Chapter 105: Zero to One

Seven days later, the fourth round of Asian Cup qualifiers began, with China beating Lebanon 1-0 at home, with captain John Dewey scoring the only goal of the game with a header in the 19th minute. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info In this regard, the Chinese team has nine points in four games, three wins and one loss, and the qualifying situation is very optimistic.

Also on the same day, the thirteenth round of competition in Serie A began, and due to the time difference, Chinese fans would not be able to see the Serie A stars until the evening. Tonight, CCTV 5 will broadcast the match of Fiorentina live, and their opponent is Parma.

Because of the presence of Zhang Shujie and Li Mu, the Chinese media created momentum in advance. Domestic fans can feast their eyes tonight, first watching China's victory over Lebanon, and then watching the two Chinese youngsters perform in a foreign country.

Although the two of them are still two supporting roles for the time being.

The two parties also learned in advance from their relatives and friends that China would broadcast the game live tonight, and they were all holding back their strength, they only hoped that Guidolin could give them more time to play and earn more face in front of their hometown fathers.

How could Guidolin know these things, and even if he did, he would not change his tactics just because China was going to broadcast the game. In his tactical arrangement, Zhang Shujie is a substitute, and Li Mu is also a substitute.

Parma were playing away from home, so in the afternoon the players and coaches travelled to Fiorentina on the players' bus. Fiorentina is also known as the "Emerald of Fiorentina", and the team is called the "Purple Lily" because the lily is the symbol of the city of Florence and the team's crest is also a lily.

Speaking of which, the Florentine fans are somewhat arrogant, perhaps for some historical reasons, Florence is the birthplace of the European Renaissance movement and a world-famous cultural tourist destination. So although Fiorentina's football is not too glorious, compared to Milan and Juventus, the city's fans have always looked down on other teams.

However, Fiorentina is not an ordinary person, the honor is not as good as Milan Juventus, but the stars produced are not bad at all, just in the past 20 years, there are the god of war Batistuta and the classical forward Rui Costa, these two are enough to make the fans of "Fei Leng Cui" proud for most of their lives.

But Guidolin didn't come to Florence today to pay homage to Barty and Costa, he was leading his disciples to play.

At the pre-match press conference, the managers of both teams complimented each other, and anyone could tell that this was only superficial. No matter how beautiful the coach's mouth is, the players will not show mercy on the pitch.

Guidolin hurried to lay out his final tactics in the dressing room, reminding his disciples to keep an eye out for Fiorentina's two strikers: Mutu and Gilardino.

Mutu missed a number of games last season due to injury, but he still scored thirteen goals. As for Gilardino, he arrived at Fiorentina after last year's frustration at AC Milan and has scored 24 goals for the team at all competitions, including 19 in the league and five in the Champions League, making him the team's top scorer.

Guidolin gave the task of defending Gilardino to Panucci, both Italians, who had worked together in the national team and knew each other better. The rest of the squad will play a zone-based defense and be sure to keep Fiorentina's offensive at bay.

The broadcast of this game was narrated by Liu Jianhong, and the guest commentator was Zhang Lu, since Huang Jianxiang left CCTV, the two have basically been hosting Serie A, and they have cooperated for a long time, and they can be called old partners.

The game has not officially started, the players have not yet entered the field, the two chattered for a long time, and said that Parma and Fiorentina have a gap in strength, and that a draw is even a victory, of course, they still say the most about Zhang Shujie and Li Mu's evaluation, although Director Zhang is nicknamed "Zhang Hehehe" by domestic fans, but his level and vision are still quite good. At least the positioning of these two Chinese teenagers in Parma is still very objective.

Wang Shihan sat on the sofa, bored listening to the long talk of the two, today she finally doesn't have to guard the computer, and her father Wang Qingzhe also accompanied her to watch the game. Wang Qingzhe is an old fan, and in their time, it was almost impossible to see European events in the early days. In 1989, China introduced Serie A for the first time, when AC Milan established a dynasty, and the strength of the Milan dynasty swept the entire European continent, and Wang Qingzhe also became a loyal fan of AC Milan at that time.

It's just that in the past ten years, he has been busy with business, and he has very little time to watch football, so he rarely has time today, so he will accompany his daughter to watch a ball game.

At this time, Liu Jianhong, who was discussing Zhenghuan with Zhang Lu, said: "Okay, now the game is about to start, the players of the two teams have already played, let's turn the TV screen to the scene." ”

In the picture, the 22 main players of Parma and Fiorentina, led by three referees on duty, walked into the stadium. Zhang Shujie's group of substitutes had to go to the bench and sit down obediently and wait for the coach's instructions.

"Shihan, you said that the two Chinese teenagers in Parma are your classmates?" asked Wang Qingzhe softly.

Wang Shihan drank Coke and slowly replied, "Just one." The other is his friend. ”

"They don't seem to be in the main force. ”

"As for the two newcomers, they are still substitutes. Wang Shihan said, and asked, "Dad, where is Mom, why don't you come to visit?"

"Your mom is upstairs, where can she read football? ”

Both teams stood on the pitch, with Gilardino and Mutu standing at the halfway point. Just wait for the referee to blow the whistle and the ball is ready to kick off.

The camera swept over the faces of Zhang Shujie and Li Mu, and then returned to the field, the referee's whistle sounded, Gilardino knocked the ball to Mutu, and ran towards the front court, Mutu passed the ball back to Montolivo, letting the midfielder control the ball first.

Liu Jianhong's voice came from the TV: "The game officially started, Fiorentina attacked from left to right in the first half, and Parma attacked from right to left. Fiorentina are in a 4-3-1-2 formation with goalkeeper No. 1 Frei, four defenders No. 21 Comoto, No. 5 Gambellini, No. 3 Dainelli and No. 6 Vargas, with Dainelli as captain, three midfielders No. 22 Kuzmanovic, No. 32 Marchisio and No. 18 Montolivo, No. 8 Jovetic up front, and two forwards No. 10 Mutu and No. 11 Gilardino. This is also the strongest squad of Fiorentina at the moment!"

Parma is in a 4-4-2 formation today, with Mirante 83 in goal, Zenoni 23 in defenders, Panucci 19, Parsi 24 and Castellini in the rear, four in midfield 14 Gallopa, 25 Strassell, 17 Córdoba and 4 captain Morrone, and 43 Palowski and 86 Bodinov in the forwards. In this game, Zhang Shujie and Li Mu were temporarily sitting on the bench. ”

Just three minutes into the game, Fiorentina completed their first attack amid the shouts of 40,000 fans, Jovetic went straight through the middle, Mutu successfully countered offside, burst into the penalty area with the ball, Mirante stepped forward to save, Mutu pushed a right-footed shot into the far corner, and the ball grazed the post and rolled out of the bottom line.

At the moment of his shot, Fiorentina coach Prandelli had already stood up from the dugout, ready to cheer for his disciples, but when he saw that the ball did not go in, he sighed and sat down.

Mutu shook his head and walked back, this kind of opportunity should not have been wasted.

Chen Hui and Shen Hao are still sitting in the press box, and as long as they are still in Italy, they will not miss every Parma game. In public and private, they all have to come to the scene to watch.

Liu Jianhong said with a smile: "Today, Fiorentina launched an offensive as soon as they came up, and it is estimated that the head coach wants the players to take all three points." ”

Zhang Lu also said: "Fiorentina have gone two games without a win and are currently in seventh place in the standings, and their goal is to reach the Champions Cup. This round is a relatively weak Parma, and Fiorentina will definitely take advantage of the opportunity to get points. ”

"If it had been before, Fiorentina might have had more supporters in China, but this year is different, and maybe Chinese fans still want Parma to win. ”

"Hey, this ...... It's all because of Parma, Zhang Shujie and Li Mu. ”

"Yes...... Ah, let's take a look at the attack, Jovetic, hit the goal!

Jovetic was holding his head on the pitch, and he seemed to be more annoyed than Mutu had just done. The goal was a direct counter-attack from Montolivo after a break in midfield, with Gilardino heading a little over the edge of the box and Jovetic cutting in to shoot straight over the crossbar.

With only six minutes to play, Fiorentina had two dangerous shots on goal, but Parma's two strikers couldn't even touch the ball, and Guidolin couldn't just watch and do nothing. The so-called good things are only three, the first two times have been avoided, and the third time is difficult to say.

He shouted from the sidelines, telling his players to pay attention to the defense and not be careless. The team has been unbeaten in four consecutive games, and as head coach Guidolin, of course, he hopes to maintain this momentum and strive for five games unbeaten, even if it is a 0-0 match.

But Florence is not a vegetarian, although it is not as good as the traditional top three, but the historical background is incomparable to Parma. Fiorentina have improved significantly in the last two years, finishing fourth in the league last year, followed by Juventus and Milan.

In the thirteen rounds, the strongest team Parma has encountered is Inter Milan, which lost 0:4 in that game, which can be regarded as seeing the toughness of the defending champions. The second strongest team was AC Milan, with Parma lucky to pick up a point against a wounded Rossoneri. And this round of Fiorentina can be called the "third strong" team that Parma has encountered. In this situation, Guidolin wants not to concede a goal, unless the opponent is the Chinese team, not only will he not concede the goal, but he also has to consider how many goals the Chinese team will score to win.

Palowski finally touched the ball, but he was thirty meters from goal and couldn't shoot at all. He wanted to pass it to his partner Bodinov, but the route was stuck again, so he had to choose to pass it back.

Cordoba received his return pass and observed the situation on the field, Bodinov reached out for the ball, Palowski ran to the front and also asked for the ball, Cordoba hesitated for a while, who should he pass to?

It was this moment of hesitation, and the Fiorentina player leaned behind him. Morrone yelled: "Watch the back!"

Córdoba was stunned, only to see a leg stretched out next to him, Montolivo put the ball in a bucket, the ball was out of Córdoba's control, and with the assistance of Kuzmanovic who was back on the defensive, he snatched the ball back.

Morrone spread his hands and faced Córdoba: "Oh my God! What are you doing?"

Córdoba didn't speak, making a "sorry" gesture.

He does have a lot of responsibility for this goal, and if he is succeeded by Fiorentina's counter-attack, his responsibility will be even greater.

Li Mu whispered: "It's strange, how can he hesitate to this kind of ball? It is obvious that it should be given to Palowski just now, his position is very good, just pick one over the top." ”

"I guess I'm worried that Palosky won't be able to pick it up. Zhang Shujie explained.

"Whether you can receive the ball or not, it has nothing to do with Córdoba. As a midfielder, he just has to find a way to pass the ball to the striker, as long as the pass is not too outrageous, it is not his fault that the striker can't receive the ball. ”

"So, blame the striker?"

"Not necessarily, maybe the opposing defenders are well defended and it's a little difficult to get the ball in, and you can't blame the strikers at this time. ”

A smile appeared at the corner of Zhang Shujie's mouth: "It is worthy of being the first high school in China, and it is analyzed so carefully." ”

Li Mu followed his "compliment" and said: "I'm not an ordinary front waist. ”

"Of course, of course, you are the kind of midfielder that Rival Dototti can pass and shoot at the same time. ”

The two friends were chatting on the bench, they were not on the field, they were not as nervous as the eleven players, and they had a clearer sense of the situation. The authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear.

Fiorentina's counter-attack hit Parma's back, and all four midfielders including Morrone returned to defend. Mutu was caught between Castellini and Gallopa and still passed the ball to Jovetic, who was about 20 metres from goal and unguarded in the middle, Strassell rushed up to grab the ball and Parsi went to block his possible shot.

Montolivo intervened from behind and disrupted Parma's defence. Gilardino was also on the move, and Panucci was on his heels, and his task was to keep an eye on Gilardino. Jovetic made a pass feint and then slammed it in the opposite direction, creating a gap.

It was still twenty meters away, and everyone thought he was going to shoot, and even Zenoni leaned in from the side. Jovetic took a shot at his feet and the ball flew to the right side of the six-yard box.

Mutu appeared in time for the place where it should be. He had squandered a chance in close proximity, and he would not miss it this time.

Mirante struck. Mutu tightened his foot and volleyed in before Mirante could make a save.

gooooooooooal!

After the goal, Mutu yelled and ran to the stands, waving his arms at the celebratory fans. Prandelli also frowned, and after two missed chances, Mutu finally took his chance for the third time.

Guidolin and Prandelli were the opposite, frowning and after only ten minutes of play, his team fell behind and conceded a premature goal disrupted his deployment. The team didn't form a good offensive and if it went on like this, they would concede goals again.