The Era of Emerald

() The news that Batistuta won the European Golden Globe quickly caused quite a stir in Florence and even in the whole of Europe. After all, as the No.1 non-European player who won this award, it naturally attracted fans all over the world. widespread attention.And Fiorentina, where Batistuta played, naturally took advantage of this momentum to show their faces in front of fans all over the world, letting people know that Italy not only has the top three in the north and Naples, but also a team that can suppress them. The team named Fiorentina ranked first in Serie A.

Under the spare no efforts in the publicity and promotion of manager Kenyon, who is in charge of the club's market operations, especially with the help of the broad platform of Adidas, Batty and Florence's worldwide popularity has increased significantly.

At the same time, Batty's award this time announced to the world the well-deserved dominance of Serie A. After all, no top league in a country can be as domineering as Serie A, which can produce 14 "European Leagues" in 11 years. Mr. Football".

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After a short Christmas holiday, the Fiorentina players, who had eliminated a lot of fatigue accumulated in the first half of the game, gathered at the training base on time on the third day after the New Year to start preparing for the next game.

After all, on January 1th, Florence will usher in the first game after the New Year, and the Viola team will go south to challenge the "Red Wolf" Rome that day.

Before the game, the media agreed that Fiorentina, which had won five consecutive league victories before the winter break, would easily win this round. After all, Viola’s lineup is much stronger than its opponent Roma. At this time, Rome is not the top team with countless famous players at the turn of the century, while Fiorentina has grown into a strong team that impresses the European giants.

Claudio Ranieri is obviously confident in winning this game. He announced the starting lineup against Rome the day before the game with Roma.However, it can be seen from the formation that Ranieri does not have the idea of ​​being proud and underestimating the enemy. Except for Cripa, who was unable to play due to a cold, and Lanner, who was suspended for accumulating yellow cards, all of Florence's main players played, obviously making up for it. Takumi intends to start the new year with a win in their first game after the winter break.

The trend of the game was indeed as expected by the pre-match media at the beginning. From the beginning of the game, Fiorentina suppressed Roma, which has home court advantage, in an all-round way. Batistuta, who had just won the European Ballon d'Or, received Fortunato's cross from the left to overwhelm Aldair and scored with a header, 6-1996;

Roma, who fell behind in the score, was unwilling to be swallowed the bitter fruit of defeat. After the re-kick-off, they immediately launched a counterattack.

The offensive combination of Giannini and Balbo was indeed a top-level frontcourt configuration a few years ago. Now the 32-year-old old prince is obviously unable to do what he wants. Although his physical fitness has declined sharply, his skills and awareness are still as good as ever. But under the care of the young and strong Davis and Di Biagio, it is difficult for the old prince to make normal technical moves, let alone provide passing support for Balbo on the front line.

In this way, when the Roma team's offense was delayed, Fiorentina, who played away, expanded their lead in the No. 208 minute of the game. Giannini dribbled the ball and was intercepted by Davis. Rui Costa half-turned the ball and sent a 40-meter long pass directly through the entire defense line of the Roma team. Roberto Baggio, who was successful in anti-offside, easily swayed past the attacking Roma goalkeeper after receiving the ball The empty goal was successfully pushed, and the score became two to zero!After that, although Fiorentina got a lot of opportunities, they failed to convert them into goals, and the score remained until the end of the first half.

When the referee blew the whistle to end the game in the first half, thousands of Fiorentina fans who came from afar in the Olympic Stadium rejoiced-they were celebrating the team's outstanding performance in the first half.

However, faced with the unfavorable situation of being suppressed by Fiorentina and scored by Batty and Baggio each in the first half, Roma coach Mazzoni responded calmly and used his rapid progress this season during the intermission. The teenager Francisco Totti replaced the poor "Prince of Rome" Giuseppe Giannini, and completely handed over the team's offensive organization to this young player under the age of 20.

As a result, Mazzoni's substitution became a turning point in the game. Totti, who came off the bench, did not show the slightest stage fright at all. He just relied on his skills and dribbling ability to deal with Florence's entire defensive system. Unremitting running connects players in every position of the team.

Under Totti's command, the Roma players who were beaten by Fiorentina in the first half reorganized and played several sharp counterattacks.

No.60 In the second minute, Davis passed the ball to Effenberg in the middle and was intercepted by Totti, who suddenly robbed him. After the Olympics, facing the defense of his friend Nesta, he calmly distributed the ball to the unguarded Balbo. This Batty compatriot did not live up to Totti's expectations, and he shot a strong kick to win back for the Roma team. , the score became one to two.

Seeing the hope of equalizing the score, the Red Wolves players rekindled their fighting spirit in the following time. The Roma team stepped up their attack and scored another goal in the No. 708 minute of the game. Two-to-one cooperation reached the front of the Fiorentina penalty area. In the end, the Argentine successfully passed the ball to Totti under the defense of Ferrara.

In this way, with more than ten minutes left in the game, the Roma team, which was two goals behind in the first half, miraculously tied the score at two to two!

Leading by two goals, they were equalized by their opponents. Naturally, Florence was not reconciled to getting a draw like this.Therefore, in the following time, Viola's players launched a chaotic offensive towards the goal of the Roma team. However, this time it was the Roma defense line led by Brazilian central defender Aldair. It was blocked by the defenders of the Roma team, allowing Viola to return without success.Especially in stoppage time of the game, Costa took a corner kick, and Inzaghi, who replaced Baggio, fell to the ground five meters in front of the goal and shoveled. The Roma goalkeeper was beyond his reach, but the ball was kept on the goal line The Brazilian abruptly stopped Bigfoot to clear his penalty area.

In the end, with the outstanding performance of teenager Totti in the second half, Fiorentina finally got only one draw at the Olympic Stadium.

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