The ball went in! After a long and tense attack and defense, Gu Ran scored the first goal with a domineering kick! The score on the big screen of Turin Stadium was immediately changed to Juventus 0:1 Southampton, and the total score was Juventus 2:4 Southampton!

Southampton has a two-goal advantage and Juventus is now in a very passive position.

Now, Juventus must give up their defense and switch to all-out attack in order to have a chance to equalize or even overtake the score in the next period of time.

Head coach Conte stood in the technical area on the sidelines, waving his arms and roaring wildly like an angry gorilla.

Southampton took the opportunity to strengthen their defense.

In a game of this level, whether it looks good or not is secondary. The most important thing is to win and advance to the finals.

Especially when playing away from home, facing the once world-class giants Juventus, we must not be complacent.

The game continues.

The confrontation between the two sides remains stalemate.

Although this is Juventus' home ground, and although Juventus has "Little Ibrahimovic" Acuna and Zebra Prince Piero, Acuna's condition has not been good enough, and Piero is already old. Juventus's forward threat ability is just like their club's nickname "Old Lady", which is faltering.

If it weren't for Pirlo, the brain of the midfield, who could pass threatening balls from time to time, Juventus' offense would be too terrible to watch.

This is still the case with Piero. When Piero retires next season, Juventus will really enter its twilight period.

In the 37th minute of the game, Pirlo made a straight pass from the backcourt, and Piero at the front point made a beautiful stop and turn, got rid of Van Dijk's defense, dribbled the ball directly into the Piero area on the left side of the penalty area, and shot.

Rudiger rushed up in time to block the shot and blocked it with his body.

But, unfortunately, the ball hit Rudiger's arm! The referee was very observant and immediately showed Rudiger a yellow card and awarded a penalty kick! The Zebra Army fans at the scene cheered excitedly.

This attack by Piero was really crucial! Rudiger was very depressed.

Piero stood on the penalty spot with confidence.

Davis stepped forward and prepared to save the ball.

Piero took a run-up and volleyed the ball with great force! Davis judged the ball's path correctly, but was half a beat too slow, and his fingers didn't even touch the ball.

The football is shot into the net!

The Zebras fans at the scene were completely excited! The score on the big screen of the Turin Stadium was immediately changed to Juventus 1:1 Southampton, and the total score was also changed to 3:4!

Juventus tenaciously narrowed the gap between the two rounds to 1 goal! The suspense of the game is still there! Before the end of the first half, Southampton missed a great opportunity to open the game. Gu Ran broke through the right side and broke through most of Juventus's chain defense in one breath, and sent the ball into the empty space in the small penalty area. Unfortunately, Salah, who followed in the back row, was a little slower, and goalkeeper Buffon got the ball half a beat earlier and pressed it under him.

Before the end of the first half, Juventus also missed a great opportunity to equalize. After getting the ball, Acunata poked the ball with his toes in front of the penalty area, but it was saved by Davis. Acunata got a second chance to attack. The rebounding ball was even in a better position and angle than the first shot, but Acunata did not seize the opportunity. Facing a half-empty goal, Acunata kicked the ball with a big kick from a distance of less than eight meters and missed the target.

The Juventus fans at the scene cursed loudly.

As the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, Juventus and Southampton shook hands and made peace with a 1:1 draw. The players from both sides returned to their respective locker rooms for 15 minutes of rest and adjustment.

After the 15-minute break, players from both teams returned to the field and continued the game.

The situation in the second half was quite similar to that in the first half.

Although Juventus sped up the tempo and showed obvious offensive intentions, Pirlo was restricted in the midfield by Gu Ran and Mikel, making it difficult for him to pass a truly threatening ball.

This kind of physical energy consumption is also what Southampton would like to see most.

In the 69th minute of the game, Gu Ran made a wonderful pass to Lallana, who scored with a clever shot against the onrushing Buffon.

However, the linesman raised the flag to signal that when Gu Ran passed the ball to Lallana, Lallana was already in an offside position.

Southampton's goal was then disallowed.

Gu Ran and Lallana surrounded the referee and the assistant linesman to complain.

The big screen also played the scene of Gu Ran passing the ball. Looking at it through slow-motion replay, the ball was indeed not offside. If it was really offside, it could only be considered an offside at the level of a body hair.

The linesman's decision was very obviously biased.

However, the referee insisted on the decision.

Southampton's appeal was unsuccessful and they had to continue the game.

Juventus managed to escape a disaster, otherwise if this goal had been counted, there would have been almost no suspense in the game.

In the 85th minute of the game, Juventus won a corner kick through a quick attack by Piero.

Pirlo took a corner kick to the center point. The tall and strong Acuna knocked away Rudiger who was defending him, and headed the flying football with a powerful header like a domineering king. The ball hit the ground and bounced towards the goal.

Davis failed to catch the ball at the first try!

The ball went in! The score on the big screen immediately changed to Juventus 2:1 Southampton! After stealing a goal from Southampton, Juventus relied on a set-piece attack to overtake the score!

In this way, the total score of the two sides has become Juventus 4:4 Southampton! If the two sides end the game with this score, then according to the Europa League system, if the total score of the two rounds is tied, the away goals will be compared first. If the away goals are also the same, then overtime will be played.

If the game ends with this score, Juventus will have scored 2 away goals, while Southampton will only have 1 away goal.

This means that if Southampton cannot score a goal before the game, then Southampton will be sent home by Juventus with the advantage of away goal difference.

The pressure was instantly put on Southampton.

Southampton then gave up balanced defense and switched to an all-out attack.

In the 88th minute, Southampton made continuous passes in the midfield, but Juventus was very experienced and their chain defense was almost flawless.

Henderson passed the ball to Gu Ran, who then dribbled the ball through Juventus' chain defense.

At least five Juventus players were implicated by Gu Ran.

However, the five Juventus players combined were unable to intercept the ball from Gu Ran's feet!

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(End of this chapter)