When Fiorentina's starting line-up appeared on the Stadio Frankie, almost everyone was surprised.

Mondonico was right, he was ready to play attacking football, as his starting 11 didn't have a single serious defender except for four defenders and a goalkeeper.

"Did Mondonico think he was playing in Ligue 1 or La Liga? Can such a line-up work in a defensive-minded Italy? ”

"Do you think Mondonico doesn't want to send a defensive midfielder, he has to have someone, Di Livio is injured, the level of China Gao, Longo, and Guzuo is too low, Piangirelli is also an attacking player, and Mondonico is also helpless."

"Actually, these people are all improvised together, and it's almost the same as attacking players or defending players, and the result is a loss."

Journalists are talking about it below, and they are not optimistic that Mondonico's rabble will win against Catania, who have a solid record.

Not only reporters, Catania's head coach Marino is also quite puzzled, he feels that he is also very familiar with Mondonico, this is a typical Italian coach, experienced and flexible, but Mondonico has such a lineup or he can't figure it out, does he want to play Catania as a relegation team?

Marino doesn't think Catania is a weak team, at least in front of Fiorentina, he can't see Catania's difference in points except for the striker, but football is a whole project, and the striker alone can't win the game, and the midfielder Catania beat Fiorentina completely.

However, Marino still cautiously made a steady gesture to the players on the field, not to rush to attack, and to see what tricks the opponent played.

In the VIP box, the boss of Catania said to De La Valle with a hint of sneer: "Mondo is indeed more courageous than Cavasin, and it is estimated that Cavasin will never be able to line up with such a formation." ”

Although De La Valle didn't understand why Mondonico wanted to put out such an all-attacking formation, he was unwilling to fall in front of Gauci, "The quality of the formation still depends on the result, compared with the coaches, we are all laymen." ”

Gao Qi's smile deepened, "Okay, the game has started, let's wait and see...... As a result. ”

The game began, and in front of nearly 40,000 fans, Catania kicked off first.

Without waiting for their own backfield to keep up, Fiorentina's twin strikers Frizas and Rigano rushed towards Catania's half like two tanks, faster than Catania's two forwards.

At this moment, the fans have already known about the three forwards of Friezas, Rigano and Chen Yu betting on goals, although they don't know very well what these three people want to bet on goals, but the fans on the field still choose to cheer for their favorite idols.

"Chen! Enter one! ”

"Brute! Goal! ”

"Chen! Another hat! ”

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In Florence, obviously Chen Yu has more fans, there are fans cheering for Chen Yu in the stands on all sides, at least three of the stands, while Rigano only has two, and Frizas has just arrived, and there is no popularity yet, only a few Greek fans and the original Perugia fans are cheering for him.

Catania was adept at passing the ball to the back, and then the players in the three lines gradually pushed forward and wanted to attack with short passes.

Knowing that his players were not working well with each other and did not intend to beat the opponent with a holistic approach, Mondonico ordered his players to run more before the game to disrupt the opponent's smooth pass, and then use the players' individual abilities to break through the opponent's defence.

Although football is a whole sport, the whole is also composed of individuals, and once a one-on-one breakthrough is formed at multiple points, it is difficult for the opponent's overall tactics to play.

Fiorentina's midfield was weak defensively and Catania quickly pushed the ball into Fiorentina's half.

Under Mondonico's strict requirements, Fiorentina's defense was very fast, except for the two tall center forwards who did not come back, even Chen Yu returned to his half as quickly as possible.

Catania was quick to pass through midfield, but was hampered by a big deal when it came to the edge of the Fiorentina penalty area.

Among the starting 11 of Fiorentina, only the four defenders and a goalkeeper in the backfield have been playing together for the longest time, Maggio, Bagis, Viari These three have been the absolute main force of Fiorentina in the first half, almost all 20 games, only De Ricari has just joined the four defenders, but De Ricari is experienced, he and another central defender Viari can understand each other, as long as the opponent does not play a fast-paced pass match, The two of them won't make any mistakes.

In the third minute of the game, Catania's two strikers, Mascala and Oliveira, wanted to make a one-two cooperation at the edge of the penalty area, but Fiorentina's veteran Fontana had a good sense of defense and was an old man, he predicted Oliveira's passing intentions in advance, and intercepted the ball with a grab.

There was a round of applause from the stands, and it was a wonderful scramble, not because of Fontana's speed, but because of his clever mind and reading of the situation on the field, which allowed him to appear on the opponent's passing line in time.

Fontana is not a defensive player, he has scored 42 goals in 10 years in Serie B, and belongs to the kind of rare midfielder who has both offense and defense, but now that he is older, his ability to move forward is not good, so he can attack without taking care of defense, and it is difficult to take into account offense in defense.

However, Oliveira does not have to worry about attacking, he has his old teammate Savini in Ascoli by his side, and the two have cooperated for three years, almost to the point of knowing each other, which is why coach Mondonico would rather put the former Lecce core Piangirelli on the bench and also go to Fontana and Savini, at least the two of them are tacitly compatible, and the front court of Rigano and Chen Yu is also extremely tacit, although Fiorentina is like a plate of scattered sand on the whole, but in the local, Fiorentina still has a certain fighting power.

The ball was first passed to Savini's feet, and Catania's on-the-spot counter-attack only saved for an empty run.

Savini was a wide player and immediately drove the ball forward down the left flank.

Fiorentina's left-back Maggio has always been an assister, and he doesn't care who is partnering with him in front of him, and immediately follows the assist.

Savini is only 24 years old, but he has outstanding ability and speed, and in pre-match training, he is second only to Chen Yu in speed.

Savini broke through to the side of the penalty area for Catania to encounter a strong block, and the opposition full-backs and centre-backs combined to find the space to break through, so he could only pass the ball back to Maggio.

Maggio is different from Savini, he doesn't want to go down to the bottom line and then cross, there is the giant tower of Rigano in the box, and now there is the tank of Frizas, Maggio did not hesitate to cross at a 45-degree angle and hoist the ball into the box of Catania.

Of course, the threat of a 45-degree cross cannot be compared with a low cross, a 45-degree cross, the opponent's defender faces the ball and defends more easily, but it also depends on what type of striker he is, Fiorentina has two air tyrants in the box, body and height have the upper hand, Maggio passes the ball into the box, Catania's defenders come to clear the siege twice, one goes to mark Friezas, they don't think that Frizas and Rigano will both grab this point.

But today's two Fiorentina strikers Frizas and Rigano both want to score, neither of them wants to let the other side, the two go straight to this point, the two are tall and strong, Catania's defenders are not able to compare with them, and the position was grabbed by Frizas and Ricano.

"Get out of the way!"

Rigano felt half a step ahead and shouted at Frizas.

Frizas simply ignored it, his current thoughts on who would get the ball and who's going to do it, whether you were your own man or an enemy.

Fiorentina's two strikers grabbed the spot, but only a spot.

Boom!

The two heads and a ball collided, and the ball flew somewhere, and the two of them fell down in a daze.

Catania's defenders were taken aback when they saw the opponent's two strikers taking their positions, but they were immediately pleasantly surprised to find that the two stupid bears had collided with each other without letting anyone.

"Damn!"

"Is this fratricidal?

Catania's defender was so surprised that he forgot where the ball flew.

The ball fell in front of Chen Yu, of course, Chen Yu didn't stand there waiting for the ball to fly over, his speed allowed him to get the ball before the opponent.

The first move at this moment was fatal, Chen Yu took the ball, shook off the back of Catania, who arrived almost at the same time, and saw that there was no one within five meters of him, Chen Yu took a step, and without even looking at the goal, he pulled out his foot and shot angrily. The ball arced straight into the top left corner of the goal.