The Era of Emerald

"You bloody bastards! What the hell are you thinking! The club pays you hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars every year to make the team win more! It's not for you guys to be on the court sleepwalking!"

After being scolded loudly by Lippi on the sidelines, the Juventus players couldn't help but feel a little feverish on their faces. Only then did they realize how horrible their performance on the court just now was, and how sorry the club paid them The high salary, how sorry for those Juventus fans who have been cheering for them in the stands.

I have to say that Juventus' luck was really good. During the period when many of them were out of their minds, Fiorentina made several quick counterattacks and dribbled into Juventus' penalty area. Under the hard defense of Rank and others, Ronaldo and Vieri always missed the goal by a little bit in the final kick.

The result of Ronaldo's frequent waste of opportunities is that after being cheered up by Lippi's scolding, Juventus, who are playing at home, gradually stabilized their rhythm and launched an attack on the gate of Florence again!

As the team's true playmaker (Pierrot during this period was an energetic No. [-] and a half player, not a qualified playmaker), Zidane kept moving his position in the midfield, using running Positions and passes to dispatch Juventus' offense.

Under Zidane's organization, Juventus quickly passed the ball to the midfield. Zidane, who received the ball from his teammate again, sent a rather concealed oblique pass under the defense of Davis. The ball was passed to Pesoto who plugged in from the left.

Effenberg immediately ran to defend Pesoto, and Zambrotta, who was helped by the tiger, stared at Di Livio in front of him, and did not give Juventus a chance to play a two-for-one on the wing.

Seeing that there was no chance of breakthrough from the wing, Pesotto quickly passed the ball back to Zidane's feet, and it was up to him to distribute the ball.

Zidane, who got the ball, showed the fans his world-class personal skills and ability to get rid of defenders. Under the pincer attack of Davis and Redondo, the French midfielder calmly controlled the ball under his feet , while constantly dribbling the ball closer to the left - although Zidane is nominally a midfielder, his active area on the court is closer to the left, so when he gradually moves from the center of the court to the left, Redon Both Dow and Davis were inevitably drawn to this side of him.

Zidane noticed that his side had attracted Redondo and Davis, and even Zambrotta's attention was focused on him.So, the Frenchman decisively passed the ball to his left front, where Di Livio was sprinting along the wing!

Without Zambrotta's marking, Di Livio, who had enough space to sprint, easily received Zidane's pass, then changed direction and continued to sprint, heading straight for Florence's penalty area!

Seeing Di Livio cut inside, Ferrara hurried forward to stop Di Livio at the first time. Ferrara, who had played against him many times, was quite aware of Di Livio's ability. If he cuts into the penalty area and hits the goal, the goalkeeper behind him will be depressed after a while to catch the ball from the goal!

Therefore, Ferrara had to leave his defensive position, and immediately went to intercept Di Livio, blocking his cross and shooting angle as much as possible!

However, as soon as Ferrara left, the situation in the Fiorentina penalty area immediately became an unfavorable situation for Nesta to face Piero and Otero alone.Although Juventus's striker combination has just been formed this season, there is still a certain tacit understanding between the two.

Piero moved to the left, posing as if he was going to meet Di Livio at the front point, while Otero ran to the penalty spot, giving Di Livio an extra option for the pass... To put it bluntly That's right, it's because the two of them obviously bullied Nesta that there is no way to play a clone technique to keep an eye on the two of them at the same time, so they played this one.

Nesta hesitated a little, took two steps forward, and got stuck between Piero and Otero.In this way, no matter which of the two men Di Livio chooses to pass the ball to, he can rush to interfere with it!

At the same time, Di Livio, who noticed Ferrara's whereabouts, chose to pass the ball, but he neither chose to pass to Piero at the front point, nor to Otero who was hovering at 12 yards. Kicked a kick to the ground and passed the ball to the top of the penalty area on the left!

Zidane's timely insertion in the back row allowed him to receive a pass from Di Livio in this dangerous position. Since Ferrara stepped forward to defend Di Livio, Nesta was blocked, so when Zidane When he got the ball, there was no Fiorentina player in front of him!

Naturally, the French attacking midfielder will not waste this great opportunity. He did not choose to pass the ball to Piero and Otero who are closer to the goal, because if he does so, the ball is likely to be given by Nesta in the play. broken.Therefore, after adjusting his posture, Zidane decisively took a long shot!

However, Zidane has Davis and Redondo who followed him back to defend.Under the harassment of these two people, Zidane, who was worried that the ball at his feet would be intercepted by the opponent, did not fully exert his strength when shooting. Therefore, although the angle of the shot was quite tricky, the flying speed of the ball was not very fast. This gave Toldo sufficient reaction time.

Toldo fell to the ground and threw himself sideways, holding the flying ball firmly in his arms. There was no such low-level mistake as dropping the ball. Tro was disappointed.

Capello was very dissatisfied with the team's defense this time. He shouted loudly on the sidelines, ordering the players not to leave their defensive positions easily. Biagio must protect the front of the penalty area, and must not create a defensive vacuum like just now because of the rush!

Toldo, who got up from the turf, hugged the ball tightly, and only after all the Juventus players had withdrawn from the penalty area, did he drive the ball to the front court with a big foot!

Since Juventus's defensive ability in the midfield is very strong, no worse than Fiorentina, when Capello formulates tactics, he requires the team to pass the ball through the midfield as soon as possible when attacking.

Vieri and Montero fought desperately for the ball's landing, and in the end this time it was the former who came out on top.

Vieri overwhelmed Montero and leaped high, facing the flying ball, and gently hit it with his head. Under the action of this force, the ball changed its trajectory and landed behind the two central defenders of Juventus , about 30 meters away from the goal guarded by Peruzzi.

This time, the aliens didn't give Blanc a chance to make a tactical foul. Ronaldo, who twisted his body to avoid the opponent's collision, accelerated and got the ball first!

Ronaldo!One-handed!