In the world football championship of the national derby, Juve vs Inter may not be the highest level at the moment, but the grudge is entangled no matter who they are compared with. Coupled with the fact that the two sides are at a key point at the end of the season, Dybala, who has determined not to renew his contract, has a rumor of "inspection", adding another piece of wood to the game that is already destined to be very fierce.
As a result, the two coaches fully demonstrated their attitudes in the starting lineup.
Inzaghi Jr. still chose his more comfortable lineup, brozovic continued to be the core of the organization after his return, if not Defrey has not yet returned to his best form, this lineup he can play for a year. Allegri, who prefers to arrange the combination, gave up the previous reluctance and chose the 4231, which appeared at the same time as the "Voldemort" combination, which seems to be more radical in turning the fight for the fourth into a championship competition.
The two images that appear immediately after the whistle almost set the tone for the whole game from the beginning. First, Vlahović completed the first kick of the game in the opening 20 seconds. Second, Lautaro raised his foot too high a minute later and kicked him in the face of Locatelli, the former yellowing the latter bloody.
The former picture means that Juve's aggressive mentality in this game is more positive than people expect.
- Pressing high-pressure up front, the foursome constantly limited inter receivers at the back, pushing the defensive line all the way back until it had to be handed over to Handanovic (maybe Dybala was a little looser, but could also run into place).
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- The attack is fast and direct, try to pass the ball forward as soon as possible to find opportunities. Especially after Cuadrado's cross caused Handa to make a mistake and almost bounce into the goal, The desire of Dybala and others to directly kick the goalkeeper to get out of the way is even stronger.
The latter picture means that this Italian national derby is indispensable to collisions, confrontations, fouls, cards and war of words. Although both players were initially able to shake hands amicably after standing up, this soon disappeared in more and more hand-to-hand combat, replaced by complaints about the fluctuating scale of the penalty.
Therefore, this first half can basically be summarized as follows: Juve pressed the Inter half to attack, blasting out as many as 14 shots, but most of them were all kinds of long-range shots; the offensive and defensive changes between the two sides often took the referee to blow fouls as a turning point, but the next second may be that both the attack and the defense fell to the ground.
However, although Juve's attack is very lively, there are two problems at the same time.
The first problem, the two backs Lo caterelli and Rabio each received a yellow card too early, the former's re-injury led to the departure is even worse. Not only is this a defensive pitfall in the face of counterattacks, but the continued high pressure in this game also relies heavily on their timely front.
Luckily, after Locateli's injury, he still has Zakaria, who is also very physical. Of course, the more crucial thing is that the Rabio in this game has simply become a super iron waist, no longer the previous left side of the front to insert the big show operation, but in the new role of peace of mind to drag behind the protection, fully demonstrated his strong confrontation ability, after breaking the ball can also push forward two steps and then split the advantages, robbing Barrera have self-doubt.
But the second problem is not so easy to solve - the full-back assist ability is too poor.
Danilo was already in charge of defense in Allegri's tactical system, and his offensive contribution was nominally to send long passes forward, but in fact Vlahović could not run anymore. As for Sandro... Every Juve fan can guess what will happen within three seconds of his receiving the ball, either with a kick back or by tapping sideways and taking a few steps back for the fabled "protective pick-up".
In short, you certainly can't expect the old Brazilian scalpers to play any tricks in the attack today, which has led to Juve's two sides becoming a complete one-man show: Morata on the left catches the ball with his back, leaning on D'Ambrosio to force a turn, and being able to wipe it in is a one-foot cross. The Cuado on the right relies on the rhythm to change people, or forcibly sneaks behind Bastoni, and can rush over is a cross-score.
At the same time, Vlahović in the middle of the road, although tall, is not a fulcrum type after all, and he has not been baptized by the layers of old fritters at a young age. Referee Massimigliano almost wrote "how to hit the waist with the high ball tube, all regarded as a normal confrontation" on the face, the defenders of both sides, especially Shkrinar, repeatedly learned to use this point, and Shi Chengwa still kept repeating the story of the complaint from the jump.
Coupled with the fact that Dybala is too eager to prove himself, rarely chooses to take the ball to comb and control the rhythm, and only Handanovic and the goal are in his eyes... Juve's offense is lively, but it is all a variety of one-hammer transactions initiated by the wing, which cannot form a continuous suppression of transmission penetration + local counterattack. The possession rate does not go up, and there are not many direct threats.
Vlahović occasionally pulled a cross from the side, and Morata nodded the ball off the line, which was already the best opportunity Juve actively created in the first half.
Having said so much about Juve earlier, why did Inter just passively mention it? Because they were really too passive in the first half.
Dzeko, Brozovic and Bastoni were in a significantly less physical condition, with successive errors in handling the ball and attention, which led to the complete paralysis of the axis route from the backcourt to the front. So they can only choose to survive in this first half, survive until Juve is pressed to the inevitable recess, and then try to survive some opportunities that are enough to reverse the game.
It's really time to survive.
Morata, who was actively defending, "did something bad with good intentions" and stepped on Dumfries' foot in the penalty area, a foul that must have been a penalty in front of VAR.
But the next plot is not so easy to guess...
At first, I thought that Charhanoglu had accidentally pressed the passing button when taking a penalty, then felt that Rabio's oolong proved that the game was indeed playing well and was unlucky, then adjusted the psychological expectation to the two sides back to 0-0, and then spat out a sentence of "How is De Ligt again", and finally returned to the time travel of Charhanolu and Szczesny with the same action but different results.
After a VAR inspection, de Ligt was awarded a heavy penalty because he entered the penalty area early
In just 3 minutes, fans on both sides felt the ups and downs between great sorrow and great joy, the Serie A lost 20 times in the Korean market in the intensive bombardment of official gestures, Allegri stripped .gif ushered in the happy +1 after seven years, and Inter Milan took a 1-0 lead in the first half.
By the second half, Juventus did not make immediate substitution adjustments, but clearly made a series of overall tactical and individual technical adjustments. Although there were six fewer shots on goal than in the first half, the result was an increase in possession and more scoring opportunities.
For example, Dybala reduced the forced shooting outside the box, increased the ball-holding organization and sought cooperation. Juve played a series of passes rarely seen this season at the edge of the penalty area, and Dybala has also escaped Inter's last barrier, Shke, but unfortunately was destroyed by perisic, who is actively defending.
Another example is that the pass sent by his teammates to Vlahović is no longer in the air, because in this confrontational intensity, he really can't take Shik. Instead, if he passes to his feet, Vlahović can stand on his back more, and then use his technology and impact to complete the turn and shoot on his own.
Unfortunately, the ball hit his right foot, and his right foot was not much better than Dybala's.
Another example is Zakaria seeing the timing, using the instantaneous explosive power to complete the long-distance advance, and when it reaches the penalty area line, it can get rid of the goal. This reminds me of what Marić, a assistant coach who has been responsible for developing tactics from Borussia Moncheng to Dortmund, said: "The habit of both of us is that the midfielder chooses different people according to different requirements, and if you want a person who catches the ball and advances 60 meters, then everyone will choose Zakaria directly." ”
Unfortunately, the ball hit the upright again, but it still failed to usher in the equalizer.
The above events all occurred in sixty or seventy minutes, why not after that? Because the middle of the attack must be based on the premise that both sides are threatened, so as to open up the width of the defensive formation and create space for penetration. And when Morata was replaced due to a small injury, the replacement of Keane Jr. could not play the same role whether he stopped the ball or pulled without the ball.
The left side is paralyzed, and on the right side only Cuadrado continues to work alone. Defensive formation movements are easy to find focus, and there is no room for interspersed in the middle.
The main purpose of Inter's adjustment in the second half is to save the score first, and secondly, to leave a little bit of counter-attack harassment in front. Damian and Correa's appearances can be understood as supplementing physical fitness, Vidal and Gagliardini must have been to increase the confrontation, as for the replacement of Dzeko with Gossens in injury time... Oh, maybe because Brozovic and Charhanoglu are both down, and someone has to be able to hold the ball?
However, Dzeko's play in this game is really stable, the kind of stability that has no sense of existence at all. Originally, during the time period when Juve played the above few attacks, Inter could also play some counter-attacks. Instead, in the final stage of the home team's heavy pressure and post-air defense, they were completely handed over to Correa due to their extreme lack of points.
In this way, Juve played what may have been the best game in the league this season, but ultimately lost 0-1. Inter have played as stumbling as they have in recent months, revealing the old tradition of exhaustion after the national team's matchday, but winning 1-0 in the most Juve way, maintaining the possibility of jumping to the top of the table at any time.
Football is like that. Those who are pressed to play may win, and those who perform well may also send points. Before the points fall into the bag, you don't know whether Xiang wei is chocolate or not, and whether there is Xiang hidden in the chocolate.
Of course, this is also where football is most fun.