Seeing the ball being pushed out by Blank, the Fiorentina fans in the stands let out a sound of disappointment, and then applauded Vieri for the header and Redondo for delivering this wonderful long ball!

However, soon these applause turned into exclamations from the Fiorentina fans, as well as cheers from the Juventus fans!

Because after defending against this surprise attack of Fiorentina, the Juventus side immediately launched a counterattack!

Although Lippi's pre-game tactics were defensive counter-attacks, and at the extreme, they could even be said to be buckets, but when the ball was already at their feet, the Bianconeri players could still try their hand at attacking.

However, they can't invest too many troops in the attack, lest the opponent seize the opportunity to counterattack, which will outweigh the losses.

Blanc's ball flew out of the box and was picked up by Montero in front of Ronaldo, and the Uruguayan centre-back, who is known for his ferocious defence, is much stronger than the alien in terms of physical fitness. Montero spread his hands and stopped Ronaldo behind him, then quickly passed the ball to Deschamps in front.

When Deschamps stopped the ball, Effenberg quietly appeared behind the French defender and stretched out his right foot to poke the ball!

And Deschamps is not a rookie in the first place, and he has long been wary of Effenberg's hand and directly distributed the ball to the wing. Torricelli, who was plugged in, received the ball smoothly and began to accelerate along the right side!

While Torricelli's breakthrough was quite decisive and he wasn't slow with the ball, Robert Carlos was clearly the better in terms of pace. The Brazilian who quickly rebounded tangled with Torricelli before both falling to the ground in a scramble.

Referee Cragg arrived at the scene of the accident and awarded Carlos a foul, while also awarding Juventus a free-kick in front of the touchline.

Seeing this, Montero and Blanc immediately rushed into the Fiorentina penalty area - obviously, although Lippi did intend to use defense against Fiorentina, this did not mean that the Silver Foxes had completely given up attacking, and like a quick counter-attack, set-pieces in front of the Bianconeri were also one of the important scoring tools of this game.

So, when Zidane, who was in charge of the free kick, adjusted the ball, in the Fiorentina penalty area, players from both sides were huddled, and they both wanted to push each other away to get more space to play, so the scene was quite chaotic for a while. The referee, Cragg, had to rush over to stop the brawl between the players on both sides, ordering them not to make any more moves.

Zidane took the opportunity to observe the situation in the Fiorentina penalty area, and then, after the referee blew the whistle, raised his foot to pass the ball to the center of the crowd!

Zinedine Zidane was a midfield master, and the arc and speed of his free-kick were so well controlled that it was very difficult for the defending Fiorentina players to deal with it, as the flight path of the ball rotated inward. If you don't judge it well, it's easy to get on top.

Fiorentina players are worried about losing their position, but as an attacker, the Juventus players don't have these thoughts, and Blanke, who is 1.92 meters tall, saw the ball flying towards him, and immediately accelerated his jump, ready to hit the goal with a direct head!

Seeing this situation, Toldo did not hesitate at all, decisively abandoned the goal and rushed out of the small penalty area, giving full play to his height and arm length, and grabbed the ball out of the penalty area with a punch before Blank, who was about to attack the goal!

However, Fiorentina's crisis did not end there, as the ball that was struck by Toldo fell to the feet of Pierrot, who was roaming outside the box.

Facing the black crowd in front of him, Prince Zebra, who was worried that the shooting line would be blocked by the crowd, chose to shoot directly!

Just as the ball was about to fly into the unguarded Fiorentina goal, Nesta appeared on the goal line in time and kicked the ball far away!

Due to the urgency of the situation at that time, Nesta's kick clearance naturally used a lot of strength, so the ball flew very far this time, and the landing point was directed at Juventus' half!

Pesoto and Torricelli, who stayed at the back to defend, were shocked when they found the ball flying towards their own half, and at the same time did not forget to curse:

"I'll you!" ×2

If the set-piece just now is an opportunity for Juventus, then after Nesta's unexpected clearance, it is Fiorentina's chance - due to the relationship between the Juventus players who stepped forward to participate in the attack, the Bianconeri's backline at this time was not as tight as before, three central defenders ran to the front to participate in the attack, and only the two fullbacks of Pesoto and Torricelli remained in the backfield, as well as the Frenchman Deschamps!

And what they have to face now is the joint impact of Vieri and Ronaldo!

Vieri watched as the ball fell from the sky, constantly moving his position, ready to unload it steadily. However, Deschamps obviously would not let Vieri be satisfied, and immediately clung to it and adopted a close defense against Vieri. Torricelli was watching from the sidelines, ready to wait for Vieri to unload the ball and rush straight to the opponent with Deschamps!

As for Ronaldo on the other side, Deschamps and Torricelli handed him over to the Pesoto defence. After all, aliens are not good at headers, so in their opinion, as long as they can break the ball from Vieri's feet in time, then there will be no problems on Ronaldo's side.

However, Deschamps and Torricelli still underestimated Vieri's ability after all. Think about it, when facing the frontal defense of Sanchis and Hierro, two first-class central defenders, Vieri, who can rely on strength to force a breakthrough, is it not a little unsafe to rely on Deschamps to intercept in the front?

Therefore, Vieri ignored Deschamps' defense, stretched out his arms and used his superior strength to keep the Frenchman behind, and then raised his left foot to stop the ball firmly at his feet!

Deschamps, who was held back by Vieri, realised he had misjudged the Italian centre-forward's strength and was now using his strength to put his foot in front of Vieri to prevent him from getting the ball and turning to face his own goal.

Seeing that Deschamps, who was in charge of defending Vieri, was struggling, Torricelli rushed over to reach out for a steal, but Vieri did not let the opponent's plot succeed. After testing Deschamps' strength backwards, Vieri gave up his plans to go toe-to-toe with the Frenchman.

I saw Vieri take a step forward with his right foot, and one sideways blocked Torricelli, who was grabbing, and then pushed the ball sideways with the arch of his left foot!

Ronaldo, who was behind Vieri, immediately shook off Pesoto and rushed in the direction of the ball!

Now, it's Fiorentina fighting back!