Chapter 221 Song Wen starts warming up

Although facing media interviews, Juventus coach Allegri behaved very gracefully.

But in fact, when the outside world was noisy, Allegri was hiding in the locker room alone, crying very sadly.

He now really believes the rumors in some tabloids.

The number 17 of Atletico Madrid is not from Earthling at all.

That guy is definitely a high-tech robot from outer space.

Otherwise, how could a normal human being be able to play again just two days after such an intense match? !

Allegri and his coaching team have not slept for two days and two nights for today’s game.

They designed countless tactical plans, hoping to take advantage of Song Wen’s absence and score enough away goals at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium.

For this reason, Allegri can be said to have spent all his money in arranging the players today, and piled up all the players with strong offensive capabilities in their club.

There is a kind of courage to burn your boats.

But if Song Wenjie plays today, then Juventus would be shooting themselves in the foot by putting out such a lineup!

As the game time was getting closer, Allegri even wanted to find an excuse to escape due to illness at this moment, and was somewhat afraid to go on the court to face the disaster that would happen next.

Now on the Internet, in addition to criticizing Atletico Madrid, fans are also mostly observing a moment of silence for Juventus.

Judging from Juventus’ lineup, fans can easily see what Juventus wants to do today.

But Song Wen appeared on the big list.

In the face of absolute power, any conspiracy or trickery seems so ridiculous at this moment.

At the Metropolitan Stadium.

Song Wen’s right hand was still tied with a simple bandage, and he was casually warming up on the lawn.

His face didn’t look very good, and even pale.

When he moves, he looks listless and weak.

In fact, Song Wen’s current behavior is not just an act.

He is in the recovery period of Phoenix.

According to past experience, the second and third days after each competition are always his weakest days.

So Song Wen is really weak now.

It is so weak that it will fall back if the wind blows.

But Song Wen’s appearance did not seem so serious to Juventus players.

Although the Juventus players seemed to be concentrating on training, in fact, they couldn’t help but glance in the direction of Song Wen.

Mandzukic is whispering in Dybala’s ear.

“Don’t be fooled by his weak appearance. This cunning boy loves acting. He acts like this on purpose to make us underestimate him. When you bump into him, he might just knock you to the moon.”

Dybala nodded seriously.

“I understand. If we ask the midfielders to mark him closely, he will appear unable to move one second and suddenly sprint the next. That is his usual tactic. We cannot be fooled again.”

“That’s right, especially in the second half. Don’t think he’s weak just because he was walking in the first half. You must believe that he is the most cunning actor in the world!”

As they talked, they looked at Song Wen.

It just happened to meet Song Wen’s line of sight.

So Song Wen gave them a weak but polite smile.

Mandzukic and Dybala suddenly felt a chill and quickly looked away.

“Don’t look him in the eye. I heard his eyes can bewitch people.”

“Did you see his smile? It was like the devil’s smile.”

Dybala looks at Mandzukic.

“If you were given another chance, would you still choose to leave Atletico Madrid?”

You know, Mandzukic just left Atletico Madrid last season.

Hearing Dybala’s words, Mandzukic looked into the distance.

“It’s all fate…”

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Tik Tok live broadcast room.

When the players from both sides stood still, Zhan Jun finally recovered from his anger and returned to the attitude of a professional commentator, and said:

“Hello, viewers, you are watching the first leg of the 2017/2018 UEFA Champions League round of . The two teams are Atletico Madrid from the Spanish La Liga and Juventus from the Italian Serie A.”

“With the referee’s whistle, the game officially begins!!”

Turin’s iron defense line was put into action at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium.

Allegri stood in the visiting team’s coaching area, the hem of his black windbreaker lifted up at a sharp angle by the night wind.

He kept three fingers of his right hand in his suit pocket, where was hidden the medical report updated three hours ago – the area of ​​Song Wen’s left shoulder deltoid muscle hematoma reached 12 square centimeters, enough to keep a normal person bedridden for two weeks.

“Press forward!” the Italian coach screamed in Piedmontese dialect, his Adam’s apple rising and falling violently as his vocal cords vibrated. “Don’t be scared by their eyes!”

37 seconds after the opening whistle, Dybala used his signature reverse spin to get rid of Koke and swept the ball to the open space on the right with the outside of his left foot.

Douglas Costa advances as if to the beat of the samba drums in Rio de Janeiro, his socks always pulled only three centimeters above his ankles, revealing the hideous surgical scar on his Achilles tendon.

“Danger!” Zhan Jun’s voice suddenly rose, “Costa used five bicycle kicks to shake Juanfran off!”

The Brazilian winger suddenly stopped and changed direction, and the friction sound of his shorts was captured by the on-site radio.

His left ankle turned outward 57 degrees at the moment of exerting force – this was a sequelae of a meniscus tear in 2015, but it became his unique secret skill for breakthroughs.

When Juanfran’s center of gravity shifted, Costa knocked the ball to the bottom line with his heel, and he overtook from the outside like a loach.

Godin’s defense was like a winter cold wave in Uruguay, and his knee was precisely stuck in Costa’s kicking path.

The dull sound of the collision between the two made the fans in the front row lean back subconsciously. Costa’s shin guards popped out in the collision, but he still used his toes to tip the ball into the penalty area.

“Mandzukic!” Fan Zhiyi’s tactical pen hit the screen heavily, “This jump height is too terrifying!”

The Croatian center forward smashed the ball towards the landing point like a battering ram, with his forehead only 5.74 meters away from the goal line.

The force with which Savic grabbed the opponent’s jersey was enough to tear three layers of cotton yarn, but Mandzukic used this pulling force to exert force in the opposite direction. The moment his neck muscles popped, the football turned into a cannonball and hit the near corner.

Oblak’s save was as cold as the snow-capped mountains of Slovenia.

When he jumped into the air, his right arm was bent in an anti-joint manner, and the base of his palm pushed outwards at the moment of contact with the ball. This action that violated ergonomics had caused Atletico Madrid’s team doctor to issue seven warnings. The football hit the inside of the post heavily, stirring up grass and cold sweat in front of the goal line. “There are cracks in Atletico Madrid’s steel defense!” Zhan Jun called up the heat distribution map, “Juventus’s first three attacks all came from the right, and Costa’s breakthrough success rate reached 100%.”

Allegri chewed his gum three times faster and he smelled blood.

When Pjanic took the fourth corner kick, Chiellini suddenly started from the penalty spot, and his running trajectory drew a strange Z shape – this is the “visual interference running method” developed by the Sports Laboratory of the Polytechnic University of Turin.

“Watch out!” Godin’s roar was mixed with blood in his throat.

Savage lost his balance in the scuffle and Benatia’s forehead was only twenty centimeters away from the spinning football.

At the critical moment, Gabi appeared like a bullfighter’s red cloth and used the outside of his thigh to knock the ball out of the baseline.

In the 11th minute of the game, Atletico Madrid finally showed its fangs.

Godin intercepted the ball in the backcourt and made a long pass. Griezmann cut in to the ribs like a vulture smelling rotten meat.

The French striker’s movement of using the instep to take the ball off the ball was as elegant as the lavender fields of Provence, but when he broke into the penalty area, Chiellini pressed his hip joint with his knee – this was the “gentle strangulation” tempered by the old central defender in twenty years of Serie A.

“Textbook-level positioning!” Fan Zhiyi tapped the tactical board, “Chiellini didn’t even look at the ball, he was staring at Griezmann’s center of gravity changes the whole time!”

Simeone on the sidelines pulled off his tie, and the blood vessels in the Argentine’s temples were throbbing.

He knew better than anyone that when Song Wen was not on the field, Atletico’s attack was like a grenade with the fuse pulled out.

The broadcast camera swept across the bench. The figure of No. 17 was shrouded in shadow, and the cold steam rising from the ice pack on his left shoulder was clearly visible under the searchlight.

Juventus’ attack became more and more fierce.

In the 18th minute, Dybala suddenly made a rainbow pass from the center circle, and the football drew a parabola of 23.4 meters in the air.

Mandzukic carried Godin and headed the ball with his back to the goal. Higuain appeared in the small penalty area like a ghost. His volley was blocked by Oblak’s shin, but Khedira followed up with a shot but blasted the ball into the second-tier stands.

“Atletico’s penalty area is turning into a sieve!” Zhan Jun called up the data panel, “Juventus completed 20 shots in the first 7 minutes, and the expected goal value was as high as 1.7!”

The boos at the Wanda Metropolitano reached a boiling point when Costa once again ate Juanfran alive.

The Brazilian broke through to the end line and suddenly made a triangle pass, but Dybala’s shot was blocked by Savic’s face.

As the Argentine rising star knelt on the ground with his head in his hands, the fourth official on the sidelines raised the injury time card – Savage’s nosebleed spread out a dark red pattern on the grass.

The melody of “You’ll Never Walk Alone” suddenly sounded from the diehard stands, which was a black humor from Atletico Madrid fans.

Sparks from the collision of steel were still flying. In the 23rd minute, Pjanic’s long-range heavy artillery was blocked by Oblak with one hand over the crossbar, and the Velcro on the Croatian goalkeeper’s gloves was clearly cracked under the high-altitude photography.

When Chiellini once again overpowered Griezmann and headed the corner kick, Allegri finally smashed the tactical board in his hand.

Allegri is undoubtedly nervous now.

The game has been going on for 23 minutes. Although Juventus seems to have the upper hand on the field, he knows that if they cannot break the deadlock in the next ten minutes or so, they will pay a heavy price.

Because Juventus’ current advantage is entirely due to the players’ desperate efforts.

Although Atletico’s defense seemed chaotic, in fact, the players did not consume too much physical energy.

This is obviously Simeone’s tactical arrangement.

He knew that Juventus put out such a lineup in order to launch a quick attack in the early stage and gain an advantage.

So Simeone simply gave up the idea of ​​attacking in the early stage.

As long as Atletico can withstand Juventus’s waves of attack, their counterattack will be quick and terrifying.

Most importantly,

Allegri’s eyes couldn’t help but wander from the field to the sidelines.

If they can’t establish an advantage in the first half, or if they can gain enough advantage before Atletico Madrid can react, once Simeone lets Song Wen play –

So Allegri frantically urged Juventus players to press forward on all fronts.

In fact, the Juventus players today really tried their best to attack and run.

You know, they never play like this in their own league.

And as we all know, Juventus has a familiar nickname – the Old Lady.

This team has always been known for its elegance and stability, and has a decent “aristocratic” style.

Today’s game was so wild, it was obvious that the players had tried their best.

Juventus’ attack on the right became more and more crazy.

When Pjanic made an accurate diagonal pass into the penalty area in the 27th minute, a crack finally appeared in Atletico’s defensive system, and Bernardi rarely rushed into the penalty area to participate in the score.

“Danger!” Zhan Jun’s voice suddenly rose: “Costa made a series of feints to get rid of Saul!”

The Brazilian winger picked up the ball with his toes near the baseline, and the ball drew a strange arc over Godin’s head.

This pass avoided Oblak’s attack route and fell right into the dive-bombing area where Mandzukic was best.

The Croatian center forward crushed Juanfran’s pull like a chariot, stretching his entire body into a perfect attacking posture.

“The ball is in!” Fan Zhiyi couldn’t help but exclaimed.

When Mandzukic was about to touch the ball, he caught a glimpse of a ghostly white figure out of the corner of his eye.

Because there was a guy there, jogging on the sidelines.

“He’s warming up?!”

“Are you ready to go on stage so soon?!!”

Mandzukic has dealt with hundreds of similar crosses in his career, but this time the muscles in his cervical spine suddenly stiffened uncontrollably.

“It’s in the air!” Zhan Jun slammed the table and stood up with disbelief in his voice, “It’s an empty goal! Mandzukic actually headed the ball onto his shoulder!”

The ball bounced strangely and hit the crossbar. The moment Cork cleared the ball with a big kick, the whole stadium was filled with thunderous exclamations.

The broadcast camera sharply cut to the Juventus bench, and Allegri angrily threw the tactical board to the ground.

On the Atletico Madrid side, Song Wen was still walking slowly on the sidelines.

Allegri looked at Song Wen who had stopped jogging.

I was anxious and angry.

He clearly saw that Mandzukic’s gaze froze here for a second, causing him to lose sight of the ball and finally hit it into the air.

But Allegri was equally anxious.

Song Wendu is already warming up, and they haven’t scored a goal yet!!

This made him yell again to the players on the field:

“Sprint! Sprint!! Press high up the pitch!! I want to see the ball always in front of their goal!!”

(End of this chapter)