Chapter 712: Toyota Cup (5)
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After Edmundo's equaliser, the Tokyo National Stadium fell silent with thousands of da Gama fans celebrating in a corner of the stands – no one could have imagined that Fiorentina would be tied by two goals in a row with a two-goal lead, which was unbelievable for Fiorentina, who have always shown themselves to be steady.
In stark contrast to the Vasco da Gama players who were in a revelry, the Fiorentina players on the field were filled with a deep depression in their chests at this time, but there was nowhere to vent!
After all, anyone who has an absolute advantage on the field and is attacked by an opponent with a counterattack will feel extremely depressed. It's just that in the past, it was Florence who made others deflated, but this time it was the turn of Dagama to make them depressed.
So, after the start of the game, the unwilling Fiorentina players reorganized the offensive and launched an attack on the goal that everyone scolded!
However, the roof leak happened to rain overnight, and no one expected that just five minutes after Edmundo's goal, Fiorentina's goal was once again attacked by Vasco da Gama!
Juninho Jr. drove the ball forward and Gattuso made physical contact with the opponent during the scramble, and the Brazilian immediately fell to the ground, and the referee who arrived at the scene of the incident blew for a foul on Gattuso and awarded da Gama a direct free kick 25 meters from the goal.
Although Gattuso tried to explain to the referee that he did not foul Juninho Jr. while defending, the referee apparently did not believe Gattuso's justifications - after all, this phenomenon is so common that it is not surprising that players will complain to him after a foul.
Subsequently, Juninho Jr. took advantage of this free kick opportunity to kick the ball directly into the goal guarded by Toldo, and a S-shaped free kick with an extremely strange flight path made Toldo who was guarding in front of the goal helpless.
When Juninho Jr. scored the game-winning goal, Pele, who had returned to the VIP box to watch the game, smiled, and the recognized super crow's beak master finally saw the light of day when his prediction was successful......
At the same time, Capello jumped up from the coach's bench, and with a black face, he kicked out all six players on the bench except for the substitute goalkeeper to start warming up.
As a result, before the game restarted, Capello began to make changes on the pitch - Filipe Inzaghi came on to replace Gattuso, and the butcher's deterrent effect has been greatly weakened when Juninho Jr. has begun to learn to clay free-kicks; At the same time, Claude Makelele was replaced by Ljungberg, and Capello intends to strengthen Fiorentina on the right to better tear apart the opposition defence, thereby creating more chances for the likes of Vieri and Ronaldo in the middle.
Replacing two full-time defensive midfielders with a striker and a wide attacker, Capello's substitution surprised many people, who did not expect that the manager, who has always been known for his conservatism and realism, would have such a dare to play with his life.
Da Gama, who had the advantage in the score, began to retreat across the board, and played a defensive counterattack in his own half, and they all knew very well that in terms of strength alone, their side could not be compared with Fiorentina, so it was better to give up the fight for the ball and honestly play the opponent's defensive counterattack.
Fiorentina, on the other hand, began to attack aggressively after receiving Capello's latest instructions, leaving only two central defenders Stam and Nesta to defend at the back, and even the only midfielder, Redondo, pressed through the center circle and organized an attack on the periphery with Effenberg.
As the minutes passed, although the Fiorentina players created many scoring opportunities on the field, until the game entered injury time, the score displayed on the big screen above the stadium was still 3-2, and Vasco da Gama took the lead.
The fourth official held up a sign on the sidelines to signal four minutes of stoppage time, and this decision naturally aroused the displeasure of coach da Gama - after all, the longer the night, the sooner the game can be finished, the more likely it is that his side will win the championship trophy, otherwise, God knows what earth-shattering things can be done by those Florentinas with willpower.
However, the fourth official ignored da Gama's protests, and the reason why there was such a long stoppage time in this game was mainly due to Gattuso, who had already been substituted. If it weren't for his stubborn play and iron-clad defense of Juninho, I am afraid that he would not have created so much dead ball time, and the referee would not have left so much time for both sides.
Seeing that time was running out, many Vasco da Gama fans were already celebrating their team's victory in the stands – in their opinion, four minutes was not enough time for Fiorentina to do, and all they needed to do now was wait for the referee to blow the final whistle and watch Da Gama lift the first Toyota Cup trophy in the club's history.
However, the excitement of the fans in the stands seemed to be unconsciously contagious to the da Gama players who were still playing on the field, causing them to also unconsciously show some signs of slipping during the game.
The Fiorentina players who noticed this were simply overjoyed, and Effenberg and Redondo, who were extremely experienced in the game, did not even wait for Capello to give instructions from the sidelines, and immediately took advantage of the distraction of the Da Gama players to launch another attack!
In the second minute of stoppage time, Redondo made a long pass to the right after the midfielder, Ljungberg forcibly overtook and sent a cross after receiving the ball, and Vieri, who was inserted into the penalty area at high speed, was directly a leap to the top against Galvao's defense!
At the age of 36, Galvao struggled to defend and tried to interfere with Vieri's movements, but the latter's height of 1.88m and weight of 88kg put the former Brazil international under pressure, especially when Vieri was already rushing up, and Galvao felt as if he had been crushed by a tank running at full speed.
In the face of Vieri's thunderous header, da Gama's goalkeeper could not step up to save his team this time, only had time to wave his arms, and then heard the sound of the ball rubbing against the net......
Three to three! Fiorentina equalised with two minutes left!
The Fiorentina fans, who had been suppressed in the stands for half an hour, were thunderous, and many of them, like the fans of Vasco da Gama, thought that Fiorentina was out of play at all, but they didn't expect Vieri to actually score in the last few minutes!
Vieri, who scored the equaliser, did not run to the sidelines to celebrate, but rushed straight into da Gama's goal, picked up the ball and ran towards the center circle of the pitch - in Vieri's opinion, ending the game with a draw for 90 minutes was not what he wanted, only victory was what they really wanted!
As a result, Fiorentina, who was boosted by Vieri's goal, once again tore apart da Gama's tortoise shell with a series of suffocating attacks in the last two minutes: Effenberg suddenly fired a cold arrow from outside the penalty area, although the da Gama goalkeeper struggled to block the shot, but the diagonal stabbing of Inzaghi in front of the goal made a follow-up shot, completely knocking da Gama from heaven to hell!
In this way, with these two golden goals in the last four minutes of the game, Fiorentina reversed da Gama 4-3 and won a miraculous victory, lifting the Toyota Cup trophy for the third time in a row at the Tokyo National Stadium!