Chapter 132 Winning
Before this game or when Milito Florence equalized the score, trapattoni would never have thought that Juventus, which has the most stable defense line in Serie A, could concede two goals in a short period of five minutes, and the situation deteriorated to an even worse level.
However, the reality is often so cruel. After trapattoni decided to continue to believe in Gallas instead of Palermo or Montero, only 20 minutes later, the score changed from one to one to three, and Juventus’ hope of winning away suddenly became slim.
After all, it’s unrealistic for Juventus to even the score by chasing two goals in less than 20 minutes before the end of the game. What’s worse, it’s still a great wall of steel composed of Lucio, Starr and Buffon, which further increases the difficulty for the Bianconeri to make a successful comeback away from home.
You know, even in the past more than an hour, Juventus didn’t really break through the defensive line of Florence. The goal by Devid contained more luck and the defensive quality of Florence players was not too much. Therefore, many people directly lost their confidence and intention to make a lastditch effort when Juve players received such a difficult pair as our own team chased two goals before the end of the game and couldn’t let Florence score again.
Of course, not all Juve players have lost confidence in getting points away from home. For example, Devid, Emerson and Camoranesi have maintained a very good mentality and have not lost their motivation to continue the game because of losing goals in succession. These people have not considered how difficult this is, but are considering how to help the team out of the immediate predicament.
Compared with Devid and others, Gallas and Zebina seem to be somewhat unprofessional, especially the former Florence had to pull three goals in a row to complete the overtaking, the biggest hero of the French international. At this time, Reagan was not thinking about how to shirk the responsibility of these three goals if he wanted to make amends.
To be honest, even if Gallas said it, he couldn’t blame others. After all, everyone who has watched this game knows that Florence can score three goals in a row at halftime.
Seeing that the score actually turned into one to three when I was not careful, I kept posing as a shooin in the coach’s seat. trapattoni was also a little unable to sit still. After all, the result of this game will largely be the final ownership of the league championship. For example, trapattoni did not want to see the team lose points by Viola in this direct dialogue with Florence, thus losing hope of winning the championship trophy.
So I can’t bear Gallas’ poor performance at halftime. trapattoni waved his hand and Uruguayan veteran Montero changed this Frenchman. At this critical moment when we have to let go, trapattoni doesn’t want such a time bomb in the team’s defense line.
Gallas seems to be very dissatisfied with trapattoni’s move to change himself. After leaving the stadium, he didn’t hug or communicate with the head coach as usual, but went straight into the player’s aisle regardless to make trapattoni, who planned to have a good communication with Gallas, feel embarrassed for a moment.
Ha ha, these French people are really interesting. They are all so angry that they can’t stand it. Seeing this scene from the live video, Zhuang Ge sneered and said, It seems that Juventus should have fun after this game, but I don’t know how Moggi’s old fox will handle this matter.
After all, players have their peaks and valleys; It’s not a big problem to dare to take responsibility, because everyone’s personality and growth experience are different, that is, at most, people say that they are not responsible for doing things; But refusing to admit it after making a mistake and putting on such a face is Gallas’ problem
Although Montero, who is 33 years old, is no longer brave because of his slippery body, the Uruguayan veteran still relies on his game experience and brave wind to help Juventus stabilize its crumbling defense line, which is at least not as riddled as Gallas’ presence.
However, although the defense has improved to some extent, on the offensive end, the Juventus players faced Florence, a steel defense line, from the mouth, especially after replacing Pirlo at Ballack Stadium, Florence’s defensive level in midfield has reached a higher level, making Juventus’ offensive more difficult to develop, but Viola took the opportunity to play several quick counterattacks and almost expanded the score.
The constant alarm in front of their own goal has not discouraged Juventus players from attacking because they all know in their hearts that there is no difference between losing three goals and losing five goals at this point in the game. For Juventus, it is the most important thing to take this game now.
However, Juventus’ poor attack power and rigid attack routine became the biggest obstacle to prevent the Bianconeri from turning around, which became another reason for the Bianconeri to lose the key battle.
After all, at this time, although Ibrahimovic’s foot skills are outstanding and his excellent imagination and vision of the ball are also reflected, it is far from the Swedish stupa that can support a set of tactical bodies in previous lives. Besides Ibrahimovic, there is no one who can revitalize the whole offensive body. They are brave and creative, but they are seriously inadequate. Needless to say, in Florence, the players are very targeted and defensive, and they lack an excellent organizer, especially Yuwen, whose frontcourt is cut apart by viola. It is difficult to form a unified offensive. They can rely on personal ability and smallscale cooperation to assault forward.
In the end, when the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, Florence lost a goal first, and even chased three goals, which successfully completed a shocking reversal at Frankie Stadium, defeating visiting Juventus by three to one, and won the key game and three points!
Chapter 1321 Liverpool (a)
Fiorentina finally widened the difference between them and the Bianconeri to four points after losing a goal and winning three goals in a row, and occupied a certain wind in this Serie A championship battle.
However, despite the sixpoint battle, Florence players are far from being safe. After all, after the game, Serie A will not end for seven rounds. In this case, although there are many fourpoint leads, it is not so bad. If Florence players want to win the league championship at the end of the season, they must be more careful in the remaining seven rounds, otherwise they may be given up. Hope that Juventus will come from behind and finally win the top spot.
Although the reversal of the victory over Juventus, the team’s biggest competitor in the league battlefield, excited the Florence players, they quickly recovered their composure and returned to their respective residences to rest soon after the game, instead of looking for a nightclub or bar to celebrate, because in four days’ time, they will meet the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinal here, and Florence’s opponent is the former English football overlord Red Army Liverpool!
In the first leg of the contest between the two sides, Florence held a big iron bucket array at Anfield stadium for the purpose of retaining its strength, but Liverpool was unable to do anything about it after Owen moved away. They could threaten Florence’s goal through longrange shooting and setpieces, and finally played on the spot. When the referee’s whistle announced the end, Florence and Liverpool shook hands and ended the first leg at Anfield stadium with a score of 11.
Because they failed to win a victory in the first leg and were scored an away goal by their opponents, the second leg was naturally negligent for Liverpool. Once Florence seized the opportunity to score a goal, they would face a very passive situation. After all, the Italian club’s defensive counterattack in the football field is a real killer. No one wants to experience a set of tactics sharp and terrible.
The English media are also very concerned about the match between Florence and Liverpool. Not only did they uncharacteristically fail to find all kinds of lace and negative news with the Red Army before the game, but they also tried their best to cheer for Liverpool in their respective positions, even losing the slogan of defending the honor of English football
It is not surprising that this situation will happen. You know that among the four teams that played for the Premier League in the European Cup last season, Chelsea, the defending champion, suffered serious blood loss and suffered from financial crisis. In the group stage, Manchester United and Arsenal, two teams that turned the Premier League into a duet, also fell outside the strong door, so by this time, Liverpool has become the only team in the Premier League in the Champions League.
In this case, the English media, no matter how fond they are of hexagrams and how afraid of chaos, will not pick on Liverpool at this juncture. Otherwise, once Liverpool’s military morale is unstable due to their reports and they reach the semifinals, they will not all become English football sinners.
Compared with the nervous English media, the Italian counterparts are much calmer. Although Florence has a history of being out of the Champions League by surprise, it is an accident after all. Most of the time, Viola is a very reassuring team, so these media reporters have no doubt that Florence will take advantage of Juventus to win Liverpool and qualify for the semifinals one day earlier. Lazio will join the semifinals of the Champions League!
In this way, on April 14th, Frankie Stadium finally ushered in the highly anticipated Champions League quarterfinal, where Florence and Liverpool will decide who will get the tickets for the Zhang Jinjun Champions League semifinal!
Now let’s introduce the starting lineup of one or two teams. First of all, Liverpool, the visiting team, knows that the team can’t compete with Arsenal and Manchester United in the league battlefield at present. Benitez decided to learn from his former Houllier’s practice, that is, to try to break through an excellent European report card in the Champions League to stabilize his position.
In this idea, Benitez consciously chose to keep his strength in the league and keep the team in the top four in the standings, while his main fighting power was put in the Champions League in order to achieve a good result.
Goalkeeper Duddeck leftback armand traore rightback Finnan centreback is Carragher and Hencz xabi alonso and Steven Gerrard. luis garcia and Riise play the left and right avantgarde respectively. Czech striker Baroche and Australian fast horse Kewell partner up front. This is the best card Benitez can send at this time.
To be honest, after entering the Premier League era, Liverpool can’t see that the Red Army, which swept through European football, has lost its financial difficulties and the longterm heavyweight championship trophy. The reality makes Liverpool lack the attraction of top stars, which leads the Red Army to send such a set even in this key situation, even with few firstteam stars.
Compared with Liverpool, Florence can still be called Starlight Glimmer, although it has to be rotated to a certain extent in the semifinals due to the huge consumption of the fierce battle against Juventus at the weekend.
Buffon, Roberto Carlos, Starr, Lucio, Zambrotta, Makelele, Ballack, Arteta, Dinatale, vieri and Cristiano Ronaldo are the eleven starting players in Florence.
I have to say that Mourinho’s game layout once again exceeded the opponent’s expectations. No one expected that the Portuguese young marshal would exclude Pirlo and Milito from the starting list and let Arteta and Ballack, who were identified as parallel imports, form a midfield duo!
What the hell does Mourinho want? This is the only question in the minds of all those who have seen the starting list of Florence’s next game at this time.
Chapter 1322 Liverpool (2)
Mourinho’s arrangement of this starting lineup surprised most people. After all, although Florence spent a lot of money in direct talks with Juventus at the weekend, it was not too much problem for these players to stick to it once in a while and continue to play against Liverpool.
However, Mourinho not only excluded Pirlo from the starting list, but also let Arteta, a wellknown parallel, form a midfield duo with Ballack to jointly take charge of the key midfield organizer!
We should know that since joining Florence from Glasgow Rangers last summer, Arteta has not appeared on the stage because she has not yet integrated into the team’s tactical system, which makes Viola have to face the embarrassing situation of being short of soldiers and major generals at the beginning of the season; Then he made a fatal mistake in the game against Brescia, which turned Florence’s three points into a chance for Juventus to close the gap between the two sides. Therefore, in the eyes of many people, Arteta is just as suitable for playing in small and mediumsized teams as former players such as mendieta, Chlad and farinos. When the competition is more intense, the giants will end up sitting on the bench.
Holy shit, what kind of rhythm is this? Sure enough, after seeing Mourinho’s formation, Benitez couldn’t help but be stunned for a long time. Rao was clever. He really couldn’t see the Portuguese’s intention, so he thought that Benitez involuntarily wanted to recognize Mourinho. This was a deliberate expression of contempt for him. He felt that a parallel player like Artta could lead the team to beat him to coach Liverpool.
What on earth was Florence’s coach Mourinho thinking that Arteta should start at such a crucial moment? There is a limit to looking down on people! Benitez took it for granted that Mourinho put Arteta on the starting list for this reason, so Benitez’s desire to take this game could not help but be even stronger. Benitez did not want to be ridiculed by those good media after the game that even a team led by parallel imports can’t cope with the head coach.
Mourinho certainly doesn’t know what Benitez thinks, let alone that his arrangement has completely aroused the desire of Benitez and Liverpool players to win. Of course, even if he knew what these people were thinking, I’m afraid he wouldn’t adjust the team’s starting lineup.
For Arteta’s ability, Mourinho has been quietly paying attention to the Spanish training, but the Portuguese still know that maybe he attaches great importance to defense and the attack is generally very narrow. For the first time in Serie A, Arteta is not used to this way of playing football, but it is rough to deal with the defensive body like Liverpool, and the opponent’s halfcourt control is not enough. The style of the game goes straight to the team. Arteta’s excellent advantage of looking at the big picture can be well played.
Although the Premier League has gradually got rid of the highflying and longrunning shadows under the promotion of many stars and coaches, Arsenal and Chelsea are among the best, but Liverpool is obviously not here. After years of influence from Hollier, Liverpool still can’t get rid of the style of Englishstyle teams. Even if Benitez’s Red Army brings Alonso and Garcia, it is difficult to change this situation for a while.
Therefore, Mourinho will arrange Arteta to start in this key battle of the team’s Champions League. On the one hand, Arteta is more familiar with the game style of Premier League teams and is easy to enter the state because he has played in Su Chao for two seasons; On the other hand, it is because Liverpool is the best team for Artta to make the best use of its strengths and avoid its weaknesses.
After the game, Baroche and Kewell quickly gave the ball in the middle circle of the court. They planned to launch a sneak attack while the Fiorentina players had not finished entering the game, so as to establish a leading position at the beginning of the game and take the initiative in their own hands!
Although Kewell and his team are good at abacus, they are extremely good at making a surprise attack on Florence. How can they stumble on this side? In the face of Liverpool players’ offensive, Makelele and others organized the defense line in an orderly way, which directly blocked Liverpool’s offensive from their own restricted area, forcing the Red Army to end the attack with a hasty longrange shot, which did not pose a threat to Viola.
It seems that a highlevel striker needs to be brought in this summer, Benitez thought with some hatred that Baroche has become almost invisible under the care of Stada and Lucio. Although Gerrard and Garcia both have good scoring ability, they can’t always expect the midfielder to come out as a savior in danger. If such scenes always appear, why do they need Baroche strikers?
Owen’s departure not only made Liverpool lose the only top star in the team, but also made the Red Army lose a stable firepower in the front line. Baroche, Cisse and Morientes are famous, but their ability to score goals in Liverpool is obviously not proportional to their fame.
The direct consequence of Baroche’s lack of starting strikers is that Fiorentina players can devote more energy to defending Liverpool’s midfield insertion attack; At the same time, Florence players can also invest more troops on the offensive end to attack and defend instead of defending to reduce their own defensive pressure.
However, Benitez is glad that although his side has entered a state of stagnation due to the lack of offensive momentum of the striker, Florence also failed to score goals during this period. Cristiano Ronaldo and Arteta and others all played some good goals and created many threats. However, whether it is vieri or Dinatale, they obviously forgot to bring their shooting boots and missed the goal frequently tonight.
In this way, until the end of the halfgame, Liverpool, troubled by the forward force, failed to break the goal of Florence and entered the halftime stage before the score.
Chapter 1323 Liverpool (3)