The green devil

Chapter 349 Give Buffon the power to disown him

Juventus is the well-deserved overlord of Serie A. By last season, they had won the Serie A championship for five consecutive seasons.

However, in the Champions League, Juventus did not perform well last season and was eliminated by Bayern when they scored 16 of 8.

During the offseason, Juventus frequently participated in various friendly matches of the Guinness Cup while recruiting in the transfer market.

Juventus has a well-organized team and a stable lineup. After the last friendly match, Juventus beat West Ham United 3-2. In the past 5 warm-up matches, they won four and drew one. They are in excellent condition.

However, Juventus's defensive end is obviously not as tight as before. They conceded goals in 2 Guinness Cup games and 2 friendly matches.

Although the Espanyol and Juventus are not considered teams of the same level, the Espanyol team is in a good state recently. If they perform exceptionally, they may not have no chance of winning.

After the match against Everton and a day off in Liverpool, the Espanyol team flew to Modena, the engine capital of Italy, to prepare for the warm-up match against Juventus.

Modena is a tourist attraction and a famous historical city in northern Italy. It is also the headquarters of many luxury cars such as Maserati, Pagani, and Ferrari.

The game against Juventus is the last warm-up match for the Espanyol team. Four days later, the Espanyol team will go to the Champions League to prepare for the Champions League play-off against Monaco.

The Champions League play-offs will be played in four days, and this warm-up match against Juventus can only be a warm-up.

After arriving in Modena, the players of the Espanyol team felt very relaxed. Instead of adapting to the venue, they first visited the most famous Roman dome cathedral in Modena.

Looking at the beautiful scenery and enjoying the famous cars, the Spaniard players happily played in Modena for an afternoon, and then went to the Alberto Stadium in Modena to step on the field the next day.

The influence of Juventus in Italy is not comparable to that of the previous opponents of the Espanyol team. Even if it is a warm-up match, it is not Juventus' home court. When the Espanyol team steps on the field, thousands of fans come to watch .

Alberto Stadium can only accommodate 2 fans, but on the day of the game, the stands of this stadium are almost full.

Not all the fans in the stands were Juventus fans, and there were quite a few fans who came to watch the Espanyol game. The Espanyol team had little influence and appeal, and the fans mainly came to see Zhao Yang.

The Espanyol team doesn't care too much about the result of the game, but the game against a veteran giant like Juventus must have great training value, and the Espanyol team attaches great importance to it.

This was the last warm-up match for the Espanyol, and Sergio tried again with the striker.

The diligent Baptistan and the lazy Reyes partnered forward, and Zhao Yang came to Reyes' previous midfielder position.

Behind Zhao Yang are 8-Piatti, 11-Diop, 4-Victor Sanchez, 7-Perez;

The four defenders are: 3-r-Duarte, 4-Demichelis, 5-Alvaro, 2-Lopez

The Spaniard's back line has also been adjusted, and the newly joined Argentine central defender Demichelis also got the chance to start.

Demichelis, 36, is a free agent like Reyes.

The young Demichelis is a world-class central defender, but now Sergio doesn't know how much fuel is in his fuel tank, so he can only observe it through this warm-up match.

Juventus started with a 352 formation.

Goalkeeper: 1-Buffon

Defenders: 3- Chiellini, 15- Barzagli, 4- Benatia

Midfielder: 23-Alves, 18-Lemina, 37-Pereira, 5-Pjanic, 22-Asamoah

Forwards: 9- Higuain, 17- Mandzukic

This lineup is Juventus' strongest lineup.

Except for Higuain who has just joined and may not cooperate with his teammates tacitly, everyone else is a veteran player of Juventus who won five consecutive championships.

It was the Espanyol who kicked off first.

Facing a giant like Juventus, the Espanyol team did not have any psychological burden, and opened their hands and feet to attack.

The Juventus players did not expect the Spaniard to play so openly, but they had experienced many battles and did not panic. They almost all retreated calmly, let the midfielder out, defended well, and waited for an opportunity to counterattack.

Zhao Yang is the starting point of the Espanyol's offense.

Juventus retreated to compress the Espanyol's offensive space, and the Espanyol player passed the ball to Zhao Yang, allowing him to organize the attack and tear apart Juventus' defense.

Zhao Yang is a popular fried chicken, even a giant like Juventus dare not underestimate him.

Before the game, Juventus coach Allegri emphasized the defense against Zhao Yang and made a drill based on Zhao Yang's technical characteristics.

However, under the key defense of Juventus players, Zhao Yang still showed the strength of the top scorer in La Liga.

In the 2nd minute of the game, Alvarez passed the ball, Zhao Yang caught the ball with his back, hit his heel, and pierced the crotch of Pereira, who was marking him.

Pereira has rich experience. After being pierced in the crotch, he did not turn around in a hurry, but stretched out his hand to grab Zhao Yang's jersey.

Sure enough, Zhao Yang turned around after wearing the crotch, trying to get past Pereira, but Pereira pulled him so hard, his center of gravity was unstable, and he fell to the ground.

The referee on duty verbally warned Pereira and gave the Espanyol a free kick in the frontcourt.

The free kick was a bit far from the goal, almost 35 meters away.

This distance is no longer suitable for direct shooting, but Zhao Yang did not give up to other teammates, and stood in front of the ball, ready to take the penalty.

After Marco returned to Real Madrid, Zhao Yang became the Espanyol's No. [-] set-piece and penalty shooter. If he refused to concede, the others could only stand aside.

The free-kick tactics were practiced before the game, and everyone came to the penalty area to stand in a tacit understanding, ready to grab points.

Zhao Yang chose a long run-up, as if he was going to shoot directly.

However, Buffon didn't believe it at all. He thought that Zhao Yang was just bluffing. At this distance, it was impossible for Zhao Yang to shoot directly against a goalkeeper of his level.

Not only Buffon thinks so, but other players also think so.

However, Zhao Yang ran in front of the ball and directly kicked the "tiger style" shot. The ball flew straight to the goal without any rotation.

The angle is not tricky, but the speed is extremely fast!

If the goalkeeper is not focused enough, it is not impossible to score goals.

Buffon's face showed a mixed look of shock and anger.

The ball was beyond Buffon's expectation, he thought Zhao Yang would pass the ball.

However, it is impossible to break through Buffon's ten fingers with such a shot. In Buffon's view, this is almost the same as provocation.

Although Buffon is 38 years old, he still reacts quickly. He is tall and covers a wide area. He leaps forward and hits the ball with one palm.

In the process of vacating, Buffon felt the terrifying power of the ball. He turned his palm into a fist and hit the ball out of the baseline with his fist.

The ball flew out of the bottom line, and Buffon touched his fist, feeling a little palpitation.

The ball was too powerful, if he had just used his fingertips, he might have been injured.