Chapter 233: The Qualities of the Players
With this wonderful combination, Bayern Munich equalized the score before the end of the first half, which greatly hit Fiorentina's morale, and even in the final stoppage time of the first half, Bayern Munich almost rewrote the game again with high morale, in the last wave of attack, Klose received a cross from Muller, came to a fish leap, and the ball was subconsciously blocked by Frei.
Referee Marenko then blew the whistle for the end of the first half and, back in the dressing room, Van Gaal praised Alaba's performance by name, and it was his clever drop back and sliding tackle that led to Bayern Munich's equaliser.
In the face of the head coach's praise, Alaba smiled shyly, throughout the first half, Alaba performed very well at other times except for the last whole steal, at least Marchioni did not do much in the first half, which is completely over-standard for a young player who is only 17 years old.
On top of that, Alaba's performances have already received initial approval from Louis van Gaal, and it is conceivable that if he can keep improving, he will establish himself in the Bayern first team and thus get more appearances.
Soon, the short half-time break was over, and the players from both sides came back on the pitch without the slightest change in the players, and the fact that this is the strongest lineup of both teams, there is nothing to change.
At half-time, Prandelli must have said something to the Fiorentina players, and after the opening, Fiorentina changed the decline in the final moments of the first half and performed quite strongly.
In particular, Marchioni was tied in the first half due to his careless mistake and lost the away advantage, so after the start of the second half. He was the first Florentine attacker.
Marchioni receives a pass from Zanetti. Break along the right side. This time Alaba failed to stop Marchioni, and at the age of 17, Alaba was completely at a physical disadvantage, so Marchioni did not play technical tricks with Alaba and directly used his body to force the Bayern youngster.
Faced with this situation, Alaba really wanted to cry without tears, which was a congenital deficiency, and now he couldn't make up for it, so he could only watch himself being squeezed away. Then he was broken by his opponent, but Alaba's tenacity as a young man was still there, and even when he was breached, he only followed Marchioni and harassed his opponent.
Two minutes into the game, Marchioni crossed from the bottom line, Gilardino grabbed the point in front of the goal, but was destroyed by Bad Stuber first, and in the 50th minute, Montolivo went straight through the middle. Marchioni shoots from the edge of the box and the ball grazes the post.
The third wave of the offensive still belonged to Fiorentina. Arjen Robben's ball was cut off, Zanetti passed the ball down the right again, and Marchioni broke through Alaba for the third time, who again completed a cross that rolled to the ground and the ball slipped straight past Bad Stuber and Van Bitten.
Gilardino with a keen sense of smell appeared in front of the ball, this is a great opportunity for Fiorentina, Gilardino is unguarded, but even the unguarded Gilardino still did not help Fiorentina score, because Bout was in front of him, how could Bayern let Frei concentrate on the front, in the face of Gilardino's shot, Bout bravely blocked it.
Van Bitten cleared the ball at the feet of Li Feng outside the box, Bayern Munich took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack, Li Feng passed to Ribery on the left, who broke all the way to the Fiorentina penalty area, and then smashed the ball to Muller.
Unfortunately, before Muller's shot could be played, it was destroyed by Kroldrup, and this time it was Fiorentina's turn to counterattack, and the ball was obtained by Montolivo, and then his long pass found Marchioni again, who broke through Alaba and sent it into the box.
However, Gilardino did not have a chance, there was Van Bitten behind him, in the face of Van Bitten's defense, Gilardino could not turn around at all, although he could not shoot, but he could choose to help his teammates, only to see Gilardino head back to the top, Jovetic from behind, forced to hold Schweinsteiger to push the far corner, Bout whip out of reach.
"GOAL~~~ In the fifty-fourth minute, Fiorentina took the lead again, counterattacked and counterattacked, Bayern Munich's counterattack was destroyed by Kroldrup, and it was because of Kroldrup's kick that Fiorentina counterattacked, Marchioni passed, Gilardino knocked back the ball, and Jovetic completed the shot.
"Bayern Munich's left side is dangerous, Van Gaal should replace Alaba at this time, although the youngster performed well in the first half and his future is worth looking forward to, but from now on, he is far from being able to guard Bayern Munich's left gate."
"Louis~~" Faced with this conceded goal, Hawke couldn't sit still.
"I know what you're trying to say~~but~ Andes, have you noticed the little guy's expression," Van Gaal said as he stopped his assistant.
Listening to Van Gaal's words, Hawke looked at Alaba on the field, from the face of the black boy, Hawke did not see frustration and frustration, but saw infinite fighting spirit and indomitable will, at this moment Hawker knew that Van Gaal was unwilling to replace Alaba, because this kid has the most important qualities to be a good player.
Although he understood Van Gaal's thoughts, as a conscientious assistant, Hawke still had to say what he had to say, but before he could speak, Van Gaal spoke first.
"Old man, I know what you want to say, although Fiorentina is one goal ahead, but in aggregate, we are still in the lead, the situation has not reached the point of being out of control, if it really needs to, I will definitely make a substitution," Seeing Van Gaal say this, Hawke stopped persuading.
"But we can't let the other side go on like this, let the wind and Bastian help David properly," Van Gaal then gave a new order, and Hawke quickly ran to the sideline to convey it.
Hawke's fears proved unfounded, as Bayern Munich launched a counter-attack immediately after Fiorentina's goal, and in the 56th minute, Li Feng burst into the Fiorentina half and attracted Zanetti and Montolivo on the right flank.
Robben started quickly, and if he faced the running Peter Pan, the tall Felipe would definitely not be able to catch up, so the Brazilian defender committed a direct foul, and this time, Felipe did not escape Marenco's yellow card, and then Bayern Munich won a free kick on the right side.
This free kick was taken by Li Feng, Li Feng directly hoisted the ball into the Fiorentina penalty area, and from this pass it can be determined that Klose is really old, in the face of this pass, Klose accurately appeared at the landing point, but his jump did not touch the ball, if it was a young Klose, this would be an amazing header bombardment, and now, the ball finally fell into Frei's arms. (To be continued......)