However, no one dares to deny Piero's status in Juventus, no one dares to deny Piero's status in Serie A, and no one dares to deny that even though Piero is 36 years old, he still cannot be underestimated.

Del Piero is a legend in the entire football world.

After the legendary star Baggio retired, Piero took over Baggio and became the new Zebra Prince.

Piero's personal abilities are almost perfect, whether in terms of physical attributes, technical attributes, or mental attributes. It is difficult to find such a perfect legendary star in the entire football world.

The only problem that hinders Piero is his age.

As he gets older, the upper limits of Piero's various numerical values ​​are decreasing.

But it was still enough for him to lead Juventus into the Europa League semi-finals.

In football, there is a term called "Piero area". This area is on the left side of the penalty area, one step forward from the penalty area line. That area is called Piero area.

As long as Piero dribbles the ball into Piero's area and there is no defense or interference, then the ball is basically going in.

In addition, Piero also has a stunning free kick. There is a special term to describe Piero's free kick: Turin Rainbow.

Therefore, today's match will be a head-to-head competition between veteran world legend Piero and Gu Ran.

As for another forward, Acuna Quinta, he is called "Little Ibrahimovic". Acuna Quinta has the height of Ibrahimovic, is very fast, and is very confrontational. As a big center, he can rush and collide, can hold the ball, and has good shooting skills.

Although Acuna is a few years older than Ibrahimovic in terms of age, Acuna became famous many years later than Ibrahimovic, so after Ibrahimovic left Juventus, Acuna, who replaced him, was called Little Ibrahimovic.

Beep! With the referee's whistle, the first round of the Europa League semi-final, Southampton's home game against the legendary Juventus, officially began.

This game also attracted a large number of European fans to watch.

Not to mention how much the economy around the stadium has been boosted, the economy of the entire Southampton, and even the entire southern England, has been boosted by this football game.

Everyone wants to witness with their own eyes the duel between Gu Ran and Buffon, Pirlo, Piero and Acuna.

As soon as the game started, Southampton launched an aggressive attack on Juventus without hesitation.

The Old Lady Juventus, on the other hand, was steady and used classic catenaccio defense, engaging in high pressure and physical confrontation against Southampton.

The players of the two teams fought hand-to-hand, and Southampton couldn't gain any advantage in terms of physical strength and confrontation.

Compared with Southampton's rough defense, Juventus' defense is more organized, more delicate, and emphasizes more on integrity and technology.

In the 11th minute of the game, Pirlo controlled the ball in the backcourt and suddenly made a long diagonal pass without any warning, accurately passing the ball to Acuna in the open area in the frontcourt!

Juventus' formation immediately responded with forward pressure and protection! After Iaquinta stopped the ball accurately, he did not hesitate at all, but went straight forward and followed up with a powerful shot.

The football flew high over the crossbar and into the stands.

The Juventus fans who came from afar suddenly sighed.

The Southampton fans held their hands over their hearts and breathed a sigh of relief.

This kick was really scary.

Pirlo is like a hot-headed man, he would suddenly make a fatal pass. If Acuna's condition had not been hot enough, this shot would have scored.

A ball like Pirlo's is really hard to defend.

Pirlo was almost strolling on the court, and even when he was dribbling the ball, he was very slow. It seemed that any random player could defend him.

Sending someone to keep an eye on Pirlo, who hardly moves, is simply a waste of a player.

But if no one is sent to keep an eye on Pirlo, Pirlo may launch a fatal attack at any time.

This situation also caused Southampton a lot of headaches.

To be on the safe side, Mikel was specifically responsible for marking Pirlo.

Pirlo's range of activities is limited to the back half of his own field, which forces Mikel to move forward.

In this way, a huge empty space appeared behind Mikel.

The game continues.

In the 18th minute, Southampton's pass in the middle was blocked by Chiellini.

After Marchisio picked up the ball, he immediately passed it to the empty area in front of Pirlo. Pirlo started instantly, got rid of Mikel's close defense, and before Mikel caught up, he passed the ball to Piero's area!

Juventus's style of play is very simple and clear! Piero rushed into Piero's area one step ahead of Van Dijk's pursuit and interception!

Fortunately, at the critical moment, Gu Ran retreated in time and double-teamed Piero together with Van Dijk.

Del Piero kicked the ball out forcefully while being double-teamed by two people! The ball was like a powerful cannonball, shooting straight into the upper right corner of Southampton!

Goalkeeper Davis jumped high and used his fingers to lift the football to the limit.

The football changed its course and bounced off the crossbar.

With the combined efforts of Gu Ran, Van Dijk and Davis, Piero's shot finally failed to go in.

However, Juventus still got a corner kick.

Pirlo slowly ran to the corner kick penalty spot, took a look at the position in the penalty area, and then kicked a curve ball.

The arc ball bypassed the front point and the middle point and went straight to Chiellini's position at the back point! Chiellini took off perfectly and headed the ball into the goal! Southampton's defenders had no time to react! The ball went in! In the 20th minute of the first half, Juventus took advantage of the corner kick created by Piero. Pirlo kicked the ball, and Chiellini touched the ball at the back point and scored!

The score on the big screen at St. Mary's Stadium immediately changed to Southampton 0:1 Juventus.

Southampton had a bad start.

But such a score will not make Saints fans anxious.

After all, Juventus has so many legendary stars, so it would not be surprising even if they really beat Southampton. What's more, the game has just begun, and Southampton, with Gu Ran, has never been afraid of adverse situations.

The game continues.

Juventus continued to use catenaccio and high pressure to confront Southampton.

There was a lot of physical contact between players on both sides.

In the 28th minute of the game, Elia made a mistake in passing the ball back to Vidal, and Salah, a part-time defender, saw the opportunity and rushed to intercept the ball! …

(End of this chapter)