Volume 1 Chapter 434 - Taking Siena (Part I)
Due to the passionate battle of the Champions League, Fiorentina played a little flat in the first half, and it didn't seem to look like the Fiorentina in everyone's impression, but after the start of the second half, the Fiorentina players were active, and everyone ran very actively.
Just three minutes into the second half, Maracina's pass was a bit too big under the pressure of Fiorentina, and when Locatelli stopped the ball, the ball stopped a little far, and was grabbed by Brockie to make a tackle, and the ball was destroyed in front of Dainelli.
Dainelli grabbed the ball and quickly handed it to Fiore, who asked him to organize the attack.
The smooth passage of the ball to Fiore's feet was a dangerous sign for Siena, meaning Fiorentina could threaten the Siena defence at any time.
The Siena players also felt this, and immediately two players ran over to intercept Fiore, and another player moved closer to Chen Yu's position, guarding against Fiore's pass to Chen Yu, if the ball reached Chen Yu's feet, the trouble would only be greater.
Fiore's position is not easy to pass to Chen Yu, but he has other options, which is to pass to Toni or Di Natale.
As a center forward, Toni has definitely no shortage of markers around him, but Di Natale has become the least threatening in the comparison of the two strikers, so he has received the least attention, and after Fiore got the ball, he saw that Di Natale was not around him, and he was running towards him, and immediately passed to Di Natale.
Fiorentina has a better forward configuration than Siena, even if the opponent is eyeing Chen Yu and Toney, Di Natale also has the ability to break through, organize and pass, and it is difficult for the opponent to see all three people to death at the same time.
Di Natale took the ball and sprinted forward, trying to penetrate Siena's defence from the ribs.
Di Natale was still a little away from the penalty area, and it was enough distance for Siena's players to come and make up for it. However, when Di Natale got past the number 8 defender, there was a hole in Siena's backline, because at this time Siena's defenders who were marking other players had to come over and make up again.
Di Natale didn't go down so much, when he got past the number eight, he had already deviated from the ribs and walked to the outside of the box, the threat of shooting was getting smaller and smaller, and passing the ball was the best option.
Di Natale still has the strength to observe the middle of the court, he saw that Tony and Chen Yu are trying their best to get rid of the opponent's marking, and Fiore in the middle is also running forward quickly, although the three have not completely gotten rid of Siena's defenders, but Di Natale still decisively passed to Chen Yu, Di Natale believes that Chen Yu will be able to get rid of the defense, but Toni and Fiore may not be able to get rid of it, at this time speed is the key.
The ball was passed to about five meters in front of Chen Yu.
This is a very clever pass, because if the ball is passed in front of Chen Yu, the player who is marking Chen Yu when Chen Yu takes the ball can completely foul Chen Yu, and when passing to this position, Chen Yu can give full play to his speed advantage and get rid of the opponent's entanglement.
Chen Yu did not live up to Di Natale's pass, he just didn't seem to get rid of the defense of Silfani, in fact, he didn't fully exert his strength, seeing Di Natale's ball passing, Chen Yu then accelerated again, and left Silfani behind, Silfani wanted to foul too late.
Chen Yu was originally bound to the player Bergkamp, but when Di Natale got the ball, Chen Yu immediately changed to the consciousness of Eto'o, the African cheetah who is famous for his speed.
Different players handle the ball in a completely different way, and Samuel Eto'o is best at attacking with the ball.
After taking the ball, Chen Yu was like Eto'o possessed, he walked the ball forward, and his footsteps quickly followed, just controlling the ball within his own body, and neither the opponent in front nor on the side could touch the ball faster than Chen Yu.
Chen Yu quickly approached Negro and then suddenly smashed the ball and changed direction.
Negro's position was already on the edge of the big penalty area, and when Chen Yu broke through, the goal was dangerous, and Negro stretched out his foot to hook up, trying to trip Chen Yu.
Chen Yu just made a smash move to change direction, and it was almost impossible to dodge Negro's hook again, but the impossible happened, Chen Yu smashed the ball and then took another kick, just avoiding Negro's hook.
Seeing Chen Yu enter the penalty area, goalkeeper Mirante quickly bowed down and blocked it, he is Siena's most defensive line, if he can't block Chen Yu, Siena's goal will be lost.
Chen Yu shook for a moment, as if he wanted to get rid of the goalkeeper, but after shaking, he shot directly at the goal, and the ball was hitting between the legs of goalkeeper Mirante.
At such a close distance, it was difficult for Mirante to react after being shaken by Chen Yu, he subconsciously pinched his legs, but it was still half a beat late, and the ball drilled between his legs.
Behind the goalkeeper was an empty goal, and there was no suspense, and the ball flew into the net.
Chen Yu opened the scoring for Fiorentina and scored his 10th league goal of the season.
After the goal, Chen Yu rushed to the stands, raised his hands high, and raised a V-word, as if to say, Artemio Francis Stadium, I am here again, I am scoring again.
There were only 2,000 fans in the stands, which was almost the fewest in all of Fiorentina's games, and with Fiorentina reaching Serie A, the number of fans willing to support Fiorentina was measured in tens of thousands, whether at home or away, but due to the small capacity of the Artemio Francisco Stadium and the two teams had a grudge, Siena only gave Fiorentina 2,000 tickets.
However, at this time, the huge applause and shouts of the 2,000 Fiorentina fans were also very grandiose, completely suppressing the more than 7,000 Siena fans at home.
"Pretty Chen broke through Siena's defence and scored Chen Yu's 10th league goal
Chen is indeed the Florentine god of war...... Soul...... Core ......"
Fiorentina's on-site commentator also led the shout, very excited about the goal.
On the sidelines, Prandelli shook his fist excitedly, the goal in this time period is too beneficial to Fiorentina, with this goal, all the pressure on the players has been put down, and the players can maintain their physical fitness in the first half, and they must be handy in the second half, it can be said that the current Fiorentina has won the game.
On the other side, Siena's head coach Decanio's face changed greatly, the change in the second half really surprised him, he saw the state of Fiorentina in the first half, and thought that Fiorentina was really exhausted, he made arrangements at halftime, to press and beat hard, and exhaust Fiorentina's physical energy, but he didn't expect Fiorentina to be the main opponent, take the lead in attacking, and scored a goal by Chen Yu.
As a team aiming for relegation, if the team in the same city is stronger, the derby often becomes the most important opportunity for them to raise their eyebrows in a season, although they often get defeat because of the problem of quality, but that does not stop them from aiming for it.
Now Siena's pressure has suddenly increased, and their home opponents have scored first, and their hopes of winning have suddenly become slim, but in the derby, no matter how slim their hopes, they must fight until the last minute, as the saying goes, they would rather die standing than kneel, otherwise the fans will not forgive them
Once the game started again, Siena launched a fierce attack on Fiorentina, who would not allow their arch-rivals to take the three points easily on their home turf, and they might win, but they had to pay the price.
Siena's attitude is respectable, but the game is brutal, quality is the main factor that determines the victory, Fiorentina playing away from home is equally strong, and after scoring, they have the initiative to attack and defend freely, Siena's aggressive attack did not pose much threat to Fiorentina's goal.
In the UU minute of the game, Chiesa played the ball back to Maracina in the penalty area, and as soon as Maracina conceded, Alberto, who was inserted behind him, followed up with a long-range shot, but the ball was slightly wide of the post.
In the first minute of the game, Negro crossed from the bottom, Chiesa and Maracina grabbed the point in the penalty area, Chiesa grabbed the spot, but poked the ball into the goalkeeper Frei.
Those two attacks were two of Siena's best chances, and then Fiorentina's attacks became sharper and more targeted, and Siena's attack was difficult to find again.
In the 74th minute of the game, Fiorentina's goalkeeper Frei came out to get a cross from Siena, and drove forward to find Toney, Tony also lived up to expectations, he still grabbed the header in the two-meter back scramble, and accurately ferried to Di Natale, Di Natale also played with confidence at the moment, his header was a little forward, shook off the hurried Vergasola, and then followed up with a long shot.
Di Natale's shot was powerful and sudden, and the only drawback was that it was too accurate, and he didn't hit the huge goal, but hit the post.
Although Di Natale's shot did not go in, it boosted Fiorentina's fighting spirit even more, and also dampened Siena's fighting spirit.
Two minutes later, Chen Yu suddenly cruied from the middle to the side, Fiore split the side, Ma Qiaozi passed directly to the bottom line on the side, and Chen Yu broke through Miniani's defense and hit the bottom line.
Glancing at the penalty area, Chen Yu passed the ball to the penalty area to find Tony's high point.
At this point, Tony's advantage of being tall and strong finally came to fruition, and Chen Yu passed the ball to Tony's path, and Tony squeezed down two defenders who wanted to close the door like a huge armored car, smashing the ball into the goal before the goalkeeper could pounce.