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Buffon's thoughts are exactly the same as those of Allegri.

For a team like Juventus, which has a rich background and most of the players have sufficient game experience, on the stage of the Champions League final, entering overtime, Juventus may actually be more dominant. The superior side.

Although Liverpool is also a giant in this regard, they have just emerged from the dark period after all, and they are all young players of the new generation. Compared with the experienced Juventus, there is still a certain gap.

Even entering the seemingly 50-50 penalty shootout, the comparison between Buffon and Mignolet, the comparison between experienced and inexperienced Juventus offensive players and Liverpool offensive players, makes how Juventus lags behind. excellent.

For Allegri, he is more willing to believe that the players can make full use of their game experience and catch opportunities for Liverpool players to make mistakes in the "long" game.

Therefore, defensive counterattack tactics, no accident, will be the core style of play for Juventus throughout the second half of the game.

Keep a solid defense and wait for an opportunity to counterattack. Juventus does not have to be obsessed with solving the game in 90 minutes. As long as they are not scored by Liverpool, the game will drag on, which is very in the interests of Juventus.

In fact, for Rogers, from his point of view, whether the game can resolve the battle in 90 minutes has little impact on Liverpool.

Of course, the game experience of Liverpool players is a flaw in the final that has long been mentioned by countless media, but young people, lack of experience is one aspect, sufficient physical fitness, and vitality, but it is also Liverpool's performance in the game. Where the advantage lies at the last moment.

Hurry up and rush to attack, just because Rogers is worried that things will change if they are late. If the game can be resolved within 90 minutes, then it will be a good ending for Liverpool.

With Juventus fully retracted, only retaining two forwards, and pressing in the midfield area, Liverpool's overall offensive and defensive line is also moving forward.

Of course, the counterattack threat posed by Tevez and Morata's double forwards still forced Liverpool to keep the double central defenders, and at least one fast full-back near the midfield to deal with Juventus' counterattacks.

However, when all the midfielders have offensive capabilities, coupled with Moreno or Flanagan's forward assists, Liverpool has invested a considerable number of offensive players, enough for many offensive attempts.

However, Liverpool's regular team offensive tactics, as well as the individual offense and small-scale cooperation among the frontcourt tridents, have been thoroughly studied by Juventus, and Liverpool need some unexpected offensive factors to break the field. The stalemate between offense and defense.

And it was Yang Feng who acted as the breaker!

Although Juventus is in the midfield, with Tevez and Morata's double forwards, but unlike the previous game, neither of them will carry out a tight defense against Liverpool's backcourt players.

It is more just to block the route of Liverpool's transmission of the ball, and to restrain the number of Liverpool players staying behind, and to preserve their physical fitness, so that they can explode when their own team launches a counterattack.

This also makes Yang Feng's possession of the ball in the backcourt almost uninterrupted by Juventus' defense.

When the frontcourt was slow to start and the key passers were all being marked by Juventus defenders, because Yang Feng had enough passing space here, Liverpool's frontcourt players, when the offense was not going well, started Consciously pass back to Yang Feng, let Yang Feng sort out the ball in the backcourt.

The original intention may be to ask Yang Feng to do a long pass transfer of the ball, so that Liverpool's offense can be opened up.

However, in Yang Feng's heart, he didn't want to just act as a simple passer on the field.

"Heaven will send a great mission to the people of Sri Lanka, you must first work hard on your heart and will, and work hard on your bones..."

For Yang Feng, his hard training all year round, especially the daily long pass training after the defensive training is completed, is to increase his role on the offensive end and enhance his comprehensiveness.

In the game before, what I showed to everyone was more about the long pass to find the teammates in the frontcourt after completing the defense, and to launch a counterattack pass for the teammates.

In a real positional battle, Yang Feng's pass did not impress people too much.

It's not that Yang Feng doesn't have the ability to pass the ball, but that in most cases, Liverpool's offense doesn't allow Yang Feng to act as the passer.

However, on the stage of this final, when the two teams were at a stalemate, when Liverpool could not open up the offensive situation again, Yang Feng wanted to stand up and be the hero.

"Gerard, under the joint force of Morata and Marchisio, passed the ball back immediately and found Yang Feng to deal with it."

"Yang Feng's previous long pass transfers were very good. However, the pass was very good, but Liverpool's offense was still unable to start."

"This time!"

"It actually passed directly to the restricted area!"

Yang Feng no longer conducts routine large-scale transfers of the ball, but suddenly chooses to pass the ball long into Juventus' penalty area in the midfield.

"Sterling's fast forward!"

The Liverpool player who is most familiar with Yang Feng may be Sterling!

Although he is not very old, Sterling's qualifications in this team are still old enough, especially when he is off the court and training with Yang Feng, Sterling is definitely ranked No. 1.

Familiar with Yang Feng's every move, and have also practiced with Yang Feng, various offensive routines.

Yang Feng's long pass, combined with Sterling's speed, has always been Liverpool's best defensive counterattack method this season.

As for this kind of small routine in positional warfare, Sterling and Yang Feng had also practiced it many times in private extra training before.

When Yang Feng made several long passes just now, Sterling actually tried to run forward, but Yang Feng tried to be sure and didn't directly hit Juventus' penalty area, so Sterling ran a few times in vain.

But this time, when the ball was passed back to Yang Feng's feet, Sterling still went forward again, even though Yang Feng hadn't passed the ball before.

"Get rid of the defender!"

"The placement of Yang Feng's long pass is excellent!"

"Sterling shot directly, hit!"

Yang Feng's precise long pass and Sterling's outstanding forward speed jointly completed this offensive cooperation, forming a one-foot shot in the penalty area.

"Buffon! Make the save!"

"But! Sturridge!"

"The goal is in! The goal is in! Sturridge scored with a follow-up shot!"

This wonderful connection between Yang Feng and Sterling did not directly score a goal, but Sterling's goal still posed enough threats.

Under the close-range shot, Sterling's shot made Buffon subconsciously make a save.

Although Buffon successfully blocked the ball, Buffon could not control the direction in which the ball was blocked.

Sturridge, who followed up, faced most of the empty goals and easily pushed and succeeded, helping Liverpool regain the lead.