Chapter 1447

On the evening of June 3rd, the 62nd UEFA Champions League Final will be held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales!

After a short pre-match performance, Ian Rush, the former Welsh striker and the ambassador of the current Champions League final, walked into the Millennium Stadium slowly, holding the Big Ears Cup amidst the cheers of the fans. The championship trophy was placed at the exit of the player channel.

Subsequently, the players of the two teams came out slowly under the leadership of the German referee Brich.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the arena was pushed to a climax, and thousands of fans were shouting frantically.

Since winning the Champions League in 1996, this season is the fourth time that Juventus has reached the Champions League final, but the previous three times without exception all ended in failure, which made them the most conceded in the history of the Champions League final team.

And Real Madrid has become the most successful team in the history of the Champions League, not only entered the Champions League finals the most times, won the most times, but also had five consecutive championships, and then three consecutive championships. A three-peat, currently hitting a four-peat.

Everyone seems to have seen Real Madrid's domination of European football. All opponents, including UEFA, have a headache about this, and they all hope to limit Real Madrid and avoid a situation of dominance.

But this season, Real Madrid has been in full swing in the Champions League, defeating Naples, Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid successively, showing an unstoppable side.

It's also a headache for everyone, because they can't beat Real Madrid on the football pitch.

As for the so-called conspiracy theories in some media, they basically don’t exist, and even if they do, they won’t be too obvious, because too obvious off-court suppression is bound to seriously damage the authority and integrity of the UEFA Champions League. commercial value.

Especially now, with the rising broadcast fees of the Premier League, UEFA also feels the crisis, and is very worried that the UEFA Super League will reappear, so they are also doing everything possible to make the UEFA Champions League cake bigger and stronger.

Superstar-studded Real Madrid and Yang Yang, who has super popularity in Asia and North America, have undoubtedly become UEFA's best choice.

More importantly, Real Madrid is so powerful that they really have no opponents in European football.

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Real Madrid will play in purple tonight with Courtois in goal, Marcelo, Javi Martinez, Ramos and Carvajal in defence, Toni Kroos, Kassemi in midfield Luo and Modric, the front trident is Hazard, Yang Yang and Suarez.

Juventus is playing tonight in a black and white striped shirt. The goalkeeper is the old goalkeeper Buffon, the defense is Sandro, Chiellini, Bonucci and Barzagli, and the double midfielders are Khedira and Pi. Janic, Mandzukic, Dybala and Alves in the frontcourt, and Higuain in the center.

Real Madrid's starting lineup can be described as quite satisfactory, there are no missing personnel, but the goalkeeper position is replaced by Courtois Navas, a very important reason is that Juventus has two players with strong header ability, Mandzukic and Higua because.

Courtois is tall and has long legs, with a higher and wider range of control. Facing Juventus, which has an obvious overall height advantage, he will be more confident. As for Navas, he can only sit on the bench.

Juventus also made adjustments, that is, at the right winger position, they did not choose the main player Cuadrado, but chose the veteran Daniel Alves, who has played for Barcelona all year round and is the same as Real Madrid. Deadly rivals, they are very familiar with each other.

Also, at the right back position, Allegri did not choose Lichtsteiner, but chose central defender Barzagli.

Both teams have made adjustments and changes in their starting lineups, and both are obviously targeting each other, but for the specifics, we still need to look at the positioning and running of the players in the game.

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In this final, Real Madrid still pursued safe tactics.

Both Yang Yang and Zidane are very clear that Juventus is not as strong as Real Madrid, and their bench is not as thick as Real Madrid. Allegri is likely to adopt an opening attack tactic to try to create some opportunities at the beginning.

In this case, Real Madrid does not need to confront the opponent head-on, but should take it in properly and let the opponent play out.

There are many similarities between Juventus and Atletico Madrid, but there are also many differences. Whether it is such an opponent or the Champions League final, Real Madrid is very experienced. Yang Yang and Zidane have experienced too many games After such a decisive battle, they know exactly what their players and the opponent's players are thinking.

Therefore, Real Madrid's start is still to seek stability, first find out the opponent's tricks.

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Sure enough, Juventus looked like a four-two-three formation, but in fact, in the game, the Bianconeri adopted a three-back tactic. The left back Sandro was basically in the midfield, which looked more like It is used by a wide attacking player, so that only three defenders are left in the backcourt.

This is why Allegri used Barzagli instead of Lichtsteiner.

Not long after the opening, Sandro cooperated with Mandzukic from the left. A cross from the left was delivered to the goal. Higuain headed the goal from the front of the small penalty area and was confiscated by goalkeeper Courtois.

Such a shot is hardly a threat to Real Madrid's goal, and Courtois performed very steadily.

More than a minute later, Real Madrid's counterattack entered Juventus's penalty area. Bonucci made a beautiful tackle. After breaking the ball, he quickly sent it to the front court. After getting the ball from the ten-meter perimeter, he dribbled the ball forward, but failed to get rid of Casemiro, and hurriedly shot a long-range shot from 24 meters away.

Courtois was solid again, holding the ball in his arms.

Two minutes later, another long pass from Alves on the right of Juventus sent the ball to the left side of the penalty area.

Mandzukic moved forward quickly, intercepted the ball before the baseline, turned around and kicked a pass.

Javi Martinez cleared with a header inside the box and headed the ball out of the box, but Pjanic stepped in and volleyed in after stopping the ball in the chest at the front of the box.

The ball went straight to the lower left corner of the goal, but at the critical moment Courtois swooped sideways and saved the ball again.

In less than six minutes, Juventus shot three consecutive shots, all of which threatened Real Madrid's goal. This also made people see the determination and bravery of the Serie A team, and at the same time figured out Juventus' strategy.

They tried to attack at the beginning, even if they couldn't score, they wanted to disrupt Real Madrid's rhythm. If they could win first, then they would adopt a tenacious and solid defense to contain Real Madrid's attack, and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack.

Real Madrid already had rich experience in dealing with such an opponent and such a strategy, so after Yang Yang saw the clue, he made a gesture with Modric and Toni Kroos, and the team immediately adjusted slightly.

Soon, Juventus discovered that it was difficult for them to break into Real Madrid's 30-meter zone.

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The defensive strategy adopted by Real Madrid tonight has also been adjusted.

Yang Yang and Zidane are very aware of the characteristics of Juventus, and have studied their opponents very deeply. Therefore, Real Madrid's seemingly conservative retreat did not actually retreat to the 30-meter zone, but more from the center line to 30 meters This is the zone for pressing.

It's pressing, not pressing.

Real Madrid's strategy is to press, but not to grab the ball. Players do not leave their positions easily. The focus of defense is to cut off Juventus' players who are running without the ball, and try to let Juventus take and control the ball.

Real Madrid also adopted this tactic when facing Atletico Madrid before, forcing rather than grabbing, allowing Atletico Madrid to control the ball, and then using the opponent's passing and receiving errors to launch a counterattack and create a threat.

And everyone knows how sharp Real Madrid's quick counterattack is.

In the third shot, Pjanic appeared on the outside of Real Madrid's penalty area, which was a loophole in Real Madrid's defense, so Yang Yang quickly made adjustments to make both Toni Kroos and Modric pay attention to the front of the penalty area. For protection, Carvajal on the right basically doesn't go forward, but protects the flanks more.

From the sixth minute, Juventus found that their pass and reception hit a wall after crossing the center line. It was difficult to pass from the midfield to the frontcourt. Whether it was Mandzukic or Higuain, it was difficult to get the ball in the frontcourt. Opportunity.

Alves on the right, Dybala who retreated, and Pjanic who advanced, it was difficult to send the ball to the frontcourt players.

The area from the center line to the 30-meter half of Real Madrid seems to have become a minefield for Juventus to pass and control the ball. They lack effective means to pass the ball.

Casemiro's role came into play at this time. He was more oppressive and pressing. Unlike Kanter, he was like a rampaging tank. No matter who the opponent got the ball, he would be the first Hit up for a while, but not good at stealing the ball.

On the contrary, Kanter is short in stature but very flexible and full of explosive power. The French midfielder is better at stealing the ball.

Originally, Juventus' attack strategy was to rely on the left and right wings, especially the left. Mandzukic and Sandro formed two wingers, forming a numerical advantage on the left and creating opportunities, but with Modric's return Withdrew, Real Madrid firmly blocked Juventus's left flank attack.

Dybala and Pjanic in the center were also restricted, and Alves on the right was also restrained by Marcelo. Juventus's entire offense suddenly fell into a dilemma, and it was difficult to create an effective goal. Chances in the thirty meter zone.

This is where the confidence of Yang Yang and Zidane lies.

The reason why Real Madrid dared to send the first strike and adopt a late-strike tactic is that they all have confidence in the team's defense and believe that the team will not be easily scored by Juventus.

Once Real Madrid stabilized the defense, what followed was waiting.

Juventus controlled the ball at the beginning, but failed to score for a long time, and even failed to pass into Real Madrid's 30-meter area. This left the Bianconeri with no possession of the ball, but secretly worried.

They are not a team that is good at passing and controlling the ball. Once they have a lot of possession, they are more likely to make mistakes, but they don't know how to play.

And Juventus's mistake is an opportunity for Real Madrid to fight back.

As the best counterattack team in the world, as long as Juventus leaks a flaw, Real Madrid only needs to seize one opportunity to kill their opponents.