Chapter 243 Fiorentina v Chelsea

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When shaking hands before the game, the away team comes over and shakes hands with the home team. Crewe was standing at the outermost of the line, so the Chelsea players were the last to shake his hand.

Nearly half of Crewe don't know anyone in this Chelsea team now, so for those he doesn't, he closes his lips and doesn't say a word, just shakes hands.

But when facing someone he once knew, he would still listen to Zhang Jun and say hello.

Ruben shook hands with him. “helllo。”

Lampard shook hands with him, 'helllo. ”

Captain Terry shook his hand, and Crewe said as usual "helllo." ”

Unexpectedly, Terry asked again: "How are you doing in Florence?" ”

Crewe was stunned for a moment, and then replied casually: "Not bad, not bad......"

"Hehe, that's good. I've been following your coverage of the game, but it's reassuring to hear you say it yourself. Terry laughed, "I said if I'm not happy one day, I'll go back to Chelsea." Ha ha! He patted Crewe on the head and ran away.

Crewe looked at the captain who was smiling and running away, a little unsure of what he should say at this time.

There was no time for Crewe to freak out there, as the players from both sides were in their formations and the game was about to begin.

In terms of formation, both sides are 442, but Chelsea is 442 in parallel positions, while Fiorentina is 442 in diamond positions, and from this point of view, Fiorentina is more attacking than Chelsea. Chelsea, on the other hand, are more conservative in terms of attacking and defensive.

Sabato's idea is to take advantage of the home advantage, attack the opponent, first press Chelsea in momentum, and then try to score early to determine the direction of the game.

He can be sure that Mourinho will definitely stick to the counter-attacking tactics in this game, using the pace of Ruben and their youngster Lawrence to attack Fiorentina's already weak backline.

If Mourinho's tactics are allowed to succeed, then it is certain that Fiorentina will become the second Barcelona. Therefore, it is important to let your team score first, so as to ensure that the initiative of the game is firmly in your own hands.

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The game soon came to a stalemate and, as Sabato had predicted, Chelsea contracted to defend and stick to the counter-attack. And Fiorentina naturally attacked and pressed,

Sabato still didn't expect that if he wanted to take the initiative at his home stadium and score first, then at least he had to ensure that his team would not concede first.

Mascherano's pass at home was tackled by Chelsea midfielder Essien, who then counter-attacked but was deflected away by Essien. Essien, who flashed past Mascherano, immediately slotted in and Ruben cut in at high speed to get on the end of the ball.

Suddenly, Frankie's atmosphere changed, and boos erupted. Chelsea fans from afar chanted Ruben's name excitedly.

Ruben was the left winger, and it was Fiorentina right-back Lahm who was defending him, and Lahm reacted fairly quickly and rushed over as Essien passed the ball in an attempt to hold him down.

But Reuben's speed was too fast, and Ram let him break through with a hesitation in the face of Reuben's feints.

"He broke through! Nice feints! The commentators were all cheering on Reuben's breakthrough.

"Hell! Mid lane! Defend in the middle! Frey shouted in front of goal as he told the defenders to defend in the middle while he moved up front to prevent Ruben from cutting inside and then shooting – a trick Ruben is used to.

Ruben made a feint in the corner of the box to cut inside and Frei and Fiorentina centre-back Ujfalusi were both tricked, with one sinking and the other immediately flying in to block the shot.

But Ruben just feint, he flicked the ball to the outside and went straight to the bottom!

Then, when Frey finally got his weight back up, he crossed directly unmarked.

Lawrence, who followed up in the middle, slammed off Kyle's close guard, then rushed forward with a powerful rush!

The ball flew into the goal next to the unresponsive Frei!

It was only four minutes before the start of the game.

“yes! it‘sgoooooooooooal!!! wonderfulgoooooooooal!!! ”

"Holy!" Seeing that his goal was lost, Zhang Jun scolded in front of him.

'Chelsea have conquered Fiorentina! They scored in just four minutes and it was a fantastic start to the game! Mourinho's counter-attacking tactics have paid off, and now they have more capital to play counter-attack! This scene reminds me of the scene in the last round of the Champions Cup, when Fiorentina challenged Barcelona away, and the retribution came so quickly......"

After the goal, Lawrence excitedly rushed to Ruben, who provided him with the assist, and the two hugged the rest of his teammates.

Arnold, who is 1.87 meters tall; Lawrence was Chelsea's biggest discovery this season, and some media even say he is the biggest discovery of the season in English football. For a long time, England's starting line was not very tall players such as Owen and Wayne Rooney, and there was not much advantage in headers. But Lawrence's presence changed that, as he was 1.87 meters tall and impactful in his headers, while he also possessed astonishing speed, a player who had the perfect combination of body and speed had not been seen in English football for a long time.

Lawrence is now Chelsea's top scorer, with 19 goals in all competitions so far, and in the Premier League he is third on the list with 14 goals, ahead of the biggest names in the game now: Michael Owen and Wayne Rooney. He is just 18 years old and was only transferred from Chelsea's youth team at the start of the season. There's plenty of room to grow.

When Sabato saw Lawrence leaping high in his penalty area, he closed his eyes and couldn't bear to look any further, but there was no suspense, when the big man jumped, Kyle was still half a meter away from him, it can be said that there was no defender around him at all, in this relaxed environment, if he can't go in, then he can't be Chelsea's top scorer this season.

It's just that Di Livio next to him looked at Sabato with a very special look, Sabato noticed, he just shrugged: "Look at what I'm doing?" The game has just begun. ”

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Crewe tilted his head to look at Lawrence, who was still waving to the crowd, a man he had heard of before the game, and like him, he had been promoted from the youth team to the first team.

However, he didn't seem to have heard of this man's name when he was in the second team, and maybe he had, he had forgotten it a long time ago......

He was eighteen in 2006 and Lawrence was eighteen in 2010. He played in Chelsea's youth team even earlier, joining Chelsea's youth team at the age of sixteen. How old was Lawrence at that time? Twelve, maybe still caddy, maybe in Chelsea's third and fourth tiers.

Could it be that the old man of Perizalo has cultivated another genius? Or was it picked up on the street?

In the past, when Perizalo joked about Crewe, he would say that he picked it up from the street.

It's been a long, long time since he's been in contact with Old Man Perizalo, and I don't know how he's doing alone, or if he's old and sunset, and he's found another companion?

Crewe would love to see the old man and ask him, "How are you doing in London?" ”

Like Terry asked him today.

Zhang Jun slapped Crewe violently, waking him up. "Don't be stunned, kick off!" Zhang Jun pointed to the middle circle.

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Lawrence was quite active after the goal, and he partnered the 32-year-old Drogba up front to stir up the Fiorentina defence. Even the commentator gave praise to the eighteen-year-old striker without hesitation.

Originally, the media were looking forward to the grievances between Crewe and his old club, but they didn't expect that within ten minutes of the opening game, the limelight was all stolen by this kid.

As the home team, Frankie has always been the world of Florence, when will it be the turn of an alien kid to run rampant here? Fiorentina's players are gone, they are not willing to lose to each other in momentum, conceding a goal is a bad start, but from another point of view, don't they have 80 minutes to come back?

It's better to be behind four minutes into the game than four minutes before the end of the game.

After being pinned down by the visitors for ten minutes, Fiorentina launched their counter-attack.

Mascherano, who had conceded the ball due to his own mistake, was quite active in midfield, and he suddenly played a through ball in the middle to Crewe in front.

Crewe's possession sent some boos from the Chelsea fans, but it was quickly drowned out by the screams of the Fiorentina fans.

Facing Essien, who was defending him, Crewe didn't seem to take it seriously. He planned to break through from the other side after a false wave, but he didn't expect to feel that something was wrong just after making a move, so he quickly changed his plan and pulled the football behind him, and at the same time turned around, just blocking Essien who was squeezing up.

It's dangerous! I almost grabbed the football by this cunning Ghanaian. His false swing just now did not make the opponent move for half a point, but took advantage of his feint to stretch out his foot and force the ball.

It seems that it will not be easy for someone to be able to secure the main midfield at Chelsea.

Essien didn't seem to expect the other party to be so alert, and instantly saw through his intentions, he thought that his feet were fast enough, but he didn't expect to be escaped by the other party.

With a soccer ball under his feet and his body leaning against Essien, Crewe noticed that the black man was very strong. He leaned on the other party's body to work hard in secret, but the other party did not react at all.

Seeing that there was no chance to break through in a short period of time, Kru simply gave up the idea of breaking through and passed the football back to Mascherano.

The commentator immediately shouted: "Crewe has chosen to back down and escape in the confrontation with Chelsea!" ”

The Fiorentina fans watching the TV broadcast really wanted to smack the commentator's mouth.

Mascherano's mid- and long-distance passing and scheduling are among the top three in Serie A football, so even if Crewe is temporarily dumbfounded, it doesn't mean that Fiorentina's attack can't be helped. Mascherano did not stop in the face of Crewe's return ball, but rubbed his left foot directly as he ran forward, and the ball flew over the head of the Chelsea player and towards the left. Gasbaroni plugged in at high speed.

He grabbed Chelsea right-back Paul; Ferreira unloaded the football before, and at the same time was about to cut to the inside, but Ferreira certainly wouldn't let him get his wish, and immediately stuck his body on the inside in advance.

Unexpectedly, Gasballoni's body turned around, but he made a sudden stop, and then knocked the football to the outside with the heel of his right foot, and at the same time changed direction against Ferreira's body and burst over. At this time, Ferreira had just turned his body to the inside, and it was impossible to prevent Gasballoni's breakthrough.

After the breakaway, Gasballoni's cross was met by the tall Morientes who caught the attention of almost all the Chelsea defenders at the front post, but he just dangled a shot and jumped high to deliberately miss the ball!

Behind Zhang Jun plugged in and then a dive bombing, the football flew towards the goal!

As the Premier League's best goalkeeper last season, Cech would never have allowed the goal to go in. He jumped up as he moved back, and then slapped the ball out of the bottom line with one palm!

"What a pity! Great wide cross, flanked in the middle! It's a pity that Cech did quite well! As the best goalkeeper in the Premier League last season, he is thinking about becoming a world-class goalkeeper! ”

“**!” Morientes scolded, "Shit luck!" ”

Zhang Jun was scolded by Morientes. It's been more than half a season since he came to Fiorentina, and he rarely sees Morientes angry, he is always so suave and elegant, and when others joke with him, he just responds with a smile. Sometimes it makes people like Xiang Tao who like to be funny feel very boring. Why is this game suddenly scolded?

Could it be that falling behind at home made him feel unhappy?

Well, in fact, Zhang Jun is not happy now, but he can't show it yet, time is there, what they need to do is to be patient and look for opportunities.

He smiled at the disgruntled Morientes, "It's nothing, Momo, God won't always be on our side, so he won't be on their side forever." ”

Fiorentina's corner kick was taken by Joaquín, who hoisted the football into the penalty area, Zhang Jun rushed to the front point, and a powerful lion shook his head!

Petr Cech reflexively jumped up and raised his hand, but he didn't stop the ball at all, because the distance was too close and the speed was too fast! His actions were purely unconscious - he didn't want to stop the ball.

To the dismay of all Fiorentina fans, the ball hit the crossbar and bounced back.

The Chelsea were about to breathe a sigh of relief when they spotted Crewe, the 1.86-metre-tall player who was not in front of goal ready to fight for the ball, but had been standing outside the box.

This is the moment he was waiting for!

Without waiting for the ball to hit the ground, Crewe took a step back to make room, then picked up his left leg on the spot and volleyed a powerful shot at the incoming football!

The ball clung to the ground and rolled towards the goal. Crewe's shot can be described as extremely insidious, this kind of shot, fast, powerful, although the angle is not tricky, but if someone accidentally touches it in the penalty area, then it will immediately become very, very tricky.

This is the kind of shot that the goalkeeper hates the most.

Petr Cech had a headache but he still had to keep his eyes on the ball and make a save, the ball was flying to the left, and he had to pounce on the left. One can only pray that during the flight of the football, it will not be touched by anyone.

He pounced to the left, and the ball flew to the left, and just when Cech thought he was going to catch the football, he didn't know who in the crowd had reached out for it, and the ball immediately changed direction and rolled towards the middle of the goal!

What are you afraid of!

Petr Cech is 1.97m tall, and his height has been an important weight in his quest to become a world-class goalkeeper, and this time it was his height that saved him and Chelsea. Petr Cech pounced to the left, but he just fell to the ground instead of jumping, so his foot was still in place, and luckily, the ball hit his upper and stopped. Terry, who kept up, didn't dare to slack off, and directly kicked the football out of bounds.

"Three shots in a row! Fiorentina are all out of the picture! But we saw the powerful attack power of Florence! They are certainly reluctant to give Chelsea the upper hand on their home turf. Now it's Fiorentina to fight back! ”

In just two minutes, three shots on goal, all of them are the kind of goals that are almost guaranteed to be scored. Now Fiorentina still has a chance to take a throw-in, and the situation has suddenly reversed, and even Lawrence, who was still alive in front just now, had to return to the penalty area.

Fiorentina taught Chelsea a lesson in this way, making it clear who is in charge here.

The throw-in was thrown, and the three passes and two pounds did not pose much threat to the Chelsea goal, and Fiorentina's attack was over.

Sabato was pleased with the attack, and although the opening goal disrupted his plans, the goal was conceded early enough and they still have plenty of time to salvage from now on. At half-time, he had to remake his plans, and he couldn't arrange any special tactics before the game because of various concerns. But now it's different, they are lagging behind, so it's much easier to formulate tactics, at least now they have a clear goal, know what to contain, and in which direction they should work towards.

Yes, the game has just begun.

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Xiang Tao stomped his foot from the stands, he must now regret the moment he kicked Eto'o, if it wasn't for the impulse, he wouldn't be an incompetent spectator now.

He and Samuel Eto'o have undoubtedly suffered the most. Barcelona's Champions League this season has ended, and the ban is also next season's, how can the ban in the group stage be compared to the absence of the knockout round?

His teammates were working hard down there, but he couldn't do anything.

"I said! Don't let that idiot break through! Shovel him! Shovel him over...... Ahh As soon as Xiang Tao scolded, he was pinched by Youyou, who was sitting next to him.

"Don't swear!"

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Ruben's sharp break-through, coupled with Mourinho's insistence on counter-attacking, has always put Fiorentina's backline in a dangerous position.

Ruben and Lawrence's breakaways, Didier Drogba playing the ball for them and Frank Lampard's long-range shot were all Chelsea's attacking tools. Fiorentina, who conceded a goal, could not give up the attack, so naturally gave the opponent more opportunities. But fortunately, Frei's performance was very good, and Fiorentina's central defenders and two fullbacks did not go up to assist, and Fiorentina did not dare to go up easily on the left side without Xiang Tao, so it seems that Xiang Tao's absence is not without any benefits. The young left wing-back Jensen, who came on as a substitute for Xiang Tao, is a player who has a good defensive aspect but lacks offensive ability, and because the assist is too weak, he can only be used as a substitute in the competition with Xiang Tao. But in this game, Sabato needs this kind of defender who is honest from behind, not the kind of defender who rushes into the opponent's box with the ball at every turn.

Jensen, a left-back poached from Dutch Bundesliga side AZ Alkmaar, is only 23 years old this year, a very young man. It's just that because Xiang Tao is a pervert who has never been injured, has no problems with his physical strength, and his state is also very stable, he rarely has the opportunity to play after Jensen comes. Now is his chance to prove what he can do.

Frank Lampard distributed the ball to Lawrence, who pulled to the right, and he broke through with the ball.

Before the game against Fiorentina, Mourinho had been telling his players that Fiorentina were a strong team and a formidable opponent who could not afford to be underestimated.

But just four minutes into the game, Lawrence scored a goal, which made the young Lawrence a little proud. After he was promoted from the second team to the first team, he quickly became a bright star in English football. He rarely encountered any setbacks, so now he felt that Florence was nothing more than that, and nothing could stop him.

If the No. 13 Xiang Tao had not been banned, he would have to be afraid of the opponent's black feet. Now against a very unfamiliar left-back, he feels that breaking through the opposition will be as easy as breaking through a scarecrow.

Yes, there is very little information about this defender in the information, just that he is from the Eredivisie. In his impression, the Eredivisie is a league with a low level, so the level of players who come out of that league is often not very good.

He decided to use this as a breakthrough to completely crush Florence's tofu-like defenses.

The upper body is shaky, and he intends to break through from the outside.

But as soon as he pushed the football away, he saw a cross-cut from the opponent, turned around at the same time, stuck Lawrence behind him, and the football broke!

"Wow! Clean steal! Lawrence hit the nail! ”

Lawrence was hit by Jensen, he felt like he was really hitting a wall, he couldn't move forward, and he lost the football. It's embarrassing.

Jensen passes the ball to Kyle, who in turn passes it to the front.

Mascherano played the ball to the right, Joaquín took the ball, Chelsea's left wing-back Del; Hono came up to defend. Joaquín didn't break straight and instead passed the ball to Crewe while continuing to cut forward himself.

Essien is close to Crewe and he won't let Crewe take the ball in stride.

However, Crewe had no intention of holding the football, he leaned his back against Essien and rubbed the outside of his left foot, and the ball spun and flew backwards from the two men. At the same time, Crewe also turned around in the other direction.

The ball happened to pass to the feet of Joaquin who was inserted forward, and Joaquin, who didn't have to dribble the ball, was quite fast, and he got rid of Hono in an instant. However, he didn't dare to continue to dribble the ball, because now as long as he catches the ball, he will definitely reduce his speed, and Huo Nuo is not a vegetarian, and he will stick up to keep up immediately, at that time it is not easy for him to break through or cross.

So he just received the football at the same time, and immediately passed the football out, and the target was naturally Crewe, who had just stepped forward.

Essien wouldn't give up so easily, and he chased after him from behind.

Crewe ran into position, the ball flew towards him, and Essien was going to stick it up the moment Crewe stopped the ball. If you can't do it, you will foul, and you haven't entered the penalty area anyway.

But what he didn't expect was that Crewe didn't stop the ball at all, he jumped up, scored his legs, and let the ball leak between his legs!

But who did he leak this ball to? Zhang Jun and Morientes were both heavily guarded in the opposition penalty area.

"Mascherano!"

Yes, Mascherano received the ball with his left foot, and then fired a powerful long-range shot with his right leg!

Petr Cech made another brilliant save to hold the ball firmly in his arms.

Although the attack did not score, it made Frankie applaud, because they saw Fiorentina's brilliant attacking combination, which was simply freewheeling.

And all because of the presence of Crewe, a man who doesn't play his cards according to common sense.

During training, Sabato has been deliberately cultivating the team to adapt to Crewe's style of play, and he must be able to understand Crewe's mind in all situations. However, because Crewe is so silent, many teammates can't understand his inner thoughts, so this kind of training is not very effective, and he does not appear many times in the game.

It was a complete coincidence just now, Joaquín just wanted to pass the ball to Crewe, and Mascherano only stepped forward according to the tactical requirements, and did not plan to shoot himself, and the final shot was completely conditioned.

Crewe turned his head to see Essien's surprised expression, he shrugged his shoulders and said casually: "Organizing an attack is not just about passing. ”

He rarely talks during games, but he talked a bit a bit against Chelsea today.

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Every time Fiorentina had a beautiful attack, Sabato was like a die-hard fan, very excited in anticipation, and then put his head in his hands and regretted.

His performance was so brilliant that the cameras were frequenting him and stealing the limelight from many players on the field. Compared to him, the Chelsea manager is much calmer, he has been sitting in the dugout with his hands on his chest, chewing gum in his mouth, and he has no indication in the face of the team that is gradually falling behind on the field.

What a person to guess.

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The first half came to the end under Fiorentina's onslaught and Chelsea's cold arrows, and Chelsea came close to extending the lead again in stoppage time.

Fiorentina seized the final moment to almost press in the hope of pulling a goal back at the end of the day. Unexpectedly, Chelsea seized the opportunity to play a counter-attack, this time it was Ruben who drove straight with the ball and finally completed the shot. However, his single knife was defused by the brave Frey, which made the hearts of all Florentines hang.

Sabato yelled on the sidelines, and as soon as the whistle blew, he turned and walked back to the dressing room, his expression quite unhappy with his team's performance in the final moments.

"I have to criticize you for your recklessness in the last minute of the first half, and I have to praise Frei's performance......" Sabato looked at the disagreed players and then changed his words, "Well, I admit that you have done a good job in the first half when you conceded a goal first, mainly because I had something wrong here." The second half was different, I could see what Mourinho was thinking, he was going to fight back on the defensive side at our home stadium and try not to lose first, then to win. In the face of his mentality, we all have to teach him a lesson. Jose Mourinho is not actually a conservative coach, but he is a hooligan who can throw aside his face and reputation in order to win, so no matter how ugly the game is, as long as the result is in his favor, he will carry it out. Therefore, in the second half, as time went on, if we haven't recovered the score, we have to be mentally prepared to break the iron bucket. I ask you to step up your long-range shots and at the same time the forwards run a little bit more aggressively and tear their defence apart. And then the most important thing: be patient, be more patient than the other person. Because Chelsea, who have one goal in hand, are going to wait and see us get impatient, make some mistakes and then let them take their chances, which I can't forgive. ”

"Defensively, the back four are still not allowed to come forward easily and in this game, if we want to save the defeat, first of all, we can't concede any more goals. Remember, you can't concede any more goals. ”

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On the other hand, although the team took a one-goal lead in the first half, Mourinho did not have a relaxed expression at all, and he still looked at the resting players with a serious face.

'The lead in the first half was good, but I still have to criticize. You guys showed some underdog sentiment in the ensuing game, which is very bad. You've seen the Florentine attack and experienced it yourself, so I don't think I need to say anything more, right? If you keep that mentality in the second half, then it's only a matter of time before we concede. ”

The tone of the words was not heavy, but everyone who said it did not dare to say anything. Jose Mourinho has been promoted to the rank of "a gangster with a lot of government in the city", which is quite terrifying in the minds of the players.

"In the second half, we insisted on our defensive counter-attack and continued to strengthen our defense...... Not troops, but to increase your concentration when defending. That's important, 45 minutes is a long time, and I ask the defenders to stay distracted and concentrate during that time. It's going to be a tough forty-five minutes, and I want you to be mentally prepared. ”

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There was still a little time to go at half-time, and Sabato had already finished talking about what should be paid attention to in the second half, and the rest of the time was free time for the players.

Zhang Jun sat next to Crewe, changed into a clean jersey, and talked to Crewe.

"How's it going, playing against your old club, how does it feel?"

Crewe turned his head to look at Zhang Jun: "It's the same as any game." ”

Zhang Jun rolled his eyes: "You're so boring!" ”

"And what do you think I should say?"

"You should say: 'Ah, this game feels good, it's always been my desire to play against my old club. I'll do my best to beat them! That's how you have the demeanor of a star." Zhang Jun said in his own tone of being interviewed by reporters.

Crewe shrugged: "That's boring." I know what you're trying to say, don't worry, I'll do my best to beat them. ”

Zhang Jun looked at Kru and smirked.

'Chelsea are a formidable opponent.

"I know."

"So what I'm actually trying to say is...... Don't underestimate the enemy. ”

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Crewe examined the thin necklace around his neck, which he had been concerned about since his opponent had broken it during a match. I will always casually touch my neck to see if it is still hanging there.

Next to him were still the Chelsea players, and he didn't bother to look away, but he didn't linger for a moment.

With the lead in the first half, the Chelsea players were generally in a good mood, so they were all smiling. And Florence, on the other hand, was very unsightly, with gloomy faces and expressions that were about to eat their opponents.

The comparison of the expressions of the two is quite interesting.

Chelsea continued to stick to their counter-attacking tactics as the second half began, while Fiorentina stuck to what Sabato had told them at half-time.

Attacking is attacking, defending is defending, and although the attack is fierce, it is not aggressive, and the four defenders are tightly guarding the backfield, not giving Chelsea much opportunity to counterattack.

Mourinho also gradually noticed the change in Fiorentina, and he turned his head to look at Sabato, who was in the dugout.

There was no change in expression on his face, and he didn't open his mouth, but he had already given an evaluation in his heart: this manager was able to stir up Serie A and kill Barcelona at Camp Nou cleanly, which is really not in vain.

Chelsea were leading so early and he was hoping that Fiorentina, who had dragged on, would gradually start to get impatient, so that his chances would be greater. Unexpectedly, Sabato, who was behind the side, was more patient than him, and actually let the team defend solidly and wait for an opportunity to attack. In this way, the game is deadlocked.

And Fiorentina's attacking ability is now unknown to everyone in European football, and it is not fun to let them attack like this at Fiorentina's home stadium.

A one-goal lead on the road cannot be called an "advantage".

He had to think again.

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Crewe was as lively as ever in the second half and he was getting more and more comfortable facing Essien. What does ESPN's commentator say about his performance: "Crewe is very active, and it seems that he intends to put on a good show in front of his old club and make it clear to them how stupid it was to let him go in the first place! ”

Immediately, Fiorentina fans watching the TV broadcast wanted to slap the commentator in the mouth. They believe that Crewe is definitely better at Fiorentina than at Chelsea, so there is no way to prove himself in this way.

Lawrence felt the pressure from the Fiorentina defence, and the Italian's chain defense was still very effective against a fledgling England boy, even if Fiorentina were not the first in Italy.

Reuben's speed was stopped by the combination of Ram and Joaquín on the right.

Drogba is old, and now he can only play for his teammates in the middle of the game, and as a stumbling center, as long as Karl or Ujfarusi gets stuck in the position, he has no chance.

The only thing to watch out for is Frank Lampard's long-range shot, who is now one of the most sought-after attacking strikers in English football and in the world, and his long-range shot has terrified countless teams.

So Mascherano was assigned by Sabato to keep an eye on him. As soon as Frank Lampard got into the Fiorentina half, Mascherano put it on and didn't let Lampard get the ball out easily.

Chelsea's attack was not fierce in the first place, relying on Fiorentina's mistakes to play counter-attacks, and now that they have even the space to counter-attack is greatly compressed by Zabato, the situation is gradually not developing in the direction they expected.

The Florentine offensive is getting more and more powerful.

Crewe once again relied on his skills to shake off Essien and then continued to break forward, and he seemed to be trying to force his way through the middle, but unfortunately he was a little slow to dribble the ball and was re-entangled by Essien from behind.

Crewe is slow, but his dribbling and ball protection are absolutely world-class, and Essien just can't break the ball no matter what. He is also a hot midfielder in English football and even world football now, how can he tolerate this Crewe playing him again and again?

Suddenly anger rose from the heart, and evil arose to the side of the guts. With a force on his hand, he pushed Crewe to the ground.

The referee's whistle sounded, and with it was accompanied by Frankie's huge boo.

Nothing to say, Essien received a yellow card. Mourinho jumped up from the bench for the first time and was very, very emotional and waving something from the sidelines.

The stadium was so noisy that no one could hear it.

But someone has already guessed the content.

"Hehe, accumulate two yellow cards, and the next game will be automatically suspended." Sabato sat in the dugout, his hands on his chest, looking at the pitch and smiling grimly. "Even if they win us, the price is really high!"

Essien must not have thought that he would get another yellow card when he pushed someone, he quickly explained to the referee, and his teammates also helped him to plead with the referee to explain, but it was useless, it was too late. Yellow cards issued, water spilled.

Most of Fiorentina's players don't understand why the other side is so excited, isn't it just a yellow card? It's not a red card.

Waved his hand to disperse the crowd, then raised his right hand and gestured for Fiorentina's direct free-kick.

There was no suspense, Zhang Jun stood in front of the ball. He pulls the ball over with his left foot, then stomps on it, even if he has the ball set, and then backs away.

Jose Mourinho and the rest of the Chelsea squad must be well aware of how good Zhang Jun's free-kicks are, as he was already famous in European football before he made a name for himself in Serie A.

For a moment, everyone's eyes were focused on this Florentina No. 11, who was smiling and didn't seem to take this great opportunity seriously.

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