Chapter 629: Champions Cup Final (5)
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Replacing Di Biagio, who left the field with an injury, with Big Inzaghi, Capello's substitution can be said to have made everyone scorched.
Replacing a full-time defensive midfielder with a pure goalscorer? Is this still Capello, who is known for his conservative and steady?!
And at this time, it has become a very aggressive formation of 433 to deal with Juventus, who insist on playing defensive counter-attacks, are you sure that Fiorentina will not be beaten alive by the Bianconeri's counterattack?
Therefore, for Capello's substitution, basically except for the die-hard fans of Fiorentina, everyone is skeptical, and even thinks that Capello is in a hurry to attack and dizzy, and he has made a stinky move, which can be said to be self-defeating!
After all, Juventus's sharp counter-attack in this game impressed everyone quite deeply, and Capello's choice to reduce the team's defensive strength at this time was indeed incomprehensible to many.
However, just when it was thought that Juventus would entertain Fiorentina with the same sharp and fast counter-attack as before, the situation on the pitch did not develop as expected, and instead the Fiorentina players continued to show their skills on the pitch, holding Juventus in their half of the pitch without moving!
And the key figure that allowed Fiorentina to firmly suppress the Bianconeri on the field was the big Inzaghi who had just come on the field!
After Philippe Inzaghi came on the field, Juventus's three-centre-back combination that was originally used to deal with Vieri and Ronaldo felt more and more defensive pressure, which is not to say that Inzaghi's ability is stronger than Ronaldo and Vieri, but because there is a fundamental big difference between three defenses and three defenses: the former is at least more defense and less defense, and can cope with Fiorentina's two-striker attack when the number is dominant and the defender's ability is not bad; However, if the latter is replaced, in the case of equal numbers, Juventus' defenders will have to adopt a man-to-man tactic instead of a zone defense as before, after all, Fiorentina's three strikers on the field have the ability to decide the game in an instant, and if they don't follow up, they can easily find opportunities to score.
Compared to Montero against Ronaldo and Blank against Vieri, Iuliano, who was in charge of marking Inzaghi, was clearly the unluckiest of the three centre-backs. Philippe Inzaghi's irregular running forced Iuliano to play hide and seek with him in his own penalty area, and this time, with no Blanc behind him to wipe his ass, Iuliano had to rely on his own ability to deal with the difficult opponent in front of him.
It is for this reason that the introduction of Inzaghi has suddenly increased the pressure on Juventus' defence, and when the back line is tight, other Juventus players have to retreat more to participate in the defense, and are forced to give up the midfield position that they have regained with great difficulty.
After getting the midfield position, Fiorentina began to base themselves in the midfield, constantly launching all-round three-dimensional attacks on the Juventus defense: Vieri's unreasonable and powerful strike, Ronaldo's flickering and moving under heavy surrounding, and Inzaghi's ghostly goal-grabbing points, creating huge problems for Juventus' backline! And the continuous shooting made the door of the Bianconeri look like it could collapse at any time!
"Fiorentina are really crazy, according to the latest figures, in the nearly half hour after Inzaghi came on the pitch, Peruzzi and his teammates made more saves in front of goal than in the previous 60-plus minutes of play!" Towards the end of the game, the commentator provided the audience with the latest information about the game, and did not forget to sigh a few words and express his feelings, "But then again, Fiorentina were really unlucky, they met a very in-form Peruzzi at the Amsterdam Athletic Stadium tonight. And this directly led Fiorentina to occupy an absolute advantage on the field, and at the same time created so many must-score opportunities, but the field was still a 2-2 draw. ”
As the commentator lamented, although they had an absolute advantage on the pitch, the Fiorentina players suddenly couldn't find the feeling of scoring at this time!
No, or rather, the successive shots from Fiorentina in the game made Peruzzi the busiest man in the Champions League final, but it also fully unleashed the Italian goalkeeper's potential!
Whether it was Vieri's close-range header, Ronaldo's clever shot in front of goal, or Effenberg and Carlos's heavy bombardment, these shots were all saved by the increasingly courageous Peruzzi.
Even Inzaghi's follow-up shot from three meters in front of goal in the 85th minute was blocked by Peruzzi with a flying save outside the goal, which is enough to prove how good the slightly bloated Italian goalkeeper is in this game!
Therefore, although Fiorentina had the upper hand on the field and created many good chances to rewrite the score during this time, the score on the big screen of the stadium was still 2-2 tied in the face of the Juventus players' undisciplined style of playing with a bus at the door of their own goal, until the end of 90 minutes of regular time, when the fourth official raised a sign to signal that the game had entered the injury time!
And in the last four minutes, Inzaghi scored in the second minute of stoppage time after receiving Ronaldo's breakthrough!
However, before Inzaghi could be happy, he was just about to strip to celebrate his goal when he was poured cold water on the head by the linesman - the moment Ronaldo passed, Inzaghi was already in an offside position!
The subsequent slow motion showed that the linesman's eyes were indeed accurate, and Inzaghi did outpass Blanche, who was dragging behind, by half a body when the alien passed!
"The defenders of Juventus have made a contribution this time! From the slow-motion replay, we can see that in the moments before Ronaldo's pass, they all took a step forward! It was this step that put Inzaghi, who was already ready to go, in an offside position in an instant! ”
The result of the goal being blown out, while disappointing Inzaghi himself, also made the Fiorentina players completely give up the intention of making a last-ditch fight in the last few minutes, after all, the penalty was too demoralizing.
In the end, when referee Cragg blew the whistle for the end of the 90-minute game, Fiorentina, who had a stunning record of 20 shots in the final half hour of the game, drew 2-2 with Juventus in regulation time!
And this means that this Champions Cup final will stage an overtime battle!