There wasn't much time left for the opponent.
To be precise, only the final 15 minutes remained.
As the head coach of Juventus, Allegri needed his team to score as many goals as possible in those last 15 minutes.
Of course, the premise was to ensure that they didn't concede again.
After Su Luo scored Chelsea's fifth goal of the game—
Allegri immediately made a substitution.
Douglas Costa was brought on to replace Cuadrado!
To be honest, although Cuadrado had been fairly active in tonight's game,
he hadn't posed any real threat to Chelsea's goal.
On top of that, he had also shown signs of physical fatigue.
After careful consideration,
Coach Allegri ultimately decided to take Cuadrado off.
Douglas Costa's dribbling and breakthrough ability were clearly sharper than Cuadrado's.
After the restart,
Juventus, playing away from home, wasted no time.
They immediately launched an attack into Chelsea's half.
Juventus midfielder Matuidi passed the ball to Douglas Costa,
who had just come on.
On the right flank,
Douglas Costa received the ball and sprinted forward.
His explosive power was fully unleashed.
The man tasked with defending Douglas Costa was still Marcos Alonso.
Just as Douglas Costa prepared to burst forward,
Marcos Alonso stepped in to block his path.
It was clear that Alonso hoped to rely on his physical strength to halt his opponent's progress.
Unfortunately—
Douglas Costa was no Cuadrado.
To put it another way,
Douglas Costa's acceleration was clearly on another level.
As expected,
when Douglas Costa exploded forward,
he immediately gained a step on Marcos Alonso.
Alonso grew anxious.
He even reached out in an attempt to pull Costa's shirt.
But Douglas Costa didn't give him the chance.
He shot forward like he had rockets on his feet.
With lightning speed—
In the blink of an eye,
Douglas Costa was deep into Chelsea's half.
At this point, another Chelsea midfielder, Cesc Fàbregas, joined the defense.
Fàbregas was a seasoned veteran.
He knew that if Douglas Costa was allowed to charge into the penalty area at that pace,
the consequences would be devastating.
So—
Fàbregas made a quick decision.
He grabbed Douglas Costa from behind and pulled him down.
A clear foul.
The referee reached into his pocket and gave Fàbregas a yellow card.
The game resumed.
Time continued to slip away for Juventus.
In the minutes that followed,
the Juventus players grew increasingly anxious.
Even basic passing errors began to show.
As the team's star, Higuaín needed to step up.
In order to receive the ball more efficiently,
Higuaín started to drop deeper into midfield.
But the moment he did—
He was immediately pressured by both Kanté and Fàbregas.
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