Chapter 871 Against Chelsea (6)
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However, Viali's nightmare is not far from the end. In the injury time in the first half, Carlos made a cross from the left, Vieri, who was receiving the penalty area, headed back. Effenberg shot the ball under the clamping defense of Deschamps and Dennis Wise. The ball passed through the cracks quickly, and finally plunged into the goal behind the Dutchman before De Huye reacted!
Three to two! Fiorentina overtakes the score in the last minute of the first half!
Seeing this scene, Viali, who was already ashamed, completely knelt down for Fiorentina. He never expected that Fiorentina would be so terrifying after regaining its form: almost every attack could create a huge threat, and every shot was almost directly heading towards the goal, making De Huye struggle every time to barely block the ball outside the goal line!
Although De Huye performed well enough, Chelsea still trailed 2-3 after the first half, which shows how fierce Florence's offensive was in the last period!
"Chelsea did a very good job in the first half of this game. Not only did they resist Fiorentina's attack on the defensive end, but they also used sharp and fast counterattacks to penetrate Fiorentina's goal twice. However, as the game deepened, especially when Fiorentina players gradually recalled the goal, Chelsea performed very badly in the last few minutes of the first half, and was Fiorentina in just five minutes." During the halftime break, the commentators evaluated the first half and gave suggestions, "Whether to continue to insist on the defensive counterattack or take the initiative to attack from defense to offense, Viali must now make a choice. Otherwise, facing the current team of Fiorentina who is crazy, Chelsea is likely to usher in an extremely miserable defeat!"
As the commentators expected, Viali made a substitution adjustment during the halftime break, and he replaced Didier Deschamps with Denmark Fast Magrencier. Although the thirty-year-old French midfielder has an excellent overall view and rich game experience, the team captain Dennis Wise naturally cannot be replaced. Chelsea now needs to strengthen the offense, so Dimatteo and Poyet, who are stronger than defense, are not considered...
As for replacing a defender to strengthen the offense, Viali, the head coach who is deeply influenced by traditional Italian defensive counterattack, would never be considered. After all, this move seems too risky in his opinion, and it may lead to a crushing defeat that even the best of the ** will be lost.
Even if you lose in the end, you must not lose too badly. This is the bottom line set by Viali for himself. Therefore, the matter of replacing the defender will naturally not be considered by the Italians.
In this way, the only player Viali can replace is actually Deschamps.
However, the French national team captain obviously failed to understand Viali's ideas. According to English media reports after the game, Deschamps was said to be very dissatisfied with Viali's substitution and had a fierce quarrel with the former Juventus teammate in the locker room. Finally, before the game was over, he left the Frankie Stadium early and returned to the hotel where Chelsea was staying, causing an uproar.
The conflict between Deschamps and Viali and former teammates will not be discussed in detail here, but we will turn our attention back to the game.
After the start of the second half, Chelsea, who had the right to kick off, attacked seriously for a while and created some shooting opportunities. Especially Glenshare, who came on the bench, caused quite a lot of trouble for his former teammate Carlos. The tall and long legs of the Danes were faster than Carlos in absolute speed, so that he could often take the lead in completing the cross before Carlos blocked the foot!
Flo, the high center forward, played his due role well. The header in the penalty area and the goal of Zora and Di Matteo behind him were both accurate and posed a significant threat to Fiorentina's goal.
However, Heinx ignored Chelsea's threatening offensive and allowed the players to devote more energy to defense. Instead, he waved his hand on the sidelines to signal the players to strengthen their offense and suppress their opponents with a more fierce offensive, thereby controlling the initiative in the game!
So, in the first fifteen minutes of the second half, the two teams went back and forth, and the fast-paced attacks made countless neutral fans excited, and at the same time, it also made supporters of both sides feel frightened, fearing that if the team they support would be broken by their opponents if they were not careful.
However, as time goes by, Fiorentina, which has the advantage in strength and has recovered its goal-scoring state, gradually took the initiative. After all, compared with Chelsea's extremely monotonous two-wing flying tactic, Fiorentina's offense seems more three-dimensional and more difficult to defend, and the pressure on Chelsea's defense is naturally greater. Therefore, in this case, the first one is Chelsea, who is more defensive pressure!
In the 52nd minute, Redondo attracted Wise and Poyette's defense in the frontcourt and suddenly divided the ball to the left, and the alien who was defending Petrascu received the pass from the Argentine!
However, Redondo's pass was slightly larger, which led to the aliens coming to the bottom line when Ronaldo finally managed to control the ball. At the same time, Leboff and Dubery had been ambushing in the penalty area for a long time, waiting for the aliens to come to the net; De Huye stood firmly in front of the goal, waiting for Ronaldo to make a cross and took the initiative to destroy the aliens' cross.
Obviously, everyone thinks that the aliens have only two choices at this time. One is to dribble the ball along the bottom line and break into the penalty area to find a shot. The other is to directly pass the ball to Vieri and Shevchenko who were receiving the middle to form a shot. There is no other way to go.
Vieri and others obviously thought so, they fought fiercely with Leboff in the penalty area just to get the landing point of the ball after the alien crossed.
However, at this moment, after looking up and observing the situation in Chelsea’s penalty area, the alien did not make a choice that suits people’s expectations, but directly swung his right foot and sent a shot from the outside instep!
Ronaldo's move surprised everyone, including De Huye, who was guarding the near corner of the goal, ready to attack and intercept the ball at any time. When De Huye reacted and wanted to fly to save, the ball that drew a strange arc in the air had already crossed his defense range and turned into the far corner of the goal under the stunned gaze of Chelsea players!
Four to two, Fiorentina expanded its lead and rewrites the total score to seven to four!
Chapter completed!