Chapter 709: Toyota Cup (2)
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As for da Gama's starting lineup, although the commentator also introduced it, Zhuang Mingge didn't care much, because he knew that the only threatening players in da Gama's squad were actually Juninho Jr. and Edmundo, and the others were not to worry at all. Even if they still have Galvao, the former Brazilian national team's main central defender, in command, at the age of 36, he still has a lot of power at his peak, and there is still a big question mark to put on him.
When the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, Edmundo immediately passed the ball to his teammates behind him, and then immediately ran forward, extremely proud, he was ready to give Fiorentina a blow at the beginning, he wanted to let the opponent in front of him know that Da Gama, with him in charge, will definitely not be worse than Fiorentina!
Of course, the reason why Edmundo was so excited was not only to prove that Vasco da was not weaker than Florence, but also had other purposes in mind. First of all, it is that he wants to prove his ability on the international stage of the Toyota Cup, and use the east wind of this match to knock on the door of the Brazilian national team. In addition, European football, with higher wages and better living conditions, is not a small ** for any South American player. This is especially true for players like Edmundo, who come from poor backgrounds, who work in the football industry so that they can make life better for themselves and their families, and to a lesser extent, out of love for football.
Therefore, for these reasons, Edmundo, who considers himself the best in international football, naturally wants to have an excellent performance in this Toyota Cup match. After all, most of the channels that European clubs use to learn about South American players are through international competitions such as the World Cup or the Toyota Cup, and as long as Edmundo plays well in this game, it will not be a problem to attract the attention of several European teams after the game.
Of course, Zhuang Mingge will never introduce Edmundo. The Brazilian Beast's ability is indeed outstanding, but his ability to cause trouble on and off the pitch is also second to none, in Zhuang Mingge's previous life, Edmundo would break a lot of negative news wherever he went, and even had a fierce conflict with Rui Costa when he was in Fiorentina in history! Zhuang Mingge knows that although the Portuguese midfield superstar is a little arrogant, he is still a relatively peaceful player in general, and Edmundo can even provoke Costa, and his bad personality can be seen.
"Tony, what do you think of Edmundo? His courage and versatility seem to be a good addition to our Fiorentina forward line. Looking at the information about Edmundo in his hand, and his skilful dribbling on the court, Karin came up with a proposal.
"Edmundo has the ability, but the personality aspect is really a headache. And regardless of the overall interests, the players who wantonly cause trouble do not meet our criteria for recruitment, and if they come to Fiorentina, they will definitely cause a big mess. In addition, I will build yƬ Karin, you look at the records of Edmundo's cards and punishments at the back of this information, I believe you must have "Looking at Edmundo, who received a pass from Juninho Jr., and was breaking through directly from the middle, Zhuang Mingge retorted, "So, in my opinion, Edmundo, who loves and wants whoever wants it, Florence will definitely not consider it." ā
"It seems that Tony is right, Edmundo is a bastard who really doesn't deserve to wear our Fiorentina shirt." After seeing Edmunddo's average of five cards per season, as well as negative news such as team brawls and off-field accidents, Karin also expressed her approval of Zhuang Mingge's refusal to buy Edmundo.
Redondo stepped forward to defend Edmundo as soon as possible, and the Argentine prince lived up to his title of the most elegant midfielder, sticking to Edmundo inch by inch, so that the opponent could not speed up to complete the breakthrough smoothly.
Edmundo failed to get away from Redondo's defence on two consecutive stops, and was almost intercepted by his taller and legged opponent, so the Brazilian beast had to slow down his advance. However, at this time, Effenberg had also pressed over, and together with Redondo, he formed a flanking momentum.
So, in desperation, Edmundo had no choice but to pass the ball back to Juninho Jr., allowing the latter to organize the attack in the midfield again.
Juninho, who received the pass, was just about to look up to observe the situation on the field, when he found a Fiorentina player swooping towards him, and the ferocious momentum directly startled him, and he involuntarily took a small step back.
It was this small step that Juninho Jr. exited that gave the Fiorentina player plenty of room to play, only to see him isolate the former from the ball with a cross of his body, and then hooked his foot and easily got the ball at his feet!
"Gattuso, this kid is really brave enough, I don't know, I guess I thought he was going to cut off Juninho's leg directly." Zhuang Mingge, who was in the box, saw this scene and sighed with a smile, thinking that he was really worthy of being called a "butcher" by the fans.
Gattuso's tackle happened quite suddenly, and the players on da Gama's side didn't expect that Juninho Jr. would be cut off by the opponent so lightly, so they didn't have time to lay any interceptions in the midfield, so they watched Gattuso rush towards their goal with the ball in a daze!
After advancing more than ten meters, Gattuso, who realized that with his skills he could not break through the Da Gama backline, after dodging Luizinho's tackle, directly picked up his right foot and sent a ball over the top!
However, in terms of the control of the power and landing of the ball, Gattuso, the butcher of the midfield, was clearly far from the level of the top masters such as Redondo and Effenberg, and although his pass flew over the heads of da Gama's defenders, the landing point was not very good, and the ball was kicked directly into da Gama's penalty area.
It is common sense to assume that at this time, the goalkeeper of Vasco da Gama, who is naturally closer to the ball, will first rush to the spot where the ball lands, and then confiscate the ball, thus ending Fiorentina's attack. However, Ronaldo's super explosiveness perfectly covered up Gattuso's mistake at this time. I saw the alien accelerate violently and grab the ball before the attacking da Gama goalkeeper!
Although Ronaldo snatched the ball first, the outstretched arms and body of the goalkeeper Vasco da Gama blocked the alien's footsteps at this time, making it impossible for him to form a shot at the first time!
In the face of the opposing goalkeeper's defense, Ronaldo knocked the ball lightly on the heel of his right foot and passed the ball from behind to the feet of Vieri, who followed up from outside the penalty area!
Vieri, who got the ball, stretched out his arms and firmly blocked Mauro Galvao, who was returning to the defense, and then picked up his left foot and shot at the goal that had already sung an empty plan, and the ball went into the net, 1-0!
In this way, less than two minutes into the game, Fiorentina took advantage of a counterattack created by a midfield interception to take the lead!