Chapter 530: Leading
Ambrosini's long-range shot was powerful but from a good angle, and it wasn't too difficult for Toldo to save.
However, Toldo, who was about to block the ball directly out of the game, noticed a sneaky figure at this time, which seemed to be the Swede Larsson that the coach had said before the game, and his heart immediately stirred, and his heart said that this guy's expression was the same as his teammate Inzaghi, and at a glance he knew that he was the master who planned to pick up the leak in front of the goal.
So, Toldo, who didn't dare to be careless, quickly changed his mind, temporarily adjusted his hand shape, and firmly collected the ball shot by Ambrosini in his arms.
Larsson was originally going to wait for Toldo to save the ball and rush over to make up for it, so when he saw that the opponent didn't give him this chance at all, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart and withdrew from the Fiorentina penalty area, ready to return to the defense.
"Less than five minutes into the game, Vicenza and Fiorentina each had a very dangerous shot!" The commentator excitedly said, "The players on both sides did not play negatively as the experts predicted before the game, but were very active on the field looking for opportunities to break the opponent's goal...... Looks like there's going to be a great battle tonight! ”
It's a pity that this benevolent brother only said the beginning correctly, but did not guess the result.
Barak ...... Shot! Oh! It was a shame that the German was denied the ball at his feet by Davies in the moments before the shot and unfortunately did not form a shot. The Japanese commentator, who had been excited to stand up because of Ballack's movements, sighed and sat back in his seat, "Although Fiorentina and Vicenza both completed a few dangerous shots at the beginning of the game, as the game progressed, the two teams are now very fierce in the midfield, and the protection of their own penalty areas is very tight, which leads to players on both sides now choosing to threaten the opponent's goal with long-range shots from outside the box." ”
The defensive and running trio of Ambrosini, Ballack and Koyz allowed the Vicenza midfield to remain unfazed against Fiorentina attack, while also being able to put on a good long-range shot in attack to threaten Toldo's goal.
It can be said that compared to the attacking trident of Mofeo, Toney and Larsson, who have not yet found a tacit understanding, and the backline with obvious strengths and weaknesses (Wiljoward is too old, Repka is too passionate, Odor is strong in attack and weak in defense), the midfield is the strongest link in Vicenza.
Redondo and Effenberg are not stubborn either, and after battling with Vicenza for more than two decades, they realised they couldn't afford to play with the opposition midfield any longer. It's not a smart decision to fight with the opponent's strongest point.
As a result, Redondo and Effenberg began to constantly distribute the ball on the wings, intending to open up the Vicenza defence through the wings.
Seeing that Fiorentina actually changed the direction of attack to attack his own side, Guidolin couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart, of course he knew the weakness of Vicenza's 442 formation, that is, the defensive strength of the side was relatively weak, and once it encountered a team that mainly attacked on the side, it was easy to be suddenly turned into slag.
Koko on the left is okay, although he is young, Koko is quite solid at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends; But the right side of the game is different, the right-back from the AC Milan Academy is a good player in attack, but he is not flattering on the defensive end, which is a little better than the defensive black hole.
And Effenberg and Redondo saw this, so they decided to use Otto as a breakthrough and chase after him.
In the face of Carlos and Ze Roberto, and sometimes with the combined attack of Redondo or Effenberg, Otto, who was a little numb on one hand, obviously couldn't hold on, forcing Ambrosini and Koyce to be distracted to help Otto defend. In this way, Vicenza's defensive strength on the other two sides will become weak again, giving Fiorentina an opportunity to take advantage of.
Guidolin knew that if he wanted to get out of this passive situation, the best way to do it was for the players to threaten Fiorentina's goal, so that the two opposing full-backs would have some scruples and would not dare to press the attack easily. But to Guidolin's disappointment, Mofeo, who was in charge of organising the attack, clearly did not do this well.
Toney, who is good at heading, can't match the young striker's thinking, so naturally there is no way to form an effective linkage with him; Larsson's ability to grab points in front of goal and take chances is good, but he has always been a little bit behind in terms of chemistry with Mofeo since he came to Serie A for the first time, so he missed a few good chances to score.
With Vicenza's attack blocked and the defense porous, Fiorentina, who found a breakthrough, gradually took the initiative on the field and scored first.
In the 37th minute, Effenberg was dragged to the ground by Ambrosini when he forced his way through the middle of the defence, but the German distributed the ball to Ze Roberto standing in front of him on the left before he fell.
Out of the principle of attacking advantage, the referee did not blow for Ambrosini for a foul, and after Ze Roberto took the ball, he saw that the referee did not blow the whistle, and immediately got rid of Odor, who was waiting for the referee to blow the whistle, and rushed towards the penalty area of Vicenza!
"Otto has slipped away! He was wiped out like a wooden stake by Ze Roberto! The commentator was clearly not happy with Otto's performance, "Although Otto showed good potential in attack, as a defender, the young Otto obviously needs to work more on defense. ”
When Coyce pounced on him, the Brazilian immediately passed the ball to Vieri, who pulled to the edge of the box, and Vieri used his body to force away the already panting Wiljowald after receiving the ball, picked up his left foot and pretended to shoot to attract Repka to block the gun, and then gently pushed with the outside of his left foot to re-pass the ball to Ze Roberto, who used this time to insert into the box!
Although Coyce struggled to get the ball, he was already one position behind Ze Roberto, and he was not very easy to make moves - if he accidentally brought down the Brazilian, it would be a red card + penalty.
As soon as Coys hesitated, he gave Ze Roberto a chance, and the Brazilian received Vieri's pass first, and then flicked his left foot, shook off Coys, who was chasing him, and then hit the goal directly!
Ze Roberto's shot was very well grasped in terms of power and angle, and the ball flew past Balotta's left-hand side, hit the far post and bounced into the Vicenza goal!
1 to 0! Fiorentina lead!
“Goooooooal! Florence! 1 to 0! It was Ze Roberto who scored the goal! The youngster, who moved to Fiorentina from La Liga giants Real Madrid this summer, opened the scoring in the game! ”
"Wonderful fit! Nice shot! After almost half an hour of probing, the Florentines had clearly found Vicenza's weakness and had the keys to victory! ”