Chapter 1126: The Most Familiar Stranger (4)
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Seeing the referee signal that the goal was valid, Shevchenko excitedly took off his jersey and waved it vigorously to the cheers of thousands of Milan fans as he ran towards the area where the substitutes and the manager were!
However, Sheva's target this time around is not the away dugout where Carlo Ancelotti is staying, but the home dugout where Heynckes and Fiorentina players are located. He ran to a short distance in front of Heynckes, then smiled triumphantly at the other man, and at the same time stretched out his hands and applauded lightly in the direction of the Florentina coach - it was clear that Shevchenko was demonstrating to Heynckes in this way, venting all the grievances that had been building up in his heart for so long!
Didn't you say Vieri was better suited to stay in the middle than I did? The result? Didn't AC Milan take the lead with me, and you with Vieri fell behind in this direct battle? Although Shevchenko did not have any verbal communication with Heynckes during the whole process, there was no doubt that the series of actions he had just made on the sidelines meant all of this.
Seeing Shevchenko showing off his power in front of him, although Heynckes did not make any indications or fight back on the surface, judging from the German's black face and the bottom of the pot, the current Fiorentina coach is definitely not in a good mood. After all, the main reason for Shevchenko's departure from Fiorentina was that Heynckes was unwilling to give him the same tactical position as Vieri, insisting on arranging him on the wing, and letting Vieri be the first firepower and the team's tactical fulcrum in the front, rather than the Ukrainian dominating the team's attacking direction.
Although Shevchenko has scored a lot of goals every season under Heynckes' arrangement, the 24 league goals in his first two seasons in Serie A are the best evidence of this. But as he gained more accolades and fame, Shevchenko's ambitions grew, and he was no longer satisfied with his current position, and began to demand more autonomous attacking power on the pitch, rather than playing for Vieri and other teammates on the wing. Therefore, Shevchenko, who had serious differences with Heynckes, made up his mind and made the decision to leave Florence.
And now, in this direct clash between Fiorentina and AC Milan, Shevchenko proved to Heynckes with a goal how wrong the Germans are in his position, and he is more than capable of taking on a more important role on the pitch!
"Sheva, you've gone a little too far this time." Although Shevchenko has a good personal relationship, this does not mean that Vieri and his family will ignore this provocation of Ukrainian nuclear warheads, "Although he may be a little too stubborn in your position, it does not mean that you can disrespectfully mock him in front of us." Whatever one way or another, we are all part of Florence and no one can provoke any one of them in front of us. ”
Shevchenko was just emotional after the goal and wanted to vent his grievances, and he didn't want to stiffen the relationship with his former teammates because of this. So, after Vieri's warning, the Ukrainian shrugged his shoulders and retreated to the centre of the pitch to wait for the referee to announce that the kick-off had resumed.
Looking at Fiorentina's side, although they can understand Shevchenko's emotions, Vieri and others are still angry because of Sheva's provocative behavior after the goal. After all, most of them had experienced the peak period of Florence, and their feelings for the purple lily could naturally be said to be quite deep. Therefore, when they saw that someone dared to provoke Heynckes in front of them, the spirit and fighting spirit of the Fiorentina players were suddenly aroused!
As Vieri said, no one can walk away with being disrespectful to Fiorentina, not even if this person is their former team-mate, Shevchenko, who has contributed to the Purple Lily's two championship trophies! After all, Heynckes is also the head coach of Fiorentina, and if other players are allowed to provoke so blatantly, it will be cutting the face of everyone in Fiorentina!
In this way, Shevchenko's provocative behavior towards Heynckes not only made him breathe a bad breath, but also succeeded in arousing the fighting spirit of the Fiorentina players!
As a result, after the restart, the AC Milan players were surprised to find that Fiorentina's already very tight defensive system had become more oppressive at this time, causing Costa and Seedorf great difficulties in organizing their midfield work!
Although Pirlo and Albertini are not good at head-to-head confrontation, they are naturally not a defensive black hole if they can gain a foothold in the Italian national team, and excellent defensive ability and accurate prediction are the foundation of their foothold on the defensive end. With the help of Pirlo and Albertini, coupled with the strong super sweeper of Makelele, as well as the retreat interference of Di Natale and Vincent, Costa and others had to retreat to a more backward position to get the ball, and it was difficult to organize the attack directly in the front court as before.
Although Costa and others can still ensure the accuracy of their passes after retreating, while also reducing the probability of being tackled by opponents and counter-attacking, this makes the Rossoneri much less dangerous in attack. After all, although Costa and Seedorf also have a penetrating long ball, it is obviously unrealistic to rely on such long balls as a regular attacking tactic to penetrate Fiorentina's defence.
Another reason that forced Costa to retreat was the older age of Maldini and Hellwig, who were at their best but were far less physical than they were at their peak, and if they continued to play with the intensity they had started with, they would likely not have lasted until the end of the game.
In this way, with AC Milan's attack contained, Fiorentina's attack began to gradually show its sharp fangs - in the 35th minute, Albertini immediately distributed the ball to the left after stealing Costa's pass to Seedorf in the middle of the game, Vincent, who was inserted along the sideline, relied on the speed and explosiveness far beyond Helwig to force an overtake and cut directly into the AC Milan penalty area, and after attracting the attention of Dida and Maldini, the Spaniard cleverly passed the ball to the center of the box!
Vieri, who followed up in the middle, picked up his left foot and fired a powerful volley against the flying ball, Grandoni's interference behind him had no effect on him at all, and Dida's remedial move after waking up had no effect, and the AC Milan players could only watch the ball rush into their own door, 1-1!