Chapter 752 - Challenging Arsenal (5)

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Just when Wenger, who was standing on the sidelines, was thinking about how to make substitutions, on the pitch, the referee also kicked all the players except Ronaldo and Seaman out of the Arsenal penalty area and began to arrange Fiorentina to take penalties.

Ronaldo put the ball on the penalty spot, and since many people in the Fiorentina team have a good penalty shooting percentage, there is no fixed penalty taker, and whoever makes the penalty is usually taken. Unless someone really doesn't have confidence or some special reason, they will ask this job to someone else.

After the referee blew the whistle that could be punished, Ronaldo ignored Seaman, who was waiting in front of him, and immediately ran a short distance, and then shot directly with his right foot!

Ronaldo played a cautious eye on the shot, with a brief pause in his movements before kicking the ball out. And at this point, Seaman, who moved first, completely lost the initiative, and could only watch the ball fly into the goal he was guarding from the other side!

1-0, Fiorentina leads away!

Looking at Ronaldo, who was celebrating his goal on the sidelines, Anelka couldn't help but show a hint of jealousy. Young and vigorous, he is in the rising period of his football career at this time, and he has not experienced the ups and downs of the British media, so it is inevitable to feel jealous when he sees Ronaldo, who is about the same age as him but has become famous all over the world.

"Nikolai (Anelka), don't be too anxious." Bergkamp, who noticed Anelka's eyes, out of love for the newcomer, the ice prince opened his mouth to persuade, "Ronaldo has been in Europe for more than four years to become famous now, and you have only been in contact with the top league for less than a season, so it is inevitable that there will be a gap in this regard." ”

"But I'm really unwilling, obviously everyone says that my talent is no worse than him, but Ronaldo is an alien, and the name for me is 'Ronaldo of France'?" Anelka said with some resentment, "One day, I will let people know that I am the best striker in the world!" ”

"Haha, I'm really ambitious." Hearing Anelka's bold words, the ice prince, who had already passed the age of blood, couldn't help laughing, "Then I have to look forward to it in my heart, I hope that in a few years, I can see one more top striker in the team!" ”

If Zhuang Mingge heard Bergkamp's words, he would definitely complain and say Dude, you are really right, Arsenal do have a world-class goalscorer in a few years, but unfortunately it is not Anelka, who is now partnering with you, but his French compatriot Thierry Henry......

"There's no need to wait that long." Anelka looked at the Fiorentina players who were walking towards his own half, licked his lips, and said, "As long as you can pass the ball to me, I can make Fiorentina taste the price of despising me tonight!" ”

While Bergkamp patiently guided Anelka, Wenger finally stopped hesitating and made a substitution, he did not dare to let Adams be in charge of Arsenal's central defense alone. While the captain's ability and focus can be trusted, Arsene Wenger doesn't think Adams alone can withstand the likes of Vieri and Ronaldo against the likes of Vieri and Ronaldo.

Arsene Wenger opted to replace right midfielder Parloer with veteran Steve Bald, leaving the former member of the back five (the ageing Bourd gradually faded out of the main squad after Keown's arrival, a watershed moment for Arsenal's two generations of defensive five) and Adams in central defence.

After all, compared to Overmars and Anelka and others, Parol is obviously much worse in speed and technique, and the threat to the Fiorentina defense is not as good as several others, plus Arsenal is not dominant in the control of the midfield, Wenger, who has reacted to the taste, feels that it is better to give up the midfield directly and use the speed of Anelka and others to play Fiorentina's counterattack. Therefore, under many considerations, Parlour, who had just been on the pitch for ten minutes and had not yet started, was replaced by Wenger and became a victim of Keown's dismissal.

Capello naturally did not let go of his side's numerical superiority, and immediately after the resumption of the game, he directed his team to adjust the focus of the attack, allowing the Fiorentina players to attack more from the left. Although Arsenal also has Dixon on the right side, he is only one person after all, facing Carlos, Ronaldo, Redondo and others in turn, Dixon, no matter how capable he is, it is difficult for Dixon to withstand the test of this level - not to mention that his strength is not first-class.

It has to be said that the backline left by Graham is still quite reliable, in the case of being at a disadvantage in numbers and passive, Arsenal's defense was stunned to withstand several waves of attacks launched by Fiorentina, and did not let the goal be attacked by the opponent again - in fact, Arsenal is really not good at defending after all the five veterans of the defense faded out of the main lineup, and the Gunners at that time were forced to switch to defensive operations before the combat effectiveness fell sharply.

However, despite the impressive fighting spirit and morale of the Arsenal players under Adams' command, the Fiorentina players still found an opportunity to tear apart the defence through a continuous midfield pass.

In the 25th minute, Carlos forced a breakthrough on the left side of Dixon and passed the ball back to the top of the penalty area.

Fiorentina were back two minutes later, this time with Redondo dribbling to attract Dixon's attention and linking up with Carlos, who sent in another cross, and Vieri got a lion head over the aging Bald, but his shot was blocked by another veteran, David Seaman.

In the 33rd minute, Ronaldo, who was pulled to the left side, received the ball from Carlos behind him, and made continuous bicycle movements in front of Dixon, which made the old defender dizzy and had to take a few steps back to keep his distance, and then suddenly accelerated, and broke through Dixon's defense zone before he could react!

Seeing Ronaldo cut into the penalty area, Adams rushed over to make up for the first time. At this time, he can only leave the task of defending Vieri to Bald, after all, the ability of aliens is known to the world, and letting him empty in his own penalty area is no different from suicide.

Ronaldo had no intention of going head-to-head with the tall Adams, and after a shooting feint, the alien picked the ball up to Vieri in the middle of the box, who picked up a left-footed volley after blocking Bald!

Seaman made a sideways save to keep out Vieri's shot, but he made the same mistake as before, allowing the ball to roll back into the Arsenal box...... As a result, Ljungberg, who appeared like a ghost at the spot where the ball landed, scored with an effortless push before the Arsenal players could make amends!

Fiorentina, 2 to 0!