Volume 1 Chapter 463 The Power of the Fans (I)

The match with Palermo once again made the Fiorentina feel the difficulties caused by the absence of Chen Yu, Fiore, Pasquier, Montolivo and other main players.

Without Pasquier, Fiorentina's left attack has been cut by at least half, which is not to say that Pancaro is so much worse than Pasquier, but because of the lack of Pasquier, Pancaro does not even have a substitute, he does not dare to consume his physical energy, and he can't play his due strength.

Without Fiore and Montolivo, Fiorentina's midfield is left with only defenders, and the attack can't play, if it is a pursuit of a draw, of course, there is no problem with such a midfield configuration, but if Fiorentina wants to continue to lead Serie A, Fiorentina must win this game.

With the likes of Donadale, Brockie and Pachenza in the back, they can do a lot of power, but they can't do it when they play the attack.

And the offensive task is not good for Di Natale, Di Natale can only be regarded as a nine and a half, or even nine and a half is not very qualified, if there is an excellent midfielder, it is okay for him to help organize it, if it completely falls on him, he will be overwhelmed, this is the biggest difference between him and Chen Yu, Chen Yu has the ability to bind the consciousness of the star, when the midfielder is missing, he transforms into the consciousness of a midfielder, and he can compete with the opponent's midfielder.

In contrast, Palermo's midfielder Collini showed his prowess, not only keeping the midfield organised, but also occasionally orchestrating clever passes to keep Fiorentina's backline in check.

The midfield was unable to organise an attack, and Fiorentina had to threaten with long balls and wide pitches.

Del Neri's tactical ability is not inferior to Prandelli, after Fiorentina lacked five main players, he knew that Fiorentina's attack could only rely on long passes and flanks, so he made full preparations before the game, staring at Toney, blocking the wing, and guarding against Di Natale and Bodinov.

Derneri's tactics proved to be successful, the Fiorentina midfielder lacked the ability to create attacking opportunities, and could only rely on the wings and long passes, and after seeing the Fiorentina striker, Fiorentina's attack was basically in a state of paralysis and could only be beaten passively.

However, Prandelli is not a mediocre talent, he also understands where Fiorentina's weaknesses lie, and in the absence of being able to improve Fiorentina's attacking midfield, he sent in a back three, Donadale, Brockchi and Pachenza, in an effort to reduce the play of Palermo midfielder Collini.

Donadale and Brocki are both substitute midfielders in AC Milan, Pacenza's strength is greater than his fame, these three people control the midfield, and the defensive strength is absolutely champion-level, Collini did not play much role under their marking, only occasionally able to pass one or two good shots, and because Palermo's strikers are average, the ability to grasp opportunities is poor, and they have not been able to break through the door of Fiorentina.

In the first minute of the game, another early game came to an end, Juventus beat their opponents 4-0 at home, and the points were two points ahead of Fiorentina, if Fiorentina could not win this game, the leader would be taken by Juventus.

That pushed Fiorentina to the point where they had to win, and they had to risk attacking from both flanks without midfield organisation.

Palermo has an advantage in the midfield, Fiorentina's fullbacks are easy to be counterattacked by Palermo with frequent assists, but the fullbacks do not assist, and the forwards alone cannot complete the breakthrough on the side, after being forced to this point, Fiorentina has no regard for the danger of the opponent's counterattack, Pancaro and Maggio began to take the initiative to press forward under the instruction of coach Prandelli,

In the 35th minute of the game, Maggio played a wonderful combination with Bodinov on the side, Bodinov crossed from the bottom, and the ball was passed to the middle to find Tony who was inserted from outside the penalty area to the box.

Tony was watched by Palermo very dead in the previous minute, and he didn't get a chance to shoot, and the Palermo fans at the Palermo Stadium at the Palabell Stadium kept booing Tony with their whistles to disturb Toney's play.

However, Chen Yu's visit before the game relieved Toney's psychological pressure, and under the disturbance of the fans in Palermo, he did not seem to be in a hurry, and still kept a clear head, but because his teammates did not support him, and his cooperation with Bodinov was not tacit, he did not get any good opportunities.

This time Bodinov's pass was on point, just over the defender's head and into Toney's face.

Toney shook off the midfield, but did not completely get rid of the defender Barzagli's defense, but his height and strength were overwhelming, and the defender's crowding did not make Toni lose his position, he jumped high and headed the ball into the far corner of the goal.

Goalkeeper Guadalben couldn't react and could only watch the ball fly towards the far corner.

However, Toney did not shoot for more than 20 minutes, and this time the header was not on target, and the ball flew off the bottom line against the post.

This attack did not break through the Palermo goal, but it boosted the morale of the Fiorentina players, and then Maggio and Pancaro attacked more aggressively and boldly.

In the 30th minute of the game, Pancaro also made a breakthrough on the left side, and he and Di Natale cooperated more tacitly than Bodinov and Maggio, while the opponent Zakar's defense was solid, but his ability was average, and it was difficult to do it without leakage.

Pankaro and Di Natale made a one-two combination, with Zakar and Brienza not keeping up with the rhythm and being overtaken by Pankaro from the outside to complete a cross from the baseline.

However, Pancaro did not have Maggio's speed and was disturbed when he crossed, the ball was not well placed, and Toney needed to jump in the air to head the ball in the air in the fall, which is very challenging for even a header like Toney.

The ball flew towards the goal at breakneck speed, but Guadalburn did well this time, leaping to his feet and slotting the ball out of the line with one palm.

Toney's header didn't go in, but it was excellent enough to get it on top and within the goal, but the Palermo fans in the stands were greeted by boos and shrill whistles

The Barbera Stadium can accommodate 36,000 fans, because of the arrival of Fiorentina, the stadium stands are full, with 3,000 against 33,000, there is almost no possibility of victory, Palermo fans don't need to be too loud to drown out the voices of Fiorentina fans.

Chen Yu sat in the middle of the Fiorentina fans, sitting with the fans of the Chinese Fan Association, he saw that the Palermo fans were very arrogant, so he greeted the fans: "Come, let's cheer up the players on the field together, don't look at our small number, but as long as we are united, we can at least make our voices heard here." ”

Chen Yu's appeal is almost like a holy decree among the fans, more than 3,000 Florence fans breathe with each other, and soon pass on Chen Yu's meaning, and then, Chen Yu began, everyone chanted "Come on Florence" in unison

At first, the Palermo fans tried to suppress the cheers of Fiorentina with boos, but the Fiorentina shouts continued, and as soon as the Palermo fans' boos stopped, the Palermo fans' voices immediately came out.

There is a sense of loneliness when players play away from home, and if the opponent's fans put pressure, in the roar of tens of thousands of fans, even the brave will have a sense of fear, at this time the presence of the away team fans is very important, their voices can eliminate this loneliness and fear, so that the players can calm down and play.

The Fiorentina players heard the sound of "Come on Fiorentina" from the stands, and looked at the purple in the black and gray stands, and they were all in high spirits and more energetic.

In the 32nd minute of the game, when Fiorentina wanted to break through on the side again, he finally made a mistake in passing, was cut off by Grosso, and launched a counterattack from the side.

Grosso brought the ball to the center circle and immediately passed it to Collini, who was difficult to dribble under Pachenza's close heel defense, and he didn't dribble, the ball was at his feet, and he immediately split it out, passed it to Brienza, and then quickly stepped forward to ask for the ball, and when the ball was passed to Collini's feet again, Collini went directly to Collini again, although Brienza was by Collini's side twice, but because Collini passed the ball directly out of Collini, Pachenza had no choice, but just these two passes, Collini played the ball to the weakest point of Fiorentina's defence, and his striker Mazinwa attacked Fiorentina's right flank.

Nigerian striker Mazinwa was quick, but Maggio had not yet come back after the assist, and Mazinwa's breakthrough on the flanks forced both the centre-backs and midfielders to defend on the wings, creating an open space in the middle.

Although Fiorentina's central defense is the strongest, but after going to a central defender and a midfielder, this middle has become empty, and Palermo is stronger than Fiorentina in their midfield configuration, Collini saw that only Pachenza was left next to him after getting the ball in the front court, and he was secretly happy in his heart, knowing that the opportunity had come.

Collini played the ball straight to the central striker Racho Rogi and continued to run forward.

Collini attracted Pachenza, and when another striker, Mazinva, broke through on the wing, full-back Grosso swam to the middle, and Rajo Roggi had his back to the goal, seeing the movement of his teammates clearly, and he did not pass the ball to Collini, who was famous and concerned, but to the full-back Grosso who ran from the wing to the middle.

It was an unexpected pass that saw both midfielder Donadale and returning Di Natale nearly shaken down.

Grosso didn't shoot from distance, but drove the ball into the box, smashed past the pounced centre-back Dainelli, and then pushed the far corner of the goal.

Grosso was a defender, not a striker, after all, and his movements were not coherent enough, and he was blocked by Ujfarusi's flying tackle, and the ball shot off the bottom line.