Chapter 626: Leading Again

I have to say that Capello's last words really greatly boosted the fighting spirit of the Fiorentina players, so after the game restarted, Fiorentina staged a crazy attack that stunned everyone!

Up front, Vieri and Ronaldo kept running in and out of the Juventus penalty area, much to the annoyance of Blanc and others, but because of their individual abilities, they had to follow the two to fight a chase on the field.

The midfield remains the most contentious area between the two teams, with the four-man duo of Effenberg, Redondo, Davies and Di Biagio facing off against the trio of Didier Deschamps, Di Livio and Zidane on the other, and the fans are enthusiastic and cheering up in the stands in solidarity with their teams.

On the wings, the two full-backs, Robert Carlos and Zambrotta, kept running on both wings of the pitch, sometimes forcing a direct cross after breaking through, sometimes cutting inside and directly threatening the Juventus defense with long-range shots and passes, and a variety of attacking methods

So, just five minutes after the restart, Fiorentina had three shots on goal!

The Juventus players, who finally blocked this wave of Fiorentina's attack, just wanted to launch a counterattack and return the color, but what they didn't expect was that Zidane, who had been very good since the beginning of the game, was actually robbed by the Dutchman with pigtails at this time!

Davies cut off Zidane's feet and immediately passed the ball to Effenberg, who directly penetrated Juventus' midfield defense with a straight kick in the middle, Ronaldo and Vieri rushed into the box at the same time, but Montero was shoveled out of the box first! Redondo, who followed up behind the two, immediately met the ball and shot with a hanging shot, but was finally cleared by Blanke's header who returned to the goal line!

Although Fiorentina's attack did not succeed, it also scared Juventus into a cold sweat.

If it weren't for Blank's timely appearance on the goal line, I'm afraid that his side of the goal would have been attacked by Fiorentina again.

The counterattack failed, and he was almost beaten by Fiorentina, which made the Juventus players just huddle in their own half for a long time after that, and the attack was basically a big foot to drive the ball to the front court for Pierrot and Otrosa to chase, and they didn't dare to try a large-scale counterattack at all.

Although it has been pressed by Fiorentina in the half, although Juventus's goal has been in a state of turmoil, the score has not changed in any way during this time.

"Juventus' defense is really not blown, Lippi is really a bit capable." Capello folded his hands to his chest and thought, "However, this intensity of defense is physically and mentally depleting, how long can your players last?" ”

In the face of Juventus' tight defense, Fiorentina's players still had a lot of chances to score. However, Peruzzi, Blanc, Montero and others were very good in the game tonight, and they built a great wall of steel in front of the goal, blocking all kinds of shots from Fiorentina!

In the end, when the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, Fiorentina still failed to rewrite the score on the field and had to enter the halftime period with a score of 1-1!

"The first half is over! Now the score on the field is 1-1 and two teams are tied! Personally, this score doesn't show the true strength of both sides. In fact, the aggressive Fiorentina had more chances to open the scoring in the first half, while the defensively obsessed Juventus only had two good chances to score, but the score was now level at 1-1...... It can only be said that Fiorentina were too lucky, as at least three of their shots were cleared by Juventus defenders on the goal line. If they had grasped one of them, the situation would have been very different. ”

"Although Juventus' tactical style of play was very conservative, the whole first half of the game was quite exciting thanks to Fiorentina's relentless attack." Robert Baggio also began to comment on the game at this time, "Now it seems that in the second half of the game, the two sides are expected to strengthen the battle for control of the midfield, after all, the midfielder wins the world." ”

As Baggio had predicted, the midfield battle between the two sides became more intense at the start of the second half, forcing referee Cragg to blow the whistle again and again to interrupt the game - as the players on both sides moved more and more in the scramble.

Although the game was very intense, the wonderful Cheng dù was a lot less discounted than the first half, mainly because now the players on both sides are focusing on the battle for the midfield, and the support for the attack is naturally much less.

Lippi was not in a hurry about the situation in front of him, because he originally wanted to drag the game to the penalty shootout and then decide the winner; Capello is not in a hurry, as he is quite confident in his players' ability to create and take chances.

Relying on the advantage of one more man in midfield, after nearly ten minutes of stalemate, Fiorentina began to gradually dominate the field, Carlos and Zambrotta continued to participate in the attack as they did in the first half, and the defensive line that pressed Juve continued to move back.

In the face of Fiorentina's pressing attacking style, the Juventus players had to gradually retreat, with five defenders and three midfielders blocking the area of the penalty area, leaving only Pierrot and Otero to stay in the front court to play some harassing role.

Seeing this situation, Capello did not panic, but sneered at this: If you think that you can make Florence scoreless, it can only be said that you are too naïve!

The defense is very particular about occupying the space on the court, and the defense line is so flat...... It's self-defeating.

In the 55th minute, Ronaldo, who was pulled to the right side, received a pass from Zambrotta, knocked lightly with his right heel with his back to Pexotto, and then turned sharply to the left, and then accelerated suddenly, relying on superhuman explosiveness to break through Pesotho's defense!

After that, Ronaldo raised his eyes and glanced at the penalty area, did not give Pesoto a chance to commit a tactical foul, and directly got up and passed the ball into the penalty area!

Taking advantage of his teammate's body to block the referee's view, Blank stealthily tugged at Vieri's shirt and successfully grabbed the ball out of the penalty area before Vieri!

Vieri hurriedly signaled to the referee that Blanc was fouled, but Cragg ignored it, believing that Cheng Dù's action was still within the limits of the game and there was no need to blow for a foul.

Just when Vieri was depressed because of a dark loss, he suddenly noticed that the ball was flying towards his face at some point!

"Damn!" Vieri quickly tilted his body and avoided the fate of being hit by the bull's-eye of the ball, "Who is so lacking in virtue to kick the ball in the face......"

Wait a minute! How did the ball fly back?

As soon as Vieri remembered this, he heard the sound of the ball rubbing against the net, and the deafening cheers of the Fiorentina fans that followed!