Legendary Godfather

Today, the starting lineups of both sides are as follows

Home team Fiorentina, head coach Montella, formation 4321

Neto

Back four from left to right Tomovic, Basanta, Rodriguez and Richards

Three defensive midfielders from left to right Badelli, Valero and Aquilani

Double midfielder from left to right Joaquin and Diamanti

lone striker Gomez

Visiting team Crystal Palace, head coach Tong Yi, formation 4213

edouard

The back four from left to right is Alonso, Rudiger, Carvalho and Aurier.

Double defensive midfielder Paulinho and Kante

Single attacking midfielder De Bruyne

The front three from left to right Salah, Jimenez and Sane

Seeing this list, Tong Yi nodded slightly. Florence Zhejiang's lineup for one game was exactly the same as the previous game, without any changes. It seems that this is the strongest lineup that Florence can currently field. After all, it is indeed the time for Florence to grab points. If they do not field the strongest lineup, the Florentines will regret it.

This should be their last chance to hit the semi-finals of the Europa League.

If this doesn't stop me, Florence will really be doomed.

Tong Yi looked at Montella on the other side and could see that the opponent was still a little nervous. Since the start of the game, he had not returned to his seat and had been standing on the sidelines.

This game is too important for Fiorentina, and of course it is equally important for Crystal Palace.

Crystal Palace had just lost to Aston Villa and lost the FA Cup. At this time, victory is urgently needed to reverse the decline and regain confidence. If at this time, the confidence is completely lost, then the rest of the game will be in doubt.

Crystal Palace must win this game.

With a bang, Fiorentina suddenly took a long shot from the front of the penalty area, and the football roared towards the Crystal Palace goal. It looked very threatening!

This Diamanti is indeed a guy who likes and is very good at long shots. His footwork is very good.

And this guy's thoughts are somewhat difficult for ordinary people to understand.

He always takes long shots when no one is prepared, or when everyone thinks it is impossible, and can always threaten the opponent's goal.

This guy is actually not easy to deal with.

However, Diamanti is now older. Although he seems to be getting more and more demonic as he gets older, his physical functions are indeed slowly declining.

Even a few months ago, this guy Diamanti was still playing in the Chinese Super League.

Yes, in February 2014, Yuezhou Hengtai of China's Hua Super League spent 6.9 million euros to introduce Jean, allowing him to play in the Chinese Super League and succeed Kongca. However, no one in the Chinese Super League last season satisfied Yuezhou Hengtai fans. He played 24 times, but only scored 4 goals and provided 9 assists.

Of course, Diamanti is there too

Yuezhou Hengtai was not comfortable. In January this year, he reached an agreement with Yuezhou Evergrande. Diamanti went to Florence for free, but after the end of the season, there was an additional purchase price of 2 million euros. break clause.

Now Diamanti is fighting for his new contract.

If he can perform well in Florence, he will officially move to Florence in the new season. But if he fails to impress Florence in this half season, he will return to the Chinese Super League. But he had already fallen out with Yuezhou Hengtai. Even if he returned to Yuezhou Hengtai, he could not escape the fate of being leased again or being sold off.

So after coming to Florence, Diamanti still played very hard.

But seriously, his performance in Florence was mediocre.

So far, he has only scored two goals for Fiorentina.

Although Montella is very optimistic about the late-blooming Italy international and calls Diamanti an excellent midfield organizer. However, Montella's days in Florence have already entered the countdown. How could Montella's love be retained by Florence, especially from the concession.

At this time, Diamanti must use his own abilities to conquer Florence's top brass.

However, with only two goals, it may be difficult for him to conquer the top management of Florence.

Therefore, in recent games, Diamanti has been working very hard.

It is said that in the last round of Serie A, Diamanti sent an assist and planned a goal. He can be regarded as a very competent midfield organizer.

Fiorentina fans still have a good impression of him.

However, Diamanti himself knew very well that this was not enough, he had to perform better.

After all, he is Montella's favorite general.

If he cannot produce results that others cannot refute and shake, it is impossible for him to impress the top management of Florence and stay in Italy.

Yes, Diamanti no longer wants to go back to the Chinese Super League, he wants to stay in Italy.

Because he stayed in Italy and stayed in a mainstream European league, he was able to secure his place in the Italian national team.

Although he is still a member of the Italian national team, he is so obvious that he is gradually marginalized.

This is either because of his strength or because he is far away from the mainstream European leagues and out of the sight of the Italian national team coach. Moreover, at the end of last season, Italy's head coach Conte found him and told him that if he wanted to stay in the national team and participate in next year's European Cup, he needed to maintain his position in the mainstream European leagues. His condition and competitiveness also allow Conte to understand his situation at any time and watch his games.

Otherwise, there will be no place for him in the Italian national team.

This is why Diamanti is eager to leave the Chinese Super League and gain a foothold in mainstream European leagues.

Therefore, Diamanti worked very hard in this game.

If, in this game, he single-handedly led the team to defeat Crystal Palace, counterattacked the opponent, successfully reached the semi-finals of the 2014-2015 Europa League, and even led the team to win the Europa League championship. He is a meritorious player in Florence. At this time, Florence's senior management and fans must hope that he will stay. In this way, won't his wish to stay in Florence, an excellent platform, be fulfilled? Wouldn’t it be able to stabilize the position of the national team and be able to participate in next year’s European Cup?

Diamanti almost went crazy during this game, running around the entire field as if he couldn't run to death.

And he frequently threatened the Crystal Palace goal with his long-range shots, testing Edouard.

The long-range shot just now was really threatening. The football hit the outside edge of the goal post and went beyond the baseline.

A few minutes later, this guy made another pass from the wing and accurately found Gomez, who was in the penalty area. .??.

Gomez shook his head to attack the goal, but Edouard made a thrilling side dive and barely managed to keep the goal.

Diamanti is really very active today, and it's not bad at all. He is already an old man who is almost 32 years old.

This game indeed caused a lot of trouble for Crystal Palace.

Five minutes later, Diamanti blocked Joaquin's cross, then faked a pass with a swinging leg, shook away the defensive player Alonso, and then crossed again. The football drew a wonderful arc and spun directly to the front point.

Gomez rushed out quickly, met the ball and shook his head towards the goal.

The football flew quickly towards the Crystal Palace goal, and hit the long leg of Rudiger, who was sliding over with a crash, and popped out of the baseline.

Diamanti's footwork is really good, and his crosses and passes are very sharp.

Tong Yi immediately called Alonso to the sidelines and told him how to defend this guy. Alonso nodded while staring at the "old man" Diamanti.

Alonso also made some prediction mistakes today. He didn't expect the old man to be so active today and he was under great defensive pressure. Moreover, Diamanti and Joaquin often change positions to attack him, and his defensive pressure is really too much.

Although Joaquin is also an old man, he no longer relies on the speed at which he became famous. However, the speed of Joaquin who rushed up was still not satisfactory, and the combination of man and ball was very good. It was difficult for Alonso to easily cut off the football at Joaquin's feet. Joaquin is also a player who can cut inside and cross, making him very difficult to guard.

During this time, Alonso was really dragged out for military training by these two old men.

Who would have thought that these two veterans would perform so well in this game? Florence's threatening offense in this game almost came from these two veterans.

The media reporters at the scene were also very surprised and a little shocked.

\u003e

Crystal Palace's performance of discrimination was also pretty good. Jimenez and Salah took turns attacking, which made the Florence fans very nervous and worried.

Just before Florence's attack, Salah continuously broke through with the ball on the wing, tearing apart Florence's defense. Then Salah, who entered the penalty area, pretended to shoot from a small angle, but actually passed the football across the middle. Jimenez in the middle rushed directly up to the bottom and made a sliding tackle, sending a very threatening shot.

Even at that time, when many Crystal Palace fans thought that the goal would definitely be scored, the opponent's Brazilian goalkeeper Neto reacted miraculously and made an incredible save, directly saving the football from the bottom line.

Neto's save this time really did not disgrace the title of "Julio Cesar II".

Yes, Neto was also a smash hit when he debuted. He was selected for the Brazilian national team at the age of 21 and was called "Cesar II" by countless media and celebrities.

This guy performed very well today, otherwise the score would not have been zero to zero at halftime.

To be honest, after this half of the game, both sides had opportunities, and the game was very fierce.

The Fiorentina fans at the scene were really excited and excited. They felt that Fiorentina had a chance in this game. Of course, it is also very dangerous. The Crystal Palace people's attack power is indeed very strong, which makes people very worried.

After the start of the second half, Florence stepped up its offense.

However, the threatening offense still comes from the two veterans, especially Diamanti.

Diamanti is really having a blast today!

Seeing this, Tong Yi raised his eyebrows slightly. Is Crystal Palace going to lose this game too?

Tong Yi immediately stood up, came to the sidelines, and loudly reminded the Crystal Palace players to be more active. This game is actually very difficult. At this time, we must take a little risk and strive to win this game directly.

At this time, Salah blocked De Bruyne's wonderful diagonal ball and went directly into the penalty area to go to the meeting alone.

Tong Yi thought he had the ball.

Who knows that this guy Neto also had a blast today, and he actually threw Salah's single-handed ball into his arms.

Both Tong Yi and Salah found it unbelievable.

But there is no way, this is reality!

Tong Yi frowned, and the feeling of uncertainty in his heart became stronger and stronger.

He immediately turned around and asked the substitute players to warm up and make substitutions!

Tong Yi replaced Mane, Ignacio and Robertson on the field one after another. Crystal Palace was going all out at this time.

But at this moment, Florence got a chance to take a direct free kick in the frontcourt.

Diamanti's stunning curling shot sent the ball into the Crystal Palace goal.