Chapter 176 is really not a light enemy (3750 monthly pass plus update)

The local media in Florence also paid a lot of attention to the match ().

Because this UEFA Cup is Fiorentina's first European opportunity after returning to the Italian football league.

Previously, in the 05-06 season, Fiorentina had qualified for the Champions League, but that summer, the Italian phonegate scandal that shocked the world was exposed, and Fiorentina was implicated in the relegation battle in the 04-05 season. The end result was a fifteen-point penalty at the start of the 06-07 season, the worst of the three non-relegated teams, while also being denied the Champions League qualification they had worked so hard to win last season.

Ironically, at the time of the investigation, Borrell, the deputy director of the investigation office of the Italian Football Federation, also made it clear that Juventus and AC Milan were primarily responsible for the Italian football scandal, while Lazio and Fiorentina were relatively less responsible.

As a result, Juventus was ordered to be relegated because the culpability was too heavy to clear their name. Lazio were deducted just three points, as were AC Milan, who were once expected to be relegated. However, Florence, which was considered the least culpable, was deducted fifteen points...... At the start of the league they were minus fifteen points in the standings, which was the bottom of the table for a long time.

That's the disadvantage of having no one in the court......

Because of this incident, Fiorentina's return to the European competition has been postponed.

But the Fiorentina were tenacious, having been deducted fifteen points at the beginning of the season, 0 fifth place, fifty-eight points, qualifying for the UEFA Cup ().

Although it was a year late and the grade was lowered, it was still back in Europe.

The Fiorentina are keen on this season's UEFA Cup and this is their chance to make a comeback.

Zenit St. Petersburg, on the other hand, is the biggest dark horse in this UEFA Cup so far.

This is a team from Russia, which was not taken seriously by everyone. Russian football has long since declined, although CSKA Moscow won the League Cup once in 2005. But everyone thought it was just an accident. If you really want to say any favorites to win the championship, you will definitely not be able to send Zenit.

Let's take a look at their poor performance in the group stage, if it weren't for the narrow victory over Everton in the last group game, I'm afraid they won't even be able to make it out of the group stage.

But Zenit St. Petersburg, which entered the knockout stage, was like a collective change of teams.

They first beat Spanish powerhouse Villarreal 2-0 at their home stadium, and although they lost 1-2 after going away, they still eliminated the Yellow Submarine with an aggregate score of 3-2.

If this game is not enough to attract everyone's attention to him, then the next match against the traditional French giants Marseille will be completely a surprise blow from Zenit.

At Marseille's home stadium, they were in a desperate situation and were beaten 0-3, but Chen Yingying stepped up in the last minute and saved hope for his team with a golden away goal.

Back on their home turf, Zenit burst with surprising energy as they slashed the arrogant Frenchman 2-0 cleanly. Chen Yingxing scored two goals and was the best player of the game.

Was Marseille's defeat an accident?

Many people do think so, after all, Marseille showed some pride and underestimation before the game. But Prandley doesn't think so.

He feels that Zenit is a strong team, and he must show the determination and fighting spirit to deal with Bayern Munich to deal with Zenit to ensure that there will be no accidents.

So the day before the game, the most repeated words he said to his players were: "Don't take the enemy lightly, even if it's on our home ground!" ”

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Dario with the captain's armband. Dainelli can assure God that he really didn't underestimate him, and neither did his teammates. The entire Fiorentina team did not take the opponent in front of them lightly.

But the opponent in front of him was celebrating the goal.

The person who celebrated the goal was Arshavin, and the person who gave him the assist was Chen Yingxing.

When the goal happened just now, he and Chen Yingying were still entangled, abiding by the task assigned to him by the head coach before the game - strictly guarding Chen Yingying.

He did it and didn't let Chen Yingying turn around.

But who knew that Chen Yingying didn't turn around at all, he directly distributed the football to Arshavin on the sudden chā, and then Arshavin made a breakthrough but suddenly shot from a distance, the football flew into the lower right corner of the goal from a distance of eighteen meters from the goal, and the goalkeeper Frey didn't have time to react at all, and he was caught off guard, and the football rushed into the goal.

In the nineteenth minute of the first half, Fiorentina, who was playing at home, fell behind!

This made Fiorentina fans feel stunned, and there was a bit of "nowhere to reason" in it......

Zenit's previous attack didn't show any signs of being too threatening, but Fiorentina relied on their home advantage to play with wind and water, and the fans cheered higher and higher. It's heart-wrenching, as if a goal could happen at any moment.

The goal really came at any time, but the side that scored the goal was not Fiorentina, which everyone likes to see, but ...... Zenit St. Petersburg ().

They're not underestimated......

Fiorentina's captain Dainelli cried out in his heart.

They just don't quite fit in with Zenit's style of play and Chen's style of play......

As soon as the two of them came up, they collided violently once. Chen Yingying took the initiative to find Dayinelli, which in itself surprised Dayinelli - shouldn't the average striker avoid the defender? They are afraid of being entangled by the defenders, and they wish they were as far away as possible.

How did this person come the other way around?

He didn't know that if there was really no defender to defend Chen Yingying, he wouldn't know how to play.

Now that he is playing football, he is making full use of his physical strengths, so it is natural to take the initiative to seek physical contact.

Anyway, he is not good at dribbling, he has poor ball control, and he wants to use his foot skills to shake off defenders, which is simply fantastical, and it is better to use his body......

Dainelli never expected someone to play like that, and he was not used to this style of play.

Although Prandley told them what the characteristics of Zenit were and what the characteristics of Chen Yingxing were, how much could they understand just by watching the video? Football is a thing that can only be more impressive if you have to come into contact with it.

Now that Dainelli has touched it himself, he finds that the No. 99 in front of him is far more impactful, stronger, and more ...... than he thought Barbarous!

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It doesn't matter how they fell behind, whether they underestimated the opponent or didn't fit in, Fiorentina are now one goal behind on their home turf.

The odds are against them and they have to equalise as soon as possible. If the opponent gets an away goal, don't think about it, and if you think about it, you won't let the away goal disappear. What Fiorentina have to do now is not to let the opposition just need to score, and at the same time try to score themselves......

After all, there was home advantage, and Fiorentina quickly recovered after a brief panic after conceding the goal.

They began to organize their own offensive.

Their football bears the distinct imprint of Latin football, with a strong focus on technique at the feet and a coordinated push on the ground. It is very different from the current Zenit St. Petersburg with only Chen Hero.

Because of Chen Yingying, Zenit's style of play has become a little bold, paying attention to physical confrontation, and he has the feeling of dropping ten times.

Taking advantage of their home advantage, Fiorentina equalised just before half-time. The scorer was their number 10 Adrian. Mutu (Adriutu).

When Mutu scored, the Frankie Stadium finally rang out with a cheer.

The Fiorentina players were celebrating, but the Zenit men weren't disappointed or frustrated by conceding the goal. They have already scored an away goal and they are already halfway there.

In this game, Advocaat was more cautious and asked the team to draw away from home, and it would be better if they could also score an away goal while drawing the opponent.

Now that an away goal has been scored and the score is drawn, it would have been perfect if it had been until the end of the game.

But Chen Yingying didn't think so.

If we can win the game, why not? Ask for a draw away from home, what if you lose? Like the last round of Marseille, losing 1:3 away from home, and then counting on returning to the home stadium to pray for a miracle?

Although he is the key to the miracle, even he himself feels that this is too unreliable (). One big reversal is okay, two big reversals are okay, three times, four times, five times...... Aren't you afraid of aesthetic fatigue?

And...... There are too many reversals that hurt people's character!

At such a time, the character is lost, what should I do at the critical moment?

Chen Yingying thinks so and does so.

At the start of the second half, he was constantly looking for opportunities to score.

Dainelli was a little uncomfortable because this guy took the initiative to come to him every time to play physical confrontation.

In terms of body alone, he is definitely inferior to him...... But I have technology and experience, why play with your body!

He reacted.

So when the next attack, Chen Yingying still wanted to use his body to fight against Dayinelli, but the opponent retreated, Chen Yingying leaned back, his body lost his center of gravity, and the ball under his feet was lost!

There was a burst of laughter from the stands at Frankie Field.

Chen Yingying lost a lot of face, but he didn't get angry or anything, and he didn't blush and be embarrassed, he just got up from the ground, patted his buttocks, shook his head, turned around and ran back.

"Well done, Dario!" Dainelli's partner, Gambellini, applauded the captain.

Dainelli gave him a thumbs up in return. He felt that he had found a way to deal with Chen Yingying.

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