At the Allianz Stadium in Turin, when Chiesa held the ball on the wing, the expectations of Juventus fans in the stands were instantly ignited!
Especially the area on the lowest stand close to the left side, where the fans are closer to the stadium and their cheers are louder!
Of course, these shouts are not only to cheer for Chiesa, but also a demonstration to Mourinho in the front!
Kulusevski, Locatelli and Bentancur gathered in front of the penalty area, not only to contain Juventus' two midfielders, but also to rush into the penalty area to attack at any time!
At the back, not only the two full-backs, but also Chiellini crossed the center line, serving as the receiving point for the back pass, helping the team organize a second attack!
Pellegrini took it back for this reason, but even so, he and Cristante could not defend against this level of pressure from Juventus!
Chen Xiaoliang could only stand at the front of the right side of the penalty area and watch Chiesa challenge the defense of Karsdorp and Mkhitaryan again and again.
In just 3 minutes, he had passed Karsdorp twice, but he failed to control the final pass and was unable to get the ball into the penalty area.
In the 84th minute, Juventus launched another attack from the left!
Mkhitaryan was obviously tired. With Sandro's forward and backward movements, the 32-year-old Armenian was overwhelmed, but he still squeezed out his last bit of strength to defend!
After Sandro passed the ball to Chiesa, he started running forward!
Mkhitaryan had no choice but to defend!
Sandro's intention was very clear, which was to rely on the physical advantage of coming on later and use repeated sprints to wear down the physical strength of Roma's defense!
Chiesa dribbled the ball and looked ahead. In his eyes, Karsdorp was not a threat at all.
He started from the left and cut diagonally towards the middle along the inside line!
Karsdorp keeps retreating!
Chiesa accelerated and suddenly changed direction to the outside!
Karsdorp, who had just retreated sideways with his left foot behind, quickly turned around and retreated to the right rear with his right foot behind!
Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned around, Chiesa changed his ball-control foot again, changed direction again, and broke through to the inside!
Karsdorp also wanted to turn around, but his footing slipped and he almost tripped over himself!
Just like that, he was passed again!
Too fast!
Not only does it change direction quickly with almost no pause, but the first step after changing direction is also very fast!
Chen Xiaoliang moved a few steps to the right, pretending to rush forward to block, but he couldn't really rush over. There were too many Juventus players in front of the penalty area, and all of them could attack from behind!
Time was running out, and Chiesa didn't stick to the ball. He took it to the bottom line on the left side of the penalty area, rubbed it with the instep, and a low arc rose up!
Middle road, or penalty spot!
All the players from both teams around the penalty area rushed over!
Chen Xiaoliang also rushed over!
This time Ibanez hit the ball, but he didn't use enough force!
The ball flew to the top of the penalty area!
Morata fell to the ground, and seeing that the referee did not say anything, he quickly got up!
Pellegrini received the ball and was about to turn around when Bentancur caught his body and stretched his leg to intercept the ball!
Huang Jianxiang: "Bentancur did not choose to take a long shot, but passed it to the right!"
"Cuadrado catches the ball!"
"Binia went to meet him!"
"Cuadrado dribbled the ball straight through Viña's small goal!"
"Cuadrado enters the penalty area! Sweeps across the goal!"
"Locatelli header!"
"The ball changed direction and flew out of the baseline!"
"Watch the slow motion carefully, the ball headed by Locatelli hit Morata 's lower abdomen near the goal post!"
Xu Yang: "This is simply Rome's twelfth man, the third goalpost!"
Barrage:
[Morata, I'm really impressed! ]
[Roma fans said that they replaced Keane, the goal scorer, with Morata to thank Allegri for not killing him]
[Baoqiang had played like this earlier, using his speed to get past Binya, and he wouldn't have been so passive for most of the game]
[Morata, Dayu who passed the ball three times but failed to score]
[The King of Offside who was offside 36 times in a single season and performed an offside hat trick? ]
[The two-faced Cao Pi? ]
[With a weekly salary of 145,000 euros, he defends for the opponent...]
[He scored 3 goals in the European Cup, making him the top scorer in the history of the Spanish team. If you think he is not good enough, he will score a goal for you to see. If you think he is good enough, he will perform for you to see...]
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Joao requests a substitution!
The continuous crosses made Mourinho determined to change the formation!
Smalling replaced the exhausted Mkhitaryan, and Zalewski replaced Abraham!
The formation was changed to three central defenders! Strengthen the air defense capability in the penalty area!
Sun Jihai: "At this point in time, Roma replaced a central defender and removed a center forward. They wanted to keep the tie and keep one point."
Xu Yang: "I didn't expect it before the game. In the first 80 minutes, Roma had the upper hand. It was unexpected that they could play like this. Although Roma has been in good form since the start of the season, Juventus has also rebounded strongly recently, and they are at home.
But in the end, the depth of the bench still showed the gap between the two teams. "
The Roma players on the field also noticed the change in wind direction.
Mourinho, who had been encouraging everyone to win before the game, seemed to realize that the team had entered a critical period in the last few minutes!
If we can defend this wave, we may have a chance to defeat another one through counterattack.
If we fail to defend, not only will 1 point turn into 0 points, but tonight's efforts will be wasted, and if we lose the ball in the last moment, the team's slowly accumulated morale will also suffer a blow !
In the next game, which will be in 6 days, they will return to Rome to face Napoli, the top team of this season, who have won 7 consecutive games!
It was the 86th minute and Patricio was ready to take a goal kick.
Juventus has already pressed forward in full force at this time, while only Cesco from Roma is near the center circle, the rest have retreated!
Patricio kicked the ball forward, but the pass was not very accurate and was caught by Bonucci.
Still given to the left!
After Mkhitaryan left the field, Pellegrini moved to the right to assist in defense, but he couldn't run much.
Sandro passed the ball to Bentancur, who attracted Pellegrini's attention with a simple dribble and then passed the ball back to Sandro!
Chiesa moved inward, Sandro moved to the bottom line, Karsdorp pressed, and Sandro passed the ball to Chiesa!
After several consecutive high crosses without scoring, Chiesa chose to cut inside this time!
What needs to be faced must be faced eventually!
Facing Chen Xiaoliang's defense, Chiesa changed directions continuously and kept flicking the ball between his left and right feet!
Chen Xiaoliang only felt that the phantom of Chiesa created by the marking attribute also appeared and disappeared on his left and right sides!
It’s impossible to tell which side Chiesa will go to!
Because even the Italian himself doesn't know which side he will choose to dribble from!
He was testing Chen Xiaoliang's defense with repeated small changes of direction and swaying. As long as the Red Countryman's center of gravity moved in a flash, that would be the best time for him to break through!
Chen Xiaoliang kept retreating. At this time, he could neither rush forward to steal the ball nor easily make a tackle!
Chiesa brought it into the penalty area !
The other players of both teams were running, and then watched the two people fighting one-on-one in offense and defense from different angles and postures!
Chiesa's space and angles are getting smaller and smaller!
When he arrived in the penalty area, he no longer had enough space to dribble the ball and accelerate!
Chen Xiaoliang can't retreat anymore!
The distance between the two is very close!
Chen Xiaoliang moved closer to his right side!
As soon as he moved, Chiesa went to the left!
This is the direction to go to the bottom line! It is also the direction Chen Xiaoliang hopes he will go!
If you stick to his left side, he will cut inside to the middle and get a bigger angle!
At this time, Chen Xiaoliang used his skill of [Good at Close Defense]!
Use just the right amount of body pressure to disrupt Chiesa's balance and pace!
Despite being pushed, Chen Xiaoliang did not make any obvious movements with his hands, nor did he stretch his feet to intercept the ball. Even if Chiesa wanted to dive, there was no suitable diving platform!
Seeing that he would be forced to the end line if he continued, he swung his left foot and swept the ball towards the goal!
But his body balance was destroyed by Chen Xiaoliang, and his right supporting foot could not stand. The ball he swept out was not fast, and Patricio, who was blocked at the near post, fell to the ground and pounced on him!
Chiesa fell down, looked up at the referee, but still did not say anything!
He slapped the turf hard!
Huang Jianxiang: "This ball was defended successfully, but the process was still a bit thrilling. Chiesa's dribbling and change of direction abilities are indeed second to none in Serie A.
I feel like in previous games, I haven’t seen an offensive player be able to push Xiao Liang deep into the penalty area.”
Sun Jihai: "From my experience, Xiaoliang chose the most reasonable way to defend. The opponent's pace was too fast. Because he was short and his stride was not big, no matter how good he was at tackling, he couldn't guarantee that he would hit the target with one tackling. He would either be passed by or be fouled and a free kick or penalty kick would be awarded. Both of these were risky.
But in the restricted area, one is that so many people take up the space, and the other does not have enough space to accelerate. At this time, choosing to use the body, forcing him to go outside, interfering with his movements, and reducing the quality of his passing is a very safe approach. "
The clock reached the 87th minute. Patricio did not choose to stand up and throw the ball back immediately. Instead, he lay on the ground for a long time, and only stood up slowly after everyone around him had dispersed.
Then he walked a few steps with the ball, observed the referee's actions, and when the time was almost up, he threw the ball on the ground.
This is the experience of the old Portuguese goalkeeper. He knew from the substitution just now that Mourinho wanted to secure a point.
Morata rushed over to grab the ball.
But this was all within Patricio's expectations.
He went to find Cesco again with his big feet.
This time, Sesco chested the ball and barely managed to control it, but the confrontation and harassment from Chiellini from behind made it impossible for him to dribble well.
The ball was still bouncing when it landed. Suddenly, he had an idea. He kicked the ball behind him with his toes, then leaned against Chiellini, turned around with him as the axis and ran back!
Even though this legendary Italian central defender and Juventus captain is knowledgeable and experienced, he did not expect that the 18-year-old boy in front of him would do such a thing to him!
This is Chiellini's last season at Juventus.
Since joining Livorno in 2000, he has spent a full 21 years in his professional career, and it will be 22 years at the end of next season.
During this period, he helped Juventus achieve nine consecutive Serie A titles, five Italian Cups, and also helped Italy win one European Cup and one European Cup runner-up.
This mainstay of the Italian defense played as a winger and even a striker in the first few years of his professional league career, but was later transformed into a full-back.
After the Calciopoli scandal, Juventus, who were relegated to Serie B, faced the departure of many key players, especially the two main central defenders at the time, Cannavaro and Thuram, who were signed by La Liga duo Real Madrid and Barcelona respectively.
Under such circumstances, Deschamps, who took over in a critical moment and became the head coach, had a keen eye for talent and transformed Chiellini into a central defender, thus bringing out the full potential of the Italian.
Faced with the decline of the former nine-time champion in the past two seasons, Chiellini has been unable to do anything.
After all, he is 36 years old. It is impossible to expect him to play 90 minutes in every game and carry the team's defense like he did five or six years ago.
He is also very happy that the 20-year-old De Ligt can come to Juventus, and has repeatedly told the media that the Dutchman will become the best in the world and he will spare no effort to help him grow.
He will leave Juventus after the end of the season and go to the United States to spend the last few years of his career.
However, he has not told anyone in the club about this, because before that, he still wants to do his best to help the team achieve the best possible results as a veteran, and will not announce it until the day he is about to leave.
However, the Slovenian child who suddenly leaned on him and turned around made him feel extremely helpless.
That kind of energy, motivation, and vitality of a fledgling was something he was once very familiar with but had long lost.
It had been 88 minutes, and the 36-year-old, who had defended for most of the game, was already on the verge of exhaustion.
When I was young, I could play a game and recover in two days.
It may take a week to recover from a game now.
But after today's game, the team will go to Meazza six days later to challenge the defending champion Inter Milan away. It is not known whether De Ligt's injury can be healed. He may have to start and play the whole game with his old friend Bonucci.
It seemed that Cesco was about to get rid of him and then rush towards his own half with the ball without any obstruction.
Can't lose, but can't be penalized either.
Chiellini had no time to turn around, so he could only hook Sesco's hand and fall backwards, making it look like he was knocked down by Sesco, and then he "accidentally" pulled Sesco to the ground as well.
The referee stopped the game without hesitation and took out the yellow card.
The Roma players were very dissatisfied and surrounded the referee, thinking that this was a one-on-one chance and that Chiellini had committed a deliberate foul!
But the video referee team told the referee that the last defensive player at the time was Bonucci, who was slightly behind on the other side when viewed from the parallel line.
Chiellini got up, jogged back to the penalty area, and high-fived his old friend Bonucci.
If it weren't for his retreat just now, he would obviously be on his way to the bench.
This tacit understanding was formed through ten years of partnership and cooperation between the two.
At this age, each of them knows each other's strengths and weaknesses.
Calling the penalty, running, preparing for the free throw, another minute passed.
Both sides are persisting and trying to get a better result for themselves.
In the 89th minute, Binya kicked the ball directly into the penalty area from the backcourt!
Ibanez and Bentancur compete for the header!
Bentancur headed the ball, but it didn't go far!
Cristante caught up with the ball and swung it towards the goal!
The ball went wide!
Szczesny called out to the ball boy to give him the ball quickly, and then quickly kicked the ball into the goal!
Danilo accelerates after receiving the ball!
Karsdorp pulls him to the ground!
The referee shows the yellow card again!
On the sidelines, the fourth official raised a sign, 3 minutes of extra time!
Danilo kicks off and Roma retreats across the board!
Locatelli made a long-range 45-degree cross!
Smalling heads the ball out!
Chen Xiaoliang cleared the ball with a long kick towards the front court!
Bonucci controls the ball and continues to organize the attack!
Long pass to the left!
Chiesa took two steps forward after receiving the ball, but his physical exhaustion greatly reduced his starting speed. Knowing that he could not break through Chen Xiaoliang, he passed the ball directly to Kulusevski!
The Swede went down the flank, but this time he chose an inverted triangle cross!
Cuadrado followed up with a shot!
The ball went straight to the upper left corner!
Just when the hearts of Roma's players and coaches were in their throats, Patricio made an extreme stretch and blocked the ball!
The ball hit the crossbar and bounced back!
Manic kicked the rebounding ball out of the sideline!
Roma players came up to pay tribute to Patricio!
Patricio, born on February 15, 1988, made his debut in the youth training system of Sporting CP and played for the team for 12 years. After Wolves received investment from Red Country Capital and were promoted to the Premier League in 2018, he became one of the many Portuguese players signed by Wolves that summer.
However, it had been two years since the peak of his career. In the 2016 European Cup in France, Patricio made an indelible contribution to Portugal's championship with his extraordinary performance.
Especially in the final, he contributed 7 saves, becoming the goalkeeper with the most saves in a single game in the European Cup since statistics were available in 1980, sharing this honor with Danish goalkeeper Schmeichel.
This year, at the invitation of Mourinho and the operation of Mendes, he came from the Premier League to Serie A.
Compared to Chiellini and Bonucci, the 34-year-old is still in the golden age of goalkeepers. However, as the main goalkeeper of the European Cup champion, his ability has never been favored and appreciated by big teams.
Although Wolves are considered a strong team in the Premier League in recent years, they have always been at a mid-table level and have never been close to winning the championship.
When he came to Rome, he wanted to win glory in club competitions before the end of his career.
As a Portuguese, he is usually taciturn and has always regarded two people as his spiritual leaders. One is the national hero of Portugal and his national team teammate Cristiano Ronaldo, and the other is his current head coach, one of the greatest coaches in Portugal - Mourinho.
So when Mourinho told him to support a 17-year-old boy from the Red Country, the 34-year-old agreed without any hesitation and became a staunch supporter of Chen Xiaoliang in the locker room.
Having seen the best players in the world and defended many powerful forwards of the Premier League, he is not like those young players who regard playing against Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan, the three Serie A giants, as something great and exciting.
At this moment, he stretched out his finger and directed his teammates to rearrange their defense.
In his heart, as long as he is still standing in front of the goal line, he will do everything to protect him.
For the fans who paid to watch him play, for the head coach who trusted him, and for his own career.
Sandro threw the ball out of bounds and it was already 91 minutes.
Locatelli receives the ball.
On the Roma side, even Sesco retreated and he moved forward to press Locatelli.
Mourinho in the stands also stood up, frowning, not sure whether out of nervousness or anxiety, waiting for the game to come to an end.
After a series of back passes, Locatelli passed the ball to Kulusevski, and the Swede passed the ball to Chiesa on the left.
The Italian genius, who had little rest throughout the summer due to participating in the European Cup , really couldn't make any breakthrough at this time.
Although Karsdorp, who was defending him, was one of the indefatigable runners in the Roma team, his pace slowed down a lot at this moment.
Chiesa chose to cross again, but this time he chose the front point!
Karsdorp subconsciously stretched out his foot to block the ball, which seemed to have touched it and slightly changed the trajectory of the ball!
Morata predicted the path of the ball and prepared to head it forward, but Ibanez, who was guarding him, stuck to him closely!
Bentancur made a move similar to a pick-and-roll, blocking Ibanez in front of himself!
Morata jumps to meet the ball!
A man wearing a red No. 6 jersey stood in front of him!
The two of them almost simultaneously exerted force and pushed the ball with their foreheads!
Just like in the “Game of Chicken”, Morata got scared at the last moment!
Smalling heads the ball out of the penalty area!
The 32-year-old England centre-back is also preparing to enter the twilight of his career.
Having never received professional football training as a teenager, he only played some amateur games with his classmates in his spare time. At the age of 17, he participated in the England Regional Amateur League. He was then spotted by a Fulham scout and brought to Craven Cottage.
In two years, he has made amazing progress. Not only did he make his Premier League debut, he also represented Fulham in the Europa League. What an amazing performance!
Eventually, Sir Alex Ferguson brought him to Old Trafford for £10 million.
There, he gradually came to the fore and was transformed by Sir Alex Ferguson into a right-back, winning the Premier League twice.
But in the post-Ferguson era at Manchester United, the frequent changes of head coaches and different tactical ideas, coupled with his frequent injuries, meant that he sometimes played and sometimes sat on the bench.
Until the arrival of Solskjaer, he completely lost his starting position and was loaned to Roma, and his England national team career came to an end.
After arriving in Rome, he became less talkative.
The media labeled him as a loser, a fallen person, and a defective product who couldn't make it in a wealthy family.
After two years of mediocrity in Rome, although he regained a stable chance to play, the joy and passion of football seemed to have left him, and it became just a job that he had to continue.
Until Mourinho came.
The last championship he won at Manchester United was when the Portuguese was in charge.
The speech made by the former coach upon his arrival and the huge investment made by the club's new owner make him see hope of winning the championship again.
He has already made it clear to Mourinho that, whether it is three central defenders or two central defenders, he is willing to follow any tactical arrangements and playing arrangements compared to the younger Mancini and Ibanez.
Mourinho also told him to support the new Red Country midfielder, who will be an important core of the team.
The former Premier League champion had reservations at first.
Until he saw Chen Xiaoliang running all over the court and defending fiercely on the bench.
He thought about when he was 17 years old.
How great would it be if I was not playing in the amateur league that year, but met a champion coach who gave me unlimited trust?
Flowers may bloom again, but people will never be young again.
The English decided to use their last years to fight for everything in Rome!
On the court, the time has come to 92 minutes!
The ball that was headed out just now flew to Pellegrini's side at the top of the penalty area, and he kicked it forward with a big foot!
Beside him, a figure rushed towards the ball in an instant!
This kind of speed shouldn't appear in a game that has already gone on for 92 minutes!
Huang Jianxiang: "It's Chen Xiaoliang! Xiaoliang caught up with the ball at an incredible speed!"
"Juventus' two central defenders are running back desperately!"
"Chiellini obviously can't run anymore!"
"But Cesco seems to have endless energy in the evening game!"
"At the back post, Zalewski, who just came on the field, has also started!"
"What should Xiaoliang do with this ball?"
"Behind him, Sandro and Chiesa are also desperately chasing!"
"Although he took a long time to catch the ball, Xiaoliang had a clear path in front of him!"
"He seems to be waiting, waiting for Cesco to move!"
"Bonucci tried hard to chase back, but speed is not his strong point!"
"Will this ball be a buzzer beater?"
"Sandro behind Xiaoliang can't catch up at all!"
"This speed is incredible! Who can believe that this 17-year-old player has played for a full 92 minutes!"
"Xiao Liang made a cross!"
"He ran so fast that he lost his balance and fell to the ground!"
"Sesco!"
"Szczesny strikes!"
"A little bit inside the penalty area line!"
"They both fell into each other!"
Xu Yang and Sun Jihai exclaimed in unison: "Ouch! What a collision!"
Huang Jianxiang: "The referee blew the whistle! We fought hard! We fought hard! In the last ten minutes, both teams showed superhuman will and determination to fans all over the world!"
"Look at the replay. Szczesny attacked, jumped up and hit the ball with his hands! But Cesco refused to give in at this time, and he couldn't stop in the air! Both of them fell to the ground at this moment, and the team doctors of both teams ran in!"
Xu Yang: "This time the collision was really severe. Both of them risked their lives!"
Sun Jihai: "The goalkeeper touched the ball first, but Cesco had already jumped beforehand, so I guess he will be called for a foul."
Huang Jianxiang: "Just as Ji Hai said, the referee consulted the team doctor and confirmed that everything was fine, then awarded Juventus a free kick in the backcourt!"
"The accident just now delayed us for more than two minutes. The game has already reached the 95th minute, which has exceeded the 3 minutes of stoppage time!"
"Chiellini kicks off!"
"Bentancur in the middle, still wanting to attack forward!"
"Go straight to the penalty area! Smalling once again won the battle with Morata and headed the ball out!"
"The referee blew the whistle!"
"Juventus finally drew 1-1 with Roma at home!"