Chapter 532 Steady progress!
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It is a sad thing to watch the stars of the past grow old, and the fastest ones are those who make a living by relying on physical fitness.
Irving, the former young man who chased the wind, was so energetic that he led Liverpool to complete the "Five Champions League" just after his twentieth year. He was elected as a European Footballer with his wonderful performance that year, and was in the limelight. However, when Pirlo, who was in the same year as him, was full of energy in the German World Cup, he could only stagger in the nursing room of the hospital. He became a substitute before he was thirty years old and finally retired in disgrace.
The same is true for Vieri. At his peak, he could send the ball into the opponent's goal with two opponent's defenders hanging on him, or he could break through the gate guarded by Buffon under the strict defense of the world-class central defenders of Toulam and Cannavaro. It can be said that the title of the world's number one center is his name, but when Vieri grew old, the representative of the powerful center even fell to signing a player contract with Atlanta with a salary that was only the minimum amount stipulated by the Italian Football Association, which is very sad.
"Oh, it seems that I am really old. If it were five years ago, Ronnie, a little bastard, could have overtaken in front of me so easily? He can get him in a minute with a tackle." Although the lifespan of the central defender is relatively longer, the mark of time still left an indelible mark on Wiljoward's body.
Although the technology and consciousness have become more mature and sophisticated over time, the decline in physical fitness has made Villejoward unable to exert all his skills when facing these young people, which is also the most uncomfortable thing for this veteran.
Just as Viljoward was saddened by his aging unknowingly, Ronaldo, who had strides away from Viljoward's defense, steadily removed Redondo's long pass with a move of stopping the ball from the outside.
Repka posted it in time. He had long discovered that Viljoward could not keep up with Ronaldo's speed. Therefore, when he saw Ronaldo start, he decisively gave up his plan to keep a guard against Vieri and rushed to defend Ronaldo as soon as possible!
Noting that Repka planned to pounce over and interfere with his shooting moves, Ronaldo, who had been honing in Italian football for two seasons, did not intend to fight the opponent to the death. He knew that if he was entangled by the opponent at this time, the difficulty of the team expanding the lead would increase in geometric ranges.
Therefore, before Repka defended himself, the alien gently knocked the ball on his right heel and accurately passed the ball to Vieri, who was unguarded behind him!
Faced with the big gift given to him by his teammates, Vieri certainly would not choose to refuse. He quickly waved his left leg and made a powerful shot!
"Vieri! No one can interfere with him now! This is a good opportunity...shot!" The commentator shouted excitedly. The continuous offensive since the opening of Fiorentina and the high-level confrontation between the two teams made the commentator who could only comment on the Japanese J League very excited. "Repka! Repka has made a contribution! He forced his body to turn his body in the running and blocked Vieri's shot that was bound to win!"
When Repka saw Ronaldo passing the ball, he knew that he was fooled, but this was an open conspiracy from the opponent. Even if he knew he would be fooled, he would have to go: if he didn't rush over to defend, the aliens would probably shoot directly from that position!
However, the Czech central defender still had a clear mind. He still left some spare energy to prevent the opponent from passing the ball while chasing the past.
It turned out that he had the right bet. When Repka saw Vieri shooting, he completed the difficult movement of turning 180 degrees on the spot while throwing himself horizontally!
The result also made the Czechs quite pleased - fortunately, they finally blocked this attack from Florence. If their teammates were a little more powerful and seized this opportunity, they might be able to fight the opponent with a quick counterattack.
However……
"I'll just pick it! Why didn't anyone kick this ball out of the penalty area?" When Repka saw the position of the football that was popped out by his body, he couldn't help but curse, "Where are the defenders? Have you all gone to the stands to pick up girls?!"
It turned out that after Vieri's shot hit Repka, he did not pop out of the baseline, but drew a high parabola and fell back into Vicenza's penalty area. The one who got the ball was not someone else, but the last person in Florence's attacking trident - Brazilian Ze Roberto!
"Odo! Massimo Odo! How many times has he missed a person in the defense? He actually made Ze Roberto get the ball in the penalty area so easily!" The game commentator was also speechless about Odo's missed a person in the defense this time.
Odo, who knew that he had made a big mistake in the game once again, panicked, and when he felt hot, he used the least trick in the penalty area - a tackle behind the scenes.
Ze Roberto, who thought he had already gotten rid of Odo's defense, was about to kick the ball when he suddenly felt his right leg as a support leg was scratched by someone's shoe nails. The sudden severe pain caused the Brazilian to fall directly on the turf and roll in pain!
It was not until this time that Odo realized what mistake he had made. His uncool and quite dangerous behavior naturally resulted in a shrill whistle from the referee and a golden card...
"Punishment! Odo was stunned. He actually brought down Ze Roberto, who had faced the goalkeeper from behind in the penalty area. The referee decisively awarded the penalty! However, Odo should be glad for this. The referee did not give him a red card to send him off because of this foul. Instead, he only gave him a yellow card as a warning. It is probably because his tackle was not for people... Otherwise, Vicenza would have to face the situation of one less player while falling behind in the score."
Capello complained a few times when he did not show a red card to Odo on the sidelines, but when he saw Ze Roberto stand up again under the emergency treatment of the team doctor and signaled that he was not seriously injured, Capello stopped talking.
Ronaldo gained the right to take the penalty kick, but the alien suddenly paused during the run-up process, and also added a fake shot. After tricking Barotta to one side of the goal, he kicked the ball out!
The ball entered the net with a sound, 2-0, and Florence expanded its lead!
Chapter completed!