In the early morning of Beijing time today (11th), the Italian Cup 1/4 final continued, juventus to meet Sassuolo. Dybala opened with a blitz and sassuolo equalised. In the final moments, winter window champion Vlahović created a rival oolong, and Juve beat Sassuolo 2-1 to advance to the final four.
It is hard to imagine what juventus would have been like without Vlahović, and W. Allegri would not have been as confident as he is now. Who will break the deadlock against Verona, and who will save the team against Sassuolo? The opposing goalkeeper is on the hook, and the attacking players on the other side frequently waste opportunities, which looks like a script that will be punished, but the addition of Vlahović avoids all this.
Juve have not suffered losses against their opponents, and just 3 months ago, the Bianconeri were overturned by Sassuolo at home. The ball hit the upright, the small angle shot was saved, it all looked so familiar, but now there is a strong forward: Vlahovic. Allegri admitted after the match that the Serbian was the kind of player with style characteristics that the team had previously lacked, and although there were still many aspects that needed to be improved, the efficiency of 2 goals in 2 games (Vlahović's goal was officially counted as Ruan's oolong ball) was enough to show his ability.
In the 88th minute of the game, Vlahović received Dybala's long pass to take the ball forward, but found that no one followed, so he slowly carried the ball to the corner flag area, made a posture waiting for his teammates to respond, but suddenly used his strong body to open the defensive Murdur, turned from the bottom line into the box, found that there was no angle and adjusted the ball to the right foot shot, defender Luan touched but just let the ball refract, flew to the other side of Sassuolo goalkeeper Pegolo to save the other side of the net, 2-1, the score was frozen. As in the previous goal, Vlahovic once again chose to kneel to celebrate, but with the addition of a thank-you gesture of sliding his arm to his chest, according to the efficiency of 1 goal per game, it may not be long before Vlahovic will be "forced" to think of his own unique set of celebrations.
I have to mention Vlahović's comprehensiveness, a big man of more than 1.9 meters, who can make a lot of delicate movements in the process of high-speed travel, while not losing coherence and coordination, and indeed has the potential to become a new generation of "Ibrahimovic", and the Juve No. 7 shirt will sell well again after half a season of silence.
Compared with the owner of the previous shirt, Vlahovic's header technology and shooting skills are still some gaps with Ronaldo, but it has to be admitted that the 37-year-old Ronaldo has a difficult time making such a one-handed solution to the battle, and with Vlahovic Juve can really create a core play in the frontcourt, while also benefiting other teammates. He actually made another move after scoring the goal, lifting the shirt behind him and presenting it to the audience, reminding him that his last name was now printed under the 7th.
With a high school striker who can pick up the ball and dribble in front, Juve's attack has become much smoother, Morata no longer needs to do the ball on his back and fight with the opponent, and Dybala no longer needs to run widely and do useless work. It is often seen that Dybala kicked straight in and Vlahovic was able to run a one-handed chance, and even if he failed to shoot directly, he won a lot of free space for Morata on the back. That's why juve's new trident is so tacit, with Vlahovic being the typical player who can help his teammates reduce their consumption.
Vlahović's goal is so important that if he hadn't stepped up to turn the tide, Juve would most likely have been dragged into extra time or even a penalty shootout, and it would have been Atalanta who would have "profited". In another Coppa Italia quarter-final earlier, they also ended the fight in the final moments of the match, but Atalanta was killed in reverse, so that they had one less event distraction in the final sprint stage of the league. In less than 3 days, Juventus and Atalanta will meet directly in the league, and Allegri has made a forward prediction on the situation of the fourth place: "The top three are far away, and our competition with Atalanta may continue until the last moments of the season. ”
Vlahović's foot not only sent Sassuolo away, but also "sent" himself back to his old club Fiorentina again, because it was the Purple Lily who eliminated Atalanta, and since the semi-final was a two-legged home-and-away system, Vlahovic was bound to return to the Frankie Stadium to listen to the insults of countless fans who had supported him in the past. Vlahović was completely undaunted: "I just think about the game itself, how to win, I'm not interested in anything else, it's going to be an ordinary game, no different from other games." ”
Don't look at Vlahović's young age, but his heart is surprisingly big, with a career penalty count of 18 free throws and 17 of 17, only recently missed 1 shot. Not only that, his performance is less affected by the outside world, and it is even possible to play abnormally under pressure. Previously playing for Fiorentina in Atlanta, a post-match interview was reprinted and discussed throughout Italy, and the microphone clearly recorded the racial discrimination of the hostile fans in the audience against Vlahović, and the host only wanted him to put himself in his position so that he could accept questions normally. Vlahović did not shed a tear in the face of the title of "gypsy" because he had long been accustomed to responding to criticism and doubts with goals.
For some time, Vlahović often used his hands in his ears as a celebratory gesture, representing the meaning of not being disturbed by noise, but later he scored too many goals and did not need to respond repeatedly. In the future, returning to Fiorentina, facing the possible discrimination and doubts of his own people, Vlahović will definitely use his performance on the field to justify his name.
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