Chapter 8: The Leak King of Atlanta
Serie A second round, opponent Atalanta, away.
Last season, Atalanta finished 10th in the league and are considered a mid-table team, and it is this game that has received a lot of attention - because in the first three games, Fiorentina's two opponents were Brescia who had just been relegated and Lecce, who had just been promoted, and in terms of strength, they were not enough to pose the slightest threat to the now mighty Fiorentina.
But Atalanta is different now, although it is not a strong team, but it is indeed not easy to gain a foothold in the "small World Cup" of Serie A, which is known as no weak team - not to mention that last season's top scorer was in this team.
Philipp Inzaghi!
Last season, he made 33 appearances and scored a total of 24 goals, and such a high scoring efficiency made the major giants turn their attention to him - he should have gone to Juventus in the course of history, but it came down to Ling Feng's butterfly effect, and Inzaghi still stayed.
Trezeguet's early arrival has left Juventus with a lot of talent in the attack, and Lippi, who had a good impression of Inzaghi, finally gave up the 23-year-old Italian, while AC Milan, who had a poor record last season, thought Atalanta was selling too high a price - it has to be said that Galliani has never been willing to pay a huge price for any player.
And Moratti's forward line is also full after buying Ronaldo at a high price, and the transfer fee of $35 million offered by Atalanta is not worth it even for the rich oil tycoon - God knows how he mustered up the courage to buy Juventus' Vieri for a sky-high price of 50 million.
At that time, Vieri's own fame was not as influential as the sky-high transfer record he set......
The three giants refused to throw an olive branch to Inzaghi, and the World Cup in France is approaching, Inzaghi naturally refuses to let go of the opportunity to be selected for the national team - so he refused the invitation of overseas giants and continued to stay in Atalanta, he believes that with his own strength, he will be able to attract the attention of more giants.
It's just that for this Italian striker, who has been hyped up by today's Italian media, he is now looking at his teammates in the backfield with a depressed face on the pitch - the game has been going on for more than ten minutes, and he has not touched it again except for feeling the ball when he sent the halfway ball.
"It's very easy to deal with Inzaghi," Ling Feng interjected when Maradona was assigning tasks before the game: "Atro Sandro (Nesta) can kill him alone, but you have to be careful, if that guy breaks through with the ball, you let him break through, as long as you don't let him into the box, he is a waste." ”
Given that Ling Feng was able to dig up players who were not yet well-known such as Nesta, Cannavaro and Shepchenko in advance, everyone already knew that Ling Feng had a book of world football players in his stomach - but they didn't know where he got it, and what year it was up to......
Anyway, Ling Feng seemed to know every player who was a little better, and knew their characteristics and strengths and weaknesses well.
It was only during the competition that I realized that Ling Feng's arrangement was really useless......
Patrick Vieira was stuck in the back, the ball couldn't be passed at all, and even if he happened to pass a ball, Nesta was in front of Inzaghi to cut it off.
But the main reason for this is that Fiorentina's attack is too fierce!
Baggio and Barty, the duo is the striker that makes all the backlines fearful, and the unpredictable passing of Effenberg behind him makes the Atlanta defenders' heads go big, not to mention Ling Feng, who can see this Chinese teenager everywhere.
"Costa, this way!" Ling Feng shouted loudly on the left side, Rui Costa didn't even look at him, and rubbed his right foot under the ball before the opposing defender.
The ball landed accurately in front of Ling Feng, but Ling Feng did not stop the ball, put the ball in the air with his right heel, and the ball produced a refraction and flew into the penalty area!
It was a brilliant pass, Batistuta in front of him was not greedy, such an angle was not suitable for him to attack, but - for Robert Baggio behind him!
Barty's run managed to attract the attention of all the Atlanta defenders, and just as the ball was about to hit his head, the god of war cleverly deflected his head past the ball, and Robert Baggio in the back, no one defended!
Atalanta's goalkeeper Piato saw a handsome ponytail flick and the ball flew into the area on his right.
1:0! Fourteen minutes into the first half, Fiorentina scored the ball through a brilliant upfield combination, and the goal was scored by Robert Baggio, who is never good at heading goals!
Played in three games, this was Baggio's fourth goal, at this time AC Milan fans have scolded Sacchi to the bottom, such a good player, Sacchi this guy just didn't give him a chance to play - AC Milan won the eleventh place in the league, but he also took a little compensation from the club to fire him squid and patted his ass and left - and also made Baggio leave the Rossoneri!
It's really hard to compare, when the Prince of Melancholy returns to the San Siro stadium, will he take revenge on the team that wasted a precious year of his precious time?
AC Milan fans recalled the scene last season when Ling Feng, Baggio and Effenberg did not join, Fiorentina slaughtered themselves 4:0, and now such a group of perverted guys have been added, even if Baggio is nostalgic, what about the others?
Weah is old, Baresi is about to retire, AC Milan's offensive line and defense have made fans very dissatisfied, think about the glory of the Three Musketeers, how can they be so angry?
Considering the away game against Fiorentina in two weeks' time, AC Milan fans are in a state of panic.
The complaints of AC Milan fans could not be heard by the players in Atalanta, but at this time, the boos of the 20,000 home fans resounded at the Azuri Stadium - because Fiorentina made 47 consecutive passes in the Atalanta half!
That's the scariest thing about Fiorentina right now, when it comes to scoring goals, any one of them can have a flash of inspiration at a crucial moment, but what's really scary is that these technologically perverted guys have merged into a single body, and they're not playing the game now, they're enjoying it!
The forty-eighth foot passed to the feet of Batistuta, the Argentine god of war leaned on the defender next to him is a powerful volley, fortunately Piato's position was very good, and he hit the ball far away with both fists - but this shot also made Piato's wrist tremble - Batistuta's shooting power was too great!
It's no wonder that, as the only player in the game of football to score a perfect score in both power and accuracy, Batistuta's shot will be a nightmare for all goalkeepers.
Even Ling Feng, his shooting power was only 97, and his accuracy was full - although it was only two points short and could be completely ignored when used - but it did not reach full state.
Forty-eight consecutive passes were more embarrassing than the opponent passing the goalkeeper and taking the ball into the empty net.
Inzaghi chose to defend at this time, and he couldn't pass the ball from his teammates in front of him - it's just that an offensive player like him is a return defense, and it's just adding a moving pillar to his own half, but it is not as effective as him in the front court to contain the opposing defender and dare not press too much.
The one who wins the midfielder wins the world.
Fiorentina's midfield can be described as the most luxurious and coordinated midfield in the world, more coordinated than the composition of Zidane, Beckham and Figo.
In terms of strength, Fiorentina and Real Madrid's future midfielders are similar, but when it comes to coordination and organization, Real Madrid are far behind.
Rui Costa distributed the ball to Thuram on the flank, and the Frenchman took a step forward, and in Fiorentina he felt a completely different atmosphere from Parma - no one blames you for how you have to do it, which route you have to take, here, if you want and can do it, it doesn't matter if you dribble the ball all the way to the opposition box from the goal - provided you have the ability to do it, of course.
In Ling Feng's words: "We want to play a different style from Serie A!" Go up, you've got Fabio (Cannavaro) behind you. ”
Thuram and Cannavaro, who are also teammates of Parma, have a very good relationship, and it is Cannavaro who also encourages Thuram, he should not be just a defensive full-back, but a full-back like Cafu who can do perfect assists, and he and Robert Carlos are important magic weapons for Fiorentina to open up the opponent's backline.
Of course, the relationship between the two men is also very strange – not to mention arriving at Fiorentina at the same time – and it is in the history that it should have happened, the two have also become team-mates at two clubs, first Parma and then Juventus.
Maradona also spoke highly of the 24-year-old Italian central defender, because in ordinary training, even Ling Feng did not dare to break through this guy one-on-one.
"Can you blame me?" When he mentioned this, Ling Feng was a handful of snot and tears: "That guy is too ruthless, this is training!" What if you get me down? ”
Forget to mention that Cannavaro is world-famous for his ferocity when he breaks the ball......
It's just that then again, the kid Cannavaro is now under the special care of Maradona - for the simple reason that Cannavaro was born in Naples, and when he was young, it happened to be the time of the old horse's glory in Naples.
At this time, Inzaghi undoubtedly suffered a big loss from Cannavaro, and it has always been Nesta who has been marking this leakage king, but when Fiorentina sends a corner kick or a free kick in front, Nesta rushes up to grab the header, and the responsibility of defense is handed over to Cannavaro.
Poor Inzaghi, almost humanoid from being shoveled by Cannavaro......
It's humiliating to be pressed in front of your folks, but Atalanta's inability to organise an effective attack is due to the weakness of their midfield – which also serves as a lesson to other teams that they can only win the battle against Fiorentina if they have a firm grip on the midfield.
As last season's top scorer, Inzaghi is very depressed right now, his teammates' passes can't pass, his breakthrough can't pass, and Nesta and Cannavaro in front of him seem to be two hateful bears blind, pounced again and again to interrupt their dreams - well, it's a really uncomfortable feeling.
At this time, a long pass from the defender fell in front of Inzaghi again, and not surprisingly, Inzaghi heard the terrible bear roar, and his body subconsciously moved to the side, Cannavaro rushed over, and kicked the ball back.
Well, known as the fastest reflex player in the world, Inzaghi's reflexes saved his life......
I forgot to add that in the statistics of the football game, Inzaghi is the only player with full reaction speed......
was ridiculing the hapless Inzaghi, at this time Fiorentina extended the score, and in the twenty-seven minutes of the first half, captain Batistuta contributed to Fiorentina, and the score expanded to 2:0.
Well, in this format, Fiorentina's players will compete for the top scorer in Serie A, and maybe one or three will be produced in the Purple Lily - Ling Feng, Batistuta and Roberto Baggio have already held the record of scoring goals in their appearances - but I don't know how long this record will hold.
Atalanta are not completely out of chances, at least they can threaten Fiorentina's door with a handful of set-pieces – and they do just that.
Inzaghi's reaction speed was even faster than Ling Feng's, and it was this fraction of a second that was enough for him to seize an opportunity to break the goal.
Just when the first half of the game was about to end, Atalanta got the opportunity to take a set-piece on the side of the front, and after the ball was passed into the penalty area, Nesta did not push the ball out, but stayed in the Fiorentina penalty area, and at this time, a white figure flashed and stabbed the ball on tiptoe!
The ball goes into the net! 1:2! Inzaghi finally scored a face-saving goal for Atalanta!
It's just that, unlike the cheering Atlanta fans, those who watched the game from the sidelines knew that Inzaghi's goal directly pushed Atalanta to a dead end......