In the 14th minute, Fiorentina led 0 at home.

This makes Prandelli very satisfied, the game is going in the direction he envisioned before the game, now he can make the players play more solidly, on the basis of maintaining the current win, extend the lead, even if not to extend the advantage, as long as they can keep a clean sheet against the opponent, 0 is a good score, with strikers like Chen Yu and Toney, if Villarreal dares to fight at home, Prandelli is absolutely confident that he can score on the road.

"Hit it steady, stay in your own half if you don't have a good chance."

Prandelli yelled at the smiling full-back Pasquier.

Pasquier shook his fist at Prandelli, "Don't worry, Coach, I know what to do." ”

Chilean engineer Pellegrini looked dignified, the process of the game did not surprise him, in the face of a team like Fiorentina, in the face of strikers like Chen and Toney, it is impossible not to lose a goal, but the Fiorentina team attaches so much importance to defense is what he did not expect, the three backs are in front of the double back, which is not much in the game of Florence, Pellegrini has carefully studied the game of Florence, only in the face of giants, Florence will send such a lineup, In fact, even in the face of giants, Fiorentina is not so conservative every time, which means that the Fiorentina team attaches great importance to the Champions League and Villarreal.

Tony's play is normal, but Chen Yu is so strong or Pellegrini is surprised, he has made detailed arrangements for Chen Yu's defense before the game, but still no one can stop this China

Pellegrini did not give any instructions to the players on the field, what to do when he was behind, how to defend the opponent's ace, every player knows it, and there is also the core Riquelme on the field, this Argentine is fully capable of being a coach on the field, which makes Pellegrini worry a lot.

After the game started again, Villarreal obviously strengthened the scramble, especially the defense of Chen Yu, not only the fierce tackle, but also the assistance of other players, cutting off the passing line to Chen Yu, in short, never let Chen Yu get the ball easily, and did not let Chen Yu bring the ball up.

Fiorentina because of the three back midfield, the midfield to the front of the field brought little help, is the goal just scored, but also Chen Yu used the counterattack to score, Fiorentina's attack mainly relies on the front of the trident and two fullbacks assists.

If Villarreal adopts such pressing tactics before Fiorentina scores, Fiorentina's attack is suppressed, and the back will definitely have to press up, with Riquelme's passing ability, Villarreal will have a lot of chances, but now Fiorentina does not mind the limited attack power in the front, as long as they can prevent Villarreal's attack in the backfield, the basic goal of this game has been achieved, and if they are lucky, they may still have a chance to expand the score.

Fiorentina's overly steady tactics directly weakened the attacking power of both sides of the game, Riquelme's through ball is very strong, but it is still very difficult to tear through the two walls composed of three backs and two central defenders, Jose Mari and Forlan are not Toney's giant center, nor are they Chen Yu such a strong individual striker, under the sandwich of the three backs and two central defenders, they have no ability to break out of the encirclement, can only wait for the opportunity.

Thirty minutes passed in the blink of an eye, the score was still 0 Fiorentina lead, in the past sixteen minutes, the two teams only had two long-range shots, no one created more offensive opportunities, the battlefield between the two sides was mainly in the area around the front of the Fiorentina penalty area, both sides have invested a lot of troops here, especially Fiorentina, except for Chen Yu, Toni, Fiore in the front of the trident, everyone else is active near this area.

Too many players compress the space, and here, not only can't dribble the ball, but there is no room to pass the ball, and more is a mess of tackles and steals, often your side just grabs the ball and is immediately grabbed by the other side.

This is the kind of scene that Prandelli would like to see the most, because in such a place, the Spanish team's technical advantage is completely unplayed, while Fiorentina's back three are like a fish in water, defending Villarreal's double strikers and defenders with only one anti-aircraft gun.

Manuel Pellegrini finally couldn't hold his breath, the score behind will put psychological pressure on the players, the longer the time, the more pressure will be, if the second half can not equalize, I am afraid that his players will collapse psychologically, so he issued a strong attack order to the two full-backs.

"Venta strengthens the offensive on the flanks, opens up space in the middle and passes orders to Aru."

"Understood, coach."

Venta didn't stay in the back just now, but she didn't stay in the front all the time. Fiorentina lacked the ball and did not have many opportunities to attack, but Chen Yu's counterattack gave Villarreal a great shock, even if Fiorentina did not attack much, Villarreal's defenders did not dare to press easily.

Now Villarreal is almost 15 minutes behind, but there is no hope of equalising, the players are impatient, but the forwards, midfielders, and defenders all have their own responsibilities, and no one can give up their responsibilities and easily assist forward, unless there is no risk.

Now that the manager has given the order, the players are relieved, and the two full-backs, Venta and Aru, are attacking with all their might, leaving two centre-backs and Senna at the back to defend Fiorentina's front trident.

Such a defense must be very weak, Chen Yu and Toni are not one person can defend, but at this time, Villarreal has no other choice, an away goal has an extremely important position in the two-legged knockout round, even if Fiorentina scores another goal, as long as Villarreal can score, this is a good deal. To put it more extremely, 3 is better than 0 l.

Villarreal's two fullbacks assisted like two full-backs, which brought a lot of pressure to Fiorentina's defense, Fiorentina in order to ensure the goal, although they sent three backs today, but in the position of the two fullbacks, they used two offensive and defensive players: Pasquel and Maggio, now Villarreal's full-backs attacked, Pasquier and Maggio played very passively, in the 33rd and 35th minutes, their side was broken by Villarreal twice, Fiorentina's midfielders had to play to the flanks in order to compensate for the wide defence, which gave Villarreal midfielder Riquelme the chance to make a lethal through-ball.

In the 39th minute of the game, Villarreal continued to play a fast attack, the ball switched back and forth between the two wings and the middle, and the Fiorentina defense was somewhat loose, and the three backs continued to put out fires on both sides, and the protection of the middle was inevitably a little inadequate, at this time, the ball passed to Riquelme's feet, Riquelme received the ball and turned around, shook past Pachenza, and then sent a precise overhead ball while turning

Riquelme's pass was cleverly timed, almost as well as well controlled, and into a space where both the goalkeeper and defenders were uncomfortable.

This kind of pass is very demanding on passing and running, because the opportunity is fleeting, and there is no way to grab such a pass without anticipating it in advance.

However, Forlan and Riquelme cooperated very well, and when Riquelme passed the ball, Forlan, who had been running with the central defenders, ran right behind the two central defenders of Fiorentina, and in an instant formed a situation of facing goalkeeper Toldo alone.

It was like a bolt from the blue, it was still sunny and windy, but suddenly it turned into lightning and thunder, and the Florence fans at home were stunned.

The commentator at the scene was also saying that the game had entered the cowhide market, and immediately yelled as if it had been violated, "...... Ah Riquelme's pass to Forlan was in perfect position, and now Forlan has won the chance to face goalkeeper Toldo alone......

Toldo was no less surprised than the fans, and he had no idea that the near-perfect backline would suddenly become a scum project.

After his initial surprise and panic, Toldo immediately made a "welcome" gesture, but his mouth was shouting, "Come on, I'm afraid you're not hunting,"

Toldo's self-confidence also put a lot of pressure on Villarreal's forwards, and Forlan couldn't help but choose a more tricky angle when he shot so as not to be saved by Toldo.

But it was also risky to pay too much attention to the angle, and although Toldo didn't touch the ball, it didn't fly into the net, and the ball grazed the edge of the post and flew off the line.

Seeing this scene, the Fiorentina fans in the audience couldn't help but shout, "Luckily." ”

The Villarreal fans sighed helplessly, they didn't expect that the cooperation of Forlan and Riquelme could break the defense of Fiorentina, and they didn't expect that Toldo didn't kick Forlan's shot out of the goal, and Forlan actually lost it himself.

Fiorentina's players came up to thank Toldo, although the ball was not saved by Toldo, but without Toldo's timely reaction, Forlan could not have made such a mistake.

Toldo seemed to be relaxed and said to these defenders who were much younger than him: "It's okay, it's not so easy to break my ten fingers easily, everyone should pay attention to defense, the opponent seems to want to give it a go at this time period."

Everyone's hearts were in the dark, and they all knew that maybe the last few minutes of the first half would not be peaceful.

Toldo looked at a few teammates a little worried, and said with a smile: "The opponent let go, our chance has come, Chen and Tony are not vegetarians." “