Football No. 10: God's Perspective

Now, with the outbreak of the financial crisis, many clubs in Italy are not doing well. They are unable to make ends meet and are unable to continue. As a result, the competitiveness of Serie A teams has dropped sharply, the commercial influence of the league has declined, and the former Serie A Seven Sisters have lost their glory. The once glorious "Little World Cup" has gradually fallen into decline.

The old lady Juventus has become the only facade of Serie A today. The relative financial stability has allowed them to complete the notification of Serie A in recent years, while maintaining strong competitiveness in the Champions League.

In the past few seasons, Juventus has performed very well in the Champions League, with runner-up and semi-finals. Some players in the team are still at the tail end of their peak, and their strength should not be underestimated.

Serie A is a magical league. The older you get, the more demons you have. The league rhythm is relatively slow, and many old players have rejuvenated their careers here.

Not to mention the distant past, De Rossi, Totti, Dzeko, Mandzukic and other stars have made a name for themselves in this league.

Especially the first two are enough to be called football legends.

There are also many veteran players in Juventus' lineup. Perhaps their physical fitness is no longer as good as it was in the past, but their football experience, awareness, and judgment of the team's ball path have reached perfection. The defensive system shows the role of veteran players more and more.

Needless to say, young player Buffon guessed the direction of various penalty kicks in the 16th World Cup, which is enough to show his experience.

Chiellini is one of the examples of getting better with age. "Madman" Mourinho praised him highly and once said that Chiellini could go to Harvard to learn defense, which shows how strong the defensive ability of this Italian defender is.

Bonucci and Chiellini are known as the "two elders of Xuanming" in Italy. One of them defends, the other fills in, one passes the ball, and the other steals the ball. They are a perfect match, ensuring that the defense line of Juventus and the Italian national team has an absolute lower limit. With the two of them, both the club and the national team have a strong guarantee.

The two full-backs are Evra and Alves, who are also former members of the Champions League champions. The latter is the main full-back of the dream team that swept the world, and is also a model of getting better with age.

Having such an extremely experienced back line is a huge test for Dortmund's offensive players.

The forward line is the three-arrow combination of Mandzukic, Dybala, and Higuain.

With excellent height, hardness, and speed, it will also pose a great threat to Subotic's leading back line.

Of course, this time the two teams played against each other, and it was also a direct dialogue between the Bundesliga champion and the A champion. Of course, the biggest highlight is still Wang Pei. After all, Juventus is also one of the potential buyers in the list of transfers to the next home listed by the media. This game has a taste of testing the goods.

On the match day, Turin Allianz Stadium.

Juventus fans gathered outside the stadium early to cheer for the host team.

The Dortmund team's bus arrived at the Turin Allianz Stadium. The moment Wang Pei got off the bus, he was surrounded by countless Italian reporters.

"Will you come to Italy to challenge the Serie A this summer?"

"Do you have any response to the rumors about Juventus?"

"Has the transfer with Juventus entered the actual operation steps?"

...

Faced with the reporters' long guns and short guns, Wang Po was very calm and said lightly, "I am now a player of Dortmund Club, that's all."

"You made similar remarks when you were in Benfica, but you finally joined Dortmund. Will the same answer this time also have other mysteries like last time?"

It is obvious that the Italian reporters present have done their homework and come prepared.

Wang Po smiled slightly, shrugged and said, "If you say so, I have nothing to say. After all, the media can always find a special interpretation angle, and I can't do anything about it."

"Mr. Wang Po, it's good to reveal some news. Your next stop..."

Faced with the reporters' aggressive questioning, Wang Po chose to ignore it and separated everyone with difficulty to enter the locker room.

I don't deny that it was his agent Hamburg who specifically told him to do so.

The purpose is very simple. He wants to confuse the transfer in this way, making it hard for people to guess or see through.

This coincides with the hype of Dortmund Club, which is intended to raise Wang Po's value.

Counterattack, speed, and impact.

These are the points that Tuchel emphasized to the players before the game. He hit the weakness of Juventus's aging defense line. With awareness and experience, how can Dortmund's strikers be opponents of the defenders led by the two elders of Xuanming?

Move and consume them, which is Tuchel's biggest strategy for this game.

Wang Po entered the starting lineup, but unlike before, Tuchel asked him to play the usual central midfielder in this game, but the right midfielder, to target Juventus's full-back Evra, while Ousmane Dembele was on the left side, where he was good at, to suppress the old monster Alves.

Aubameyang played as the center forward, the most stable link against Juventus's two veterans.

The key to such a back-to-back attack is the decisive and accurate passing of the ball from the backcourt, and the burden falls entirely on the old captain Subotic.

Tuchel's tactic is actually a reasonable bet on Subotic's footwork and the fact that under continuous impact running, the aging Juventus defense will have holes.

Of course, there is also the risk of a huge strike, for example, if the ball is strangled in the backcourt, the situation will fall into an unimaginable passivity.

If the team had two Wang Po, I'm afraid Tuchel wouldn't be so worried.

In the players tunnel.

Wang Po, who has always been silent, took the initiative to join the Juventus team this time. His target was Juventus goalkeeper Buffon.

In the summer of 2006, Buffon's super performance has been deeply imprinted in Wang Po's childhood. Perhaps, when it comes to the world's strongest goalkeeper, some people blurt out Casilla, and some people may say that Noy redefined the goalkeeper. Yes, but emotionally speaking, Buffon is undoubtedly Wang Po's favorite goalkeeper, and his position in his heart is irreplaceable.

"After this game, can we exchange jerseys?"

Seeing Wang Po taking the initiative to speak, Buffon was a little surprised at first, then smiled and said, "If you can break my goal, of course you can. If not, I want to wait until this series is over, how about it?"

"You are challenging me."

Wang Po laughed loudly, and the fighting spirit in his heart was suddenly ignited.

"Goalkeepers always like the challenge of facing forwards, don't they?" Buffon said with a shrug.

"certainly."