A Stunning Strike

After the Champions League clash with Bordeaux, Juventus's defense came under some criticism.

Chiellini could hardly escape blame, either.

There was no helping it. After being held to a 1–1 draw at home, the media and fans alike would vent their anger on the team. The head coach and players bore the brunt of it, and the defenders in particular could hardly avoid criticism after conceding.

Chiellini had long since grown used to it.

At Juventus, he was the one who handled the dirty, exhausting work—the thankless jobs that took plenty out of him.

Before their trip to the Allianz Arena, Ferrara made some adjustments to the defense. He dropped Grygera and brought in the more defensively reliable Zebina, while Grosso, seemingly possessed by a footballing spirit, started on the left.

This created a rather interesting situation: Juventus's two full-backs were actually taller than their two center-backs.

Chiellini and Legrottaglie stood 1.85 and 1.86 meters tall, but Zebina was 1.89 meters, while Grosso towered at 1.90. The two of them looked more like center-backs instead.

That alone made it easy to see that Ferrara had established the team's tactics from the very beginning.

Playing away at the Allianz Arena, Juventus would strive to take all three points, but that depended on them being able to keep their defense steady.

As long as they did not concede, even one point would count as a good result.

During the match, Juventus's back line did indeed fulfill the head coach's demands, especially Chiellini.

He had once been Ferrara's teammate. As a Juventus legend at center-back, Ferrara had guided and helped him considerably. So after Ferrara became the team's head coach, Chiellini also did everything he could to support him.

And against Bayern, Su Dong was the one name they could not avoid.

Ferrara