Football's No. 1 Prodigal Son

The new season is coming.

Juventus has performed very well in Serie A this season.

Among them, their home power is even more amazing, with an amazing record of 11 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

So this trip to the Alpi Stadium is destined to be not too easy.

Before this game, Yang Luo and Tuchel had a discussion on the starting lineup.

Their main disagreement lies in the position of the starting right winger.

Due to Robben's suspension, they have to choose between Messi and Wright Phillips.

Tuchel supports Wright Phillips starting for a simple reason that Wright Phillips can assist more in defense.

Yang Luo supports Messi.

In his opinion, facing a defense-intensive team like Juventus, Messi may give a surprise at some point in time.

Of course, when the two of them disagreed, Tuchel had always had to listen to Yang Luo.

So, the starting lineup of Manchester City in this game was as follows.

Cech, Maicon, Stam, Distin, Evra, Xabi Alonso, Essien, Ronaldinho, Messi, Ronaldo and Toni.

On the Juventus side, their starting lineup was Buffon, Zebina, Cannavaro, Thuram, Zambrotta, Camoranesi, Alessio Tacchinardi, Emerson, Nedved, Piero and Ibrahimovic.

Unlike the previous game, Capello replaced Appiah in the previous game with Tacchinardi, the team's ten-year veteran.

It seems that he wants to use Tacchinardi's height to add some header advantages to the midfield and backcourt.

After the players entered the field, Yang Luo stood in front of the bench and looked around the famous stadium.

Unlike British fans, Italian fans seem to prefer watching the game at home, so this stadium that can accommodate more than 70,000 people is not full now.

On the contrary, many visiting fans came from far away, and they filled the visiting fan area.

As Manchester City's performance improves, more and more fans are willing to go to away games to support the team.

What's more, this game is a historic game for Manchester City!

If this game is won, Manchester City will reach the Champions League semi-finals for the first time!

At this moment, with the referee's whistle, the game officially began.

In Yang Luo and Tuchel's expectations, Juventus will definitely start to attack with all their strength at the beginning of the game, trying to equalize the total score first.

But to their surprise, Juventus did not launch an attack at the beginning, but instead tightened the fence and waited for Manchester City to attack.

This made Manchester City's players a little confused.

This posture seems to be the leading side.

Yang Luo immediately gestured to them on the sidelines, meaning that if the enemy doesn't move, I won't move either, let's see who can't hold back first.

So, in the first 20 minutes, both sides didn't attack many times, and the scene looked extremely ugly.

Tuchel couldn't help but say to Yang Luo: "I think it's a passive game."

Yang Luo nodded: "Don't worry, they will definitely lose their temper first."

But in the next ten minutes, Juventus still didn't mean to move, which made Yang Luo a little unsure.

Does Capello want to give up the Champions League and play the league exclusively?

Juventus is now ranked second in Serie A, one point less than AC Milan, and there is indeed a great possibility of winning the championship.

But this doesn't mean giving up the Champions League for the league, right?

Aren't you just one goal behind?

Just when he was confused, Emerson intercepted Ronaldinho's pass.

He didn't hesitate and directly handed the ball to Nedved's feet!

The Czech Iron Man immediately began to accelerate and dribble the ball to the front court!

This seemed to sound the horn. All of a sudden, including Camoranesi, Zambrotta behind him, and Piero and Ibrahimovic in front of him, they all started running towards Manchester City's front court!

Yang Luo was refreshed. It was time to start the attack!

Nedved encountered a joint blockade by Maicon and Xabi Alonso after cutting inside with the ball.

However, he did not force it, but directly passed the ball to Zambrotta who was inserted from behind!

Zambrotta took a few steps forward after receiving the ball and kicked the ball directly to the middle!

This ball was not a high ball, but a very fast arc ball.

There was no way, the center forward in their penalty area was not good at heading...

But this half-high ball was extremely beneficial for Ibrahimovic.

He had practiced Taekwondo, and his two long legs could almost

to any height.

He hooked the ball in front of Stam and unloaded it beautifully.

Then Ibrahimovic took advantage of the situation and dribbled the ball, dodged Stam's grab, and shot directly!

The ball was powerful and close to the goal, and it seemed to be a sure goal!

But Cech quickly got down and hit the ball with both hands!

However, the ball was not hit far, and Piero appeared at the landing point!

He drew his bow and arrow, ready to shoot!

Distin on the side saw that he could not stop his shot, so he pulled him down in a hurry!

Ding!

The referee's whistle sounded.

All those who supported Manchester City couldn't help but feel cold in their hearts.

This is in the penalty area!

It seems that the penalty kick is inevitable!

Sure enough, the referee pointed to the penalty spot without hesitation and showed Distin a yellow card!

This ball was undisputed, and Distin also knew the consequences of his foul.

If he hadn't fouled, this ball would have gone in.

He just paid the price of a yellow card in exchange for a chance for Cech to save the team.

Manchester City's players also knew that there was nothing worth arguing about this ball, and they were not the kind of team that would surround the referee to find an explanation for everything.

So the referee quickly drove the rest of the players out of the penalty area and signaled the penalty taker to get ready.

Piero put the ball on the penalty spot, stepped back a few steps, and then took a deep breath.

The referee's whistle sounded, and he began to run up in small steps, and then kicked the ball!

He deliberately observed Cech's prediction for this ball, and then chose to hit a reverse corner!

As a well-known penalty expert, if he didn't make a mistake, it would be difficult for the goalkeeper to save it!

The football hit the net heavily.

One to zero!

Juventus took the lead at home!

Yang Luo on the sidelines couldn't help shaking his head.

After the serious injury, Piero's lethality plummeted, so a considerable part of his goals were scored by penalties.

Many fans therefore called him "Dianpi".

It must be said that he is really skilled after taking so many penalties.

Yang Luo couldn't help but look at Capello who was still serious.

This Italian is really shrewd and calculating. If he doesn't make a sound, he will make a big splash!

With the appearance of this goal, the two sides returned to a balance!

It seems that the next game will be more interesting!