Chapter 1093: The Battle of Riazor (Part II)

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After seeing the referee signal that the goal was valid, Tristan clenched his fist excitedly and ran to the sidelines with his teammates to celebrate the goal. The Laco fans in the stands were also applauding and cheering for Tristan, unrecalling that just three days ago in La Liga, they were still squandering a scoring opportunity for Tristan, which led to the team's bad start to the league and scolded him for not being complete.

"The intelligence is correct, Tristan's fitness has indeed dropped a lot from last season. Otherwise, he should not have stood in the penalty area to grab the ball with Stam when he was attacking the goal, but should have relied on mobility to get rid of the opponent and score. Looking at Tristan, who was celebrating a goal on the sidelines, Heynckes pouted disdainfully, and did not feel impatient because of the momentary backwardness, "It seems that he has made the same mistake as Ronaldo, and after becoming famous, he unconsciously relaxed his requirements for himself, resulting in a certain degree of decline in his fitness and athleticism, and he can no longer easily throw off defenders to score goals as easily as last season." ”

Since scoring 21 goals in La Liga last season, beating Morientes, Kluivert and other well-known strikers to win the La Liga Golden Boot, Tristan's mentality has changed dramatically, and he has begun to become lazy as a top star, standing more in the box and waiting for the ball in the game, rather than pulling the opponent's defense with his runs, looking for opportunities and creating scoring opportunities for his teammates.

This change in mentality has made Tristan no longer strictly restrain himself as before, and his attitude in usual training has also begun to become lazy, and his physical fitness and competitive state have also declined significantly, and he has never been able to return to the peak state before the World Cup in South Korea and Japan.

It was precisely because the former Spanish national team coach Camacho noticed this that he resolutely abandoned Tristan after two group games and switched to Morientes, who had a stronger desire to score. As a result, Tristan's first trip to the World Cup ended hastily in such a situation, wearing the number 10 shirt, he only left an embarrassing record of two World Cup appearances without scoring a goal.

Although Tristan still has the foundation to win the La Liga Golden Boot before, his little football talent is obviously not enough for him to squander like Ronaldo. The reason why he was able to win the La Liga Golden Boot in a strong opponent last season was partly because he had a top playmaker like Belleron behind him to give him cannonballs to create a killing chance, and on the other hand, because he had a good attitude in games and training at that time to maximize his potential.

Now, with Tristan's own unmotivated and increasingly lazy training attitude, he must not be physically fit enough to sustain the entire game in a high-intensity competition such as the Champions Cup. According to Heynckes' estimates, Tristan can hold on to a little more than half the court at most, and if he has more, he will only be a spectator on the court.

As a qualified manager, good pre-match intelligence gathering is essential. Therefore, Heynckes, who is well aware of Tristan's current physical condition, did not change his defensive strategy because of Tristan's goal, but continued to ask the players to guard against Belleron and prevent the midfielder from easily receiving the ball and organizing the attack; At the same time, he ordered Zambrotta and Carlos to cut back on the number of assists they could make to prevent Deportivo from opening the breach on the flanks again.

As for Mauro Silva and Forlan at the back, Heynckes didn't pay too much attention to them, only telling the likes of Andrea Pirlo and Di Natale to interfere when they saw them dribbling across the halfway line.

Although Mauro Silva and Forlan could temporarily take over the command from Belleron, they were not qualified organizers after all, and naturally did not do as well as the latter in terms of organization and scheduling and controlling the rhythm.

So, after the game resumed, just when the Laco players were about to repeat their old tricks, Romero and Victor were shocked to find that they not only had Zambrotta and Carlos and others waiting in front of them, but also Di Natale and Pirlo and others on the side!

As a result, Deportivo made it difficult for Deportivo to play on the flanks as before, and Fiorentina's defence was re-established. Now that the home team's attack is no longer an effective threat to Gianluigi Buffon's goal, the Fiorentina players can devote more energy to attacking, and the Purple Lily's counter-attack has become more aggressive.

In the 38th minute of the game, Forlan's pass to Victor was intercepted by Pirlo, who predicted the way out of the ball, who immediately sent a long pass over the top after getting the ball, Vieri, who was advancing at full speed, squeezed away Nabeate, who was marking him, received the pass and dribbled into the home team's penalty area, and Juan Mi, who was abandoning the goal, scored with his left foot, and tied the score at 1-1 before the end of the first half! (Note: This season, Laco's original No. 1 goalkeeper, Jose Molina, had to leave the pitch for chemotherapy due to being diagnosed with cancer again, so the main position was taken over by substitute goalkeeper Juanmi.) )

In the remaining minutes of the first half, Fiorentina had hoped to take the lead, but although Diego Milito received Di Natale's cross, his header hit the crossbar and bounced off the bottom line, and it was extremely regrettable to miss the goal!

At the start of the second half, Deportivo La Coruna, adjusted by Irueta and tried to establish a lead again, but Fiorentina did not give the home team this chance, forcing the Laco players to not dare to press the attack with sharp defensive counter-attacks. The players on both sides came and went on the field, and the game was lively. However, while both teams contributed a number of shots during this time, the players were generally unlucky, repeatedly missing out on goals.

In the 62nd minute, Iruetta, who found that Tristan could only move at turtle speed on the court, sighed, called Luke, who was sitting on the bench, and replaced the former with him, changing the formation from 442 to 4231.

After Tristan was gone, Deportivo La Coruna's formation changed to Roy Mackay's one-on-one attack, with Luke, Belleron and Victor in charge of delivering shells to him in the rear. Iruetta's intention was to control the tempo of the game by increasing the number of midfielders and create more scoring opportunities for Mackay, who is good at grabbing points.

With Tristan's loose attitude off the field, the game finally began to enter the white-hot bayonet stage! After all, for Fiorentina and Deportivo La Coruna, who are in the group of death, every point is something they have to fight for, otherwise, if they are blocked out of the round of 16 by a mere point or two, they will have no place to take regret medicine.