At the end of the first half, Fiorentina led Barcelona 1-0, and Ronaldo used a counter-attack to break through the Barcelona goal in the 35th minute to give Fiorentina the lead. From the numbers, we can see that Fiorentina have far less time on the ball than Barcelona, but judging from the trend of the first half of the game, it is clear that Fiorentina has the initiative on the field. Although Barcelona had the advantage of possession, they mostly moved the ball in the area 30 meters away from the goal, the attack was obviously not open, and the number of dangerous shots on goal was far less than Fiorentina. Fiorentina's quick counter-attack was impressive, and after blocking Barcelona's attack, Fiorentina players often used only two or three passes to transition the ball to Vieri and Ronaldo in the front, and these two players were very good in the first half, causing huge problems for Barcelona's backline. If it weren't for De Hooye's high and low blocks, I'm afraid Barcelona would have conceded more goals. ”

During the fifteen-minute half-time break, the commentator did not sit idle, but began to do a review of the first half of the game, and made a prediction for the next shape: "If Van Gaal can't think of a way, I'm afraid that this time the ending for Barcelona will not be much better than the European Champions Cup final three years ago." ”

As the commentator has said before, Van Gaal is not unaware of the predicament his team is facing.

In fact, the problem that Barcelona is facing now is very simple, because there is no first-class striker who can create a huge deterrent to the opponent's goal, so that when Barcelona faces giants of the same weight, the opponent's backline can divide more energy to defend the long-range shots of Rivaldo and Figo.

Although the cause of the problem is known, Van Gaal does not have a good solution, although it is easier to find a striker who fits the tactical system of Barcelona, but it must also be able to let the opposing club release him!

For example, Van Gaal has always wanted to bring in Ronaldo and Kluivert, the former needless to say, Fiorentina said that it is impossible to sell the super-killer of aliens and let other teams use him against themselves; Although the latter did not have a good time in Italy and wanted to return to his mentor's account, Ranieri, who admired him very much, persuaded Galliani, and in the end, Kluivert's trip to Barcelona did not take place.

Although Barcelona also brought in strikers such as Dugarry and Sonny Anderson this summer, the level of these people is obviously more than a point or two worse than Ronaldo.

Faced with such a situation, Van Gaal had no choice but to pinch his nose and admit it, after all, the club has actually supported his work very much, and the Dutchman has nothing to say about the successive large-scale signings - everything is always satisfactory.

In this game, Barcelona's problems in the front line were exposed: Sonny Anderson, who played as a lone arrow, played stealth on the pitch under Fiorentina's iron-clad defence, and only had one shot on goal in the entire first half, and he also hit a plane.

At the same time, the people sitting in the box watching the game also had mixed reactions.

The old man Johansson, who supports Fiorentina in his heart, is naturally smiling, and the Swedes have the intention to build Fiorentina into a representative of advanced football in Europe, so as long as Fiorentina can win with dignity, he will be very happy.

As for whether the competition process is beautiful or not, how many people will care? In the world of football, the champions are always remembered, not the team with the most flamboyant style of play.

Platini, who was sitting in another box watching the game, did not look so good, in his opinion, Fiorentina's rather extreme defensive counter-attacking tactics were simply killing the beauty of football!

In this way, in everyone's different minds, the fifteen-minute break passed quickly, and the players from both sides re-entered the field, ready to fight again in another place.

Van Gaal, frustrated with Sonny Anderson's poor performance, replaced the Brazilian at half-time with another Brazilian, Giovanni Oliveira. After all, Giovanni's 1.9m height is there, and if he is put on the pitch, he may be able to make better use of crosses from the wing.

As for former La Liga Golden Boot Juan Pizzi? Come on! Van Gaal has long been desperate for this striker who can only play on the weak team, and has only scored nine goals in 30 appearances in a season (note: since Ronaldo did not go to Barcelona, the number of appearances of others has increased), and all of them are goals against weak teams! Naturally, such efficiency could not impress Van Gaal.

However, the ideal is beautiful, the reality is cruel, and Van Gaal quickly grasped the true meaning of this phrase.

Giovanni's presence didn't cause much trouble for Toldo, who was accustomed to Brazil's loose defensive environment, and when he faced Fiorentina's kind of defense, which was an order of magnitude higher than that of Brazil, the Brazilian striker, like Sonny Anderson, went straight from the pitch.

With the attack still unable to open the situation, Barcelona can only rely on long-range shots and set-pieces from midfielders to threaten Fiorentina's goal. However, the shrewd Fiorentina players simply did not give the Barcelona players the opportunity to take a long-range shot calmly, let alone foul the opponent in some dangerous places and give the opponent the opportunity to take a free kick.

Defensively, in the face of Vieri and Ronaldo's onslaught, Barcelona's backline began to be a little untenable. After all, Nadal is no longer young, and the fierce confrontation with Vieri and Ronaldo has caused him to lose a lot of energy, and the two full-backs, Barjuan and Ferrer, have also consumed a lot of energy in the constant switchback run.

The threat of Fiorentina's counterattack is increasing.

In the 64th minute of the game, Barjuan's pass to Rivaldo was intercepted by Tomasi. Tomasi immediately passed the ball to Redondo, who was on the left side, and the Argentine sent a precise long ball straight to Vieri's position without stopping!

Couto fought with Vieri for the ball, but it was Vieri who got the ball first. No way, if you talk about strength alone, few defenders can withstand Vieri at his peak, after all, this is a fierce man with two defenders on his body who can calmly shoot with his feet!

However, Vieri did not control the ball at his feet, but rubbed his head and pushed the ball to the back of Barcelona!

At this time, it will depend on who runs faster, Ronaldo or Nadal. As for the result...... I'm sure most people can guess it.

How can Nadal, who is over the age of standing, be Ronaldo's opponent in terms of speed, although the alien's starting point is after Nadal, but by the time the Brazilian gets the ball, he has already thrown Nadal a full seven or eight meters away!

Ronaldo, who once again got a one-on-one goal, naturally did not waste this great scoring opportunity, after rushing into the penalty area, facing De Huye, who abandoned the goal, the alien once again used his housekeeping skills - pendulum pass, shook De Huye down before sending the ball into the empty goal.

Fiorentina extend their lead! Two to zero!