Chapter 1094: The Battle of Riazor (End)

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Although Iruetta's choice to change the formation was a good intention, the manager finally missed one point, that is, after replacing Luke to remove Tristan and strengthen the control of the midfield, Deportivo LaCoruna's forward strength was greatly weakened!

After all, although Mackay's scoring ability is strong and all-round enough, he can only barely be regarded as a first-class level in terms of individual ability, and it is obviously very unreliable for him to challenge the top defense composed of two world-class central defenders, Nesta and Stam.

If Mackay at his peak really has the strength to match Ruud van Nistelrooy or even Vieri and Ronaldo, then Bayern in the previous life would not have repeatedly gone out in the Champions Cup after creating the "Balachai" combination, losing to Real Madrid, Chelsea and AC Milan successively, and he would not have been suppressed by Van Nistelrooy and the declining Kluivert in the prime of his career, and he could not even guarantee a minimum main position in the Dutch national team.

These facts prove that although Mackay is an excellent goalscorer, there is still a certain gap compared to those super-first-class strikers. At the very least, he can't roam around the box like Romario, a lone wolf, and take the rank of general in a million-strong army, nor can he single-handedly take down an entire backline on the opposite side like Vieri and Ronaldo. Essentially, Mackay is still very reliant on the passing and support of his teammates, and what he is best at is scoring points in the penalty area, and his containment ability is relatively poor, so it is really unrealistic for him to pick a group of defenders on the opposite side.

Due to Mackay's lack of containment in the Fiorentina backline, Iruetta's adjustment did not have much effect. Nesta and Stam only need one to keep an eye on Mackay, while the other sits in the box and is responsible for dealing with the balls that Makelele missed.

Therefore, although Deportivo Lacoruna's possession rate has increased further since Luque's arrival, their attacking efficiency has been much worse than before, Nesta's marking has almost made Mackay completely invisible on the pitch, making Deportivo midfield's powerful passing skills impossible to use at all, and they have to finish the attack with more long-range shots.

The increase in possession could not be exchanged for the advantage on the field, and the attack was difficult to develop smoothly under the opponent's tight defensive system, and the balance of victory began to tilt in favor of the Fiorentina side playing away.

In the 79th minute, Pirlo broke through Duscher's defense with the ball and was brought down by the Argentine giant, and Nelson decisively awarded Fiorentina a free kick about 25 meters from the goal. Then, Pirlo, who created the free-kick, took the penalty himself and shot a beautiful ball of fallen leaves straight into the corner of the goal!

Just as the ball was about to fly into Laco's goal, Juanmi stepped up, and with great concentration, he jumped up and blocked the ball with only one hand!

Seeing Juanmi block the ball out of the goal, the Laco fans in the stands couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and applauded the goalkeeper. However, the Laco players on the field were in no mood to respond at this time, because they had already noticed that the ball that was blocked back into the box by Juanmi actually landed at the feet of Diego Milito!

"Danger!" Seeing that Milito got the ball in the small penalty area, and there was not even a player in front of him, Naibet was in a hurry, and didn't care about how dangerous it was to foul in the penalty area, and shoveled directly towards Milito!

Milito, who had played in Serie A for several seasons, was not going to miss such a great opportunity, as he quickly fired the ball into the empty net in front of him, and used the reaction force to leap backwards, easily avoiding Naibet's flying tackle, making the latter's last-ditch attempt useless.

Although Laco's players, unwilling to lose at home, launched an onslaught towards Fiorentina's goal in the following period, the backline led by Nesta and Gianluigi Buffon did not give the home side any chance, forcing Laco to fire from outside the box. In contrast, Fiorentina looked more threatening on the counter-attack, with Milito and Vieri both having chances to extend the lead further, but their shots were saved by an in-form Juanmi who didn't allow Fiorentina to cause a catastrophe at the Stadio Riazor.

In this way, when Nelson blew the whistle for the end of the game, Fiorentina, who had played Deportivo for 90 minutes, finally relied on Milito's clever goalmouth shot to win the opponent and win three precious points!

In the other group stage that ended at the same time, Bayern Munich once again refreshed people's perception of them with practical actions. In the away match with Lens, the main team was stunned that they could not beat the team that was easily managed by Fiorentina in the first round of the group stage, and lost a good game in the 23rd minute of the first half with a one-goal lead, and was forced to a 1-1 draw by the Ligue 1 runners-up, and the three points in the mouth became a point.

After learning that the talent-rich Bayern Munich had not tasted a win in the Champions League after two games, the fans were in an uproar. You know, this is a well-deserved hegemonic team in German football, and Bayern Munich, which reached the Champions Cup final more than a year ago!

If you say that when you lost to the civilian team of Deportivo La Coruna before, Bayern can still find a reason to say that it was careless and was played as a pig by this slightly less famous but extremely strong team; However, this time, in the second round of the group stage, Bayern Munich was forced to draw by Lens, who is far inferior to their own strength and fame, which is really embarrassing.

Bayern's domestic rivals, meanwhile, are gloating at the jokes, while Bayer Leverkusen, who have been poached by Hoeness to poach the two pillars of midfield of Ze Roberto and Frings, are the smiling of all.

Although Barzagli and Aquilani were two young players with great potential in this summer, the departure of absolute main players such as Frings finally had an irreparable negative impact on the strength of the pharmaceutical company, resulting in a sharp decline in strength Leverkusen only achieved a bad record of one win, two draws and three losses in the Bundesliga this season, and the league situation is quite worrying.

Therefore, when Bayer Leverkusen saw that Bayern Munich, who were poached everywhere, could not find a win in the Champions Cup, and even a team of Lens' level could not win, they would naturally be very happy.

While Heathfield and Hoeness were struggling with Bayern's poor performance in the Champions League, Fiorentina returned to Italy with five consecutive wins to prepare for the fourth round of Serie A!