Chapter 933: A sharp turn
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Looking at Li Feng who was celebrating wildly, Manchester City who was celebrating wildly, Juventus was full of helplessness, especially Vidal, who was the main defender, but if he didn't retreat, there would be another possibility, that is, he was broken through by Li Feng, and then Li Feng rushed directly into the penalty area. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
And this step back has completely become itself and a nightmare for the team, two goals, Juventus is trying their best, even perfect, but still can't stop that crazy figure.
On the sidelines of the pitch, Alessio had already received a helpless look, and in the face of such Li Feng and such a goal, he had nothing to say, because his players had done well enough.
Substitutions, Giovinco replaced Asamoah, Juventus changed to a front three, Quagliarella was in the middle, and Vucinic and Giovinco flanked him.
I don't know if it was Alessio's substitution that played a magical role, and then, the game took a sharp turn for Manchester City, and within five minutes, Manchester City were sent off after receiving two yellow cards in a row.
This season, due to the tacit understanding of the defense, Manchester City's cards have decreased a lot, and in the Champions League, the current cards are only Yaya Toure and Kompany at most, and there are only two.
However, in the next five minutes, Milner, when De Jong stopped Pirlo, Milner shot from the side and tried to cut off the ball at Pirlo's feet, but Pirlo avoided it, but Milner failed to close his feet in time to bring down Pirlo, and Kakir took out the first yellow card to Milner.
Four minutes later, it was Milner again, and it was still a wave of defense, but this time it was against Vidal, who regained some self-confidence in Milner after being bullied by Li Feng.
The result was another foul, and Kakiel showed no mercy and pulled out a second yellow card for Milner, which also gave him the second yellow card of the season and the only player to receive a red card for Manchester City so far.
Van Basten also made a substitution, with Lodeville coming on to replace the underperforming Son Heung-min, while Shaqiri also retreated, and Manchester City changed their formation to 441 to keep the midfield intact, leaving Dzeko in front of him to play defensive counter-attacks.
Juventus attacked, and in this case, Alessio had nothing to hesitate about, rushed to the touchline, and then roared and waved his arm forward.
Vidal carried the ball forward and then drew the City midfield defence before passing back to Andrea Pirlo, who played a long ball straight across the City half and into the feet of substitute Giovinco.
Turning with the ball, feintting past Kolarov and cutting into the City penalty area, Boateng reacted quickly and immediately made up for it, but Giovinco was waiting for the moment.
When he saw Boateng rushing in front of him, Giovinco crossed to Quagliarella, stopped in front of Lescott, and then carried Lescott to complete a push.
Joe Hart was prepared, and at the moment of Quagliarella's push, he immediately jumped and pushed Quagliarella's kick out of the gate he was guarding.
Kolarov cleared, but Dzeko's header didn't go past Bonucci, and the ball returned to Juventus' feet again, it was Andrea Pirlo.
Compared to the first half, Pirlo doesn't have the same form as in the first half, and it can't be helped, and for a 34-year-old veteran, you can't expect him to be in the same form as he was in the first half.
In the second half, the physical fitness will definitely be younger, not to mention, Pirlo is not the kind of player known for his physicality, so there has been a quiet change between Pirlo and Vidal.
And at this moment, Pirlo is more of a long pass scheduling, which is also no way, Manchester City's midfield remains very intact, and De Jong and Li Feng's defense Pirlo has personally experienced.
It was good to listen to himself in the first half, but now, although Vidal is very good, in some ways, he can't compare with himself at all, so Vidal's step forward is more to attract the attention of Manchester City's defenders.
Of course, if City let up Vidal's defence, Pirlo would certainly not mind, send a through ball, and then let Vidal threaten the Manchester City goal with a long-range shot, after all, Vidal's long-range shooting is still quite good.
In fact, Juventus' equaliser goal was scored in this way, and the game came to the 78th minute, although Manchester City played two waves of quite good counter-attacks, but unfortunately Dzeko did not grasp it.
In the 63rd minute, Manchester City seized a wave of counter-attacks, Li Feng played a long pass to Dzeko at the back, and the latter forced a single squeeze past Barzagli after the header was spotted.
Buffon immediately chose to abandon the goal after seeing Dzeko squeeze past Barzagli, Dzeko was too confident, he wanted to shake Buffon to shoot, but Buffon directly tackled it, and the ball came to the feet of Barzagli behind him.
City missed the chance to kill the game once and for all, but five minutes later, City had another chance, but Dzeko was still not wrong.
This time it was too anxious, Li Feng held the ball and plugged in at high speed to attract the defense, and then separated Shaqiri, who broke through on the side and passed back to Li Feng.
Li Feng sent a straight plug in front of the penalty area, Dzeko goalkeeper played, this time, Dzeko was too anxious, if he controlled the ball first, pulled back, and avoided Bonucci's flying tackle in the shot, it is estimated that the goal would have been scored.
However, Dzeko couldn't wait to shoot, only to be hit by Bonucci's flying tackle, and the ball went straight out of its original trajectory and flew off the bottom line.
Dzeko's two kicks made the fans in the stands look depressed, and even Van Basten on the sidelines, at this moment, Van Basten is already thinking about whether it will be better to let Dzeko substitute in the future.
It's no wonder that Van Basten thinks so, when he came off the bench, Dzeko's performance was too impressive, whether it was with his teammates or his ability to give me chances, and his performance on the start was simply two people.
That's football, and sometimes, there's something that doesn't explain why someone comes off the bench and scores goals, but if you start him, he can't do as well as he did as he did when he came off.
Failure to grasp the opportunity is often punished, not to mention Manchester City, which is already at a disadvantage after the lack of one person, it can be said that it is all due to De Jong and Li Feng who swept wildly in the midfield without conceding a goal before.
As time passed, De Jong's physical strength began to be a little unable to keep up, after all, De Jong had only been injured for a month, and this match was his first match since recovering from the injury.
Originally, Van Basten was just going to let De Jong find a feel on the pitch for the next game against Chelsea, but Milner's red card completely disrupted Van Basten's changes. (To be continued.) )