The Era of Emerald

The situation of being behind by two goals made the Liverpool players start to panic. After all, in the past ten years, the Red Army was first banned by UEFA for a long time. The renewal of the team has affected the record, so that they have little chance to play against strong teams other than England.

In other words, the current Liverpool team, from the coach to the players, lacks enough experience in European competitions, and when facing a better team, they still seriously lack the confidence to defeat their opponents.

If the result of the draw with La Liga champions Real Madrid in the first round of the group stage gave Liverpool players a lot of confidence, then this time, Fiorentina, the European overlord, easily won in just over half an hour. The status quo of being two goals ahead of their own team has completely lost the confidence of the Red Army players who were already uneasy about this contest to win the away game.

"Liverpool is no longer the experienced, calm and mature team of kings 12 years ago. Now Liverpool is just a down-and-out giants indulging in the glory of the past." Just when Zhuang Mingge sighed for what happened to Liverpool , Fiorentina scored again, this time it was still Ronaldo.

The Fiorentina player first disrupted Liverpool's defense with a continuous pass in the frontcourt, and then Ze Roberto, who cut inside, put the ball straight into the center.Inzaghi's lateral movement attracted the attention of Carragher and Mateo, allowing the alien to easily break through their central defense line and receive a pass from Ze Roberto, knocking down with a pendulum pass David James then put in an empty goal to extend Fiorentina's lead to three goals.

The score of 15-[-] was maintained until the end of the first half. Liverpool players fled back to the dressing room prepared for them amidst the taunts of the home team fans.The head coach Evans followed the players into the player tunnel with a livid face. After boasting before the game, he needed to use these [-] minutes to make effective adjustments to the team. Otherwise, after the game, Florence And the Italian media may not let him go so easily.

After 15 minutes, the two sides changed places to fight again.

Evans made substitution adjustments during this period. The German striker Riedel, who was transferred from Dortmund this summer, came off the field, and Michael Owen, who won the Premier League's best young player award last season, came on as a substitute; and Capello did not make any adjustments to Fiorentina's field lineup. The Italian coach used this method to imply to the players that he had enough confidence in their abilities.

Although Evans, who was unwilling to admit defeat, made substitutions and adjustments, his Liverpool team was too young. Faced with the extremely unfavorable game situation in front of him, the Liverpool players on the field did not explode amazingly. The desire to fight, on the contrary, has a faint posture of giving up the game ahead of time.

This is the case with a team composed of young people. Without a spiritual leader to guide them in the direction of progress, it is simply impossible to expect them to be able to adjust themselves in the face of adversity.

Even Manchester United, which has the "92 Golden Generation", is the same.When the Red Devils reversed Newcastle, who once led them by more than ten points in the 95-96 season, Cantona, who returned from a long-term suspension, played a key role.If only relying on the immature Beckham and Giggs and others, I am afraid that the end of the Premier League that season would be that Newcastle, which has famous players such as Shearer and Ginola, won the championship...

And now Liverpool obviously does not have such a spiritual leader.Paul Ince, who once served as the captain of the England national team, has enough fame, but his Manchester United background destined him not to be trusted by Liverpool people.

Therefore, the game process in the second half was almost exactly the same as the previous 45 minutes. Fiorentina used the quick passing and cooperation between players to repeatedly tear through Liverpool's defense.Ronaldo's breakthrough and Inzaghi's elusive appearance caused headaches for Carragher and Mateo who defended them.

No. In the 604th minute, Ze Roberto passed Robert Jones on the wing with continuous cycling action and then sent a low pass. The high-speed spinning ball almost flew into the turf. Liverpool's penalty area.Since the position of Ze Roberto's cross could easily cause an own goal, Carragher and Mateo did not make a big-footed clearance at the first time, but stood side by side in front of the small penalty area to form a formation. A meat shield, intending to stop the Fiorentina striker behind him, and at the same time hand the ball to the goalkeeper.

However, Carragher and Matteo clearly underestimated someone's desire to score...

Just when David James was about to reach out and put the cross ball into his arms, he suddenly found that a foot appeared on the trajectory of the ball!

Whose foot is this?Before James can find out the answer to this question, the ball has been changed by the power of this foot!

Although the frightened James immediately made a save, but it happened too suddenly and the ball was too close to the goal, so James could only watch the ball fly into the goal he was guarding for the fourth time.

"Four to zero! Philip Inzaghi! The goal is Philip Inzaghi!" The commentator was also exclaiming at Inzaghi's incredible shot, "Although Carragher and Mateo intend to use The body stopped him, but Inzaghi didn't give up the opportunity, he stretched his right leg between Carragher's legs and touched the ball! What a goal!"

Zhuang Mingge also applauded for this goal in the VIP box. Although Inzaghi's goal is not as visually impactful as Ronaldo's goal, it is not inferior in terms of excitement.

The score of four to zero made Evans completely give up his plan to score points in this game. Knowing that the general trend was over, he replaced the leading shooter Robbie Fowler and the core midfielder Redek Jr. in the 705th minute. Knapp, get ready for the league weekend.

However, shortly after Evans made a substitution, Liverpool ushered in a good opportunity to score instead.

No.803 minutes, Rui Costa's through ball was cut off by Paul Ince.After grabbing the ball, Ince realized that there was no good exit point around him, so he immediately drove the ball far away towards Florence's half court with a big kick.Ince used a lot of power when making the clearance, so the ball he drove flew directly over the heads of Ferrara and Nesta, and landed behind them!

At this time, Irving, who had been silent for nearly 10 minutes, broke out. Starting from the middle circle of the court, he just used his unparalleled speed to grab the ball before Ferrara and Nesta who were desperately chasing back and formed a single-handed fight!

Facing the attacking Toldo, Owen, who dribbled the ball into the penalty area, did not make any fake moves. He was fully charged, swung his right foot during the sprint, and volleyed. The ball hit the goalpost and bounced into the goal. Goal, the score was rewritten to four to one!

In this way, the unfulfilled Michael Owen staged a wonderful long-distance raid in front of tens of thousands of spectators at the Frankie Stadium!While helping Liverpool score a face-saving goal, he also fixed the score of the game at four to one!