Di Livio, who was beside Chen Yu, felt Chen Yu's strangeness, and he patted Chen Yu on the shoulder, "Don't be nervous, after the game starts, you will find that a game can be like a long season." ”

Chen Yu couldn't help laughing, this was the first time Di Livio had spoken to Chen Yu in such a humorous tone, his ease infected Chen Yu, and when he laughed, this tension disappeared.

On the sidelines, Cosmi saw Di Livio, who had been playing as a substitute, appear in Fiorentina's starting lineup, three central defenders Viari, Dericari and Lucarelli Jr. and Befredini Jr., who was transformed into a midfielder, all appeared on the field, and Rigano was not there, his heart sank, he didn't have to stand up, he also guessed Mondonico's style of play in this game.

It must be a dead guard, either 532 or 433. In short, it's an iron bucket array.

"You're ruthless!" Kosmi said to Mondonico, who was standing not far from him.

Mondonico smiled maliciously, "In order to advance, even if it is 901, you have to fight." ”

At this time, the two teams took their positions, and the captain Di Livio began to exchange the team flag and team emblem, Di Livio started today, and the captain's armband was also put back on his arm.

Two years ago, Fiorentina were relegated to C2, leaving Di Livio alone, captain of the fourth tier with a group of inexperienced dolls, and now, at the crucial moment when the team is facing relegation, Di Livio is once again starting as captain.

At this time, everyone saw the starting lineup and position of Fiorentina and Perugia, Perugia did not change much, but Salayeta replaced Boothroyd's position, Aloy on the right back replaced Corred, and Fiorentina changed a lot, Mondonico opened with a bold attacking lineup, which was almost blown up by Perugia, and in this game he put out an extremely conservative lineup.

Argentina goalkeeper Sejas has not changed much, but the back, midfield and forward line have changed a lot, with five defenders: Bagis, Viari, De Ricari, Lucarelli Jr., Maggio, three midfielders Beveredini Jr., Di Livio and Savini, and two forwards Chen Yu and Fandini.

"Ahh Rigano did not play! With five defenders in line-up, Mondonico was really surprised today, did he want to keep an O:O or a 1:1 at home? Will their defensive line be able to hold off the charge of the Perugia? ”

The Fiorentina commentator raised a question in the broadcast box, which was also a question in the minds of nearly 50,000 fans, and when the players played, seeing that there was no Ricano, the fans broke out into a huge "huh".

Suspicion is suspicion, the game did not start, no one dares to say that Fiorentina, a strange formation that has never been used, has no effect, Mondonico has led two teams to Serie A, and he is an expert in rushing to the first division.

By guessing the coin, Perugia got the chance to tee off first, with forwards Ravanelli and Salayeta standing in the centre circle ready to serve.

Referee Rossetti looked at his watch, the time was not up, and he waited again.

The game is about to start, the fans have no intention of laughing, they are all staring at the stadium without saying a word, the atmosphere is like a mountain rain is coming, black clouds are pressing down on the city, and it is extremely dull.

Force!

Rossetti finally blew the whistle in his hand.

Ravanelli and Salayeta played the ball together, and the latter fed the ball back into midfield and raced towards Fiorentina with Ravanelli.

Perugia's midfielder Di Francesco passed the ball back to the back Obodo, Obodo continued to pass back, they thought that Fiorentina would force over, but they didn't expect Fiorentina to force at all, Chen Yu almost walked near the middle circle, and then didn't move, and the striker Fandini was ten meters away from Chen Yu, he was alone in front, of course, he would not force.

Nigeria international Obodo is an attacking midfielder who plays the ball back to a defender and sees that the Fiorentina striker is not pressing, so he quickly moves forward.

The Perugia captain also saw that Fiorentina were trying to make a bucket formation today, and he looked back at the manager Kosmi on the sidelines and asked what the coach meant. Before the game, Perugia made two preparations, one is the Fiorentina defensive counterattack, the other is the Fiorentina and Perugia to play against each other, after all, the score of the first leg is a more subtle 2:2, what kind of tactical play Fiorentina uses, it is possible for Perugia to play today, the arrangement of Perugia today is also relatively modest, focusing on attack, winning Cred, replacing with young Aloy, is to strengthen the impact, if the opponent defends and counterattacks, then the two fullbacks will fly together, if the opponent attacks, the fullbacks will play more steadily, Fiorentina's forward line is not vegetarian.

Kosmi saw Zemaria looking at him, and he waved his hand forward vigorously and made a gesture of onslaught.

Zemaria also immediately conveyed to his teammates what the coach meant: onslaught

The first game was played so humiliating at home, Perugia's players were already angry, and now seeing the coach and captain speak, everyone pushed forward, seven or eight players rushed through the half, leaving two centre-backs and a goalkeeper at the back.

Seeing their opponents pouring out of the nest, Chen Yu and Fandini began to move. Fandini swam in front of the two centre-backs like a fish, with Chen Yu at the back, about halfway between the defenders and the midfielders, and he played as a self-defeating man up front.

Chen Yu's task today is the heaviest.

Mondonico dared to play the iron bucket formation and dare to replace Ricano, mainly because he had Chen Yu. Fiorentina's defensive task in the midfield is very heavy, even Savini is difficult to have many offensive opportunities, Chen Yu must organize himself after getting the ball in the front court, and cooperate with Fandini, he also has to score by himself, once Fiorentina's defense is too dangerous, he has to go back to save the fight. Today's Chen Yu has really become a self-confessed man in the front, Mondonico did not ask him for any position, as long as he can bring a threat to the opponent's backline and be able to score goals.

This formation and style of play have been secretly experimented for four or five days, in order to adapt to such a lineup, Chen Yu bound two players, one is the counterattack master Iliye, when his teammates played the iron bucket formation, Chen Yu got not many opportunities for his teammates to pass him a good ball, he wanted to become a killer with a sword to seal his throat. One is to be able to create opportunities by himself, between the striker and the striker, Chen Yu chose Sechov, in fact, Chen Yu can choose a professional senior player, but considering that there is a possibility of overtime in this game, professional senior players have a time limit, and there is no time limit for binding professional intermediate players, Chen Yu still chose Sechov.

Neither Serchev nor Iliye have any header ability, but Chen Yu has no choice, the team's iron bucket formation is a very extreme tactic, and he must also become a very extreme player, if he really needs a header, there is still Rigano on the bench to choose from.

Perugia started with a big attack, which was completely expected by Fiorentina, their five defenders almost filled the lateral space at the back, the gap between the defenders was very small, the opponent's passing and coordination were not easy, and the distance between the midfield and the back line was also very close, kept at a distance of about ten meters, which ensured that the two lines could echo each other and press the opponent's vertical dribble to break through the space.

With this kind of dense and tough defense of Fiorentina, Perugia had to play very delicate and fast to tear apart Fiorentina's defense, but Perugia is only a mid-to-lower Serie A team, even if they are at their peak.

The game played seven or eight minutes, Perugia invested a lot of attacking force, but the attack was stumbling, intermittent, constantly stealing and destroying by Fiorentina, except for a long-range shot from Nigerian defender Obodo, they did not even have a chance to shoot near the penalty area.

Cosmi is not in a hurry on the sidelines, he knows the strength of Fiorentina, he is fully capable of wrestling with Perugia, he is also fully prepared, if he can't open the opponent's defense, he will give full play to the power of long-range shots and set-pieces, there are Ravanelli and Salayeta in front, Ravanelli is very capable of long-range shooting, Obodo is good at breaking through, as long as the opponent keeps giving opportunities, they have the hope of scoring.

In the 10th minute of the game, when Perugia was cooperating with the pass in the front, Obodo suddenly cut in and wanted to break into the Fiorentina penalty area, but was brought down by Fiorentina captain Di Livio, and Perugia got a free kick opportunity.

Set-pieces are a great way to break down dense defences, and Perugia also had a special training session before the game. The players who were able to compete for the header came to the penalty area to grab the spot.

Zemaria didn't pass the ball, he aimed for the back corner and curled a beautiful curling ball that flew over the wall and over the crossbar.

Goalkeeper Sejas broke out in a cold sweat as he shouted to his team-mates not to give their opponents a chance to take a free-kick.

However, Fiorentina play a dense defense, and it is very difficult not to give the opponent a chance under siege.

A minute later, Perugia attacked down the right and Aloy, with the help of Salayeta, broke through Maggio's defence and played the ball towards Fiorentina in the box

Fiorentina and Perugia players in the middle flanked them, but no one touched the ball, Fiorentina had three central defenders, and Viari, who was standing on the far right, saw that he was barely able to take the ball, so he let the ball go and prepared to let his teammate Barkis clear it.

But at this time, without Chen Yu's suppression, Zemaria, who was very active at the beginning, ran from nowhere, cut along the ribs, and just arrived at this point, and turned the ball to the dead corner of the goal.

It was a beautiful tackle and goalkeeper Cejas couldn't do anything about the ball, and although he had moved over, he couldn't save a shot from such a tight angle.

Boom!

Fiorentina were lucky enough to hit the post and bounce back.

The Brazilian grabbed the second point and he followed up with a volley, but he didn't hold the ball down and the ball went high and went straight into the stands.

Seeing that the opponent almost scored, goalkeeper Sejas became angry and yelled at the veteran Viari, although Viari was a little unhappy, but it was his fault, he didn't say anything, turned around and threw himself into the defense again.