The Era of Emerald

"At the end of the first half, Fiorentina led Barcelona 305-30. Ronaldo used a counterattack to break through Barcelona's goal in the No. [-] minute of the game, helping Fiorentina take the lead. From the data, we can see that Fiorentina is in the lead. The ball possession time is far less than Barcelona, ​​but judging from the trend of the first half of the game, it is clear that Fiorentina occupies the initiative on the field. Although Barcelona has the advantage of ball possession time, most of them are [-] meters away from the goal The ball is transferred in the area, the offense is obviously not open, and the number of threatening shots is far less than that of Fiorentina. However, Fiorentina's quick counterattack is very effective. After blocking Barcelona's attack, Fiorentina players often only use two or three kicks The pass can transition the ball to Vieri and Ronaldo in the frontcourt, and these two players were very good in the first half, causing huge problems for Barcelona's defense. If it weren't for De Huyer's high If you pick up the low gear, I'm afraid Barcelona will concede more goals."

During the 15-minute intermission, the commentator was not idle, but began to review the game in the first half, and predicted the next situation: "If Van Gaal can't think of a way, I'm afraid this time we will welcome Barcelona's ending will not be any better than the Champions League final three years ago."

As the commentator said before, Van Gaal is not unaware of the predicament the team is currently facing.

In fact, the problem Barcelona is facing now is very simple, because there is no first-class striker who can cause a huge deterrent to the opponent's goal, so that when Barcelona is facing a giant of the same level, the opponent's defense can allocate more energy. Defend the distance of Rivaldo and Figo.

Although he knows the cause of the problem, Van Gaal has no good solution. Although it is easier to find a forward who fits Barcelona's tactical system, it must also allow the opposing club to release him!

For example, Van Gaal has always wanted to introduce Ronaldo and Kluivert. Needless to say, the former, Fiorentina can’t sell the alien, a super killer, and let other teams use him to deal with themselves ;Although the latter did not have a very happy life in Italy and wanted to return to his teacher's account to continue to play, but Ranieri, who admired him very much, persuaded Galliani, and finally Kluivert's trip to Barcelona It also failed.

Although Barcelona also introduced forwards such as Dugarry and Sony Anderson this summer, the level of these people is obviously more than one or two points worse than Ronaldo.

Faced with such a situation, Van Gaal had no choice but to admit it. After all, the club already supported his work very much. The continuous large-scale signings left the Dutchman with nothing to say-everything goes well. possible.

In this game, Barcelona's problems on the front line were fully exposed: Sonny Anderson, who served as a single arrow, played stealth on the court under Fiorentina's iron-blooded defense. He only had one shot in the first half and also hit the plane. .

At the same time, the people sitting in the box watching the game also reacted differently.

The old man Johansson, who supports Fiorentina in his heart, is naturally smiling. The Swedes are determined to make Fiorentina a representative of advanced European football, so as long as Fiorentina can win with dignity, he will be very happy.

As for whether the competition process is beautiful or not, how many people will care?In the world of football, people will always remember the champion, not the team with the most gorgeous play.

And Platini, who was sitting in another box watching the game, didn't look so good-looking. In his opinion, Florence's rather extreme defensive counterattack tactics are simply killing the beauty of football!

In this way, in everyone's different minds, the 15-minute break passed quickly, and the players from both sides re-emerged, ready to fight again in different places.

Van Gaal, fed up with Sony Anderson's poor performance, replaced the Brazilian at half-time with another Brazilian, Giovanni Oliveira.After all, Giovanni's 1.9-meter height is there. If he is allowed to play, he may be able to make better use of crosses from the wing.

As for former La Liga golden boot Juan Pizzi?please!Van Gaal has long been desperate for this striker who can only play in weak teams. He only scored nine goals in [-] appearances in one season (Note: Since Ronaldo did not go to Barcelona, ​​the number of appearances of others has increased) , They were all goals against weak teams!Such efficiency naturally cannot impress Van Gaal.

However, the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. Van Gaal soon realized the true meaning of this sentence.

Giovanni's playing did not cause Toldo much trouble. He was used to Brazil's loose defensive environment. As a result, when he faced Fiorentina's defense, which was orders of magnitude higher than Brazil's domestic defense, the Brazilian striker and Like Sony Anderson, he disappeared from the field directly.

With the offense still unable to open the situation, Barcelona wanted to threaten Fiorentina's gate and could only rely on the midfielder's long shot and set kicks.However, the shrewd Fiorentina players will never give Barcelona players the opportunity to take a long shot calmly, let alone foul in some dangerous places and give the opponent a chance to take a free kick.

In terms of defense, in the face of the impact of Vieri and Ronaldo, Barcelona's defense began to be a little bit unsustainable.After all, Nadal is not young anymore, and the fierce confrontation with Vieri and Ronaldo has caused his physical strength to drain sharply. The two full-backs, Barjuan and Ferrer, also consumed a lot of physical energy in the constant turning back and running. .

Under the ebb and flow, the threat of Florence's counterattack is getting bigger and bigger.

In the 604th minute of the game, Baljuan passed the ball to Rivaldo and was intercepted by Tomasi.After Tomasi steals the ball, he immediately passes the ball to Redondo who is responding on the left. The Argentine does not stop the ball and sends a precise long pass directly to Vieri's position!

Cotto fought desperately with Vieri for where the ball would land, but it was Vieri who got the ball first.There is no way, if it is only about strength, few defenders can withstand Vieri at his peak. After all, this is a fierce man who can calmly shoot the goal with two defenders hanging on his body!

However, Vieri did not control the ball at his feet, but rubbed his head and pushed the ball into Barcelona's backcourt!

At this time, it depends on who runs faster, Ronaldo or Nadal.As for the result... I believe most people can guess it.

How can Nadal, who is over the age, be an opponent of Ronaldo in terms of speed? Although the starting point of the alien is behind Nadal, when the Brazilian got the ball, he had already thrown Nadal away by a full seven Eight meters away!

Ronaldo, who once again got a one-handed goal, naturally would not waste this great scoring opportunity. After dribbling the ball into the penalty area, facing De Hooyer who abandoned the goal, the alien once again used his housekeeping skills—— ——A pendulum-style extraordinary, after shaking De Huye down, he sent the ball into the empty goal.

Fiorentina extended their lead!Two to zero!

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