"Toldo's brilliant save saved Fiorentina from the rescue! Fiorentina's two shots on goal before Ajax barely conceded points thanks to the brave play of their own goalkeeper Van der Sar, and now it is Toldo's turn to save Fiorentina! In slow motion, we can see that when Colini shoots, neither Di Biagio nor Ferrara is at a distance from him, and they are completely unable to interfere with his goal. Rao wiped the cold sweat oozing from his forehead at this time, as a supporter of the Fiorentina side, he was also startled by Collini's shot, "The other players of Fiorentina, especially Ferrara and Di Biagio, should thank their goalkeepers this time, if it weren't for his accurate judgment, Fiorentina would have been in a disadvantageous situation of falling behind the score now!" ”

'It was clear from the replays that Collini was quite familiar with his former team-mates, otherwise he would not have been able to find the holes in the Fiorentina defence so easily. Albertosi was also on the side at this time to make a supplementary explanation.

In fact, the first few attacks since the beginning scared the players on the field, as well as the managers and fans of both sides, into a cold sweat.

Ajax's side didn't expect to see each other for more than half a year, and the Fiorentina players have become more powerful in the front court, and they can easily tear apart their own defensive line in the situation of positional battles, and they almost scored a goal; And the Fiorentina players also clearly feel that if they are over-pressed and Ajax seizes the opportunity to play a quick counterattack, with the speed and jishu of Overmars and Litmanen, it will be a terrible thing!

As a result, in the following time, the players on both sides of the game involuntarily slowed down the pace of the game, and the scramble in the midfield became more and more intense.

The Ajax side hopes to use this method to limit the speed at which the Fiorentina players can move the ball, so as to buy more preparation time for their own side to organize the defence, while the Fiorentina side intends to increase the success rate of the pass by slowing down the pace of the game, and also to prevent their side from attacking too hard and being called off by the Ajax side with a wave of counterattacks.

Under the domination of this game mentality, the competition for the midfield has become more intense, after all, Fiorentina has mostly relied on the passing of midfielders to launch the attack, and for Ajax, although Van der Sar's hand throw is very good, but it cannot be solved by the goalkeeper every attack, and Collini's right goal is the key.

As a result, players on both sides began to unconsciously increase the competition for the midfield......

'Ovimas broke through with the ball, Di Biagio brought him down decisively, and Ajax won a direct free-kick from 27 yards out, which Collini came to take ...... Oh! Collini's free kick was played very beautifully, bypassing the human wall composed of Fiorentina players, but unfortunately it was slightly off, and the ball flew directly out of the bottom line! Let's take a look at the slow-motion replay, the ball almost grazed the right post of Fiorentina and flew out, as long as the trajectory of the ball flew a little further to the left, Toldo would probably be powerless even if he made a save, and Fiorentina was lucky to escape! ”

“…… Bogard brought down Lanna on the flank and Fiorentina were awarded a free-kick, but the set-piece was a bit left too far for a direct attack, and now Djokaeff drove the ball straight into the box...... Batistuta grabbed the landing spot! Header! The ball is in! Wait a minute...... The referee's whistle blew and it appeared to be a foul on Batistuta in the box. Damn the referee, how can there be no physical contact at all when fighting for a header in the penalty area, this is obviously a good ball......"

At this time, fifteen minutes had passed in the first half, and in those fifteen minutes, the two sides created eight shots on goal, with an average of one shot on goal in less than two minutes, so that the fans of both sides were dazzled and fearful, for fear of seeing their own goal breached by the opponent in the blink of an eye. However, Fiorentina fans should be more at ease, after all, Fiorentina have completed six shots so far to dominate the absolute advantage, and Batistuta also took advantage of a set-piece in front of the goal to break through the door of Ajax, but unfortunately referee Friske ruled that a foul was awarded first......

Sitting in the box and watching the players fight on the pitch, Zhuang Mingge clearly remembers that the Champions League final was the pinnacle of the clash between Juventus and Ajax, when the two teams were tied 1-1 in 120 minutes, and Zuihou relied on a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.

Now Fiorentina is facing this Ajax team that is much weaker than the historical one, and Fiorentina's own squad is much stronger than that Juventus team, if you look at it from this level, it seems that Fiorentina won the championship of Zuihou.

However, football is never as simple as one plus one equals two, otherwise AC Milan, which had the Dutch Three Musketeers and many famous players, would have completed the Champions League N in a row.

Moreover, Zhuang Mingge was still thinking about another problem in his mind at this time, that is, the question of the retention of many players after the end of the season.

Fiorentina have performed so well this season, and the Bosman Act has come into effect in the EU, even if they don't win the Champions League, Fiorentina players will definitely attract all kinds of ghosts and snakes, and the purpose of these teams is naturally to dig into Fiorentina's corners.

Zhuang Mingge is not very worried about these main players in the first team and those young players in the youth team, after all, Fiorentina's salary level and personal treatment are at the top level in the whole of Europe. Not to mention the players of the youth team, at the request of Zhuang Mingge, the club's staff can be said to take care of these young players, basically in addition to playing football well, other things can be entrusted to the club to deal with, and there are benefits to be distributed during the New Year's holidays, so you can't find such intimate treatment.

The main rotation players will not leave, after all, UEFA has publicly announced the expansion and restructuring of the UEFA Champions League next season, and Fiorentina will only play a lot more games next season, and these players will not consider the possibility of leaving without lack of playing time. Of course, if some teams are crazy about offering several times their salaries, Fiorentina may not be able to keep them.

Zhuang Mingge is worried about those bench players in the first team, such as Vieri, Tomasi, Filicano, etc., especially Filicano, this powerful central defender has been pressed to the bench this season due to the rise of Nesta, and there is already dissatisfaction in his heart, if it were not for the team this season is expected to fight for the treble, this guy would have been in a transfer situation.

Alas, the team is not easy to bring......