Chapter 214: Against Purple Lily

On February 17, at 8 p.m. German time, the first leg of the Champions Cup quarterfinals finally kicked off at the Allianz Arena, with Bayern Munich facing Fiorentina at home.

Amid the cheers of the 70,000 fans in the stadium, players from both sides began to take the stage, with Bayern Munich, who were playing at home, wearing the white of the neutral jersey this time, and Fiorentina wearing the usual purple jersey.

The former world's No. 1 league is gradually declining, and the former Serie A Seven Sisters have long ceased to exist, and now the top three in the north of Serie A are dominant, even after experiencing the "phone gate", Juventus can immediately re-emerge, while the teams outside the top three want to rise but it is difficult to rise.

Fiorentina is one of the seven sisters in the past, and they are currently in Serie A, a second-tier powerhouse, and although they are not eligible for the league title, they can fight for the continental league.

When the players on both sides stand still, the referee Tom . HENNING. Ofre began to blow the whistle for the game.

Bayern Munich lineup: 442

Goalkeeper: Bout

Defenders: Bad Stuber, Demichelis, Van Bitten, Lahm

Midfielders: Ribery, Li Feng, Schweinsteiger, Robben

Forwards: Muller, Gomez

Bayern Munich's lineup has not changed in the slightest, of course, this is also Bayern Munich's strongest squad at the moment, with Klose, Olic on the bench, Van Bommel , Tymoshchuk, Altentop, Kontento, Rensing.

Fiorentina lineup: 4321

Goalkeeper: Frey

Defenders: Gobby, Krolldrup, Natalie. Silvestri

Midfielder: Boratti. Montolivo. Vargas,

Forwards: Jovetic, Marchioni

Striker: Gilardino

Fiorentina used a Christmas tree formation, with Gilardino as a single striker, Jovetic and Marchioni as two forwards, but both of them can be on the side and can change the formation at will depending on the situation on the field, especially Jovetic. He can play almost any position up front, including as a striker.

As soon as the game opened, Bayern Munich, who was fighting at home, gave Fiorentina a dismount, Li Feng made a long pass to the right side of the backfield, Peter Pan started quickly, and the Fiorentina defenders could not react, and Robben successfully cut into the penalty area.

But even Robben's speed is useless. Alone, in the Fiorentina penalty area. Robben had no choice but to return the ball and Gomez fired his first shot of the game on the edge of the box, the ball hit Kroldrup and landed in the box, and Natali cleared it with a big foot.

The ball flew out of the Fiorentina penalty area and fell at the feet of Montolivo, at this time, because of offensive reasons, Bayern Munich's defense was a little forward, Montolivo saw the opportunity to also come with a long pass, found Gilardino, but there was Van Bitten behind him, Gilardino had no chance.

So Gilardino knocked back with a direct header, Marchioni quickly inserted, Demichelis desperately chased back, and finally caught up outside the big penalty area, and in desperation, Marchioni could only end this round of attack with a long shot, and the ball flew directly out of the bottom line.

I have to say that the attacking speed of the two teams in this round was too fast, and the fans who were about to the scene did not react, because it only took one minute for each team to complete a goal, and when Fiorentina scored wide, the game time had not yet passed the third minute.

Each shot on goal, no one suffered, but then the game began to get on track, the home game Bayern Munich began to take the initiative, but because Fiorentina buried heavy troops in the midfield, although Bayern Munich has been in control of the ball, but has not really penetrated the heart of Fiorentina, the two sides have been fighting in the midfield.

Such an anxious situation came to the thirteenth minute, Bayern Munich completed the second shot of the game, Li Feng suddenly broke out with the ball, but did not break through, rushed into the Fiorentina half to face Montolivo and directly backheel back to Schweinsteiger, he did not stop at all and continued to rush forward.

Li Feng's behavior made Montolivo stunned, looking at his aggressive appearance, Montolivo was ready to meet Li Feng's impact, but the result was much unexpected to him, it was actually just a false shot, but after Li Feng crossed him, Montolivo immediately reacted and shouted, telling Borati to be careful.

As a teammate who has cooperated for more than half a season, Schweinsteiger will naturally not disappoint Li Feng, he has no intention of holding the ball forward after he gets the ball, and he does not hesitate at all, a long pass over the top, and sends the ball into the hinterland of Florence, Li Feng stretches out his big foot and unloads the flying ball.

However, when Li Feng unloaded the ball, just transferred to Fiorentina during the winter break, Argentine defender Boratti blocked Li Feng, Li Feng's feet kept changing the rhythm, leaning to the left, and when Boratti was about to force him, Li Feng unexpectedly sent the ball forward with his right foot.

The ball crossed Borati and came to the feet of Muller, who pulled out of the penalty area, but Muller was followed by a Fiorentina defender, so Muller got the ball straight into the Fiorentina penalty area, and the ball went to Gomez.

In the face of Kroldrup's defense, Gomez used his decent skills to get rid of it on the spot, and then hit the goal from a small angle in the left penalty area, although Frei tried his best to save, but still couldn't touch the ball, just when everyone thought Bayern was going to open the scoring, the ball naughtily hit the post and bounced off the bottom line.

At the moment when the ball flew out, Bayern Munich asked the fans to let out a sigh that could not be suppressed, and the disappointment was overflowing, while the Fiorentina fans were happy.

Subsequently, Fiorentina immediately counterattacked Bayern Munich, and it was a direct pass from Montolivo to find Marchioni, who held the ball and cooperated with Jovetic, and the double forward midfielder attacked Bayern Munich's backfield in one fell swoop, facing Schweinsteiger who returned to the defense, and finally Marchioni went straight into the penalty area, but unfortunately Gilardino slipped on the sole of his foot when he started and missed this opportunity.

However, Fiorentina's offensive did not end, and then Bout passed the ball to Demichelis, Gilardino counter-robbed on the spot, and Demichelis, who came to the Champions League, actually made another foul, and did not pass the ball immediately, but wanted to break through Gilardino with the ball.

The final result speaks for itself, Demichelis lost the ball, but when the ball was snatched by Gilardino, Demichelis was very alert and chose to foul, fortunately, the referee in this game was a brain fouler, did not give Demichelis a card, just gave Fiorentina a direct free kick. (To be continued......)