Chapter 560: Materazzi's Big Mouth
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Although Fiorentina scored first, the Roma players after the re-kick-off did not flinch because of this, but still firmly launched a brave attack towards the door guarded by Toldo!
Although it seems that this choice of Roma players is quite nonsense, it is also quite quite. However, it has worked wonders.
In the 33rd minute, Cafu forced a break through Fortunato's defense in a one-on-one situation on the right flank, and then quickly raised a high cross. The ball flew straight into the Fiorentina penalty area, where Del Vecchio and Materazzi were battling for the ball. This time, the winner was Del Vecchio, who beat Materazzi in the middle of the box and shook his head at goal!
Toldo made a quick sideways save to keep the ball out.
Originally, as long as any Fiorentina player in the penalty area cleared the ball with a big kick, the crisis could be lifted, but what Toldo didn't expect was that the first person to get the ball was Balbo!
Faced with such a great opportunity that bordered on an empty goal, the Argentine could not afford to waste lightly, and a light push helped the visitors equalise and bring the two teams back on the same page.
After the equaliser, the Roma players still pressed heavily on the attack, hoping to continue the momentum of scoring, and it was best to finish the opponent in front of them in a direct wave.
However, it is clear that the Fiorentina players will not let the Roma get their wish, and the multi-weight title and unbeaten league record not only put pressure on them, but also give them a strong self-confidence and the belief that they will never admit defeat.
Even teams of the level of Juventus, Bayern Munich, and Borussia Dortmund have been trampled under our Fiorentina feet, how can we capsize on just Roma! It was on the minds of all Fiorentina players after the equaliser.
Therefore, when the Red Wolves attacked in a big way, the Fiorentina players still adhered to the defensive counter-attack tactics arranged by Capello before the game, and Ronaldo quietly moved to the side of the Roma defenders, and stayed in the same line with Servede, who was dragging behind, ready to fight the Roma counterattack.
It's not that Fiorentina's players don't have the ability to keep their opponents down with attack, but because they have to follow the manager's tactical setup and not play as much as they want. Otherwise, the team is not far from losing or even losing a heavy defeat.
Both players tried hard to change the scoreline, but they both missed the goal: Vieri's furious shot on the counter-attack hit the crossbar and bounced off the bottom line; Totti got past Toldo's 10-finger finish with an imaginative lob from the edge of the box, only to be cleared by Stam on the goalline in the final minute.
Therefore, at the end of the first half, the score on the field did not change again, and it was still a 1-1 draw.
Fifteen minutes later, at the start of the second half, Capello and Zeman did not make any changes to the line-up and tactics on the field, and it was still Roma who were playing away from home to attack, and Fiorentina, who had the advantage of being at home, continued their previous defensive counter-attacking tactics.
As Fiorentina's three-man approach protects the edge of the box quite well, the Roma players also want to cross from the side as they did in the first half, and then the high striker who Delvicio inserts in the Fiorentina penalty area decides whether to cross or shoot to pose a threat to the Fiorentina goal.
However, in front of Materazzi, who is determined to make up for it, Roma's slightly monotonous attacking style seems a little out of place. Under Materazzi's meticulous "care", Del Vecchio never felt that the game was so difficult. Not to mention that the guy named Materazzi, who specializes in guarding him, is also a tall man who is not a good eater, and this guy also comes with all kinds of small actions and trash talk when defending, which makes Delvicchio unbearable.
In the end, Del Vecchio, who was enraged by Materazzi's chatter, hit Materazzi's chest in the 64th minute, Materazzi immediately screamed and fell to the ground, and the referee quickly rushed to the scene of the crime to punish Delvicchio, and the big stupid goose (Delvicchio's nickname) was directly sent off the field by the referee with a red card!
"If nothing else, we won this game." When he saw Del Vecchio being sent off, Zhuang Mingge breathed a sigh of relief and said to Karin.
In Zeman's tactical system, a tall and impactful centre-forward is indispensable, such as Boksic in Lazio, Del Vecchio in Rome, and Immobile in Pescara.
Because the role of high strikers in the Czechs' tactics is not only to score goals, but also to cover and pull space for their teammates behind them. Otherwise, with Sergio and Balbo's physical qualities, it would be difficult to ensure that their shooting movements are not deformed under the tight defense of the Fiorentina defenders.
At the same time as Del Vecchio was sent off, Capello made his first substitution of the game - he replaced Materazzi with Ferrara, who had left the pitch due to injury. Of course, anyone with a bit of a brain can know what Materazzi's injury is, and Capello replaced him more for the purpose of protecting him, after all, these Roma players are not very good-tempered.
Sure enough, after losing the cover of Del Vecchio, Roma's attack was suddenly paralyzed, and Balbo and Sergio were under the marking of Stam and others, although they could protect the ball with their excellent foot skills and not be cut off by the opponent, but their physical disadvantages also made them unable to get up and hit the goal, and they could only miss opportunities again and again.
As the Roma offensive was gradually contained, Fiorentina's counter-attacks began to become more and more threatening.
In the 70th minute of the game, the unrelenting Cafu tried to cross again on the right side, but Totti, who was about to head the ball from the middle, failed to reach the ball under Di Biagio's interference, and the ball was directly cleared by Ferrara, who replaced Materazzi.
Ronaldo leapt from behind Aldair to get the ball in front of the Brazilian!
What happened then was simple, the alien who got the ball and formed a one-on-one momentum burst into the Roma penalty area, passed Barthez and sent the ball into the empty net to help the home team take the lead again!
Playing away, the main center forward was sent off with a red card, and the score fell behind...... If the average team had encountered such a situation, it is estimated that they would have surrendered long ago, but Zeman's team is obviously not among them. For the Czechs' team, there is only one thing his players need to do, whether they are ahead or behind, and that is to attack! Constant attack!
Therefore, the Roma players launched a fierce attack on the door of Fiorentina immediately after the kick-off!