Chapter Ninety-Six: Van Gaal Tricked
Garrincha dunked, Matthews passed, flicked the tail, Cruyff turned, Ling Feng used the above four top dribbles to break through the interceptions of five defenders in a row, and the last shot was ...... Let's take a closer look at the last shot.
Judging from the slow motion, after Ling Feng made Cruyff turn and break through Puyol, the balance of his body was no longer under his control, which means that although the ball was in front of Ling Feng, he couldn't adjust his body in time to handle the shot properly.
And Portugal's international Baia is very experienced, although he was taken aback by Ling Feng's continuous breakthrough just now, but he also knew that Ling Feng was powerless to shoot this ball out next-a person who was about to fall, what else could he threaten?
But what he didn't expect was that Ling Feng actually took an unconventional toe stab at the moment he fell!
When I was a child in training, all the players were sternly warned by the coaches not to poke the ball with their toes, because when they were young, the players had relatively little strength, and the toe poke could hit the fastest shot - but the damage to the feet was huge.
As the players get older and their skills grow, the power of the toe poke is not as good as touching the ball with the inside instep or the front foot, and it is not easy to determine the route of the ball on the toes, so in the tournament, few people will poke the ball with their toes.
But when Ling Feng lost his balance and couldn't make a leg swing action, the poke of his toes became his magic weapon to win.
Because there was no leg swing, the goalkeeper could not make a judgment in advance, and the Portuguese international was stabbed through the crotch by Ling Feng, which was second only to the shame of being passed and brought the ball into the empty goal for the goalkeeper.
This trick is not Ling Feng's original, there is a player who often uses this way of shooting in the game - lone wolf, Romario!
Known as the king of the penalty area, Romario, his kung fu in the penalty area is unbeatable, and he is not as good as Baggio and Ronaldo in breakthroughs, but when it comes to seizing opportunities, it is Philip, who is known as the fastest reaction in the world• I'm sick, me?
In the semi-finals of the 1994 World Cup against Sweden, Romario easily stabbed his toe shot surrounded by several defenders; His junior, Ronaldo, followed suit in the semi-final of the '02 World Cup against Turkey, stabbing his toe into the Turkish goalkeeper Rustu, who was second only to Kahn at the time, to react.
"Gather the heads of a hundred schools!" This is the media's evaluation of Ling Feng after the game.
Ling Feng's brilliant goal here ignited the fuse of joy in Fiorentina's City Hall Square, and the fans forgot that their team had only equalised, and such a goal that could go down in history made the fans forget the current score - including the Barcelona fans.
If you look at the world, you can't find a second player who can do all of this.
Not to mention anything else, just the action of flicking the tail of the ox from side to side, no second person can do it!
Several of Fiorentina's defenders who have seen this continuous passing are chilling all over their bodies - although Ling Feng has maintained a fairly high goal rate since coming to Fiorentina, it is rare to have such a wonderful breakthrough performance, and the above passes, even Vieira, Thuram, Nesta and Cannavaro's four-person joint defense may not be able to block - in case Ling Feng is in good shape in the World Cup and suddenly plays such a breakthrough, it will be really dangerous.
But at the same time, several people are also feeling sorry for Ling Feng, although it is the semi-finals of the European Champions Cup, but the influence is still not as good as the World Cup, if Ling Feng uses his juggling shots in the World Cup - almost every one of them can go down in history!
However, now that Ling Feng can play such a pass, who can guarantee that he can't do it in the World Cup? Who can say that the strength of some national teams in the World Cup can be compared to giants like Barcelona?!
The game continued, Ling Feng's goal made Fiorentina inject a stimulant, and Baggio, who was not willing to be lonely, also started their performance, and the last ten minutes of the first half became a paradise for Fiorentina to perform.
The player's performance depends on the state, Ling Feng's goal undoubtedly stimulated Baggio and others, although everyone is a good teammate, but it does not mean that there is no competition among everyone.
Baggio was the first to attack, receiving a through ball from Rui Costa and quickly smashing back to deflect off Johar and smash a shot from the edge of the box.
Thanks to Baiya's quick reflexes, he was able to keep the ball out of the line.
However, Batistuta took advantage of the corner to press past Pep Guardiola behind him, and received a pass from Effenberg to head the ball just over the crossbar.
Two threatening shots in quick succession shocked the Barcelona players into a cold sweat.
But Fiorentina's crazy attack is not over, although there was no shot on goal in the next few minutes, but the ball has been firmly controlled at the feet of the Fiorentina players, until injury time, Fiorentina finally opened the door to Barcelona with such a strong attack!
The player who scored the goal turned out to be Robert•Carlos!
In the case of not being able to open the situation, the free kick has become the magic weapon of Fiorentina to win - and Fiorentina's free kick masters are not so many in the world.
Ling Feng, Baggio, Barty, Carlos, as well as Rui Costa and Effenberg.
The goal emulated Inter's last-minute goal in the Coppa Italia. In stoppage time, Baggio was shaken down in front of the box and Fiorentina were awarded a free-kick from around 23 metres in a great position.
Ling Feng, Baggio, and Carlos stood in front of the ball, and just like against Inter Milan, everyone focused on Ling Feng.
Baggio was the first to run, followed by Ling Feng, and then Carlos who was the farthest away - to be precise, Carlos and Ling Feng started at the same time, but he was the farthest away, so he ran behind.
Barcelona's human wall is still relatively high, and this ball is relatively close to the gate, so Ling Feng is not completely sure that he will be able to hit the ball.
Baggio is a feint! This was expected by everyone, Ling Feng got up, and the human wall instantly began to jump!
But why didn't the ball come?!
Ling Feng ran straight over the ball, and the deceived jumping wall was shocked to find that the moment Ling Feng dodged to the side, the ugly-looking Brazilian dwarf had already rushed up with small steps, and the outside of his left foot hit the ball with a fierce volley!
The ball is a boccia!
It passed right under the jumping human wall and rolled into the lower left corner of the gate without any hindrance!
In the final moments of the first half, Carlos scored a brilliant free-kick that put the home side in the lead, taking the lead to half-time.
In this way, the situation is quite favorable for Florence.
If the situation in the first half could not be opened, the last ten minutes of hard work would have been in vain, and in the second half, after adjustments and tactical rearrangements, both teams will return to normal levels, both in terms of mentality and level.
Football is not basketball, it is not so simple to score a goal, and now it is on its own home turf, if Barcelona can score more away goals, it is definitely not a good thing for the second round of meetings.
When the two sides returned to the court again, Ling Feng and the others obviously felt a murderous aura coming from the Barcelona players.
It's not the kind of murderous aura that wants to fight—how to put it, especially the opponent's main attackers, Figo, Rivaldo, and Luis•Enrique, all of them have fire in their eyes as they look at Ling Feng.
It seems that these guys must have been scolded by Van Gaal at half-time, otherwise it wouldn't be this virtue now.
When the two sides restarted, the Fiorentina players suddenly felt the pressure increase dramatically!
As at the beginning of the first half, Barcelona began to storm the opponent's door without any tampering!
This is Barcelona's unique attacking method, under the tutelage of Dutchman Louis van Gaal, all-attack and all-defense have become Barcelona's signature, and starting such a fierce attack with the opponent's unstable foothold in the opening game can also have a certain surprise effect - the goal in the first half was like that.
However, Van Gaal can't help but think that Fiorentina is too simple!
How can there be a second goal that has already been scored in this way?
"Is he an idiot for me?" Maradona smoked his pipe on the sidelines and looked at the Dutch with disdain.
Figo's wide break was denied by the Frenchmen Thuram and Patrick Vieira, and Fiorentina did not organize the same quick counter-attack on the spot, but handed the ball to Rui • in midfield, and Costa's feet to methodically start possession in midfield.
This is the first step to frustrate its spirit.
Barcelona's players were noticeably more aggressive than they were in the first half, with several midfielders tackling the midfield on the spot – but that was what Maradona did.
The opening onslaught relied on a strong morale, so the opposing players ran tirelessly as if they had been doped during this period, just like Fiorentina did at the end of the first half.
At this time, if you play against the attack, you may be able to rely on the gap in the opponent's defense to score, but it is more likely that the opponent will fight hard to equalize the score.
So at this time, it is still necessary to adopt a safe and somewhat despicable approach.
The Barcelona players never imagined that they were trying to press the attack aggressively, but this kind of pressing was wasting their physical strength a little bit.
For five minutes in a row, the Barcelona players did not touch a single ball, but in those five minutes, the intensity of the battle between the two sides near the midfield was the same as in the fifteen minutes of a normal game.
By the time Van Gaal sensed something was wrong, it was too late.
"Don't chase them! Zone Defense, Give Up Fast Break! The Dutchman shouted loudly from the sidelines, but before the Barcelona players could react, the situation on the pitch changed again.
Fiorentina changed the slow footplay near the midfield just now, and a long pass from midfield conspirator Effenberg was transferred to the left side, Baggio dialed the ball back to Ling Feng in the air and ran up without stopping, while Ling Feng lightly asked Guardiola to make a beautiful through ball, the ball passed through the gap between Johar and Reziger, and rolled directly in front of Baggio on the run!
Single-handed!
All Baggio had to do at this point was a gentle push of the arch of his foot, and the ball rolled through Baia's ten fingers and into the goal.
3:1! Amid the cheers of 40,000 home fans, Baggio began to celebrate his goal!
Van Gaal never imagined that his shout would become a clarion call for the opponent to attack - and this is what Lao Ma said in his arrangement at half-time.
"Barcelona's onslaught in the opening stages was their key to victory," he said at half-time: "Attacking with a tidal wave of attacks that are not on the foot, disrupting the rhythm of the opposition defenders, and scoring goals is what Barcelona are good at, and we conceded in the first half. So now when we're down behind the scoreline, Louis van Gaal will do it again, so we've got to be ready. ”
"Don't play against them, if that's the case, you just fall into their trap, use our midfield possession advantage, attract the opponent to come up and press, and consume their energy." The old horse smiled very ****.
'Louis van Gaal is not a fool,' Batistuta said, "and it will be found out and this opportunity to break fast is wasted, maybe we can score." ”
"I didn't say I wouldn't counterattack! It's just about maximizing the surplus value. Lao Ma **** smiled: "As the head coach, Van Gaal must be the first to find the problem, and he will definitely reassign the task, at this time, the time for us to counterattack has come." ”
………… Van Gaal would have been angry if he knew, but the hateful Maradona actually put him on a fierce one!