Chapter 171 The second half of the decisive battle(1/3)
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It was a coincidence that on May 4th, when Florence and Turin fought fiercely, the sky in Turin was gloomy and it started to rain.
The game was scheduled at 4:30 pm. The event to mourn the 57th anniversary of the Supega crash of the Torino fans started in the afternoon. Due to whether Turin can directly advance to the A-level battle, the memorial activity was particularly grand, with nearly 40,000 fans participating in the parade.
The parade set off near the municipal stadium, where Torino won the seventh and last Serie A championship so far in history. The parade then passed King Umberto and stayed briefly in front of a tombstone to commemorate the rising star of Turin in 1967, who died in a car accident, and Attirio Romero, now the president of Torino, was in the car accident.
Interestingly, the parade also met a team of strikes and parades of Fiat employees during the march. The two sides passed by each other and did not interfere with each other. Fiat's economy has been deteriorating in recent years, and the frequent strikes have even become a special landscape in Turin. The Turin people are no longer surprised.
The climax of the memorial activity was that the parade returned to the municipal government stadium. The game had not yet begun. Tens of thousands of people gathered outside the stadium in the rain. No one shouted slogans loudly, and no one gave passionate speeches. Most people lined up quietly in the square and went forward to offer flowers to the small stone tablet engraved with "Turin, Supega, 1949.05.04", put the Turin team flag, and then hung Turin scarf on it.
The whole event was going on very slowly, but it was solemn and solemn. Many old fans could not help crying when they offered flowers. They must have thought of those glorious years. When the heroes who created the dynasty were sent to Portugal, they were all majestic. Unexpectedly, when they came back, they were only corpses that could not even be recognized by their faces. The team's captain Valentino Mazzola left his youngest son Sandro Mazzola with only a pair of broken sneakers.
When the memorial service ended, the fans began to enter the stadium, but the Torino fans who entered the stadium swept away the depressing atmosphere just now. They shouted and sang, and they wanted to turn the municipal government stadium into the "hell home court" that made Florence frightened.
Fiorentina came to the stadium forty-five minutes before the game. Zhang Jun was shocked by the flowers piled up like hills outside the stadium, the team flag and scarf. Rigano told him that it means that the Turin fans had just mourned.
"Although I am a man of bull, I never dare to make any celebratory moves related to bulls at home in Turin." Rigano said to Zhang Jun as he looked at the souvenirs outside the car window.
Zhang Jun was a little surprised. He thought there was nothing in this world that could make Manniu feel afraid.
"You don't know, in a Turin derby a few years ago, Juventus's Maresca made a Bulls move to the fans of the Torino team after scoring a goal, which almost triggered a large-scale fan riot. The scene was very scary at the time. The fans of the Torino team wanted to rush into the court, but were stopped by the riot police. They scolded Maresca for dozens of minutes, and Maresca did not dare to get the ball, nor did they dare to throw out the ball outside the border or ask for water to drink. In the end, the head coach had to replace him."
Rigano said, while Zhang Jun simulated the situation at that time in his mind. After Maresca scored the goal, he proudly placed his hands on both sides of his temples to imitate the Bulls. In the stands opposite him, there were furious Turin fans.
Zhang Jun whispered in Chinese: "Idiot!" He didn't know why Maresca did this. Even if it was a derby, even if it was a mortal enemy in the city, some things could not be used to mock or despise. The Bulls' actions, Juventus' dominance, Turin's decline, and Derby battle, these things will definitely make Turin fans think of the glory of the past and the Supega air crash. Zhang Jun hates him from the bottom of his heart when he uses other people's disasters.
In fact, Zhang Jun didn't know that not all Juventus fans and players are like Maresca. At least every year, there are many Juventus fans and some Juventus players at the event to mourn the Supega air crash. On May 4th, they only cry for Torino and for football.
Zhang Jun looked at Xiaoyu outside the window and sighed in his heart. This is really a weather suitable for mourning, but I don’t know what the game will develop. If we win them at the home court of Turin, then these fans will definitely not be happy. They also want to use a victory to comfort the heroes’ spirits in heaven on this special day, right?
However, in order to have a few more days of rest and to fulfill his promise that he had just arrived in Fiorentina, he must also win this game, and he will not give up the victory to anyone.
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When warming up, I felt the "passion" of the fans of Turin. When the game was over, Zhang Jun felt even deeper. As long as the Fiorentine players took the ball, they would immediately hear booing and cheer. When Fiorentine misses a shot or makes a mistake, they would cheer without restraint.
The whole team of Fiorentina felt a lot of pressure. After all, it was away games, and they verbally shouted that they would win, and they would win. But in the game, their mentality would still be a little different from that of home games.
Although it was a "decisive battle", Mondonico had not let the media's advocacy go as he did not play against Torino away, but adopted a more conservative defensive counterattack. Fiorentina has the capital to play against defense, so why not?
Zhang Jun and Rigano's position was still one left and one right, one front and one back. Mondonico knew that the Turin team was not weak and was at home. He did not intend to get involved with the Turin team in the midfield, and asked his players to let the ball pass through the midfield quickly, and then rely on the striker's personal skills to determine the result of the game. This is what Mondonico thought of from Zhang Jun's surprising state in the previous games. Since the team has a striker who is considered first-class in the Class A, why not exert his strength to the extreme?
Rigano's header, ball-making ability, Zhang Jun's speed, technology and awareness are the most terrifying forward combination in the second division.
The Turin team has the best defense in the league.
As the media said before the game, this is a contest between the strongest offense and the strongest defense in the second division.
Who will die in the end?
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Zhang Jun broke through diagonally, and he dribbled the ball very quickly and was almost unstoppable. Of course, if the opponent did not foul... Komoto's fierce tackle made Zhang Jun fall to the ground directly, and the ball was naturally broken. After the fall, Zhang Jun looked a little painful. He did not stand up directly, but lay on the ground, but the referee signaled that the game would continue and did not express any expression for this "suspected" foul. This aroused the dissatisfaction of more than 2,000 Fiorentine fans, and their boos even overshadowed the cheers of the fans of the Torino team.
Zhang Jun felt that the left foot, which was hit by the tackle just now, wasting his whistle, but since the referee did not blow the whistle, he was just a waste of Fiorentina's time, so he stood up and continued to join the game. The Fiorentine fans turned to him to applause.
This is just a small episode. The defense of the Torino team is indeed very good, and fouls are naturally part of the defense. Zhang Jun and Rigano have both received such treatment. It has been more than ten minutes, and Zhang Jun has not shot a decent shot, and his partner Rigano is not much better.
It seems that the head coach of the Turin team has put a lot of effort into him and Manniu. The other party knows that the main reason for Florence's recent soaring ranking is that the two forwards are in excellent condition.
Turin implemented a man-to-man tactic on him and Rigano, a tactic that offensive players hate.
Komoto, who was responsible for guarding him, was very tenacious, which gave Zhang Jun a headache. It was not because of how strong this person was, but because the momentum he showed put more or less pressure on Zhang Jun. Zhang Jun also knew that Komoto was not the only one who had this momentum, because today's special day has made the combat effectiveness of the Turin team surge.
No Torino player wants to behave like a coward in this game.
Fiorentina players are not expected to have enough of this because they have never challenged Torino away on the anniversary of the Supega Air Crash.
Now they know that the Turin Municipal Stadium on this day is definitely hell.
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Rigano made a mistake in dribbling and was intercepted by Francesco Caboni of Torino, and then he passed the ball directly to the frontcourt.
At this time, Fiorentina had just attacked, and most of the players were in the middle of the Torino team. Before they could get back to defense, Dilivio dragged in the back, and the Brazilian, the forward of the Torino team, got the ball, and he sprinted.
Dilivio wanted to intercept the ball first, but the acceleration was faster than him. He stabbed the ball to the side and jumped up to avoid Dilivio's tackle. In this way, there was no Fiorentine's defender standing in front of him! He faced the goalkeeper directly and scored one-on-one!
The fans in Turin were all standing up and ready to cheer, while Mondonico held the water bottle in his hand and stared nervously at the goal.
Argentinian Seyas attacked and Pinga shot!
The football passed by Seyas and rolled into the empty door behind Seyas against the turf!
Torino scored a goal!
"See the fuck!" Mondonico threw the water bottle in his hand out.
The city government stadium heard deafening cheers at that moment!
The players on the field of Torino cheered and rushed towards Pinga who scored the goal. Even the goalkeeper ran across the stadium and ran to Florence to participate in the celebration.
Zhang Jun stood in the frontcourt with his hands on his hips, looking at the Turin players who were holding each other in a group.
In the first thirty minutes of the first half, someone was promoted. Their morale was high, and the time, place and people were in harmony. This game was really not easy to play.
Zhang Jun dialed the hair that was tightly pressed against his forehead. After he was tackled by Komoto ten minutes ago, he felt a little pain in his left ankle.
Maybe it's too tired, Zhang Jun thought. Then score a goal quickly and help the team overtake, so that you can rest for a few more days.
Rigano was blaming himself for his mistake just now, and Zhang Jun went up to pat his shoulder: "Stop mumbling, hurry up and serve, we still have time."
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After scoring the goal, Torino did not blindly defend. On the contrary, they saved and attacked, which once pushed Fiorentina so hard that it could not be out of the way and threatened the goal several times. Fortunately, the whole team of Fiorentina worked together and did not fall behind the score at the end of the first half.
Because the Torino team attacked too hard in the last stage of the first half, Zhang Jun and Rigano did not have any chance to score, so by the break, the score was still 1:0, and the Torino team led at home.
The atmosphere in the locker room was a bit dull, everyone lowered their heads and remained silent. They lacked enough estimates of the difficulty of the game and completely failed in the first half.
Mondonico was also very angry about the goal conceding in the first half, but now it is not the time to curse people. What this team needs now is not to scold, but to inspire and arouse their confidence in winning.
"We played badly in the first half, and everyone knows that it doesn't make any point to say anything here. But I won't allow you to make mistakes in the second half. We must win this game. We are stronger than them, and we deserve to win! Think about it before, most of the people sitting here came here just now in this Fiorentina. Think about how you got to where you are today step by step? The past four years of hard work is for this moment! We survived without money and pay! We survived the name Fiorentina! We survived after losing a key battle in the play-offs! Now, is there anything in front of us that can stop us? Tell me, is there any?"
"No!!" answered in unison.
"Very good, nothing can stop us from returning to Class A! In the second half, tell the Turin team with practical actions that we will definitely upgrade ahead of time! Defeat them and defeat them!"
"oh!!"
These words made everyone excited. Several people stood up from their seats, and they were ready to rush out of the pain of Turin. Only Zhang Jun felt a little awkward, but professional football is like this. Who cares about how brilliant you were before? If you can't do it now, it's not possible. You must not be lenient when it's time to beat you. As a professional player, it's not his turn to speak out for his opponent.
Rigano patted Zhang Jun hard: "The goal was scored in the second half! We won!"
"Do you assist me?" Zhang Jun asked with a smile.
"I'll assist you!" Rigano replied seriously.
This touched Zhang Jun a little because he was just kidding just now. He stood up and said to Rigano: "Okay, we both scored goals, 2:1, beat them!"
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"Turin was very proactive in the first half. While they were solidly defending, they also counterattacked sharply. They also seized a mistake from the entire team of Fiorentina and scored a goal. Now Torino is leading 1:0 at home. Fiorentina obviously did not enter the state in the first half, and both forwards and defenders seemed to be heavy. Maybe it was Turin's home court that put huge pressure on them. Today is a special day. Turin urgently needs a victory than ever. Maybe Fiorentina's plan to upgrade in advance is going to be ruined."
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Dilivio clapped his face and shouted to the Fiorentine player in the player channel: "The second half is the final battle! We can't lose! Even if it's away, we have to win!"
The captain of Turin on the other side, Simone Giacheno, is also encouraging morale: "This is our home court! There is no reason to let the opponent win! Think about what day it is, we must not lose!"
The players on both sides howled, and no one was willing to lose to the other side in terms of voice, so the contest between the two teams began.
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Perhaps the Turin defenders were very proud of the strongest forward combination in the second half of the first half of Serie B, because when Zhang Jun and Rigano played at the same time, Fiorentina never had a game without goals, and even if they lost, they would definitely score goals.
Before the game, the coach told them that due to insufficient physical strength, the combat effectiveness of this forward combination will definitely be greatly reduced. Judging from the first half, the coach said it well. At least, Zhang Jun, who had been very active in the first few games, had very few running in the first half and shot very few.
But Zhang Jun gave Torino a blow just five minutes into the second half, which cooled down the boiling city government stadium.
Maspero kicked the ball from the side and passed the ball to the middle. Rigano jumped up but did not get the ball, but he attracted the opponent's defensive attention. So when Zhang Jun inserted the ball from the other side to catch the ball, someone noticed that the most dangerous person had no obstacles in front of him, and he directly faced the goalkeeper!
A defender rushed to kick from behind before Zhang Jun entered the penalty area, trying to destroy the attack. Even if he couldn't make the ball, he would have to throw over the person!
But Zhang Jun rolled the ball to the side, and just staggered and rushed into the penalty area!
When Zhang Jun entered the penalty area, he was undoubtedly a tiger entering the flock. The defenders of the Dutch League must have a deep understanding of this. Because as a center forward, Zhang Jun's shooting accuracy is too high.
Goalkeeper Stefano Sorrentino planned to attack and block Zhang Jun's shot angle, but Zhang Jun was obviously faster than him. He raised his right foot and stabbed him quickly. Sorrentino fell to the ground and he saved the ball!
But the rain made the ball slippery, and he didn't catch it. The football just jumped to the side, then rolled over the goal line and the ball entered!
After shooting, Zhang Jun stumbled and ran for a few steps, finally couldn't support it and slipped on the grass. Before he could get up and cheer, he was pressed under the strong Rigano, and he howled: "Get! We're tied now!"
The Turin fans who were still making noises just now and wanted to put pressure on Zhang Jun were all quiet for a while. They could only hear more than 2,000 Fiorentine fans who came with the team cheering.
"It's really unexpected. Fiorentina tied the score at the beginning of the second half! The goal was Zhang Jun, the second scorer in their team! He was loaned on loan in the winter transfer period, and in just half a season he completed what others might not be able to do in one season! He is helping Fiorentina get closer to his dream step by step!"
Zhang Jun just struggled to stand up from the crowd when he ran into Dilivio. The old captain hugged him hard: "Beautiful job! They have begun to shake!"
To be continued...