Chapter 56: The Traitor

The ban was lifted this week – 20 chapters, from fifty-six to seventy-six

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When Nesta stepped into the Stadio Olimpico in Rome with his head held high, the entire stadium fell silent.

"Uh, why don't they scold?" The cautious crowd behind Nesta was puzzled, but then ......

The overwhelming cabbage smashed down from both sides of the players' tunnel, mixed with the angry scolding of the fans: "You dare to come out?"

Well, Nesta, who was very bullish just now, was instantly submerged, and the rest of the Fiorentina players were already prepared, and they all rushed into the stadium in the blink of an eye - you shouldn't be able to hit near the midfield, right?

The unlucky Lazio players were followed by the players - although everyone was friendly in the tunnel just now, but the fans didn't care about it.

The opening episode passed, but for Nesta, the wounded heart was slashed again......

"Don't give Yete Sandro too many chances." This was the only countermeasure that the Fiorentina crowd collectively discussed, try to make him show less, so that the boos on the field will be much smaller.

Therefore, Ling Feng's position was forced to be pulled to the defense, and he cooperated with Vieira to form a strong defensive line in the midfield, trying not to let Lazio attack.

Ling Feng was staring at the opponent's No. 18 blonde player, who was the most threatening and difficult opponent in the Lazio team right now.

Czech Iron Man – Nedved!

Feeling Ling Feng's gaze, Nedved frowned slightly, he clearly felt a sense of importance from Ling Feng's eyes, there is a popular saying in European football now, that is, the best scout in the world is Ling Feng!

All the players he admired went on to become famous, from Nicolas Anelka, Thierry Henry and Trezeguet in Ligue 1, to Ballack and Deisler and Patrick Vieira in the Bundesliga, as well as Owen in England and Ronaldinho in Brazil at the World Youth Championships. Then there is Carlos, Nesta, Cannavaro, Thuram, Shepchenko, which were bought when Fiorentina was formed, all of which have become a new force in world football.

There is another way of saying it. That is, when these young players meet Ling Feng, they all have to go through his baptism, survival of the fittest.

Nedved, the 25-year-old iron man, smiled, "Baptism?" Then let me see if you can pass me in the path of the gods!"

Lazio is not a strong team right now, according to the quality of Fiorentina. If nothing else, it would have been easy to win this game, Nedved was just one man, and any one from Fiorentina was no worse than him......

Because he was not worried that Lazio would hinder himself too much. It's not good to give Nesta too much face. Fiorentina played relaxed from the start, keeping a slow tempo, strengthening their possession in midfield rather than rushing forward.

This style of play can be described as the most annoying style of play in Florence!

The perverted guys on the offensive line are the kind of people who can't get the ball on their feet for a long time, and in terms of passing, it almost refers to where to pass, and the cooperation is tacit, and the vision is broad. With Carlos and Thuram pulling the flanks apart, basically every time Fiorentina got the ball, there was at least three minutes for a Lazio player to miss the ball.

It's a really crazy feeling!

Rui Costa's vision almost made his defenders think the Portuguese had eyes in the back of his head – because he could get the ball to his best team-mate at any time and at any time – whether that team-mate was in Costa's field of vision or not.

Effenberg's unpredictable passing. No one knows what he's going to do with the ball next, if Rui Costa is the playmaker in the midfield, then Effenberg is the conspirator in the midfield, the Portuguese is the right to attack, and the German Tiger is very despicable and shameless.

These two guys, one repairing the plank road and the other secretly crossing Chen Cang, cooperated seamlessly, stirring up Lazio's backline for a while.

Neither Negro nor Fish could stop Fiorentina's onslaught, and finally, in the 23rd minute of the first half, Baggio opened the scoring with a volley from Effenberg.

According to the fame of the two teams in Serie A before, they were half a pound or two, but now, fans even think that Lazio can withstand 23 minutes without being scored, which is already a remarkable achievement.

Just look at those 23 minutes of stats, Fiorentina spent a staggering 84 per cent of the time on the ball!

In terms of shots, Fiorentina had nine shots, three in the woodwork, and scored one goal - the other few crooked shots were basically long-range shots from outside the box by Ling Feng and Batistuta.

Three corners, three free-kicks in front, and poor Lazio only had one shot from Nedved in the middle of the pitch during this time, but it was a pity that Toldo was very easily held in his arms.

The difference in the strength of the two teams is obvious!

The home fans on the sidelines began to boo the stadium with the slogan "Nesta is a traitor" and smashed cabbage all over the stadium.

It's just that during this time, our Italian central defenders barely touched the ball!

It's understandable that Lazio can't attack for a long time because of Nesta's defense, but why should the fans boo him when Nesta is on the pitch now - if anyone can take his place on the post?

The reason is simple, Lazio fans believe that if Nesta hadn't left, then Lazio would definitely not be so passive defensively.

But they don't want to think about it, Nesta was just a name for himself last year, if he is the top central defender in Italy, if he doesn't have his name, he has reached his current level after Fiorentina and those perverts compete every day - besides, even if Nesta runs over there, what can it be?

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Florence has been in a state of unhurried warm-up until now. This kind of slow positional warfare can control the pace of the game, but it also misses a lot of opportunities to break fast on the ground - if Fiorentina sacrifices the perverted bombardment that they are good at, even Nesta and Cannavaro will not be able to stop it!

Mainly in the midfield, the two toughest games for Fiorentina this year are against Real Madrid and Juventus, and the reason why those two teams can compete with this group of perverts is that their midfield is no worse than Fiorentina!

The midfielder wins the world, this is a saying that is becoming more and more popular in modern football.

Nesta was very depressed at the back, if the opponent was not Lazio, if he did not come from Lazio, then he could be sure that his teammates would have already pressed the opponent to a crazy slaughter - this is Fiorentina's favorite technique and tactic, because the outside world has given them a nickname - crazy butcher!

Only butchers. It's so thirsty for killing – the average team gives up attacking after scoring three goals at most. tried their best to protect the players and maintain their physical fitness, but this guy in Florence was like everyone had a blood feud with them, and he was willing to stop if he had to slaughter the other party to pieces......

Equally depressed was Nedved, the Czech Iron Man had set his sights on Ling Feng before the game, but this guy was surprisingly smooth in this game, except for occasionally rushing up to hit a long-range pass with his foot, he didn't see any pressing attacks at all.

"Are they in, enjoying the game?!" A thought came to Nedved's mind, and the Czechs were immediately frustrated. Enjoy the game, it sounds good, but you must know that if you can enjoy the game, the strength is more than one grade higher than the other party!

Seeing Ling Feng casually hook the ball in the air with his heel in the midfield, to Baggio in front. Nedved's frustration intensified, how could such a casual move be used in an important game - just like the Colombian madman goalkeeper Iguita's unparalleled heel hook on the goal line against England, the old madman dared to play like this, in large part because it was an inconsequential warm-up game, and the assistant referee had signaled that the ball was offside before Iguita did that - but it was funny, It was one of the most famous cases in history, but people applauded the referee at the time.

Because the ball was offside, Iguita dared to play such a move, and when he played this Scorpio tail swing, the assistant referee immediately put down the flag in his hand, and the game was allowed to continue - just to not erase the save that shocked the world.

But it's also strange to say that with the popularity of Colombian fans, Iguita's playing with fire in the '90 World Cup led to the elimination of his team by Cameroon - uh, why didn't the Colombian gang target him?!

Nedved was unwilling, he originally planned to have a good competition with Ling Feng, but that guy seemed to be very idle in this game, and most of the offense was taken over by several other team sages, Nedved had no choice but to retreat to the backfield to participate in the defense, stuck in front of the penalty area.

No one thought that Lazio would be beaten by Fiorentina so without a little counterattack, the first half was almost over, and although the score was still 1:0, but the gap between the two teams could be seen from one point - Toldo was running like a rabbit at the door - no way, only three goal kicks were opened in more than half an hour, and it was still relatively cold in this weather that was almost December.

It is estimated that Toldo didn't want to play in the second half, because he couldn't run around on the field, and his body was almost frozen......

Perhaps because of the cold weather, the boos of the fans have gradually decreased, and many fans have begun to leave, because everyone knows that there is no suspense about the outcome of the game, and the only uncertainty is that Fiorentina can score a few more goals?

But in the final moments of the first half, the only fluctuation in the game appeared!

Perhaps because the Fiorentina players were too conceited, after the referee raised the card for two minutes of stoppage time, Effenberg's very casual pass was pushed out by Negro's header, and Nedved, who grabbed the landing point in front of the big penalty area, ran forward quickly, caught off guard, Ling Feng did not have time to return to the defense in front, and Vieira, the only defender in the midfield, was broken through by a quick change of direction from the Czechs!

At this time, Carlos and Thuram were both on the edge of the opponent's penalty area ready to tear up the gap between the opponent, and in this way, when Vieira was breached, only Cannavaro and Nesta were left in the defense!

Nedved was very fast, and Casiraghi and Plotti in front of him were also quick to get in, and soon formed a three-on-three situation - and Fiorentina also had a goalkeeper.

At this moment, Cannavaro and Nesta both tried their best to retreat, so that they did not lose their position, and secondly, they tried their best to buy time for their teammates to return to defense, and the third reason is that when defending, it must be a small range of defense success rate, if you defend in the midfield, the opponent will easily break through with a high-speed change of direction - it's a big deal to make the ball bigger and then go up to chase it.

Such a fast break opportunity was very valuable for Lazio, it was their only hope of equalising, so Nedved did not pass the ball immediately, but quickly dribbled straight to Cannavaro - he had to force Cannavaro to come out and defend!

Cannavaro had no choice but to give up retreating and rush up, trying to break the ball with a foul.

But his wish was disappointed, Nedved and Casirachi made a one-two combination and rushed into the penalty area, and then fired a powerful volley at the door guarded by a shivering Toldo!

Just when Nedved swung his legs, almost everyone thought that the goal was going to go in, but at this time, a mutation appeared, just when the ball grazed Toldo's fingers and was about to fly into the goal, Nesta, who had just retreated to near the goal line, made a leap and blocked the inevitable goal in the air!

One of Lazio's best chances of the game was saved by the traitor Nesta!