Greatest Of All Legends-Chapter 659: Ticket to UCL Finals 2021 V

Rushing at the ball that rolled into his path, Carvajal quickly glanced into the penalty box, picked a teammate, and then sent a swift, low cross from the right side of the penalty box.

The ball rolled powerfully into the Uventus 18-yard box and appeared in front of Jovic who immediately put his foot through with it, sending a powerful drive at the goal from 10 yards in front of the goal.

Buffon jumped at the ball, stretching himself wide and luckily, his decision to do so came with good results as the ball bounced off his right hand and flew up and over the goal.

{Another fantastic save from Buffon! You’d think he can get to anything today!} the commentator exclaimed, expressing his admiration and shock.

The Uventus players nearby quickly went to give their goalkeeper a pat on the back as they knew that only because of this man’s top form today had they not conceded once again.

The manager had made a good defensive plan and it was mostly working, but against Madrid, all they had managed to do was reduce the number of very clear goal-scoring chances. They could not completely stop them.

Even with that, it was not too far-fetched for Madrid to still manage to put one or two goals past them. They were that strong of a team and it was clear to see why, however, Buffon had steadily kept on saving their behinds with save after save.

The man already had six saves in the first half, and any of those six saves could have been goals... beautiful goals.

Buffon, however, didn’t think too much of it.

He knew he was in peak form. He would be a fool not to notice it, but that didn’t count for much more other than how it would help him do his job better,

He was a goalkeeper and his duty was to stop the ball from getting past him. Because the number of balls coming his way increased and he could still stop them, wasn’t necessarily a good thing.

Even the best goalkeeper in the world couldn’t confidently say he could save ten out of ten shots from a team like Madrid, so right now, Buffon was more preoccupied with ensuring that his defenders performed better and stopped the Madrid team from getting behind them as often as they had so far.

Calling out defensive orders to the players, Buffon took his position at the corner of the goal, watching Kroos carefully as the German put the ball down, ready to take the corner kick.

"Giorgio! Stay on Ramos!"

"Leo! Mark that Jokic guy!"

"Weston, keep that Nacho guy away!" Buffon barked out orders while watching the situation in his penalty box and glancing over at Kroos from time to time.

When the referee finally blew his whistle and sent the ball flying in, Buffon’s orders to his defenders allowed everyone to perfectly keep their opponents in check, allowing Buffon to easily catch the ball that came flying in.

{And that one ends up in the arms of the goalkeeper}

{Will he try to start a counter? No, he’s waving to his teammates to calm down while waiting for the Madrid players to leave his penalty box} The commentator spoke calmly.

{Amazing leadership display from the legendary Italian goalkeeper. He’s not only shown his skills, making it clear why he has earned his legendary status, he’s now showing his knowledge of the game accumulated from sheer experience}

{This is the time to calm down his teammates and make them take the pressure off as often times, the numbers on the clock can cause urgency in players, especially in games like these where the stakes are high}

{If Uventus tries to force attacks right now, they could very well end up on the back foot as their opposition knows well how to counter} the co-commentator analyzed.

{They know too well how to counter. The Uventus players must keep their heads on their shoulders. They have the advantage, there is no need to try and force a goal at this time} The commentator agreed, but while they were talking,

The Uventus team that seemed to be calmly playing the ball around suddenly had the ball end up at the legs of Ronaldo and without much of a surprise, Ronaldo turned at Madrid’s goal and suddenly started driving the ball forward, using a burst of pace to dribble between the three midfielders.

Moving swiftly, Ronaldo moved the ball from leg to leg, sharply dodging their tackles with quick touches whenever any of them was near enough to tackle him.

{Ronaldo, dashing forward here, could he be trying to get the last laugh?} The commentator exclaimed, surprised when he watched Ronaldo push forward.

The Madrid defenders quickly responded to the threat and rushed to block Ronaldo, but Ronaldo held onto the ball long enough to buy time for Morata to free himself before cleverly flicking the ball to him on the right with his outside foot.

{Now its with Morata, will he have a go?}

{He does!} the commentator exclaimed as Morata swung at the ball, hitting it from the edge of the 18-yard box.

Courtois lunged at the ball in response, getting enough hand on it to deflect it and push it against the bar.

Bouncing off the bar, the ball bounced back off the field and Carvajal who was near the ball as it landed kicked it out of the penalty box, clearing it upfield.

{Cleared!}

{What a last ditch attempt from Uventus!}

{The one minute of injury time added by the referee is almost over and the referee is putting his whistle to his mouth} the commentator was saying when the ball that had been cleared up the field was headed back into Madrid’s half by Chiellini who beat Jovic in the aerial contest for the ball.

Receiving the ball, Ramsey once again turned in the direction of Madrid’s goal and saw Ronaldo who had dropped back.

With Ronaldo all alone, Ramsey did not hesitate to pass the ball to him and on receiving the ball, Ronaldo did not waste a single second or movement and turned smoothly with the ball, and faced the goal.

Pushing the ball a meter forward, Ronaldo put his head down, ran at the ball and swung at it with righteous fury.

*Thwack!*

The sound of the ball being hit could be clearly heard as the ball took off like a rocket that had reached peak speed in an instant, thundering towards Madrid goal.

Courtois instantly reacted and jumped at the ball’s path, but before the ball reached him, Courtois could clearly tell that he wouldn’t be able to reach it.

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