The sixth professional football player who started with Manchester United

Chapter 142
The formation arranged by Mazzarri for today's game is a 4222 formation, with Handanovic as goalkeeper, D'Ambrosio, Vidic, Juan, and Duoduo as defenders, and Dabao and Guarin as the midfielders. As a double defensive midfielder, Kovacic and Medel serve as central midfielders, and the front double forwards are Osvaldo and Palacio.

On Florence's side, Montella arranged a 4312 formation, with goalkeeper Neto, Tomovic, Gonzalo, Savic and Marcos at the back, and Kurtic and Pizarro as the three defensive midfielders. , Aquilani, the attacking midfielder is Matias, and the double forwards are Cuadrado and Babakar.

Soon the game started with the referee's whistle.

Fiorentina, who got the right to kick-off, did not intend to test with Inter Milan at all. After the start of the game, the tempo was accelerated and they played very aggressively.

Although the opponent's fast-paced Inter Milan did not expect it after the opening, but fortunately, the defensive line in the midfield has maintained a very good competitive state, and Handanovic is also in a very hot state today.

In the 6th minute of the game, Fiorentina completed the first shot of the game, and the quality of the shot was very high. Babakar received an overhead pass from Cuadrado in the penalty area, and then leaned on Vidic. Fortunately, Handanovic reacted faster and blocked the ball out of the baseline with one hand with a diving side dive.

As the football flew out of the bottom line, the Fiorentina fans in the stands also let out a huge sigh.

Ten minutes later, after Fiorentina saw that the opening attack failed to achieve results, Montella also made a pressing gesture on the sidelines to signal the players to slow down. Some bad factors, some players will become impatient.

Mazzarri, who was standing on the other side, also sneered after seeing the opponent trying to slow down the rhythm. It was obvious that Mazzarri could not let the game proceed according to the opponent's rhythm.

So he yelled directly at the field, and after attracting Dabao's attention, he immediately made a gesture.

After seeing it, Dabao gave Mazzarri a thumbs up to indicate receipt, and then conveyed Mazzarri's instructions to his teammates.

Then the situation on the field changed.

In the first 10 minutes, Fiorentina was basically playing against Inter Milan. After 10 minutes, seeing that the opponent started to fall and the rhythm slowed down, Inter Milan also deliberately accelerated the rhythm and intensity of the press in the midfield, forcing Fiorentina. This side has to speed up the pace of passing and receiving the ball.

And Inter Milan's Dabao and Gualin also began to accelerate in the midfield press.

For a while, there was a deviation in Montella's design, and the pace of the game was still very fast. The ball was constantly exchanged in the midfield, and the players on the Fiorentina field were also kicked out of anger. It's cloud nine, the competition in the midfield is very fierce, and people on both sides keep falling to the ground.

The movements on both sides are relatively large.

Seeing this situation, Montella also kept shouting to signal the players to calm down, and made a downward movement with his hands, constantly trying to slow down the rhythm of the game.

However, Mazari has always refused to let Montella wish. As long as he finds that the opponent is a little slow, Mazari will let the players strengthen their bodies.

As time went by, Montella's face became very ugly.

But at this time, there are still a few minutes before the first half of the game. Seeing that his tactics have not been played out, Montella is already thinking about how to make adjustments during the intermission, and he is also summing up his own goals in the first half The few players on the team who performed poorly, at this time, he was already thinking about how to criticize the performance of the players in the language of the organization.

And at this moment, the stalemate on the field was broken.

In the 44th minute of the game, Dabao and the retreating Kovacic teamed up to double-team Pizarro. Dabao fell to the ground and shoveled very smoothly to break the ball at the opponent's feet, and the football was also taken by Guarin. Immediately, Dabao got up and ran forward. When he came to the center line, Gualin's pass was also sent to Dabao's feet.

After looking up and observing his teammates, Dabao took a step forward, then adjusted his footing quickly, and then the football flew to the left side of the penalty area.

Duoduo inserted from the back row, grabbed the ball in front of the opponent, and then did not make a pass after going down, but suddenly changed direction and cut into the penalty area. Duoduo, who dribbled the ball along the baseline, kept approaching the goal Gonzalo on the Fiorentina side could only go forward, but Duoduo passed the ball at this time, but the football was blocked by Gonzalo.

In fact, Duoduo's pass should have been a mistake. Originally, the best choice was a ground ball, but for some reason, it was a half-high ball. But maybe because of this, Gonzalo didn't expect it. The football hit his raised arm, and immediately the Inter Milan players in the penalty area raised their hands towards the referee.

The referee who was not far away could see it very clearly, and the whistle sounded very timely. While blowing the whistle, his right hand pointed firmly at the penalty spot.

Although the Fiorentina players continued to explain, the Fiorentina fans in the stands also booed hugely to protest the referee's penalty, but the referee who saw it clearly was very firm in his penalty.

At this time, the big screen of the stadium is also replaying the moment just now. It can be clearly seen that the football hit Gonzalo's arm, and it is clearly seen that Gonzalo even has an arm upward movement.

There is nothing wrong with this penalty. It was indeed a handball in the penalty area.

Kovacic stepped up to the penalty spot, faced the opponent's goalkeeper, and fired a very calm volley into the lower left corner of the goal.

1 to 0, at the end of the first half, Inter Milan took a one-goal lead.

Then Inter Milan also celebrated the goal crazily, and Mazzari on the sidelines also showed a smile on his face.

Montella's face on the other side didn't look good.

Losing the ball at this time was a huge blow to Florence. The entire first half was about to enter stoppage time. The faces of Florence players on the field also looked frustrated.

The game restarted soon after the intervention of the referee, but after less than 4 minutes of stoppage time, the referee also blew the whistle to end the first half, and the entire Inter Milan team was satisfied Smile to the locker room.

With this ball in hand, Inter Milan is much more maneuverable in the second half.

(End of this chapter)