Volume 1 Chapter 463 The Power of the Fans (Part II)

"Ahh

"Ahh

Two exclamations of completely different meanings were heard from the stands.

Later, in the short timeout of the Palermo fans, Chen Yu took the lead in time to chant "Thomas is good"

Then 3,000 fans chanted along with Chen Yu, and their voices were transmitted to the players fighting on the court in time.

Thomas was the name of Ujfarusi, and when he heard the fans chanting his name and praising himself for being beautiful, he was in a state of excitement and got up and waved his fist at the stands, "Don't worry, we'll win"

The Palermo fans saw the Fiorentina players interacting with the fans, and immediately drowned out the voices of the Fiorentina fans with boos, but Fiorentina had already passed on their support to the players, and the Palermo fans could not change the facts no matter how much they suppressed.

Then Fiorentina's attack was more violent, although Fiorentina's attack in the middle was not good, but the back midfielder's insertion and shooting was still a long-practiced routine, and the players on the side passed the ball directly to the middle when the bottom was blocked, and Brockie, Donadel and Pachenza shot from a distance.

The fine-tuning of Florence's style of play paid off immediately.

In the 35th and 38th minutes, Brockie and Donadale were dangerous with two long-range shots in quick succession, the first was intercepted by Guadalben and the second shot went just over the crossbar.

Faced with the threat of Fiorentina's long-range shots, Palermo had to press the formation outward, because if they continued to shoot like this, Guadalben would be under more pressure, and maybe any shot would break his ten fingers.

Palermo's pressure from the outside will reduce Fiorentina's chances and threat from distance, but the gap between their defence will also widen, giving chances to Toney, Di Natale and Bodinov.

In the 40th minute of the game, Toney stepped back to get the ball and suddenly dribbled the ball between the defender and the defender to the penalty area.

When Tony, Fiore and others were present, Tony rarely broke through with the ball, so much so that many people forgot that Tony would also break through with the ball, and they all thought that he was a standing center, and now Tony ran with the ball, but hit Palermo by surprise.

Santana was thrown out of the way and Toni sprinted in front of Barzagli and made a fumbling change of direction to avoid Zakar and rush into the box.

Although Zakar was unexpectedly shaken by Toney, another central defender, Biava, rushed over in time to scoop the ball away and knock Toni to the ground.

Toney shouted a foul on the ground, and the Fiorentina fans chanted "foul" at the same time, but the referee didn't say anything about it.

Although Toney's attack failed, the three forwards gave up their original style of play after gaining space in the backfield, moved closer to the middle, and broke through with the ball, mainly using the three forwards to cooperate with each other to attack the Palermo defense.

Originally, Fiorentina's attack was not smooth, mainly because the three forwards were fighting separately, and the midfielders could not link them, but now the three forwards are linked, and the power of the attack is immediately multiplied, which puts great pressure on the Palermo backline.

In the 40th minute, Bodinov used his speed and skill to break through Palermo's bag in succession, and then crossed to Toney, who and goalkeeper Guadalben arrived almost at the same time, and the ball hit Guadalben and bounced off the bottom line.

From the corner, Toney and Ujfarusi grabbed the same spot and headed the must-score out

Fiorentina's fierce attack made Palermo's goal dangerous, and the Palermo fans in the stands were even frightened and couldn't care to boo the Fiorentina players, and for a while the Forentinza fans in the stands shouted again, such as "Tony come on", "Tony scored one", Di Natale Yu's beautiful "long-range shot is good", such roars often echoed in the air of the Barbera Stadium.

Delneri was anxious to watch from the sidelines, but he couldn't make good contingency measures for a while, because this is a difference in personal ability, Fiorentina's strikers are too strong in personal ability, and their four people in the back line can't resist Fiorentina's three strikers, and in order to prevent Fiorentina's back row from inserting a long shot, the central midfielder can not come back in time, in this case, the pressure is inevitable.

However, Fiorentina's change of tactics was too short, and the 45 minutes of the first half passed quickly, and Fiorentina did not get many chances, and finally could not break through the door of Palermo again, so they had to wait for half-time to fight again.

Although there were no goals in the first half, it was intense, there were many dangerous shots on goal, the spirit of the fans was always in a state of tension, the players returned to the dressing room, and the fans in the stands could finally rest.

However, Chen Yu did not have time to rest, he was a super fan and an idol of the fans, taking advantage of the rest space, many fans came over to take photos with Chen Yu, asked for autographs, and some chatted with Chen Yu. Chen Yu didn't dodge either, and asked fans to take photos very casually, and sometimes made a pose for a photo.

The harmonious and happy scene of Fiorentina fans has aroused the jealousy of Palermo fans, and there are actually many Chen Yu fans in Palermo's fan camp, but now that the two sides are in a state of hostility, no one dares to come over and ask Chen Yu for autographs and group photos, but some fans took a few photos of Chen Yu from a distance with their cameras.

"You've lost the Florentine bunnies"

"Wait and cry"

"You're not number one after the game"

The Palermo fans gave full play to the gangsters of the mafia's homeland, not only verbally provoking, but also throwing debris at the side of the Fiorentina fans, trying to scare the Fiorentina fans with the threat of force.

The Fiorentina fans were not afraid, and under the leadership of Chen Yu, they fought back angrily, and the two sides attacked each other with debris across the barrier, and the scene was hotter than the game for a while.

Palermo is the home of the mafia, and the city government and stadium security were prepared in advance, seeing the two sides throwing debris at each other, fearing that the conflict would escalate, the police and security quickly came to stop it, and lined up in a vertical line on the fence to prevent fans from crossing the border and fighting.

Fifteen minutes passed quickly and the game started again.

Palermo made tactical and personnel changes this time, with Filippini replacing Santana to strengthen the defense in the middle and shift the focus of the attack to the middle.

Del Neri's adjustment is timely and in place, the coordination between Fiorentina's three forwards has been hindered by Filippini's play, Palermo was originally a single midfielder, and now two midfielders plus two central defenders, four people are enough to cut off the connection between Fiorentina's center Tony and the two wingers, allowing them to play separately

And with an extra barrier in the middle, Fiorentina's long-range shooting tactics in the back row could not be used, and their changes in the first half were almost all blocked by Palermo.

Although Palermo blocked Fiorentina's attack, their own attack was also damaged, because Santana formed two wings with Brienza in the first half, and now one of these two wings has been removed, leaving only Brienza, and Fiorentina's defense has become more targeted and relaxed.

The tactics of the Italian team are basically based on defensive counterattacks, that is, to ensure that they do not make mistakes first, and then wait for the opponent to make mistakes.

The players are not in a hurry, Palermo at half-time, the chairman Zamparini went into the dressing room again, and once again ordered them to win, Del Neri also withstood the pressure of the chairman to replace an attacking player with a defender, if the game is lost, I don't know what will be crazy for Zamparini

Fiorentina's players are more anxious, at halftime, the other two games related to Fiorentina are also over, Inter Milan defeated Goofy's Empoli 4:l, AC Milan defeated the rival Livorno 3:0, and now the top three have all won, only Fiorentina is still 0:0 If it ends like this, Juventus will overtake Fiorentina, AC Milan and Inter Milan will chase two more points, AC Milan will narrow the gap with Fiorentina to 5 points, and Inter Milan will also narrow to three games, It was an absolute tragedy for Fiorentina, who were aiming to win the title.

Of course, Livorno's defeat was also a motivator for Palermo, who are also rivals in Group 2 and are now actively seeking victory in order to reach the UEFA Cup again.

Fiorentina, by contrast, were more eager to win, and after the stalemate they made the first change, with Bodinov being substituted and youngster Pacini coming on, with Di Natale dropping back slightly to play as a shadow striker behind Toney and Pacini.

Pacini is also a center forward, but he has different characteristics from Toney, Pacini is only 1.80 meters, but he is characterized by a strong ability to suddenly turn around and get rid of the ball with his back, and his speed advantage is also obvious.

After Pacini and Toni partnered, the effect was obvious, Palermo was not familiar with Pacini, and with Paccini's back to the ball and speed breakthrough, Di Natale, who had changed positions, also became active.

In the 70th minute of the game, a long pass from the back field hit the front of the Palermo penalty area, Toni grabbed the header and crossed it to Di Natale, who passed the ball to Pacini and stepped forward.

Pacini was close to Barone, but when the ball came, the little guy slyly slipped away, quickly turned and shook off Barone, and used his speed to get the ball before the centre-backs.

This break made Palermo's backline overstretched, and someone had to make up for Paccini, so that when Di Natale stepped forward, there was no one to intercept, and he could only watch Pacini pass the ball to Di Natale, who shot directly at the ball.

The angle of the shot was not awkward, but it was lightning fast, and goalkeeper Guadalben did not have time to react at all, and he almost subconsciously blocked it with his hands.

The ball bounced off the box, but before it could fly out of the six-yard box, Tony squeezed down the defender and rushed through the box

Tony rushed tightly, the ball rebounded quickly, and the high speed was in Tony's waist and abdomen, and Tony didn't have time to choose any footwork, so he used his body to block the ball towards the goal.

The ball didn't fly quickly towards the goal, but goalkeeper Guadalben had already made a save and there was no time for a second reaction, and full-back Grosso desperately ran towards the goal to make a tackle, but he was still a step too slow.

The ball is blocked in the net by Toney.

Toney finally broke a two-game goal drought and scored on his old club's doorstep.

At the moment of Toney's goal, the Palermo fans were stunned for a moment, because the attack just now was too tense and fast, and they were not able to boo in time, until the Fiorentina fans burst into cheers and shouted the name of "Tony", and the Palermo fans blew the whistle vigorously to suppress the Fiorentina shouts again.

After the goal, Toni did not do anything to celebrate, but only thanked the Fiorentina fans who cheered at the first time.

Prandelli is very happy, it is very difficult to score a goal in a game like this, and he believes that it will never be easy for opponents to score, because Mazinwa and Racholoki are not as good as Toni, and even if Collini can create chances, they may not be able to score.

As Prandelli guessed, Palermo then stepped up their attack, but because of the limited ability of the forwards, Collini was watched to death, and he could only swallow the bitter wine of the home L:0 defeat at home.