Chapter 202 Duel(1/3)
Before the game, a special Chinese media interviewed Zhang Jun and Li Yongle respectively, wanting to hear their views on the game. As a result, the two answers were surprisingly consistent.
"Victory, Inter Milan is not here to travel. Florence has been in good shape recently, but we are confident of winning."
"We have been unbeaten for fifteen rounds. This is an amazing result, so there is no reason not to continue. This is our home court, we will win all the home court, so we will continue the winning all this time."
About 5,000 Inter Milan fans came to Fiorentina from Milan, and two hours before the start of the game, they gathered at the Frankie Stadium.
But Frankie is still home stadium in Fiorentina. More than 30,000 seats are packed, purple is overwhelming, and the fans can hear the singing from afar. The most eye-catching portrait of Zhang Jun in the stands was a large portrait of Zhang Jun, hand-painted. To be honest, the painting is really not satisfactory. Zhang Jun, with long hair, was painted as a savage. But it expresses the most real emotions of the fans very well.
This atmosphere really makes any visiting team feel the pressure.
So Li Yongle felt his heart beating a little fast. Standing in the player's passage, looking at Zhang Jun, who was wearing the captain's armband, he seemed very calm. Maybe this was his home court, and he was used to this habit. He could not lose to him. Li Yongle clenched his fists and pinched his nails into the flesh in his palm.
From the locker room to the sidelines, Li Yongle's eyes were always on Zhang Jun.
Seeing him shake hands with Sanetti and watching him communicate with the referee to pick sides, this boy, the captain is doing more and more well.
After picking the side, Zhang Jun smiled at Li Yongle, who had been staring at him in the distance, and stretched out his fist.
Li Yongle also stretched his fist, and the two of them fists through the air.
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Inter Milan ranked 343 in this game, with the midfield in parallel, Li Yongle and Beron played in the middle, Sorari replaced Stankovic with an injury on the left, and the team's captain Javier Sanetti on the right, with the three central defenders Samuel, Matrachi and Cordoba respectively, and the three forwards were Adriano, Martins and Recoba.
Fiorentina is still 442, with Zhang Jun and Pazini partnering with the forward, Cru's midfielder, Mascherano's midfielder, Gas Baroni on the left, Jorgensen on the right, central defenders Uyfalusi and Kyle, left defender Xiang Tao and right defender Ram.
The Fiorentina lineup has been playing for half a season, and after running-in, the cooperation has become better and better. But we have to see that this is also caused by Fiorentina's lack of bench thickness. Fortunately, Fiorentina lost the Italian Cup at the beginning of the season, otherwise the teams fighting on both sides might not have the brilliant record of unbeaten in the fifteen rounds.
The team is actually very tired now, and Sabato has long been looking forward to the winter break, so that the team can rest.
He once suggested to Ren Yudi that several players with good strength should be introduced during the winter break. However, Ren Yudi rejected his opinion on the grounds that there was no suitable player. It was at that time that Sabato truly felt that the boss was the boss and he was him.
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Li Yongle is the core of Inter Milan, which is no longer a news that excited Chinese media and fans. The offense is initiated by him, and defense is the first barrier. His passes are the most, and the tackles are the third in the team. In response to this situation, Sabato just told Mascherano to go up when he was in front of Li Yongle. If he gets the ball in the backcourt, he will ignore him and let Cru get involved.
The core of Florence is definitely Zhang Jun, both mentally and tactically. The whole team will be surrounded by him. Anyway, Sabato's tactics are originally an offense, offense, and attack. If you enter one of me, I will enter two of you.
This style is very pleasing, and neither the fans nor experts can criticize them. Because they play well, the key is that in recent months, they have always won so much that some conservatives have to shut up.
So every time Sabato seemed proud at the press conference. Before this game, he even made a bold statement that he would defeat Inter Milan at home. "Inter Milan has nothing to be afraid of. They rank fourth and we are second."
A burst of cheers came from Frankie's court. Just three minutes into the game, Fiorentina completed its first shot, and it was naturally Zhang Jun who shot. He forced himself to break through Matrachi's defense with speed. The ball was slightly off and hit the edge.
Sabato dares to say that because he has confidence in Zhang Jun. He believes that relying on the three central defenders of Inter Milan, no one can stop Zhang Jun's breakthrough, especially the stupid man Matrachi, who has a bad defense and is also a bad temper. He often makes some low-level mistakes, or fights with people and fights off the field. It is simply a time bomb on Inter Milan's defense line. If he wants to be placed under Sabato, he will have long since. In this way, Inter Milan's defense line is not very good...
"The attack to curb Fiorentina must start with curbing Cru." This is what Mancini told Li Yongle before the game. He hopes that Li Yongle can freeze the Chinese midfielder who has performed very actively recently and often appears on TV shows for a week. "Li, you don't want the shame that Gatuso suffered to happen to you again, right?"
Li Yongle shook his head. Of course he didn't want it, no one thought about it. He knew Kru's strength, and it was difficult for such people to deal with, because no matter how tight you force him, as long as you give him some space, he would use those incredible actions to get rid of it.
Zhang Jun's shot just now was because he was negligent and did not force it up, allowing Kru to easily pass it straight. Although it was only half a season, Li Yongle could see that Kru was obviously different from the national team. He made faster and passed more balls. At the same time, the incredible foot skills can also be used to break through the defense and open up the situation.
It's terrible to be an all-round midfielder like this. Sabato has put some effort into Krujin.
But Cru is very good, and Li Yongle is not a vegetarian either.
As soon as Kru turned around, Li Yongle stretched his body and cut it in, forcibly separated the ball, and cut it beautifully. Krue seemed to hit a wall, and he raised his hands, jumped up and dodged, looking helpless.
You must be more fierce when dealing with a technical front-middle like him.
Li Yongle, who successfully intercepted the ball, blocked Cru and passed the ball to Perron, which was organized by Perron.
Peron passed the ball straight to the fast Nigerian Martins. Xiang Tao faced a severe test of speed in this game, and Martins met him.
The Nigerian's usual outstanding footwork and amazing speed, as well as the juggling continuous flips after scoring the goal, are Martins' weapon for fame in Serie A.
Peron's straight pass can make him rush up the speed comfortably, and the ball is five or six meters in front of him. As long as he rushes, no one can stop him.
Suddenly, Xiang Tao broke out from the slant, and he was not slow either. He fell to the ground and kicked over three or four meters away from the ball. He was amazing. Even Martins dared not take the risk of wading the ball. Who knew if he would break his foot at this moment? The shoe nails were still shining in the sun.
He jumped over Xiang Tao helplessly, and Xiang Tao also directly shoveled the football out of the sideline.
"Ge!" Xiang Tao spat on Martins's back and then retreated.
Sanetti threw the ball from Inter Milan to Li Yongle. Li Yongle observed the situation and used his right foot to transfer the long pass of the football to the left.
Solari stopped the ball beautifully and then made a cross from the bottom!
Kyle held tightly against Adriano. Both of them were about the same height, it depends on who was better.
Kyle turned around and blocked Adriano behind him. In the eyes of others, there should be no problem with this.
But Kyle didn't think so. He felt that the pressure from behind was so great that he could not easily resolve the situation. He was afraid that if he was negligent, he would be taken over by the Brazilians.
The ball arrived, and the two of them jumped almost at the same time, Adriano was still behind him, and he didn't seem to have any chance...
Kyle pushed the ball, but he couldn't throw it up. His neck was stiff, and the ball hit his forehead, changed the line, and then flew into the goal against the post!
Frey didn't even make a save...
Own goal!!
Frankie Stadium was silent, and then Inter Milan fans cheered excitedly.
"Oh my goodness... Just seven minutes into the game, Fiorentina fell behind at home. The goal was their No. 5 central defender Sebastian Kyle, which was an own goal. The German defender was so unlucky!"
Kyle lowered his head and said nothing. The ball was pushed by Adriano in the back, but he did not use it as an excuse for a mistake. In the minds of the Germans, if a mistake is a mistake, there is no excuse.
Zhang Jun ran back from the frontcourt. He patted Kyle on the head and comforted him: "Don't think too much, it's still early. We can get it back and cheer up!"
Inter Milan picked up a big bargain, they surrounded the pass and interfered with Kyle's Solari and Adriano, congratulating them.
Inter Milan's official radio commentator shouted excitedly: "Who said Frankie is the home court of the devil? We are now leading 1:0! Kyle is in a hurry under the oppression of the 'King'! Fiorentina's fifteen rounds of unbeaten will end! They always have the upper hand when facing AC Milan, but facing us is a different way! Haha, own goal, God is on Inter Milan's side today!"
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The own goal in the seven-minute game did not defeat Fiorentina, but instead aroused the fighting spirit of these young people. Under Sabato's words and deeds, they now cannot see others celebrating in front of them. This is considered an insult to them. They "repay the grudge": If you make me shame, then I will give it back twice as much.
So if any Inter Milan fans think that Fiorentina will be in a mess, then they will have to raise their hearts to their throats to feel the offensive storm of Florence.
Florence seemed to be angered bull.
Mascherano passed it to Pazini, and Pazini directly gave the ball to Zhang Jun next to him. Zhang Jun jumped up and pushed the ball forward with his chest. He squeezed in between Peron and Matrachi, and then stopped the ball and hit it!
The ball bounced back on the ground, and Tordo was so embarrassed that he rode the football out of the baseline and corner kick!
When there is such a set piece in the frontcourt, Kyle will definitely run from the backcourt to participate in the offense for 50 meters. He will use his goals to wash away the shame just now.
He did grab the ball, but the rushing top was slightly higher than the crossbar, and Frankie sighed. But soon, the fans cheered for Fiorentina again, and then when Toldo was about to open the ball, the booed.
Fans are like Sabato. They support the home team and boo the enemy, let alone score the goal at their home court and lead the way?
As long as Inter Milan players get the ball, there will be a harsh booing over Frankie's court. Once the ball is at Florence's feet, the booing immediately turns into cheers. The fans' performance is like a well-trained soldier, uniform and will never misjudgment to Inter Milan, nor will they boo to Florence.
This is the power of Fiorentina's home court, the experienced Inter Milan, who was also a little uncomfortable in the face of this kind of scene and made some unnecessary mistakes.
Solari was booed the most, the loudest, because his cross led to Kyle's own goal.
Li Yan shook his head when he saw it: "This is really an extreme home court..."
Solari made a pass mistake in this huge boo. He mistakenly passed the ball to Uyfalusi. The schadenfreuz immediately sounded in the stands. Solari was quite dissatisfied with this. He rushed up to intercept the ball. Under Uyfalusi's protection, he couldn't stop. The fans cheered even louder. He was so angry that he pushed Uyfalusi from behind.
Now, the booing sounds became louder, filling people's eardrums, making people's heart beat faster. The referee showed Solari a yellow card, which was a deliberate act of revenge. It was not unfair to eat the card, but the fans were still reluctant to Solari. In addition to booing, there were also insults.
Any team or player who faces such a home court may lose his or her normal mind, right?
Xiang Tao drove the ball to the front court with his big feet. Kru blocked Li Yongle behind him and stopped the ball with his chest. Li Yongle pushed him, and he fell down with the trend. The referee's whistle sounded again, and the fans' booed again.
Li Yongle was extremely depressed. He didn't use any force just now. But looking at Kru's expression, he was still very innocent. I did, and it was indeed worthy of being a soldier brought by the rogue coach! One more shameless!
Fiorentina won a good frontcourt free kick, and Zhang Jun was willing to take the free kick. Inter Milan sent six people to build a wall and attached great importance to Zhang Jun.
"The goal is twenty-seven meters away, Zhang Jun is going to take the penalty, and Toldo is nervously commanding the wall. Perhaps it is also a great opportunity for Fiorentina to tie the score. Zhang Jun comes in and is in good shape. Let's take a look at this free kick."
Zhang Jun and Gas Baroni both stood in front of the ball, as if there was a feint. But Toldo believed that no matter what foreplay there was in front of the ball, Zhang Jun would definitely play in the end.
The referee whistle sounded, Gasbaroni turned around and ran towards the empty left. Someone started to rush towards Zhang Jun - this was a foul, but the ball was not kicked out, and the referee did not whistle, so it could be judged or not.
Zhang Jun rushed up, but poked the football directly to the left with his right foot!
Martins, who was rushing to the front, slid under his feet and fell to the ground. He was completely deceived. Not only him, but almost all Inter Milan players were deceived.
Inter Milan's captain Sanetti quickly turned around and rushed towards Gasbaloni, while the others all scattered and retreated to the penalty area to guard the defense.
Gasbaloni did not wait for Sanetti to come and directly crossed!
Samuel saved the front point, but the ball was not the front point. Cordoba in the middle pressed Pazini tightly and prevented him from jumping. Of course, he couldn't jump up himself. But he left the ball to Matrachi in the back and he cleared the ball.
Matrachi was behind, ready to jump up and head the ball to clear the ball. At this moment, Zhang Jun inserted it like lightning. He rushed in front of the slow Matrachi and rushed to the top!
This is a close attack!
Tordo waved his hand in a conditioned reflex and the football was lifted out of the crossbar, and it was another corner kick!
"Beautiful free kick cooperation! It disrupted Inter Milan's defense. The only regret is that Zhang Jun's header was too straight!"
Matrachi stood there, he was a little unbelievable. Zhang Jun rushed to the front of the door so quickly from outside the penalty area.
Jorgensen's corner kick also changed. He passed directly to the top of the arc outside the penalty area. Xiang Tao directly shot with a powerful shot, hitting the ball high...
Two minutes later, Fiorentina broke Recoba's ball in the backcourt and made a comeback. Mascherano passed the ball to Cru, but Cru kept stopping the ball and directly knocked the ball to Gasbaroni behind him, and then turned around and ran forward.
Gasbaloni did not get entangled with Sanetti. He passed the ball forward. Cru received the ball, and Li Yongle also turned around and caught up. He and Sanetti forced Cru to the side.
To be continued...