Juventus is a traditional giant in Italian football.
Up to now, Juventus Football Club has won a total of 34 Italian Serie A championships. They are the team with the most Serie A championships and the first club in history to achieve the three major cup grand slams.
Throughout the history of Juventus, you will find that this team has been repeating the cycle of troughs, coming out of the slump, and rebuilding glory since the beginning of the team's establishment.
This shows the strong foundation of this club with the longest history in Italy.
There are many giants with long histories in the five major leagues, but some of them never got up again after hitting rock bottom. Not every giant has the tenacity and luck of Juventus.
Juventus reached the Champions League final last season, but unfortunately fell short as Allegri lost to Zinedine Zidane's Galacticos.
Juventus' results in Serie A this season are also excellent. They currently lead all Serie A clubs and will soon usher in their 35th Serie A championship.
Therefore, it is really unlucky for Liverpool to be drawn by a team that is known to have a reinforced concrete defense line in Europe.
At least in Klopp's view, he is more unlucky than Guardiola.
He would rather fight Barcelona and Real Madrid than touch Juventus, a cheetah in an indestructible turtle shell.
But what worries Klopp even more is Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri.
Allegri's coaching ability no longer needs proof. He is a world-famous coach in Serie A and a recognized tactician in European football.
This guy has made countless appearances since coaching Juventus and was called "a walking miracle" by the Italian media.
What troubles Klopp is that he can't feel Allegri's pulse.
Juventus, led by this guy, can not only play offensive football with strong pressure, but also counterattack with extremely quick transitions between offense and defense, and can also play pass-and-control football that is very visually appealing and extremely threatening.
So Klopp has been guessing what kind of tactics Allegri will use to greet them at the Allianz Stadium.
On the afternoon of April 1st, the entire Liverpool team arrived in Turin, Italy.
After checking into the hotel, Klopp immediately started preparing for the game two days later.
While Klopp is preparing for the game, Allegri is not idle at the Juventus Vinovo training base.
After the team's daily training in the morning, Allegri suspended the afternoon training and temporarily changed it to a tactics class.
"Guys, although we don't know Liverpool's starting lineup yet, I personally think that Klopp will most likely use Firmino on the front line in this game, not the Swede."
"This Brazilian is good at playing sports. When attacking on the field, he will often become a midfielder and is responsible for the connection between the Liverpool midfielder and the forward line. This is something that our defense needs to pay attention to."
"In Liverpool's midfield, their two central midfielders will often pull wide to make up for the offensive width on the wing. This arrangement is to allow Salah and Mane, two forwards with strong offensive abilities, to penetrate the penalty area diagonally.
So these two are actually Liverpool's real strikers."
"On the defensive end of the positional battle, Liverpool's overall formation has tended to favor the 4-4-2 formation in previous games. This arrangement is directly related to the players' abilities and characteristics."
"Mane has excellent physical fitness, has excellent physical fitness, is extremely capable of going back and forth, and is also capable of taking on heavier defensive tasks on the wing."
"On Salah's side, he is fast, has excellent anti-offside awareness, and has the ability to protect the ball with his back. He can receive and convert various passes from teammates from defense to offense in the ribs immediately.
For a chance to fight back.”
Allegri was explaining and demonstrating Liverpool's various tactical routines to the players in front of him while explaining in front of the tactical board. The players also listened attentively.
"Boss, did you miss someone?" At this moment, Dybala reminded him with a smile and raised his hand.
"hehe!"
There was a chuckle among the players, they all knew who Dybala was talking about.
"The next thing I want to say is Liverpool's so-called most perfect No. 8 midfielder in team history, Yang!" Allegri also laughed.
"But before that, we must admit that Liverpool's No. 8 is indeed a super genius like Melo. Only by correcting our attitude can we use our strong team strength to defeat him, defeat Liverpool, and win this game.
game."
After finishing speaking, Allegri lowered his head and operated on the computer on the podium in front of him, then raised his head and said: "This is a statistic related to Yang that I asked the coaching staff to create after the draw."
"Pass success rate, 91%."
"..."
Allegri walked to the screen, pointed to the first row of data in the table, his face became a little serious, and said: "Guys, pay attention, this is Yang's average pass success rate per game this season. Yang has many times in a single game.
The pass success rate reached 98%, and he rarely made mistakes in his passes!"
"Wow!"
As soon as Allegri finished speaking, the players in the audience were in an uproar.
Dybala was even more stunned!
After knowing that the opponent in the Champions League quarter-finals was Liverpool, he went out of his way to get to know Mo Yang, but he still didn't expect that Mo Yang's passing data would be so gorgeous and brutal.
The pass success rate in a single game is close to 100 many times. Is this still a human being?
Does he know that Liverpool will hand over a large amount of the ball to Mo Yang every time they play? This is not just a dozen or twenty times, but hundreds of passes.
Allegri coughed, which instantly silenced the chattering Chiellini and others, and then continued: "Yang's passing and breakthroughs have several similar characteristics, which you need to pay attention to.
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"Suddenness, precision, and the uncertainty of my own naming!"
"So when you are playing on the court, you must block key positions for me, always pay attention to the loopholes in the defense, and don't let me easily stretch my feet."
"Believe me, you will definitely be passed by him in a one-on-one situation. You must wait for the help of your teammates!"
"Yang is the player whose breakthrough ability is second only to Messi among all the players I have seen so far. Although his breakthrough does not have the characteristics of Messi's extremely high pace and many changes of direction, his reaction ability and
But his ability to adapt instantly is at the same level as Messi."
"In addition, Yang's breakthrough is also uncertain, because you can't imagine what unconventional magical moves he will use to get rid of your defense."
After Allegri finished speaking, he continued: "There is one more thing you have to cheer me up for."
"That's the rhythm of the game!"
"You must not be carried away by Liverpool's fast pace. Controlling the pace of the game is also what Yang is best at."
"Countless teams in the Premier League have used countless defeats to tell us, don't try to compete with Liverpool, otherwise you will be in danger of being defeated."
"I'm not planning to spend too much force on Yang in this game!"
As soon as Allegri said this, Dybala and others immediately looked puzzled.
"Liverpool's strength comes from teamwork, which is the added ability of all the top players on the field. Of course, the foundation of their teamwork is in the midfield, in Yang. They have a team that can cover the entire field.
An all-around super midfield core, this is their foundation."
"So I need someone who can compete with Yang in terms of organizing offense. Once we intercept the ball in defense, we need to immediately launch a counterattack and move the ball out of the high-pressure circle in Liverpool's frontcourt..."
After gradually arranging tactics, Allegri was still a little worried, but this was the limit he could do based on the troops at hand.
As for whether he can beat Liverpool, he is not sure because Liverpool's attacking power is so terrible.
Especially Mo Yang, Allegri had already noticed it.
What a perfect all-around super midfielder! It’s a pity that he is not in their Juventus team.
