Chapter 127: The Battle of Werder Bremen (End)
Prato didn't give up on attacking after tying the scoreline and today they seemed ready to continue that form to the end. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
In the 41st minute, Prato's pressed back line broke the ball in midfield, and Materazzi poked the ball away with his long legs and quickly passed it to Effenberg, who had already run out of space. The tiger didn't look at the direction of the pass at all, and it was a slightly curling drop ball into the front court. While the fans and Bremen players were still speculating about the purpose of the pass, a muscular figure with curly hair ran to the point where the ball landed with full sprint. Although the 20-year-old does not have the trademark beard of his later generations and looks a little immature, his explosive muscles are already beginning to take shape, and he is ready to shoot the ball like a lawn mower against the turf.
The Bremen goalkeeper, although very attentive and caught the trajectory of the ball in time, clearly underestimated Tomasi's strength. As a result, the ball was unexpectedly pounced, and there was chaos in the penalty area for a while. A ghostly figure appeared in front of the ball for the first time, as if it had expected the ball to fly in this direction, and its keen sense of smell amazed all the viewers watching the ball in front of the TV. However, at a critical time, the Bremen veteran Schaff made a meritorious service, although he did not have Philippe. Inzaghi's talent allows him to judge the trajectory of the ball in advance, but he has more than a decade of experience in professional football, a valuable asset that has allowed him to recognise danger the moment a goalkeeper pounces on the ball, like a cheetah with tense hairs pounced on the most likely threat.
Inzaghi's close-range shot was blocked by Schaff, and Bremen escaped and launched a counter-attack, and no defensive tactic can simply curl up at the back, that would just sit back and wait for defeat.
However, when a Bremen player receives a kick from inside the box and passes the ball to the team's attacking playmaker, Mario. Basler was cut off by the Prato players around Basler's side, and it was Damiano who was still shooting in front of the goal. Tomasi, at this moment, the Bremen player who passed the ball felt that the whole person was not good. Does this guy have a doppelganger? Why is his shadow everywhere in the front and back courts.
This kind of fierce attack and defense back and forth lasted until the end of the first half, and the score was fixed at 1:1. This made Chrissy, who was broadcasting live in the studio, breathe a sigh of relief, and in the ten minutes just now, he had begun to sweat on his bald head. The beautiful anchor Brewin next to him will not let him go, in fact, the commentators of the European game are very individual, and there is no shortage of people who quarrel with each other when commenting on the game, which is far less harmonious than the commentary of the Celestial Empire.
"The two runs of the Prato No.18 Tomasi attack and defend were so exciting, let's take a look at the stats of this player, oh my God! The data shows that Damiano. Tomasi has traveled an average of 13,200 metres per game in all the games he has played in this tournament, which is a staggering statistic, considering that the average distance traveled by players in Europe's four major leagues announced last year was less than 9,000 metres. ”
"And Prato's forward number nine, huh...... Philip. Inzaghi, only 21 years old this year, he has had a few wonderful runs before, just now in front of the goal is a deadly threat, let's take a look at the slow motion, originally jogging next to the Bremen defender Inzaghi, in the moment his teammates shot, rushed out at full speed, the direction is the goalkeeper pounced on the ball to get rid of the landing point, in the process of the ball flight to judge the direction of the goalkeeper may get out of the hand, this is how keen observation! If none of those players are talented, what else is? ”
In fact, as a real insider, he has long seen the strangeness of Prato's group of players, and he also knows that the comments that have not been investigated before the game are too arbitrary, but if you let it out, it is like water that is spilled, and it is not so easy to collect it. Fortunately, the score is still tied now, and he still has room to struggle.
However, the change in the opening of the second half completely drove him into the abyss. In this game, Prato's left side is matched with Ma Minyu and Leonardo, although Ma Minyu's position is left forward, and Leonardo's position is left back, but in fact, it is Leonardo who plays the offense and Ma Minyu who plays the defense, which is an extremely strange configuration in Prato, as early as when Prato was still in the second league, Ma Minyu and Pesoto were so matched.
The reason for this is the characteristics of the player, Ma Minyu's ultra-long attack range and 45-degree cross ability, so that he does not have to hit near the baseline to pose a threat, can stay in a relatively deep position to supplement the defense of teammates, in fact, he plays the role of a left-sided midfielder. And when he draws the opponent's midfield and backfield defence, Prato's attacking left-back can often surprise and cause surprise.
This was the case in the 48th minute of the opening second half, when Ma Minyu and Leonardo made a wall link on the left flank, instantly tearing a small hole in Bremen's tight defence. Leonardo dribbled the ball at high speed, and the next moment it became a wonderful performance of Brazilian samba, the upper body swinged back and forth like a willow in the wind, and the ball seemed to stick to Leonardo's feet. However, even then he couldn't keep out Leonardo, and after a brilliant stop, Leonardo, who was already close to the baseline, passed the ball out.
The ball arced through the air and found Vieri in the box like a guided missile. Even compared to the supposedly strong German, Vieri was noticeably larger, and his blue Prato jersey was propped up by him. In fact, Vieri is not very tall compared to the famous center forward in everyone's impression, only 185cm, but the rugby player's body gives him more standing space.
At this point, it can be seen that the two Bremen defenders almost completely clamped him in front of him, but still gave him plenty of room to jump, and his inhuman strength also ensured that he could still jump high enough even with a person hanging from him.
A standard lion flick his head, the ball hit the bottom edge of the goal frame and bounced into the net, the Bremen goalkeeper only had time to raise his hand, and the ball was so powerful that the goal frame was still "buzzing" after the ball flew into the net.
The comeback goal sparked a tsunami-like shout at the Bissenchio Stadium, with cheers one after another lasting and enduring.
However, it wasn't Prato's last goal of the game. Just five minutes later, Prato made a comeback, this time on the right flank, but Son Seunghae, who was partnered with him on the right, was not yet able to help Doni break through the Bremen defence, although he gradually adapted to the atmosphere of the game and behaved in a decent manner. Although Prato overtook the score, Rehhagel's defense that has been operating in Bremen for more than a decade is by no means so easy to break through.
Seeing that he couldn't find a chance on the right, Doni flipped the ball down the middle and handed it to Effenberg, the heart of Prato's playmaker. Due to the fact that many previous attacks were initiated by Effenberg, and posed a great threat to the Bremen defence. So Bremen sent a defensive midfielder to keep an eye on Effenberg. However, Effenberg's style of play is also a strange one in the football world, he almost never carries the ball or keeps the ball at his feet for long periods of time, he takes the ball again after receiving the ball and then leads the team with a run to receive it. This made it extremely difficult for opponents to keep him down with close marking, so despite the best efforts of Bremen's defensive midfield, they were unable to stop Effenberg's imaginative pass.
This time it was still Tomasi who received the ball, and his strong running ability gave him a huge range of motion, which made it extremely difficult for opponents to defend him.
Seeing Tomasi pick up his thighs at the edge of the penalty area, the Bremen defenders rushed out like crazy, and no one dared to guarantee that once Tomasi's shooting power made him draw within the range of the goal frame, the goalkeeper would have time to react.
However, just as the Bremen defenders desperately blocked Tomasi's shooting route, Tomasi's high right leg suddenly fell gently, rubbing an arc with the outside instep, and the landing point was the empty space in front of the goal.
"Good shot!" Even some amateur fans in front of the TV could tell that it was a well-aware behind-the-back pass. Inzaghi appeared in that position like a ghost again, and it was unbelievable that the five-year-old Tomasi had such an excellent passing sense, which surprised many brick beasts who saw him as a sapper-type midfielder.
This time Thomas. Schaff could no longer salvage his team and kept out Inzaghi's shot because it was he who had been desperately rushing towards Tomasi.
Inzaghi volleyed the ball into the net with a semi-recumbent sideways shot, and that familiar use of every part of the body was another of Inzaghi's famous skills.
Falling behind by two goals left the Bremen fans from afar silent. The German celebrity Klisch, who was commentating the game in the studio, had long since lost his words, as if someone had choked his neck, and his face turned red.
In the end, he had to squeeze out a few dry words: "There are still more than 30 minutes left in the game, Bremen still has a chance, as long as they make timely adjustments, they will definitely be able to save the situation on the field." ”
However, the "Otto the Great" Rehhagel, who made him have high hopes, did not come up with a countermeasure from the beginning to the end, he just walked from the seat of the coach's seat to the sidelines, and looked coldly at the Bremen players playing on the field.
Strange to say, the Bremen team, which was originally a little flustered because Prato scored two goals in five minutes, gradually calmed down under Rehhagel's eyes, returned to normal kicking, and the scene stabilized again.
Prato continued their ferocious attack, while Bremen held the defence under the leadership of Schaff and kept the net open. However, Rehhagel's adjustment to turn defeat into victory has not yet arrived, and as time passes, people seem to believe that Rehhagel has resigned himself to his fate.
Because until the 80th minute of the game, the situation on the field still did not change. Just then, a Bremen midfielder went to the ground injured while fighting for possession with Tomasi, when Rehhagel called in a right winger to replace him.
For such an ordinary substitution, the Prato players did not arouse vigilance, and still attacked the Bremen goal until the 89th minute, some Bremen fans who could not bear to see a small team of the team slaughtered chose to leave the field early, even the most optimistic people did not think that Bremen could win this game.
That's exactly what happened, but before the end, Bremen broke the ball in the backfield once, Schaff found the new right winger with a big foot, although the Bremen player looked a little rough in his skills, but the speed was strange, Leonardo's assist on the left side of Prato had not come back to the front, Ma Minyu's absolute speed was not fast, and he could only chase behind the right winger of Bremen when he lost the opportunity.
Werder Bremen's counter-attack was fast, and in an instant it formed a situation of more and less in the front court. Eventually, Basler received a pass to complete the fatal blow. However, even Klich said that Werder Bremen's counter-attack came too late, that the goal was just a consolation goal, and that Rehhagel's slow response was to blame for the defeat.
But is that really the case? Seeing Rehhagel on the sidelines with no expression, no sadness or joy at the final whistle, Chen Lin always felt a deep uneasiness, he didn't know where the reason came from, after all, the team won at home, or against a top European team like Bremen, he knew that he should be happy, not worried for no reason.
So he tried to let go of his mood and join the team and fans who were celebrating. This is the semi-final of the three major European cups, and it has never been in Prato's 86-year history that it has won at such a high level. Countless Prato fans joined in the celebrations, ranging from native Italian residents, the largest number of local Chinese workers in Prato, and overseas Chinese who came from all over Italy. At this moment, they seem to have temporarily let go of each other's estrangement and enjoyed the joy together.
And Prato's performance in this game has also greatly overturned the judgment of some media in Germany and Italy, and several Prato players who had performed extremely well against Arsenal in the last round have once again attracted the attention of the media, if the game against Arsenal can only be said to be a flash in the pan, then in this game, the performance of Effenberg, Leonardo, Inzaghi, Tomasi, Vieri and others has proved that they do have the ability to be super players. Some of the giants who had already paid close attention to Prato were even more wolf-eyed against them, and now not only Serie A teams, but also England, Germany and even the whole of Europe know such a club in Serie B, but full of talented players. (To be continued.) )