Volume 1 Chapter 428 Defeated
The equaliser in the first minute was crucial for Fiorentina, as it gave a morale and confidence boost to Fiorentina's players, as well as a blow to Bremen's morale and confidence.
If they are fighting against old giants such as Juventus and Milan, being equalized after taking the lead will not affect them much at all, but Bremen is different, this is not a team with a deep heritage and has won countless honors, and Bremen is known as a nerve knife, and their mentality is more impetuous than Fiorentina, so there are often ups and downs.
The score was equalized by Chen Yu with a long-distance run, and the Bremen players were very disappointed and angry, although they did not directly complain about their poor midfield defense, but they were still very unhappy, thinking that their three midfielders were responsible for the goal conceded.
After conceding the goal, Bremen's attack did not slow down, but more violent, the previous ten minutes made Bremen feel that Fiorentina's strength is just so, there is no need to be afraid, if it is not for their ability to grasp the opportunity is slightly worse, they have a 3-goal lead before Chen Yu scores, even if Chen Yu equalizes, they also think that this is just Chen Yu's flash of inspiration, not how strong Fiorentina's overall strength is.
In the 15th minute of the game, Frins made a long pass from the backfield, Miku picked up the left side of the penalty area almost without pausing in the front court, Krasnich pulled his foot in the upper left corner of the penalty area and shot angrily, and Frei, who had been performing well, struggled to save the ball from the bottom line.
Miku took a corner, Klose beat Dainelli in the box to get a chance to head the goal, but Dainelli was not a fuel-efficient lamp, his interference still made Klose's header less powerful, and the ball was held in Frei's arms.
Fiorentina gradually regained their composure after the equaliser, and after Frei passed the ball to Jorgensen, Jorgensen dribbled forward from the flank at high speed, and in the face of Borowski's interception, Jorgensen passed the ball to Fiore. Fiore patiently controlled the ball, crossed horizontally, and even passed back, waiting for his teammates to follow, rather than blindly passing the ball out.
The pursuit of success rather than the blind pursuit of pace in attack is important for Fiorentina, which means that the Fiorentina backline is less threatened, and the backline is able to free up their hands to help their midfielders and put more pressure on the opposition, which in turn creates a virtuous circle that makes their backline less threatened.
In the 17th minute of the game, Fiorentina controlled the ball at his feet for nearly a minute without conceding the ball, the ball passed from the feet of Fiore to Chen Yu, and then Chen Yu and Tony, Di Natale made a series of clever cooperation, after pulling out Bremen's defense, he suddenly launched an attack, and after the most Chen Yu plugged directly, Di Natale received the ball in the left rib of the penalty area and pushed the ball into the far corner of the goal, Bremen's goalkeeper Reynke reacted quickly, flew to the ground and saved the ball.
The saved ball was picked up by Bremen full-back Schulz and immediately sent a long ball up front for Fiorentina to retaliate on the counter-attack.
Maybe Fiorentina has one or two high points, but the overall height is very different from Bremen, the ball was picked up by Bremen in the midfield, and then wanted to pass to Miku to attack, but Fiorentina watched Miku very closely, the ball passed, Miku did not get the ball, Jorgensen stuck to Miku, and pushed forward, pushed Miku a stumble, the ball could not be controlled, at this time Chen Yu did not know when to return to the backfield, he forced between Miku and the ball, and snatched the ball from Miku's feet.
Chen Yu was not in a hurry to grab the ball, he passed the ball back to Donadal, dodged Miku's counter-robbery, and ran to meet Donadale.
The ball is in Fiorentina's midfield, here, Fiorentina has more players than Bremen, and there are more points, and Bremen can't force Fiorentina to pass the ball at the back if they can't put in more troops.
The ball quickly broke through the blockade of Bremen's front, passed from the back to the midfield, and reached the feet of Fiore, today's Fiore is more attacking in the front, and Chen Yu retreats more, it seems that Fiore is playing as a second striker, and Chen Yu is a midfield core.
Fiorentina's adoption of this style of play is not only more conducive to controlling the midfield, but also conducive to giving full play to Chen Yu's strong ability to dribble and break through, disrupting Bremen's defense, and creating opportunities for Toney and Di Natale.
Fiore had a lot of options after getting the ball, with Toni in front and Di Natale in front of the left, and Chen Yu and Jorgensen also followed when it came to the return pass.
However, Fiore obviously still wants to play a little faster, although Fiorentina will not invest too many troops, and the killer Chen Yu has not been able to return to the front, but Bremen has no chance to organize a good defense, relatively speaking, Fiorentina is more advantageous.
As a player who has played in both La Liga and Serie A, Fiore believes that the ball is the safest in the pass, and the individual dribbling, unless there is a level like Chen Yu, Zidane, and Ronaldo, can break through from the bag of several people, otherwise it is the most dangerous, so the ball went to the feet of Fiore, and Fiorema passed it to Di Natale.
Di Natale saw that his side had formed a three-on-four situation in the front, and Bremen's full-back had not yet shrunk to the middle, so he rushed to the central defender Andreasen with the ball at the fastest speed, because as long as he broke through Anderellasen, Bremen's defense was reimbursed, and the full-backs had no chance to make up for it at this time, and the retreating players were not yet in place.
Di Natale's approach is a bit risky, but the risk is also worth it, the defender will always be very passive in the face of the opponent's forward assault, the isolated Andreasen was thrown away by Di Natale's continuous change of direction and strong burst, and could only follow Di Natale in the chase, hoping to be able to intercept Di Natale when he shoots, because in such a high-speed dribbling situation, it is difficult to control the force and accuracy of the shot, only slow down.
However, Andreasson's calculation was wrong, Di Natale did not slow down, facing the attacking goalkeeper Reynke, Di Natale shook his upper body, flicked the ball to the bottom line, and shook the goalkeeper Reynke.
The goalkeeper shot is arguably the most difficult of all the solo balls, but once the goalkeeper is cleared, the success rate of the shot is the highest in the handling of the solo ball, unless the angle of the shot has become extremely small, or the defender clears it on the goal line, which is basically a must-score.
The Fiorentina fans in the stands were ready to cheer and celebrate, while the few German fans were afraid or could not bear to watch the result of Di Natale's shot again.
Di Natale had no choice but to shoot because he didn't even have the time and angle to observe his team-mate's movements.
The ball flew to the far corner, which was the only option in Di Natale's position.
But just as the ball flew over the goal, Toney arrived, and he slid the ball into the goal, which was less than a metre away.
In the 19th minute of the game, Fiorentina completed a stunning comeback, scoring the goal and assisting Di Natale.
But after the ball flew into the net, Tony and Di Natale reacted very differently, Tony got up from the net and rushed to the stands, his expression was extremely excited, but Di Natale smiled bitterly, because the shot just now can not go in, Di Natale is not sure, seventy or eighty percent of the hope is there, although Toney's make-up shot ensured the goal, but the scorer became Tony, Di Natale's hope of scoring the first goal in the Champions League was disappointed.
“aIaIaI…… Tony Luca. Toni Fiorentina scored the second goal to overtake Fiorentina...... Oh my god, three goals have been scored in less than twenty minutes, it's been a crazy game......"
The on-site commentator was so excited that he couldn't believe the goal would be so fast, and Fiorentina scored again to put the lead in the first ten minutes of equalising.
In addition to Di Natale, who had some mixed emotions, the other Fiorentina players were also very excited, and they rushed to Toni, hugged him, and celebrated the goal with the fans, and the whole stadium turned into a sea of joy.
On the sidelines, Prandley was sitting in the coach's box, after the equalizer, he calmed down, feeling that the balance on the field was unlikely to be broken for a while and a half, so he returned to the coach's bench to discuss the situation on the field with his colleagues, but the leather seat under his butt was not hot, the ball went in, Prandelli jumped up in surprise and jumped like rushing to the field, but there were people who jumped earlier than him, Prandley was hugged by the assistant coach and the substitute before he could run out.
"In, we're in"
"Coach we overcome"
"Ah, Tony lost the Germans"
The gossip rang in Prandelli's ears, but Prandelli didn't listen to anything, and there was only one thought in his head, and that was that Fiorentina had scored and overtaken.
In the visitors' dugout, Schaaf sat in his seat, his eyes blank and dazed, if he had expected to score less than a minute into the game, it was even more unthinkable to be overtaken in less than twenty minutes.
"Is this overtaking?" Scharf muttered to himself, "Is it that the back line is papery to be scored so easily?" After a moment's mouthful, Schaff staggered to his feet, the assistant coaches and substitutes around him startled.
Striding to the sidelines, Schaaf beckoned his defender over, "Are you pigs being scored twice in less than ten minutes?" Do you understand fouls? Don't tell me there is no chance of a foul, that's because you fouled it not too soon......"
After half a minute of fire, Schaaf waved his fist and said angrily: "We must not concede any more goals tonight, we must at least take a draw back"
The players have never seen Schaaf so angry, in their opinion, Schaaf has always been a very calm and silent person, never angry, I didn't expect him to be so angry today.
None of the Bremen players spoke, they all silently returned to their positions, ready for a new battle, and if Fiorentina's first goal made them feel only anger, then this conceded goal made the Bremen players feel a chill: their opponents are indeed very strong, not only with extraordinary stars, but also good overall cooperation, and more terrifyingly, they have enough patience to wait for their opponents to make mistakes.
The game restarted, the morale of Fiorentina and Bremen has been completely different, Fiorentina is full of confidence, morale is strong, every player seems aggressive, and Bremen is a little timid, the mentality is not right, and the skills cannot be played, and the skills cannot be played, let alone the tactics.
It's not just the players who have changed, in the stands, the state of Florence and Bremen fans is completely different, Bremen fans are outnumbered, and they have always relied on the players' excellent performance on the field to be able to confront Florence fans, and now their teams are behind in the score, and the momentum is suppressed by the opponent, and the Bremen fans have no way to compete with the huge number of Florence fans, they are suppressed by the purple frenzy, and they can no longer make a sound.
The following period was the most difficult for Bremen, with the score behind and morale not there, while the more than 40,000 fans in front of the opponent did not stop applauding after the second goal, and their cheers were like gongs and drums, which made the Bremen players tremble, and they seemed to have a premonition that the end was not far away.
Fiorentina team's attack wave after wave, at the beginning, Bremen can not only make effective resistance, but also can attack from time to time, when Fiorentina's attack is getting sharper and sharper, Bremen can not bear it, can only step back, until all the Germans have entered the goal range of the thirty meters area, Fiorentina's attack is limited, the situation on the field changes into another balance
If Bremen is not Chelsea, retreating to the 30-meter area is definitely nothing, once the counterattack starts, because Fiorentina has a lot of space in the backfield, it will form a greater threat, but Bremen is not a team that is good at defensive counterattacks, what they are best at is attacking, once they are suppressed by the opponent to this point, it is difficult for Bremen's fans and players to accept, their morale and confidence have dropped sharply at this time, from the spiritual point of view, they and Fiorentina are no longer on the same level.
Fear, but there was no way to get rid of it, and that was when fear turned into anger, and almost all of the Bremen players became angry and agitated, eager to equalise and drive their opponents out of their own half.
In the 35th minute of the game, Bremen, who was suppressed by Fiorentina, suddenly broke out, and all of them launched a fierce rush on Fiorentina's players at the same time, snatching Fiorentina in a hurry.
Bremen had to be unforgiving, immediately after the steal to the Fiorentina half of the attack, angry, Bremen's current attack is ferocious, but it is not delicate, the cooperation is not patient, every player does not trust his teammates so much, it seems that they want to be a goalscorer.
It would have been a tragedy unless they could get past Fiorentina in one fell swoop, but Italy's defence was no worse than it had been after 35 minutes.
A Bremen cross was headed over by a Fiorentina defender, and then the Bremen player headed into the box, this time again by goalkeeper Frei.
Without waiting for the opposition striker to come up and disturb, Frei immediately threw the ball with a strong hand and threw it to Jorgensen on the wing.
The Dane picked up the ball and sprinted down the flanks to Bremen's half.
Fiorentina's counterattack is very sharp and very bold, in addition to the goalkeeper and central defender, everyone pressed up, as many as eight people in the attack group is very terrifying, even in Bremen's half, Fiorentina is not at all inferior in numbers, and because Bremen is in a hurry to return to defense, the player's position and cooperation can only be described in a garbled word, how can such a situation form combat effectiveness.
When the ball passed to Chen Yu's feet, Chen Yu dribbled the ball at high speed past Bowman and went straight to Bremen's penalty area, Bremen's defense was completely chaotic, and three or four people pounced on Chen Yu together, while Tony and Di Natale were actually empty.
Chen Yu quickly passed the ball and passed the ball to Di Natale.
Although Chen Yu can also pass to Tony, Chen Yu thinks that Di Natale needs a goal more, and in terms of shooting skills, Di Natale is not inferior to Tony, but he has suffered a little loss physically.
Di Natale lived up to Chen's assist as he burst into the box for the second time to shoot and finally get the ball between the hands of goalkeeper Reynke.
Di Natale helped Fiorentina extend the score to two.
Di Natale was inexplicably excited after the goal, and was snatched away by Toni in front of him for a goal that belonged to him, and now he finally got it back with his own feet.
"It's another goal, or is it the Fiorentina who scores...... Di Natale assisted Chen, and the score had become 3:I, which was decisive for the game, and it could almost have been declared garbage time for the rest of the game......
The scene became excited again, this was the third time he cheered, and his passion was almost consumed, and his voice was a little hoarse.
The Fiorentina fans in the stands applauded even more enthusiastically, and everyone formed a wall and chanted the name "Di Natale".
Prandley stood on the sidelines, clenched his fists, turned and walked back, high-fived his assistant coaches and substitutes.
And Schaaf's face turned pale, it was only fifteen minutes before he was furious, and he ordered the defenders not to concede any more goals, but now, they conceded another one, and they lost it so easily, I wonder if they will concede another ball behind the road.
After conceding the third goal, Bremen's fighting spirit almost collapsed, their original sharp and ferocious attack was gone, and the defense became loose, without a little integrity and resilience, Fiorentina's players became very easy in and out of the penalty area, in order to block Fiorentina's attack, this time Bremen took the initiative to retreat to the thirty-meter area, but this still could not stop Fiorentina's offensive, but after leading by two goals, Fiorentina's shooting crosshairs also seemed to have dropped, in the last ten minutes of the first half, They had two great chances, one missed by Toney and one by Jorgensen, and were unable to seal the win when their opponents were demoralized, leaving the Bremen man back in the dressing room with a glimmer of hope.