As the first league in the world football world, Serie A, after the telephone gate incident in 2006, its position in European football has gradually declined, and the team has gradually lost its competitiveness, and it has not improved until recently in recent years.

What is most criticized is undoubtedly the skills and tactics of Serie A teams.

From the 2019 season, the concept of passing and controlling the ball was prevalent, led by Guardiola's Barcelona, ​​and Italy's football concept was gradually widening the gap between the other three major European leagues. In addition, the lack of youth training and the lack of financial strength of the team have led to the gradual decline of Serie A teams. Even teams like AC Milan and Inter Milan failed to perform in European football.

It was not until the rise of Juventus that it gradually discovered a path belonging to Italian football.

Juventus' tactics retain the characteristics of Italian football, a solid steel defense line, and a slow game rhythm, but also incorporate many advanced European technical and tactical concepts. In order to protect Pirlo, they kept retreating the core area of ​​the ball and putting it on the back line, so defenders like Chiellini and Bonucci are needed.

It can be said that at Juventus, the midfield is not for control, but more for coverage and connection. You must be able to attack the opponent's penalty area forward to form a numerical advantage, and you must be able to retreat to the front of your own penalty area in the future and protect the defense line.

Therefore, among Juventus' midfielders, all-round is undoubtedly a crucial attribute, from Vidal to Marcisio, from Pogba to Khdira to Matuidi... all of them are like this.

In the rise of Juventus, Pirlo is an unavoidable character.

This leading European football team, partnered with all-round Vidal and Marcisio, swept the Apennines arena under the leadership of Conte and fired the first shot of Juventus' revival.

Afterwards, as Pirlo grew older, Khedira joined strongly, but more importantly, the French young player Paul Pogba introduced from Manchester United quickly rose and became a world-class midfielder, which further improved Juventus' midfield strength.

The midfielder led by Pirlo, Pogba and Vidal eventually sent Juventus to the Champions League final. Although he eventually lost to Real Madrid led by Yang Yang, the Zebras' performance was still recognized by professionals.

Subsequently, Pirlo left, Vidal transferred, and later, even Pogba transferred to Manchester United at a sky-high price, which forced Juventus' midfielder to overthrow the reorganization. Although players such as Pjanic and Matuidi were introduced, there were also players like Khdira in the team, but their strength was no longer as good as before.

Especially in the past two years, Matuidi and Khdira have grown old, Juventus' midfield level has dropped sharply, and he is no longer able to support the style of play that has been struggling to support in the past few years.

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In addition to getting old in the midfield and not being as good as before, Juventus has also encountered a very serious problem this season.

That's the winger.

Serie A has always had a very interesting tradition, that is, whoever gets the wings can achieve results.

Juventus' midfielder is never responsible for delivering shells, even when Pogba was there, and the one responsible for sending out the last pass in the frontcourt is often from the wing of the frontcourt.

Therefore, when necessary, Juventus can even put center players like Mandzukichi on the wing, allowing him to use his physical advantage to suppress the opponent's fullback, and after grabbing the long pass from the backcourt, they can create opportunities for the center.

But that changed a bit this season because Cristiano Ronaldo is here.

The 34-year-old Portuguese no longer has the speed and impact of his youth. He has transformed into a pure shooter, which is inevitable, but in front of him, a center needs to open the defense for him and give full play to his advantage in flexible running, so Mandzukichi must stand in front.

In this case, the injuries of Quadrado and Douglas Costa directly resulted in a huge discount on Juventus' offense.

So, when Ajax pressed high from the beginning to suppress Juventus' midfield and backcourt, the Zebras even had only three shots in the first half. Only before the end of the first half, Cristiano Ronaldo's fish jumped to the top and shot straight.

The superstar's advantage is reflected in the only chance to shoot directly in the first half, and the Portuguese seized it!

Ajax was very lucky. He created many opportunities in the first half and frequently threatened Juventus' goal, but he just missed the goal, which was a little bit worse.

In this way, Ajax, who had the advantage, scored a goal by Juventus in the last moment of the first half.

This is football!

Always so unexpected!

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"We played well in the first half!"

In the home team's locker room, Yang Yang affirmed the players' performance in the first half.

Although the score is temporarily behind zero to one, Yang Yang sees more than just the score.

"In the whole first half, Juventus had only one shot on the goal and only three shots. From this point of view, we can see that our tactics worked, and it can even be said to be successful."

Yang Yang's analysis is reasonable, and the players felt a little better after listening to it.

"We should forget Cristiano Ronaldo's goal, but I ask you to pay attention to this player. His running position is very smart, and our defensive players must always be vigilant and not be led by the wrongdoing."

De Rigt and Militon looked at each other and were both a little ashamed because they did leak.

Of course, Ndombele himself felt a little guilty because he failed to follow Cristiano Ronaldo at the first time.

Not focusing enough is an old problem in the French midfielder.

"In the second half, we still followed the first half style of playing, continued to press and press at high positions at the beginning, continued to grab and attack."

Yang Yang turned and pointed at Frankie DeJong, "Frankie, if necessary, you can still move a little further back, so that the two full-backs can push forward a little. When the full-back comes back, you move forward."

This is also a set of changes that Yang Yang had during the secret training during the training session during the winter break, that is, to transform from a four-back to a three-back.

In fact, this is not new, because as early as Guardiola's coaching Barcelona, ​​he often lets Busquets retreat to the central defender position, and in Ajax, Frankie De Jong is Yang Yang's Busquets.

"We still have to continue pressing in the frontcourt, grab the ball, attack quickly, play speed, and catch the opponent off guard in the shortest time. Do you understand?"

The players nodded and said yes, because they have been adapting to Yang Yang's playing style for almost a year.

If they still have some thoughts at the beginning of the season, then now they are convinced.

"Boss, are you going tonight?" Drigt suddenly asked before he got on the court.

Everyone looked at Yang Yang, obviously they were very concerned about this issue.

"You work harder and try to equalize the score as soon as possible and consume your opponent's physical fitness. I will go on sixty minutes." Yang Yang replied with a smile, "I gave the opponent one away goal and don't grab two more goals back, it's not a good deal!"

After hearing this, the Ajax players all laughed.

At the door of the locker room, after hugging Yang Yang one by one, he returned to the court with high spirits and spirits.

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At the beginning of the second half, Ajax took the lead in kicking off.

The first time forward pass, Frankie DeJong passed the ball directly to the left of the frontcourt, trying to find Neres and hit behind him.

But Juventus was prepared for this, and Cancelo grabbed the first place in time.

On the left side of the frontcourt, Cancelo stopped the ball.

Neres is a cunning Brazilian player. He lost the opportunity and failed to get the first landing point, but he deliberately slowed down. After Cancelo stopped the ball, he suddenly rushed forward with a quick step, snatched before Cancelo and stabbed the ball forward.

Juventus' right guard was shocked. Unexpectedly, this cunning guy would take advantage of his stopping the ball before picking the peaches, and turned around and chased back immediately.

Nerez dribbled the ball at the fastest speed and penetrated the penalty area. Cancelo chased after him desperately and gradually caught up.

When he arrived at the left side of Juventus' penalty area, Cancelo finally caught up with Neres.

But in the penalty area, Nerez did not wait for Cancelo to react, and suddenly stopped, pulled the ball horizontally, and changed from diagonally inserted into the penalty area to cut in. After dodging Cancelo, he quickly kicked a powerful shot with his right foot.

This shot shot straight into the far corner of Juventus' goal, and Szczesni made great efforts to save it, but it was still beyond the reach.

One to one!

Nerez was so excited that he rushed out of the stadium quickly, running all the way, celebrating his precious goal!

This is definitely a key goal that will make him famous!

The entire Cruyff Stadium was also full of excitement, and countless fans were cheering!

"One to one, both sides returned to the same starting line!"

"Ajax's performance tonight is still so sharp and so incredible."

"We have absolutely reason to believe that Yang Yang must have done something and said during the break, so his team was able to play such an offense at the beginning of the second half without any impact from conceding the ball near the end of the first half."

“The situation is starting to be good for Ajax again.”

"Is there any way for Juventus to break Ajax's high-pressure pressure?"

"Did Allegri make any better adjustments during the break?"

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As the game deepened, everyone gradually discovered that Allegri had no tricks.

Ajax still had the advantage like in the first half. This group of young players seemed to be unable to run to death, not hesitating to consume physical energy at all, and still pressing and oppressing at high positions.

Juventus's style of playing against Ajax was helpless, and he was unable to even make a shot.

What made the Zebra Legion even more worried was that from the 55th minute, Yang Yang began to warm up on the sidelines.
Chapter completed!