Football: start copying peak Messi attributes

Chapter 375 Pirlo is about to retire, the French have found a treasure!
On April 4th, in the Juventus Arena, the quarter-finals of the Champions League, Juventus VS Manchester City will be held soon.

In the entrance session before the game, some old acquaintances from Juventus took the initiative to greet Lin Quan.

'Little player' Buffon said: "Lin, how about having a meal together after the game, and treat the winner?"

Lin Quan shrugged his shoulders: "If you want me to treat you to dinner, just say so, what are you doing with all these detours!"

"Hehe, that's not necessarily true, this is the Juventus Arena, you can't beat us!"

Buffon originally wanted to speak domineeringly and make Lin Quan a zero seal, but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it.

Because he was a little guilty about the zero seal of Lin Quan, and he felt unsure.

After Buffon, Pirlo also came up and talked with Lin Quan for a while.

This should be his last season in the five major leagues. Pirlo, who is about to turn 36, will most likely leave Europe after this season.

Therefore, these two duels are likely to be the last fight between him and Lin Quan.

"If old guys like us go out to pan for gold, where do you think it would be more appropriate?"

Recently, several clubs in East Asia have extended an olive branch to Pirlo and invited him to join with a high salary.

These include the Chinese Super League and the Japanese J-League. Pirlo felt that Lin Quan was a Chinese player and might have a better understanding of the situation in East Asia, so he consulted him.

"If you want to go overseas to seek gold, New York City in the MLS is not bad!"

Knowing that Pirlo will leave the five major leagues this summer, Lin Quan sincerely made a suggestion to the other party, that is, don't go to East Asia!
The level of the Chinese Super League is low, and there is still the problem of wage arrears. There are too many fake matches in the J-League in Japan, and it is easy to damage your reputation by playing there.

Compared with these hidden dangers, the MLS side is much better.

"New York City, the one Villa went to?"

Pirlo asked thoughtfully. Last summer, the news that the World Cup champion striker Villa left Europe and joined New York City also caused a sensation in European football.

"Yes, this is it!"

"Are they reliable?"

When you go out to pan for gold, what you are most afraid of is that you will encounter malicious arrears of wages like Drogba. When the time comes, you will waste your time but not get the money. Wouldn’t it be a loss?

"Don't worry about this, they are very reliable!"

New York City, like Manchester City, is a club under the City Group, and the cooperation between the two teams is close.

If you join New York City, you will have the opportunity to play in Manchester City on loan in the future, just like Lampard in the Manchester City team.

He also went to the North American major leagues from the five major leagues to seek gold, but he only joined New York City in name, and after some operations, he came directly to Manchester City.

In this way, Lampard's family does not need to leave the UK to live overseas, they can get the high salary provided by New York City, and they can continue to play in the five major leagues.

For Manchester City, they only need to bear a small part of the salary to rent very practical players from New York City, which greatly reduces the club's financial expenses.

The larger the city group's football territory, the more operations like this will be.

At that time, as long as the Abu Dhabi consortium is willing, it is absolutely possible to make Manchester City's financial report look very good.

Although there is a Financial Fair Play Act on the European side, the following clubs also have ways to deal with it.

Pirlo nodded, ready to talk to Lin Quan in detail after the game.

As soon as he left, Juventus striker Morata ran over, put his arm around Lin Quan's shoulder and said:

"Hey, boss, don't blame me for not reminding you, our team vice-president said that we will freeze you in this game and won't let you score any goals!"

Deputy?

Is Morata talking about Chiellini?

Lin Quan glanced in Chiellini's direction, and found that the other party was staring at him with hostile eyes.

Chiellini is the world's top defender and is very strong in defense.

Lin Quan would not despise him, so he nodded to Morata.

Apart from Chiellini, there is another person who is hostile to Lin Quan, and that is Tevez, who wears the Juventus No. 10 jersey.

Tevez was transferred from Manchester City to the Old Lady, and this transfer has nothing to do with Lin Quan.

If Lin Quan hadn't joined Manchester City, Manchester City probably wouldn't have expelled the Argentine so resolutely and completely torn skins with him.

Therefore, in Tevez's view, it was Lin Quan who took away his main position, which made him full of hatred for Lin Quan.

So, after the start of the game, Carlos Tevez was extremely active, tirelessly rushing towards Manchester City's players holding the ball again and again.

It can be seen that he wholeheartedly wants to prove his strength in the game, and let Manchester City's club executives see how outrageously wrong their original decision was!
However, before Juventus' overall formation was not oppressed, all his efforts were useless.

It is too whimsical for one person to want to snatch the football from Manchester City.

The Manchester City players saw that Tevez was robbing very hard, so they passed back all the way and handed the ball to the defender's feet.

The defender stretches his position wide, attracts the opponent to press, and then passes to the teammate who responds.

As a result, Tevez's aggressive pressing quickly became a dog-walking game for Manchester City.

Originally, Juventus fans applauded Tevez's positive attitude, but after seeing Tevez playing him like a dog, none of them could laugh.

"What is Tevez doing? His teammates are not keeping up, and he is here to fight alone. It doesn't make sense at all!"

"Why don't Morata and the others come up to grab it, don't let Tevez do useless work here alone!"

The opinions of the fans of the Old Lady are divided. Some people think that they should be like Carlos Tevez, all of them should press up and press Manchester City in a high position.

Some people are afraid of Manchester City's ability to counterattack and think that it should not be so risky, Tevez should stop his meaningless behavior.

Morata followed Tevez to snatch a few times symbolically, and after seeing that he couldn't grab the ball, he ignored Tevez.

This idiot can snatch it if he wants to, I don't want to be treated like a dog!

Morata himself is a Spanish international. Of course, he knows how difficult it is to grab the ball from the melon pass control football, so he doesn't want to waste his energy doing such meaningless things.

After the opening, the pace of the game was not fast, and both sides did not invest many troops in offense.

Manchester City tried to launch several attacks, but failed to pose a threat to Juventus' goal.

And Juventus's several counterattacks had similar effects. Under Manchester City's active counterattack, it was difficult to pass even the midfielder.

Juventus coach Allegri was very calm, and did not ask the players to speed up the pace at the beginning of the game to play against Manchester City.

He knows the strength of the opponent is very strong, conceding a goal at home is fatal for Juventus.

So he intends to control the rhythm of the game, test Manchester City's weaknesses a little bit, and after finding the opponent's weaknesses, he will use a thunderous blow to complete the fatal blow.

Allegri's tactical ability is absolutely top-notch, which is also the tradition of Italian coaches.

He just took office this season and has not had time to complete a complete transformation of Juventus.

As far as Juventus' current tactics are concerned, Allegri is good at 4312, while Juventus played 352 during Conte's time.
At the beginning of taking office, Allegri did not rush to make drastic reforms to the team's tactical style of play, but let Juventus stick to the 352 style of play.

The advantage of this is that it can keep Juventus' overall record stable at all times, so that there will be no ups and downs that will affect the trust of the club and fans in themselves.

Of course, continuing the previous tactics is not enough, because the 352 move is okay in the league, but it has proved difficult to achieve results in the Champions League.

Therefore, in the middle of the season, especially in the last few rounds of the Champions League group stage, Allegri began to try to change the formation to his familiar 4312.

Just like this game, he chose to put Vidal's midfielder forward, taking advantage of the good physical fitness and running ability of Vidal, Pogba, Marchisio and other players.

Enhanced the interception and sweeping of the frontcourt, and covered the two sides of the defense, solving the problems of side defense during the 352 tactical period.

In addition, Pirlo is protected from the front, back, left, and right sides, and his weaknesses of old age, weak physical resistance and reduced running ability can also be best protected.

Although Pirlo is 36 years old, his skills are really getting older and more bewitching. Juventus still needs him to use his wide vision and overall situation in the backcourt to send deadly passes with precise footwork.

Although it seems that Juventus has not taken advantage of the scene now, Allegri is not worried.

It's not yet time for Juventus to exert their strength, and when they really launch an attack, Manchester City will be able to feel their horror!

On the other side, Guardiola is not in a hurry.

It is best for Manchester City to win this game. If they can't win, it is acceptable to take away a draw.

No matter how bad it is, as long as he can score an away goal, he can accept even a small defeat to his opponent.

It should be Juventus who should be anxious, after all, this is their home court.

If they miss the chance to beat Manchester City at home, it will not be so easy for them to beat Manchester City when they are away!

Therefore, in the first half, neither side made much adjustments to their respective team's tactical play, and the game has always been maintained at a balance.

Judging from the scene, Manchester City is the dominant side.

In the first half, Manchester City completed a total of 358 passes, while Juventus only completed 220 passes, only two-thirds of Manchester City's.

In terms of possession rate, Manchester City's possession rate has reached 58%, while Juventus is only in their early 40s, which is almost two-thirds.

However, in terms of the number of shots, there is a big gap between the two teams.

Manchester City completed a total of 7 shots in the first half, 3 shots on target.

Juventus only completed 2 shots and 0 shots on target.

Obviously, Juventus' offensive threat did not play out.

The main reason for this phenomenon is that Manchester City's far-leading number of steals!
In the first half, Manchester City completed a total of 11 steals, while Juventus only had 6.

Of these 11 steals, Kanter contributed 7 times alone, more than the entire opponent team.

"Who is this opponent's No. 13? It's too good to grab, isn't it?!"

"If it weren't for his key steals against Pogba, once Pogba passed the ball, our offense would have been completed!"

"It's not just Pogba, this guy has a wide range of activities, even Pirlo, who is heavily protected, was intercepted twice by him!"

"Who is this person? Haven't heard of his name before?"

Juventus fans have a deep memory of the guy wearing the NO.13 jersey in the Manchester City team. If he hadn't succeeded in intercepting and stealing again and again in the first half, Juventus would not have shot so few times.

But they were very strange in their hearts, because they knew very little about this person, and they didn't even know who he was.

"This guy is a player introduced by Manchester City from a relegation team in Ligue [-] during the winter break. He played in the Manchester derby in the last game. According to media reports in the UK, this guy is very good at playing football. Stealing, it can be called the king of steals!"

Someone who regularly follows the Premier League games was quick to give Kante accurate information, but this information has aroused suspicion among other Juventus fans.

"Is a player of a Ligue [-] relegation team really that good?"

"If he's really that good, why wasn't he selected for the French national team?"

……

In a corner where no one noticed, Didier Deschamps, the head coach of the French national team, also came to the Juventus Arena and watched the game engrossed.

Obviously, Didier Deschamps is here to inspect the player's status and prepare for the 2016 European Cup.

Next year's European Cup will be held in France. As the host, the French team can directly enter the main match without having to play in the qualifiers.

This saves them a lot of time and allows them to prepare for the competition without the pressure of performance.

Therefore, Deschamps has been selecting talented young players for a while, and training through friendly matches to see if there are malleable talents among these young players.

After losing two consecutive World Cups, the French team needs to tear down and rebuild.

And talented young players will be the first choice of the French team in the future.

Currently, Pogba and Griezmann are among the best among the younger generation of players in France.

Pogba has excellent physical fitness, delicate footwork, and both offense and defense. He can be used as the core of the team's midfield.

Griezmann's offensive ability is outstanding, and he must be the core of the French team's frontcourt offense in the future.

As the two absolute main players that Deschamps values ​​most, Deschamps is very concerned about Pogba's state.

Not long ago, Pogba was accidentally injured in the quarter-finals of the Champions League and missed the second round of the game.

This made Deschamps very worried, so he came to inspect his condition in person to see if his injury was serious.

However, after watching the first half of the game, Deschamps did not pay much attention to Pogba, but was attracted by another French player.

After watching Kanter's performance in the first half, Deschamps was trembling with excitement.

We in France actually have such a defensive genius?

Found a treasure!
(End of this chapter)