Chapter 620: Genius's Pass

Ten minutes before the start of the game, the fans were almost there, and Florentina celebrities and football celebrities also came to the scene.

From time to time, the electronic screens in the stadium show these big names that often appear on TV, such as stars Barty and Baggio, mayor Simenez, and star Belém, and their appearance also caused fans to scream wildly.

At 7:40 a.m., the Fiorentina players and Arsenal players walked out of the dressing room under the leadership of referee Ivanov, and the commentators on the scene began to shout the name of each starter, and as he shouted, the scene also broke out into warm applause intermittently.

After the players entered, they first shook hands and took a group photo in the center of the stadium, and then the captains of the two sides exchanged team flags and emblems.

Chen Yu and Henry played a sympathetic game in the last game, and when exchanging team flags and team emblems, the two agreed to exchange jerseys after the game.

The two sentences that Chen Yu and Henry Duo said were seen by the on-site commentator, and he said suspiciously: "Henry and Chen don't know each other, what is there to say, is it to be single-handedly in the game?" But the wrong location, huh? ”

At this moment, the players of both sides have come to their respective halves and are waiting for the referee Ivanov to blow the whistle for the start of the game.

At 7:45, with the whistle of referee Ivanov, the second leg of the 0506 Champions League semifinals finally kicked off, and the first kick-off was the Arsenal team from the Premier League.

This is a game that can be qualified, whether it is Arsenal who fell behind in the first leg or Fiorentina, who are in the lead, they dare not attack easily when they don't have the opportunity.

In Highbury, the two teams played a 2:2 draw, which means that Fiorentina is half a goal ahead, as long as Fiorentina does not lose, or does not play a 2:2 draw, Fiorentina can advance, and if Fiorentina loses the goal, the initiative returns to Arsenal, Fiorentina must equalize to advance, and if Arsenal concedes, Arsenal must score two goals to advance, so both teams have strengthened their defense before the game, and they dare not attack easily after the game starts.

Although Arsenal needs to score two goals to advance after conceding a goal, which is more risky, the game time is on the side of Fiorentina, neither side scores, and it is Fiorentina who advances at the end of the game, which determines that Arsenal must take the initiative and break the balance on the field.

When you don't dare to take risks, relying on individual ability to break the deadlock is the best and least risky way, and Arsenal, who have played in the Champions League and various cup competitions almost every season, are well aware of this, and after the opening, while keeping the defensive system in central and backfield unchanged, the ball is passed to the feet of Thierry Henry, Pire, Hleb and Cesc Fabregas as much as possible, allowing them to attack the Fiorentina defence, even if it is successful once in ten times, it is also cost-effective for Arsenal because they do not risk conceding a goal.

Heroes see the same, Fiorentina also thinks so, although Florence can advance without scoring goals, but that's too unsafe, anything can happen on the football field, in case of being scored by Arsenal, Fiorentina will regret it, want to ensure promotion, the best way is to score one without conceding a goal, so Fiorentina also adopts the same offensive method as Arsenal, so that stars such as Chen Yu and Tony can break through.

Such a tactic certainly does not play a beautiful match, but the star's feat of bravely breaking into the penalty area and fighting alone as a defender has won the hearts of the fans, and even if it has not been successful a few times, the stands still resounded with enthusiastic cheers from the fans from time to time.

In the eighth minute of the game, Chen Yu received the ball on the side, and continuously used the change of speed to get rid of the bag of two Arsenal players, but was tackled by Ashley Cole when he went down, and the ball flew out of the sideline.

Next, Fiorentina sent a sideline ball, the defender passed the ball to Chen Yu, Chen Yu stopped the ball on his chest, and at the same time leaned on the Arsenal defender to turn around, and when the body turned into place, he also directly passed the ball to his teammate Tony, although the defender reached out and hugged Chen Yu, but was not able to stop Chen Yu from passing.

Tony also had Toure personally marked, but Chen Yu's pass was given to Tony in front of him, Toure was unable to come over and steal by Tony in the back, Tony stopped the ball on his chest, his thigh was upside down, and then he half-turned and volleyed.

Toure couldn't touch the ball behind Tony, but instead of watching Tony shoot, he pulled Tony behind Tony's strength, so that Tony missed the spot when he shot, and the ball hit the forefoot and flew off the post.

Seeing this scene, Prandelli had a smile on his face, on the personal ability of the star, he believed that Chen Yu would never lose to Henry, and Toni would not be worse than Pire, especially Chen Yu, usually when Fiorentina couldn't open the situation, it was Chen Yu who used his personal ability to pry open the opponent's door, if only the star to impact the opponent's defense, the first success will be Fiorentina, even if it can't penetrate the opponent's defense, then it is Fiorentina who will be promoted, he doesn't have to worry at all, in fact, he is more worried about Arsenal's desperate attack, Arsenal's short pass penetration ability is on par with Barcelona, if they attack wildly, Fiorentina's defense may not be able to defend, Fiorentina put on an iron bucket to deal with it, it may work, but now the whole world is paying attention to this game, and there are more than 40,000 fans at home.

In such a life-and-death battle, Chen Yu did not make any reservations today, he not only crossed the level and bound Ronaldinho's consciousness, but also did not deliberately avoid the opponent's fierce fouls in the game, it was completely risking injury to get the ball and complete breakthroughs again and again.

In the original, Chen Yuke was all kept playing, because Fiorentina couldn't do without him at all, if he was injured, Fiorentina's attack power would drop by at least half, and now, the overall situation of the league has been decided, and there is no regret if he doesn't win this game in the Champions League.

In terms of technique alone, Chen Yu, who is bound to Ronaldinho's consciousness, is not necessarily stronger than Henry, but Chen Yu's biggest advantage is not in his technique and consciousness, but in his changeability, in a game, he can incarnate thousands of people and defeat the opponent in the most unexpected way of the opponent.

Just like the one he got rid of just now, he was transformed into the consciousness of Dutch Peter Pan Robben and suddenly launched a fast attack, if it wasn't for Ashley Cole's quick reaction and bold enough, he would have completed the breakthrough.

Compared with Chen Yu, another focus star Henry is a little dwarfed, Henry's character is not so strong, today's game referee Ivanov's law enforcement is relatively relaxed, under the fierce pressing of the Florentina defenders, Henry's speed and breakthrough did not have much effect, was put down a few times, Ivanov only blew a foul, which made Henry very annoyed, but his protest in the whole audience of the Florentina fans booed did not affect the referee, and then Henry was a little silent, On the contrary, it is not as threatening as the Belarusian avant-garde Hleb, who was dumb in the last game.

In the last game, Fiorentina contracted tightly, and Hleb took the ball and moved more on the wing, but the Fiorentina defenders defended unscrupulously and restrained Hleb instead.

Fiorentina played at home in this game, and the contraction was not so strong, and Hleb seemed to understand today that if the opponent wants to foul, let them commit in the middle, so that they can also win a threatening free kick, and get a free kick on the side, there is not much threat to Fiorentina, who is good at controlling operations, so Hleb takes the ball like a cut in the middle, or breaks through or plays with Henry.

For a slender and flexible player like Hleb, if he can't foul wantonly, it will actually be quite troublesome to defend, and he will accidentally rush to the edge of the penalty area and cause problems for the backline.

In the 5th minute of the game, Hleb used a beautiful upper body to dodge Brockie's defense, and completed a long-range shot from a distance of about 25 meters from the goal, but Hleb's long-range shot was not strong, and the ball flew over the crossbar and flew to the stands.

In the 10th minute, Hleb passed the ball to Henry under the bag of Brocky and Fiore, and used Henry as a cover to the edge of the penalty area.

This time Hleb didn't shoot directly, he made a shooting action, deceiving the snatching Dainelli, but when he shot again, Chen Yu arrived from behind him and stabbed the ball out.

Although Hleb's two breakthroughs did not pose much of a threat to Fiorentina's goal, they were only short of the handling of the goalkeeper, and if they were dealt with, the threat would be great.

Prandelli couldn't sit still in his seat, and he didn't pay enough attention to Hleb before the game, because Hleb was too non-existent in the last game, and he was replaced by Bergkamp in the second half, Prandley felt that he was not worried, and the focus was still on Henry, Pire, and the young Fabregas, I didn't expect Heleb to be in such a good state today, and he became a dark horse that spoiled the situation.

"Strengthen the defense of the 18th! Foul play a little earlier! Don't let him burst to the edge of the box! ”

Prandelli came to the sidelines and shouted at the defenders and midfielders on the field, the shouts and applause at the scene were too loud for the commentator to hear from the microphone, not to mention Prandelli's empty words, he could only wait for the dead ball, call the players over, and pass on his meaning.

The teams that can reach the semi-finals are not ordinary teams, and the players are definitely the best in form this season, before Prandelli gave the order, the Fiorentina defenders automatically strengthened the defense against Hleb, Prandelli's words just made the Fiorentina players play more clearly and more resolutely, when Hleb broke through with the ball, the Fiorentina players continued to pack him in the 30-meter area and close to the side, and blocked him when he ran without the ball, Hleb is also a good star, but his personal ability is incomparable with Chen Yu and Henry, once there are more than two people in the bag, he can't even pass the ball, and he is tackled twice in a row, and the momentum of the attack is curbed at once.

In the opening fifteen minutes, the first five minutes of the two sides were testing the opponent and adapting to the rhythm of the game, and in the second ten minutes, the two sides stabilized their positions and sent their stars to impact the opponent's backline.

Fifteen minutes later, the players of both sides opened up, the stars in front of them interlinked, and the wing-backs, who had been motionless, began to move forward to meet their attacking players near the centre circle.

Although the number of troops invested by both sides is still not large, it has made the attack chemically changed, the defenders in front only need to defend the players who attack with the ball, and now they must watch the players who run without the ball, and also watch out for the players inserted in the back row of the opponent, which is more than twice as difficult to defend.

In the 18th minute of the game, Henry received the ball and walked to the side, avoiding the crowded middle and breaking through the line on the edge of the big penalty area.

Henry is Fiorentina's only striker, Henry leaves the middle, Arsenal's middle has no striker, Fiorentina's double central defenders and double midfielders are useless, if they are still waiting in the middle, Henry may shoot in the corner of the penalty area and in the ribs, if they follow out, and worry that Arsenal's players will attack from the back row, then the middle will become a vacuum.

Fiorentina's central defender left half of the players behind, and the other half followed Henry, blocking Thierry's inward lane, while squeezing Arsenal's full-back Pire, along with retreating defender Jorgensen, to cut off the link between him and Thierry Henry.

Henry knows very well where he is, and it is impossible to get rid of all the defense here, because Fiorentina's back line is almost untouched, and he not only has the middle defenders who follow out, but also the defenders on the side can also pinch him, and Henry's position, the angle of the shot is not large, the defenders do not have too many concerns, once they can't watch, they can also directly make tactical fouls, so Henry has been paying attention to the running lines of his teammates when he is dribbling the ball, ready to divide the ball.

The best match for Henry was full-back Pire, but the Fiorentina defenders knew this, and they cut off the link between Henry and Pire, and Henry wanted to pass the ball to Pire, unless he passed it over the top, and now Henry is still taking the ball forward, and he can't pass it like that.

Just when Henry was about to bring the ball to the side of the corner of the penalty area, the Fiorentina defender had no way to retreat, so he stopped and waited for Henry, let Henry break through to the bottom line, but did not give him a chance to shoot.

Henry was always followed by players who couldn't make a shot, and the ball was brought to this position, either sprinting straight to the baseline or passing the ball out, leaving the ball at his feet and vulnerable to the opponent's trap.

At this time, Henry's eyes spotted Cesc Fabregas, the young midfielder who had just been running forward in the middle, and at this time he seemed to see Henry's predicament and began to move to the wing to meet Henry.

Thierry Henry finally got a chance to make a pass, but instead of rushing to get it out, he shook his front foot on the ball and made a feint to burst to the baseline, but his foot was withdrawn and slammed into the front of the ball, which was diagonally passed under Donadale's crotch that was following him on the inside.

It was a clever and covert pass, and most people were attracted to Henry's first feint and didn't expect him to pass the ball, let alone get him into this position.

The Arsenal fans in the stands erupted in applause to cheer for King Henry's pass.

Although the fans did not notice Fabregas's running, and other players also missed Fabregas, but Fiorentina's midfielder Brocki did not ignore Fabregas, don't look at this young player is only 19 years old, but he has become the core of Arsenal's midfield, he is reasonable, sharp forward, and has the ability to shoot a long shot at the edge of the penalty area, Prandelli specially told Brockie to pay attention to him, so Henry and other players attracted so many defenses, Brockie's eyes have been following Fabregas.

When Henry passed, Brockie had already started, and the moment Fabregas received the ball, Brockie also rushed to the front of Fabregas, although Brockie did not have time to stop Fabregas from receiving the ball, but blocked the angle of Fabregas's shot and breakthrough.

Cesc Fabregas had three options at this time, one was to pass, one was to force a shot, and the last one was to take advantage of Brockie's unstable footing to change direction and break through.

Among the three options, forcing a shot is the next policy, although the pass is very good, but there is no better position of teammates around Fabregas, and then passing to others is equivalent to reorganizing the attack, no matter from which angle, it seems that changing direction to break through Brockie is the best choice, because the breakthrough has passed, you can shoot directly with your feet, this position is only twenty-four or five meters away from the goal, and the long-range shot is very threatening, if it is fouled by Brockie, the free kick in this position is also not a small threat.

But at this point, Cesc Fabregas made a choice that surprised everyone, he passed, but not to anyone, but with his heel smashed the ball into the empty space he had just run.

For a moment, many people thought that Fabregas had made a mistake in passing, but in an instant, everyone understood Fabregas's passing intentions, it was a genius pass, Fabregas just didn't look back, he seemed to have seen Gilbert running towards this position, and passed the ball to a position where Gilbert could keep up with the shot.

Gilbert almost couldn't help but shout hello to Fabregas and give it a thumbs up, because the ball was so comfortable that he could adjust his pace and then shoot, even if he usually trained, it was difficult to play so comfortably, not to mention that this was a life-and-death battle in the Champions League semifinals.

Gilbert adjusted his pace, followed by a burst of shots, the ball collided with Gilbert's instep, made a bang, and then whistled towards the top right corner of the goal. To everyone's surprise, he passed, but not to anyone, but with his heel smashing the ball into the empty space he had just run.

For a moment, many people thought that Fabregas had made a mistake in passing, but in an instant, everyone understood Fabregas's passing intentions, it was a genius pass, Fabregas just didn't look back, he seemed to have seen Gilbert running towards this position, and passed the ball to a position where Gilbert could keep up with the shot.

Gilbert almost couldn't help but shout hello to Fabregas and give it a thumbs up, because the ball was so comfortable that he could adjust his pace and then shoot, even if he usually trained, it was difficult to play so comfortably, not to mention that this was a life-and-death battle in the Champions League semifinals.

Gilbert adjusted his pace, followed by a burst of shots, the ball collided with Gilbert's instep, made a bang, and then whistled towards the top right corner of the goal.