Chapter 711: Toyota Cup (4)
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"It seems that Coach Antonio López still has some real skills." Looking at the Da Gama players who re-stepped on the pitch but were in much better mental condition than at the end of the first half, Zhuang Mingge said to Karin, "Although he has not made any adjustments in terms of personnel, he has at least reinvigorated these Brazilian players who are technically good but obviously mentally incompetent, and it seems that da Gama's ability to win the Brazilian Liga and the Copa Libertadores in the past two years is not just a matter of luck." ”
As Zhuang Mingge said, after the start of the second half, the attitude of the Da Gama players became much more correct and positive. Instead of being weak in attack as in the first half, he was repeatedly fouled by Fiorentina players on the defensive end, thus giving the opponent a large number of set-piece opportunities in front of the court.
As the attacking core of da Gama, Edmundo's temper was much less tempered than in the first half, and he began to show the quality of a top striker on the court. Even if he was defended by Makelele or Redondo, he did not get angry as lightly as before, but patiently relied on his body and technique to find a breakthrough.
As the core of the organization, Juninho Jr. still has no good solution to Fiorentina's tight defensive system and Gattuso's stubborn play, but he seems to have overcome the fear of the first half, and began to take the initiative to gradually increase the number of passes and receives, and use a large number of passes to dispatch the team and control the rhythm of the game. However, in order to avoid the interference of Fiorentina's players as much as possible, so that he could better organize the attack, Juninho was positioned further down the pitch than usual. As a result, in addition to Gattuso, who has a task on his side, is still persistently chasing Juninho Jr., the Brazilian midfielder has basically jumped out of Fiorentina's defensive area.
So, after the restart of the second half, the regrouped Vasco da Gama swept away the decline of the first half and launched three attacks in a row, all of which were converted into quite threatening shots!
Edmundo himself took two of those three shots, testing the speed of a Toldo with a powerful long-range shot from 20 yards out on the edge of the box; Immediately afterwards, he played a wonderful anti-offside combination with Juninho Jr., successfully passed through the central defense of Stam and Nesta, and then burst into the Fiorentina penalty area with the ball!
If it weren't for Toldo's quick reaction and his hands and feet to block Edmundo's push from the bottom line, Fiorentina's goal would have been lost less than five minutes into the second half.
Seeing that da Gama's offensive had improved, Antonio López was naturally smiling, feeling that the words of the halftime were not in vain; Capello, on the other side, walked from his seat to the sidelines, but he did not immediately give any instructions to the team, but began to carefully observe the situation on the field on the sidelines, preparing to release corresponding countermeasures to the players after seeing some eyebrows.
Capello's approach is quite reasonable, after all, in terms of strength and the number of scoring opportunities, Florence's side is more dominant, so although da Gama is quite strong at the beginning, as long as the players can withstand this period of time, when the momentum of Da Gama's players falls, the initiative of the game will immediately return to Florence's side!
However, before Capello could see anything, da Gama, who had been attacking for nearly ten minutes, finally seized a chance and equalized by Edmundo!
Makellele's pass to Zambrotta was a little less powerful, and the ball was not received by Zambrotta, who had an assist, but was intercepted by Luizinho in the middle!
Luizinho, who broke the ball, did not give Zambrotta and Makelele a chance to counter-attack on the spot, and immediately passed the ball to the feet of Ramon, who looked up to observe the situation in the Fiorentina penalty area and crossed directly!
Because it happened very suddenly, many Fiorentina players didn't have time to switch from attack to defense in the first time, so when Ramon crossed, in addition to Toldo in front of the goal, only Nesta and Stam were in charge of the Fiorentina penalty area!
It is precisely for this reason that Stam seemed to be a little anxious when defending the cross, so he jumped a little early in the battle with Donizet and did not reach the ball at the first time. The ball went over the Dutchman's defence and was picked up by Donizette, who was standing next to Stam!
After getting the ball, the da Gama striker was afraid of being destroyed by the returning Fiorentina players, so without making any adjustments, Donizet opted to shoot straight at goal!
At this time, Toldo once again showed his amazing reflexes and judgment in front of all the spectators, blocking the ball with one palm with his left hand!
Seeing the ball flying towards him, Nesta was about to clear the ball out of the penalty area, but a figure suddenly appeared in front of him and stabbed the ball gently!
This time, no matter how quickly Toldo reacts, he is already powerless......
"The ball is in! It was Edmundo who scored the goal! After a first-half slump, the Brazilian beast finally showed his razor-sharp fangs at Fiorentina! Vasco da Gama is now back with a score of 2-1! Fiorentina are only one goal ahead! ”
Both the Fiorentina players and Capello watched Edmundo celebrate the goal frantically on the sidelines, and they were not shaken by the goal they conceded, after all, they both have the mentality of being able to shoot more than ten rounds of penalties with their opponents and almost never miss, if they were shaken by this little thing, it would be too nonsense.
So, after the restart, Fiorentina's attack began to become more patient, with Redondo and Effenberg joining forces to hold on to the midfield, constantly running to meet their teammates before slowly pushing the ball forward. With the duo in control, it became incredibly difficult for da Gama's players to snatch the ball from the feet of the Fiorentina players.
As a result, da Gama, who was suppressed by Florence, was once again treated by the opponent who bombarded his own door indiscriminately, if it wasn't for the goalkeeper comrade who went berserk again, and the high and low blocks were hard to protect the door, I am afraid that Fiorentina would have expanded the score again.
However, at this time, fate played a little joke on Fiorentina - in the 58th minute, after Effenberg's long-range shot was blocked by the da Gama goalkeeper, Galvao immediately cleared the ball with a big foot, and the ball flew directly over most of the field and fell to the feet of Edmundo, who was in front!
Edmundo, who had already formed a one-on-one situation, did not waste this great opportunity, and sent the ball into the door of Fiorentina under the siege and interception of Nesta and others, and the score was tied at 2-2!