Chapter 717: Easy Advancement (Medium)
At Frankie Stadium, Chen Yu scored a hat-trick and didn't celebrate, but at home, he can't stop celebrating, he is now a Liverpool player, and he has to send happiness to the fans at home.
However, Chen Yu's celebration was also very subtle, he just raised his hands, looked up at the starry sky, and accepted the bows of the Liverpool fans in the stadium.
“…… A beautiful counter-attack Chen scored his tenth goal in the Champions League, and if Milan's Kaka can't continue to score in another game, Chen will basically lock up the top scorer in the Champions League, o Fiorentina must score three goals to advance, which is almost an impossible task, and the next forty-five minutes are almost garbage time......"
The roar of the live commentator echoed through the microphone over the pitch, and his voice was relaxed and happy, and there was no doubt that Liverpool would advance to the last four.
At this moment, everyone in Liverpool is in the same mood, as soon as Chen Yu's goal is scored, almost everyone feels that the overall situation has been decided, and there will be no more surprises.
The only thing that may still be a little worried is the head coach Benitez, Benitez is a very cautious coach, the shadow of the away draw by Fiorentina in the end has remained in his mind, and now, although Fiorentina need three goals to advance, but as a coach, Benitez's goal is to stifle the possibility of a disadvantage.
Before the players could finish their celebrations, Benitez called Gerrard, Alonso and others to the sidelines, "...... Don't relax, hold on to the last few minutes and bring the o's score back to the locker room"
Gerrard and Alonso are a little disapproving, but Benitez's prestige in Liverpool is extremely high, even if Benitez's orders are not agreed with, they will definitely implement them to the letter, back on the field, Gerrard and Alonso will bring Benitez's meaning to everyone, let their teammates defend well, don't be careless.
After the game started again, Liverpool was ready to deal with Fiorentina's counterattack, but I didn't expect Fiorentina's players to be stunned by Chen Yu's goal, and they didn't catch their breath for a while, and the last few minutes of the first half were not unified in attack and defense, not only did not create any trouble for Liverpool, but also almost scored again by Liverpool's counterattack, fortunately, Liverpool, who was full of joy, was not ready to counterattack in the last few minutes, otherwise the second half would really become garbage time.
Back in the dressing room, Fiorentina's players were a bit depressed, two goals behind at half-time, and had to score three goals in the second half to advance, and it was on the road, which was an almost impossible task, and most of Fiorentina's players had lost the confidence to reverse by this time.
Prandelli didn't speak for a long time after he came in, he knows better than anyone else about the current situation, his strength is not as good as his opponent's, his morale is not as good as his opponent's, and the score is behind his opponent, he can't play this game, but at this time he must not give up, Florence has played such an amazing record in the past two seasons, in addition to Chen Yu, this UU is more because Florence is united, high-spirited, and never gives up, if you lose this spirit, later, even next season will not be easy to play.
After a moment of silence, seeing that the atmosphere in the locker room was even more oppressive, like a dark cloud before a storm, Prandley spoke.
"We're running out of chances," Prandelli's tone was a little heavy, "we have completely lost the chance to defend our title in the league, we are out of the Coppa Italia, and the Champions League is the only competition we can defend ......" Speaking of this, Prandelli's voice was a little louder.
“…… Yes we weren't strong enough to defend the title, but last season we weren't the best team, but in the end we won the title and now we're two goals behind, we have to score three goals to advance, and against Liverpool who haven't lost here in a season, our hopes are slim and we have to admit it, but I don't think we can't give up the miracle of scoring three goals in the half, at least we and Liverpool have done it, and you saw it in the last minutes of the first half. Liverpool relaxed a little too much otherwise we wouldn't have been down two goals and that's a good sign for us, as long as they continue to relax in the second half, we have hope, of course, provided we don't give up, we have to keep fighting spirit, we have to swing often, so we can create a miracle ......"
Speaking of which, Prandley saw that the players had some intentions, so he no longer continued to sensationalize, he was not very good at motivating, and in his opinion, the way to motivate was not good, and if he really wanted to play at a high level, he needed more perfect strategy and tactics and some luck on the field, so then Prandley made targeted adjustments to the style of play and personnel in the first half, and made full preparations for the hard battle in the second half.
In the home team's locker room, Benitez did not make any tactical adjustments, just briefly said a few words about the problems that occurred in the first half, and then left the locker room, allowing the players to relax and lively, after all, such a score is already very stable, even if Fiorentina can score in the second half, Liverpool has fast horses like Chen Yu and Bellamy, and the hope of scoring is not small, basically there will be no big accidents.
The fifteen-minute break passed quickly, and the players of Liverpool and Fiorentina returned to the pitch for the remainder of the half, and after 45 minutes, it was decided who would progress to the last four of the Champions League.
The first kick-off in the second half was the home team Liverpool, and compared with the second half of the first half, the formation of Liverpool in the second half was more forward, the forward line was outside the center circle, and among the four players in the midfield, Gerrard's position was even more in the position within the center circle, which was equivalent to pushing the formation forward by five meters.
Fiorentina made a change up front in the second half, with Donadaire in midfield replaced and another flexible high striker, Paccini, who formed a twin with Toney, while Mutu dropped back a little, about a midfield position.
Prandelli's purpose is very clear, the most threatening attack of Fiorentina in the first half still comes from Toney's header, the threat of the cross from the side is not big, Toni has always been the focus of the opponent's defense, he was either caught by two central defenders in the middle, or by the central defender and the midfielder, playing very hard, so Prandelli let Pacini play, increase the strength of the striker, and share a little pressure on Toney.
Pacini's newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, just on the field and full of body, Toni is a fulcrum in the frontcourt, can not run with Liverpool's players, but Pacini is different, he does the task of assisting Toney, his pressing in the front court can destroy the opponent's backfield organization, prevent the opponent from counterattacking in the first time, and even hope to break the ball to support Toney.
Liverpool saw Pacini's play, and also saw Pacini's crazy pressing in the front, but they didn't care, although Pacini is a new star in Italian football, but the strength is much worse than Toni, Liverpool's players do not think he has the ability to change the game.
But Chen Yu doesn't think so, he and Pacini are teammates, knowing that his strength is by no means a fame can be reflected, compared with Tony, his height is almost different, but the header is still very good, his degree and turn are faster than Tony, there is such a small Tony by Tony's side, his current teammates may not be so easy to deal with, not to mention that there is a nickname Viper Mutu behind them, as long as Tony and Pacini Wei, Liverpool's defenders cope with difficulties, negligence, Mutu will definitely be able to find opportunities.
Chen Yu was worried that his teammates in Liverpool would suffer, so he hurriedly retreated to the front of the back line and shouted at Ag and Carragher: "Don't be careless, No. 9 is very powerful, be careful"
Before Chen Yu finished speaking, Fiorentina started an attack, and the ball was hoisted right in the middle to find Toni, who attracted most of the attention, and only Mascherano alone dealt with Paccini.
Toni was clearly aware of Pacini's strength, and his steal was nothing more than a false shot, while Pacini actually rushed over to grab the header.
Mascherano followed Pascherano closely, although Pacini was taller than him, but Mascherano didn't think he could deal with this young man who was about the same age as himself, but when both of them jumped up and competed for the header, Mascherano immediately regretted it, he is now Pacini is not worse than him in bounce, stronger than him in strength, and more accurate than him in the choice of landing point, but at this time it was too late to foul, Mascherano could only barely reach out in the air to pull, Hopefully, they can disrupt Pazzini's passing accuracy and give their teammates a little more time to defend.
Paccini's header in this position is definitely not a shot, the distance is too far, even if it can reach the goal, the power is too small, and any professional goalkeeper can definitely save easily, so Pacini's header is looking for Mutu behind him and Toney.
At halftime, Prandelli made a good layout, he and Toni were two open attackers, and Mutu was a hidden killer, as long as the opportunity was not good, he and Tony covered Mutu and let Mutu shoot.
Mascherano had little effect on Paccini's header, after all, it was not a shot, and the pass did not need to be so precise, as long as it was on the running path of his team-mate, who only had to deflect the direction slightly to get the ball.
Mutu has been cruising around the penalty area, his degree is not fast, but the running position is very erratic, and the defenders who follow him will be lost from time to time, because Mutu's running position is suddenly straight, suddenly diagonal, and suddenly backwards, and it is simply torture to keep an eye on him.
For example, just now, when Pacini was scrambling for a header, Mutu actually ran to the side, and Alonso had to follow him, but just in an instant, Mutu walked an arc and came back, and when Alonso's wolf bèi followed, Pacini's ball arrived, Mutuga, and Alonso was at least two meters behind, and he didn't even have a chance to foul.
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