Chapter 435 Fighting Manchester United Again (2)
"Goooooooal! Fiorentina scored! Julio Cruise scored! A very wonderful header shot! Let's take a look at the slow motion replay. If Cruise did not choose to shoot but headed directly to the goal, Schmeichel, who blocked the Argentine's front, could save the ball! Cruise's header in the penalty area was so fatal, and he caught Manchester United players off guard!"
"Now Fiorentina has further expanded the overall score advantage of the two-leg game, becoming five-to-two! This means that in the next time, Ferguson's Manchester United must score at least four goals and cannot continue to let the opponent score to ensure that they advance to the Champions League semi-finals! And now there is less than half an hour before the end of the game! Manchester United is undoubtedly too whimsical to score four goals in a row at this time. Fiorentina is now infinitely close to the goal of the semi-finals!"
Cruise, who scored the first record for the team, smiled and broke free from his teammate who was planning to come up to celebrate his goal, quickly ran to the coach's seat on the sidelines, hugged Capello, and carried him on his shoulders. Cruise was very grateful to the current coach of Fiorentina.
When Cruise agreed to transfer to Fiorentina in January this year, the Argentine center asked curiously, why would Florence, which is famous in the world football world, take a fancy to such an unknown person?
Antonioni's answer surprised Cruise: "It was our Chairman who personally called you to join the team. He believed that your strength and characteristics could have a place in Fiorentina."
In this way, under the publicity of Antonioni, Zhuang Mingge was regarded by Cruise as the number one benefactor who led him out of the predicament; as for head coach Capello, he was another lucky star in Cruise's heart.
After Cruz came to Fiorentina, Capello gave him a lot of playing time, which also made Cruz grateful to Capello. After all, Bati, Vieri, Grand Inzagi and Ronaldo are too dazzling. If Capello really just treats him as the last substitute on the front line, no one would say anything more about it. Who made him almost zero in Europe?
"Hey, Julio, what's wrong with learning, you have to learn this from Robert? Why don't you put me down quickly!" Capello, who thought his handsome temperament had been destroyed by Cruise, shouted repeatedly.
Hearing Capello's shout, Cruise realized that his actions seemed to be a little bit...inappropriate? So the Argentinian, who had overreacted, quickly put Capello down.
"Sorry, boss, I didn't mean it just now!" Cruise said, and rushed back to his teammates - Effenberg and others were watching him unscrupulously on the court. These people clearly remember how miserable Carlos was in the last time he was being disciplined by his coach during the next day's training.
"This kid..." Capello looked at Cruise, who ran back to the court as if he was running away from his life, and made up his mind to decide that he must practice this young man tomorrow.
Fiorentina's goal made Manchester United players lose their calmness. After all, after Cruise's goal, the total score of both sides has become 5-2. Fiorentina still has two away goals in their hands, which means they have to go nearly four goals in the remaining time to advance to the semi-finals.
Many players on Manchester United have participated in the Champions League for the first time. On the one hand, young means being energetic and motivated, but on the other hand, it also means that they lack experience and it is difficult to remain calm when encountering emergencies.
What's more, their spiritual leader Cantona himself was a super powder keg that exploded at a glance.
So, after the restart, the Manchester United players who were eager to score the goal began to move bigger and bigger in the game, and even began to use some pretty dangerous moves when competing for the ball. This situation also made the Fiorentine players a little angry.
Why can't you play football and start playing? Are all England teams so savage?
Even the referees in this game couldn't stand these extraordinary behaviors of Manchester United players. There were really few teams that dared to knock Fiorentina players overturned the Frankie Stadium.
Should they say they are too passionate and unwilling to give up? Or should they say that all the muscles are stuffed in their brains?
Yu Jing, as the referee, he should enforce the law fairly and punish Manchester United players for fouls; Yu Jing, this is Fiorentina's home court, and he should also be slightly more biased towards the home team when making the penalty.
The referee sighed and was ready to warn Manchester United's passionate players.
So, in the 78th minute of the game, when Cantona tackled Davis from behind before snatching the ball, the referee who had endured for a long time finally erupted the volcano.
A quick whistle sounded, and the referee first called Manchester United for a foul, awarded Fiorentina a backcourt set piece, then took out a red card from his pocket and shone towards Cantona!
"Red card! Manchester United captain Cantona was sent off the court by the referee for his irrational tackle behind the scenes just now!"
After Cantona was sent off by the referee's red card, Ferguson, who knew that Manchester United was in a desperate situation, was no longer obsessed with the victory or defeat of the game, but made substitutions to replace Roy Keane, who was the hottest on the field, and another striker, Ole Gunn Solskjaer, and officially announced that he would give up the game.
This is the savvy thing about the Scottish head coach. Although he often seems stubborn and has always been full of desire for victory and championships, this does not mean that Ferguson cannot see the current game trend.
You know, Manchester United is a completely young guard team, not a mature team with first-class stars such as Paul Ince, Kancherski, Mark Hughes. They are invincible in the Premier League this season, thanks to Cantona. If this French star hadn't fought bravely in front of the morale, Manchester United would have been beaten to a scumbag by Newcastle teams alone.
Therefore, Ferguson realized clearly that after Cantona was sent off the court with a red card, Manchester United, without a spiritual leader, had completely lost hope of a comeback.
Seeing the opponent admitting his defeat, Capello had no intention of letting the players continue to fight against Manchester United on the court. After all, Fiorentina has not been easy to play in the next few games. There is no need to beat the dogs in the water when the overall situation is decided. If something unexpected happens, it will be no fun.
So Capello also made a substitution move, and Effenberg and Davis were replaced. The former was because he seemed to be in a little unstable mood. Capello was worried that the Germans would cause trouble on the court; the latter was because he was tackled to the ground by Cantona and suffered some minor injuries. Capello replaced him for the purpose of protecting him, and at the same time warned Dibiagio, who was still on the court, to restrain his temper and avoid taking cards.
Chapter completed!