that he has ever played against Sissoko. In his eyes, all opponents are the same, and few people will impress him deeply.He ignored Sissoko's provocative eyes and passed the football to Thiago.
Nottingham Forest launched an attack from the middle, but it does not mean that they must hit the opponent's penalty area directly from the middle.In fact, Fernandez and Shaheen can spread out to the two sides when attacking.
For example, this time, when Fernandez saw Thiago receiving the football, he knew it and inserted it obliquely forward.
Sissoko looked at him, let him go, and did not mark him.His mission is to be in the middle.
After Thiago passed the football to Fernandez, he also ran forward.
Juventus' defense shrinks quickly.Fernandez quickly encountered resistance, he could only stop, turned around and protected the football.
Italy's defense is not so easy to break.
Wood looked at the situation ahead, thought about it in his heart, and decided to go up to support himself.
After Fernandez handed the football to Wood, he continued to pull towards the wing.
Fernandez went to the wing, and Juventus had to guard against it.The corresponding right back Grigera stepped forward to mark.Wood passed the football to Eastwood who retreated.
Eastwood did not stop the ball and gave it to Thiago.
Thiago was already facing the goal when he received the ball. Without hesitation, he took a long shot.
Buffon fought hard to save but did not touch the football.The ball went off the baseline against the goal post.
The Juventus fans at the Alpi Stadium broke out in a cold sweat.
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In the next few minutes, Nottingham Forest had three chances to shoot, but they were all from long distances.
This made Ranieri a little relieved.Although the Forest team suddenly changed their tactics, he was caught off guard.But Juventus' traditional football is still very effective-no matter how the opponent changes, we just stick to our football and deal with the opponent.Juventus football must be the football that first makes itself invincible!
Although they are very aggressive, they can only threaten our goal with long shots. As long as they can't enter the penalty area, there is no threat.
He walked to the sidelines, whistled and gestured, asking the team to push the Forest team out and not give them a chance to enter the penalty area.Don't be afraid of long shots, that is the shooting method with the lowest scoring rate.
Even the commentator noticed this: "Juventus' defense is very solid, and their defensive formation is maintained quite well. Nottingham Forest passed around and couldn't find a suitable offensive point, so they could only play a few feet away from the outside. Shoot. It seems that facing Juventus' tactics, Tony Twain still can't find a better solution."
After a few waves of Forest's offensive, Juventus started their counterattack.
The normal procedure of the game should be that Nottingham Forest will attack, while Juventus will defend and counterattack.
But this time they encountered a strong tackle in midfield.
Giovinco's body is like a kindergarten child in front of George Wood. Unless he dribbles the ball far away from Wood, as long as he is entangled by Wood, the football under his feet will be lost in all likelihood.
Sebastian Giovinco, with his shaved head, is a bit like the former Italian national team captain centre-back Cannavaro, although he is much less tall.He is only 1.6 meters four and weighs 61 kilograms, which is not considered thin.But in front of George Wood, his flexibility and body are useless at all.
Wood is as mobile as he is, and stronger than he is.That kind of ball with a chance of five or five points, as long as Wood exerts a little force, Giovinco will definitely lose control of the football.Perhaps the easiest way is to get rid of the inseparable man with a quick pass.
But he couldn't find a way to pass the ball forward, so he could only pass the football back.In this way, the speed of the team's attack was forced to slow down. The two full-backs pressed by Nottingham Forest all returned to the defense. Juventus found that they had to face the "impregnable" line of defense in the attack...
Juventus has a way to tell Nottingham Forest to only threaten their goal with long-range shots. Isn't there no way for Nottingham Forest to let them only fire from a distance?
For a while, most of our offenses ended with long-range shots, but the quality of the offense was not high. It was still 10:0 in the 0st minute of the first half.
The commentator really wants to yawn, this kind of game is really boring-the offensive quality is low, the rhythm is dragged down by the "joint efforts" of both sides, there is no passion, and there is no bright spot at all.Both sides are careful not to make mistakes, to prevent the opponent from catching possible mistakes, and the mentality of not seeking merit but seeking no fault determines that this game is definitely not likable.
Ranieri is very satisfied with the current situation, anyway, his original intention is to defend and counterattack.Now there are still 5 minutes before the last 10 minutes before the end of the first half. At that time is Juventus' real chance.He still remembers the scene when the two sides met for the first time in the Champions Cup - Tony Twain was eager to score three points in the away game, so he made a bold and aggressive tactic, but was taken advantage of by Juventus, which was firmly defending and counterattacking, and the first half began. Just 5 minutes each scored a goal, completely defeated Nottingham Forest.
He believed that with Tony Twain's character, he would never learn from his experience in matters related to his decision-making.Don't look at his low-key appearance in this game, in fact, he is more eager to win the game than anyone else in his heart.
why?
Because his record against Juventus is one loss and one draw.Except for Juventus, there is no team in the world that he has not defeated.If it was Ranieri's tone, it might be fine, but if it were Tony Twain, he would definitely not be able to swallow it!
He will definitely attack, and attack violently!
Then it's Juventus' chance!
During these 10 minutes, the two sides were still in a stalemate on the field, and they could only threaten the opponent's goal through long-range shots. Occasionally, there were a few balls that went into the penalty area, but none of them posed a real threat to the goalkeepers of both sides.
Except for the fans of both sides, I am afraid that no one will be interested in such a game.
Those neutral fans must have been greatly disappointed by this - before the game, the media hyped that this was Tony Twain's revenge battle, and that this was a "two-player meeting", but in reality?Any game with Juventus must be dull, and any game with Nottingham Forest will not be very exciting.These two teams met together, the dull effect × 2, how could it be better?
A football game needs passion!Such a game is simply a disgrace to modern football!
Those people complained in their hearts.
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Ranieri looked at his watch, six minutes left before the end of the first half.He stood up from the dugout, ready to give the players a signal to go all out.
At the same time, Tony Twain, who had been standing on the sidelines for almost four or ten minutes, seemed to finally feel his legs sore, and he turned and walked back to the coach's bench.
Buffon caught Eastwood's long-range shot wonderfully. He didn't choose to kick off with a big foot this time, but looked up at the midfielder, and then threw the ball to attack!
Sissoko swung the ball forward with a header and Camoranesi stepped back to meet it, passing it to Giovinco who was sprinting forward.
Giovinco glanced back at the ball rolling towards him, and then looked up ahead - there was no one there now, but out of the corner of his eye he saw a dark figure appearing from his left.You don't have to think about it carefully to know who it is.
George Wood followed Giovinco closely like a silent wolf, and he had already entered the hunting state.
Although Wood hadn't made any moves yet, and he was still some distance away from Giovinco, the Italian genius suddenly felt nervous out of thin air.He felt that if he continued to dribble the ball, nine times out of ten he would be cut off by the silent No. 13 beside him.If Juventus finally waited for an offensive opportunity to be buried in his own hands, he might be replaced in the second half. Captain Del Piero has already been called by Ranieri to warm up. It must be right I am not satisfied with my performance...
Since you can't break through this person's defense with the ball, you can definitely pass the ball!No matter how powerful he is, he can't take care of the entire second half alone.
Giovinco made up his mind, suddenly made an emergency stop, and then raised his head to look for the target of the pass.
He shouldn't have stopped the ball - this stop put himself in "death".Wood is in front of him, in a very well-placed position, and almost blocks all the routes he may rush the ball-unless he turns and brings it back.
Wood is not in a hurry to grab, that may make himself easily passed.He just blocked Giovinco in front, prevented him from continuing to dribble forward, slowed down Juventus' counterattack speed, and waited for his teammates to return to the defense.
Ranieri saw Giovinco suddenly stop off the court and shook his fist anxiously.
"Giovanco was blocked near the sideline by Wood! The players of Nottingham Forest have returned to defense, and Juventus' quick counterattack did not succeed!"
Giovinco understood his situation when he looked up and saw Wood as soon as he stopped the ball.He knew that he couldn't continue to move forward with the ball, and seeing Wood's expression as calm as a deep pool, he panicked even more.Felt like I might be stealing the ball.
At this time, the only way is to pass the ball quickly!
Thinking this way in his heart, he caught a glimpse of someone out of the corner of his eye—it was him!
"Giovanco passed the ball directly to Thiago who was returning to the defense! Did he still think Thiago was his teammate? This time Juventus was out of luck-they had just completed a pressing attack, but the ball was inexplicable. At the feet of the opposing player."
Of course, Nottingham Forest readily accepted the great gift from Giovinco.
Thiago did not forget to thank his former teammate in Italian: "Thank you."
This sentence suddenly stimulated Giovinco, his eyes were red and he rushed towards Thiago.
Wood called Tiago's name from behind, reminding him that Giovinco had rushed forward.
Thiago obviously expected Giovinco's reaction long ago, and he directly knocked the football to Wood with his heel.
Giovinco flinched, and turned to fight Wood again.This time Wood passed the football directly to Shaheen who was further ahead.
After Nottingham Forest fought back on the spot, Juventus counterattacked!
When Shaheen dribbled the ball forward, he was tackled fiercely by Sissoko, and rolled out with the ball, but the referee did not blow his whistle to signal a foul. clean.
Malouda next to him planned to rush forward to get the ball, and then continue to play Nottingham Forest's counterattack.Just when his feet were about to touch the football, the ball in front of him suddenly disappeared!
Sissoko just got up when he saw a man wearing a yellow captain's armband and a red Nottingham Forest jersey passing by like the wind in front of Malouda.Football is at his feet!
Without even thinking, he rushed towards the figure.
We're finally face to face, boy!
Sissoko did not tackle the ball at the first time, but slammed into George Wood sideways, intending to knock Wood sideways.
He succeeded. George Wood was knocked to the sideline by him, but he didn't miss the ball under his feet. He hooked him and followed obediently.
Seeing that the ball was not broken, Sissoko rushed forward, trying to force Wood to the sideline.Just like what Wood did to Giovinco just now.
This time he didn't succeed.Just as he was rushing towards Wood at full speed, Wood made a sudden stop and stopped the football at his feet, and Sissoko rushed over!
Sissoko slid past in front of Wood with a look of astonishment, and he couldn't stop even if he wanted to brake.
If Wood had enough sense of humor, he could even have waved goodbye to Sissoko as he charged past him.
"Beautiful escape!" The commentator couldn't help applauding Wood's sudden stop. "It's so clever! Sissoko was completely deceived!"
George Wood, who had gotten rid of Sissoko, had ample time to adjust the football, he swung his right foot, this is a long-range shooting posture...
"Chiellini rushes up to defend the... pass?"
Wood didn't shoot. Although his action looked like a shooting action, the football drew an arc and flew to the right side of the penalty area.
Ibisevic stood there, but he was offside - obviously, the moment Wood passed the ball, he dragged behind the entire Juventus defense.Another central defender, Lerottari, raised his arm, gesturing to the referee and the linesman.
Ibisevic wasn't about to catch the ball, he was running back, completely oblivious to the fact that the ball was flying towards him.
"Offside!" The commentator couldn't wait to announce the end of Nottingham Forest's attack.
It's a pity that neither the referee nor the line referee heard his cry, the referee did not blow his whistle, and the line referee did not raise the flag.
Their gazes were obviously not on Dkojbisevic running back with his head down, but another red figure who came in from behind at high speed.
Rafinha!
From the moment Thiago passed the football to Wood, Rafinha was running forward.Seeing that Shaheen's ball was intercepted by Sissoko, he still hesitated and stopped, wondering whether to turn around and run back to prepare for defense.But after seeing George Wood snatch the football back again, he no longer had any worries and moved forward resolutely.
After Wood made an emergency stop, he originally planned to shoot directly, but he happened to see Rafinha coming from the wing, so he changed his mind temporarily.An overhead pass to the right, just in time for Rafinha!
The ball arrives.
Rafinha didn't stop the ball and went straight to the ground and shoveled!
Buffon obviously did not expect Nottingham Forest to have such a hand.All his attention was on George Wood just now. Who would have thought that an opponent's right back would appear in front of his goal?
The football went through the gap between Buffon and the post!
The ball is in!
Go in?
The Juventus players seem to be unable to accept this reality-they wanted to use the last 5 minutes of the first half to break the deadlock, but unexpectedly, they were successfully conspired by Nottingham Forest...
Who is fighting whose counterattack?

(End of this chapter)