Chapter 429: Battle for Old Trafford (4)
“Gooooooooal! Fiorentina scored! Philippe Inzaghi! It was Philippe Inzaghi who scored the goal! Redondo's pick and turn broke through the Manchester United backline, Ronaldo didn't have a lot of credit in getting a single knife, decisively passed the ball to Inzaghi, who was in a better position, and also deceived the opposing goalkeeper Schmeichel, and all Inzaghi needed to do was send the ball into the empty goal in front of him! ”
When Inzaghi sent the ball into the gate of Manchester United, thousands of Fiorentina fans who came to Manchester in the stands cheered loudly, and even suppressed the overwhelming number of Manchester United fans in momentum for a while!
When Fiorentina took the initiative on the pitch, these fans actually almost guessed that the team would be able to take the lead in the first half, but they were only silently waiting in their hearts, after all, there are too many examples of scoring on the field, and it is mentally retarded to start celebrating before the goal is confirmed.
And now that they really saw Fiorentina score and take a 1-0 lead over Manchester United, these fans can finally let out all the emotions that have been brewing for a long time!
The United fans immediately silenced the cheers of the Fiorentina fans with louder voices - no matter how the United players behaved on the pitch, this was Old Trafford, and in the eyes of these United fans, the majesty of the Red Devils could not be infringed upon!
The cheers of tens of thousands of United fans seemed to encourage the Manchester United players on the pitch, and they quickly adjusted their mentality, and immediately after the restart, United launched a fierce attack on the door of Fiorentina!
However, Manchester United's attack did not last long before it was suppressed by Fiorentina, facing Fiorentina, who was far ahead in terms of technical and tactical level and slightly better in terms of individual ability, the still young Beckham and Ryan Giggs really had no way to deal with it, and could only be led by the nose of the opponent and run around the pitch like headless flies, seemingly completely forgetting the off-ball running system created by Ferguson.
This can't be blamed on Manchester United's players, after all, the running system created by Ferguson at this time still has a lot of shadows of traditional English football at this time, and there is very little knowledge of the Jishu school of the European continent.
Especially when it comes to Manchester United's defense, Fiorentina players don't give Manchester United players the opportunity to use their bodies against each other, and a series of quick passes make the running defensive system that Manchester United are proud of useless.
In the 35th minute, Fiorentina's players disrupted the United defence after a series of inverted kicks in midfield, and Effenberg sent a through ball between Pallist and David May to the feet of Philippe Inzaghi, who was hailed by the Italian media as "a striker who lives on the offside line".
David May saw the ball fly past him, and when he turned around, he saw Inzaghi receiving the ball behind him......
So, David May immediately raised his hand to signal that Inzaghi was offside, and the more experienced Paris didn't care about this at all, and immediately turned around and pounced on Inzaghi, in his opinion, no matter how offside the ball was, he couldn't let Inzaghi kick the ball into the goal! If the referee doesn't think the opponent is offside, isn't it the end of his side?
However, Pallist's massive frame greatly slowed down his recovery, and by the time he turned around, Inzaghi was already shooting from inside the box!
Filip Inzaghi shoots...... Incredible! Schmeichel blocks Inzaghi's shot! Nice remedy! It's really worthy of the Premier League's No. 1 goalkeeper ......" The commentator was just about to praise Schmeichel who blocked Inzaghi's one-on-one goal, when he suddenly found another player wearing a Fiorentina shirt approaching the ball quickly, "It's Ronaldo!" He got the ball that Schmeichel saved! Great opportunity in Florence! ”
Facing Schmeichel and the goal behind him, Ronaldo certainly couldn't let go of this great opportunity to extend the score, and sent the ball into the home side with a volley.
Fiorentina leads Manchester United 2-0!
Seeing that the team was two goals behind on the field, and the players were a little sluggish on the field because of the continuous goals conceded, Ferguson finally couldn't help it, stood up from the coach's bench and rushed to the side of the pitch to roar at the Manchester United players: "What the hell are you thinking!" Cheer me up! Let the opponent know that we are in the spirit of Manchester United! ”
Ferguson's rant had the desired effect, and the United players gave up on their plans to fight Fiorentina in midfield, as they had fully recognized the advantage of their opponents from the half-hour or so of the game.
Compared to Florence, the advantage of their side is running and body.
As a result, the Manchester United players began to rush in the following time, frequently starting the ball directly from the center and back to find the front players, and then passing or shooting according to the actual situation, thus posing a threat to Fiorentina's door.
Towards the end of the first half, United played a beautiful combination when Keane cut off Redondo's through ball and immediately distributed it to David Beckham on the right, who didn't wait for the Fiorentina player to get close and immediately sent a precise long ball that arced straight into Andy Cole's head!
Due to the league environment, there are few players who can succeed in England who are not physical, especially traditional English centre-forwards like Andy Cole, so under Nesta's defense, although Cole is not good at taking the ball directly and turning, it is not a big problem to control the ball under the pressure of the opponent.
After unloading the ball, Andy Cole swept his surroundings around him with his eyes and immediately thought about what to do next - he passed the ball to the top of the box and his team-mate Paul Scholes was approaching that position at high speed!
Andy Cole got the ball but couldn't turn around and shoot under Nesta's pressure, and the Fiorentina centre-back was quite successful defensively...... Andy Cole has passed! Scholes! Shot! The commentator only had time to say a few key words before the ball was kicked out by Scholes on the edge of the box!
Scholes's powerful shot was very fast, and the angle was also very tricky, the ball flew almost close to the ground to the bottom right corner of the goal, so Toldor was not very sure about saving Scholes's shot, so he could only stretch his arm as far as possible to try to pull the ball out of the bottom line, while silently praying in his heart.
However, this time God apparently did not hear Toldo's prayers, and the ball grazed Toldo's gloves and flew into the gate behind him!
Two to one! Manchester United, playing at home, pulled one back!