Chapter 676 - UEFA Super Cup (3)
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The Fiorentina fans in the stands at the Stade Louis II cheered after seeing Vieri open the scoring – a good sign that the team had taken the lead before the game had just begun.
"Fiorentina scored! The scorer was scored by Christian Vieri, the Italian centre-forward who brought his excellent form at the World Cup in France to the club with a powerful left-footed shot that Vicenza's old goalkeeper Balotta could do nothing to do with Vieri's shot! While the Fiorentina fans celebrated the goal, the commentator diligently commented on the game, "Vieri's shot was decisive, but most of the credit for the goal goes to Ronaldo and Roberto Carlos. If it weren't for these two to completely blow up Vicenza's right flank, I'm afraid Vieri's goal wouldn't have come so easily. ”
Although Fiorentina broke through the door at the beginning of the game, the players of Vicenza did not show a panicked look because of the bad start - with Fiorentina's best European player configuration, they want to prevent the Purple Lily from scoring, unless they have a top defense line that is not inferior to the opponent and can withstand the continuous impact of Vieri and Ronaldo; Or maybe there is a magical goalkeeper who breaks out from time to time, such as Goyechea or Toldo, who suddenly has a supernatural form in a certain game and blocks all the opponent's shots.
It's a pity that the current Vicenza doesn't have either of these conditions.
Therefore, as early as when preparing for this decisive battle, Guidolin had no intention of relying on defense to prevent Fiorentina from scoring in the game, because he knew that Vicenza could also rank in the middle of the middle of Serie A with the level of defense, and the clean sheet against the opponent was basically wishful thinking, and only by attacking and attacking could the team have a higher winning rate in the game.
Therefore, after the restart, the Vicenza players who got the ball took the initiative to launch a counterattack towards the Fiorentina half!
Although Otto and Canchelski were completely blown out by Carlos and Ronaldo on the defensive end, it has to be said that these two also made Fiorentina's left-sided duo helpless on the offensive end - the breakthrough of Otto and Kanchelski made Carlos feel for the first time what it means to be invincible with two fists, although Ronaldo has a good defensive attitude, but his talent in this area is obviously not as good as his offensive side.
In contrast, Zambrotta and Ljungberg were much more calm on the left, with the duo who were unusually solid at both ends of the pitch more than capable of keeping Koko and Ambrosetti at bay.
Since the breakthrough of the Vicenza side also appeared on the side of Ronaldo and Carlos, so in the following time, the players of both sides showed a mutual explosion in this side corridor, and put on a series of wonderful performances for all the fans who followed the game!
In the sixth minute of the game, Otto and Kanchelski were the first to find a breakthrough on the wing, the former attracted Carlos's attention with the ball and kicked the ball along the sideline to the Ukrainian wing, and the latter got the ball without waiting for Ronaldo and Carlos to return to the defense and crossed directly!
However, although Luca Toney, who was standing in the Fiorentina penalty area, received the cross, he did not control the angle under the interference of the opposing Stam, and a header did not have the effect it should have, and the ball flew high over the crossbar, without causing any test to the goal guarded by Toldo.
Two minutes later, it was Fiorentina's turn to attack, and Ronaldo's superhuman explosiveness was able to pass Canchelski and Odor in succession with the backheel of Carlos, who was ready to deliver the cannonball to Vieri in the middle.
It's just that Fiorentina's side cross was also unsuccessful, although Vieri, who has entered the peak of his career, is strong, but the two Eastern European giants of Onopko and Repka are not inferior, one left and one right firmly sandwiched the Italian heavy tank in the middle, did not give him a chance to jump and fight for the top, and directly destroyed Carlos's cross out of the penalty area!
Effenberg, who followed in the back row, received the clearance before Ambrosini and Ballack, and then fired straight from 25 meters from goal!
The tiger's long-range shot was of very high quality, the ball flew past Onopko almost close to the ground, and Balotta, who was disturbed by his team-mate's vision, could not make a timely save, and by the time he could react, it was too late.
However, Effenberg's shot failed to bring Fiorentina a goal, and although the ball deceived Balotta and the Vicenza backline, it unfortunately hit the post and bounced off the bottom line!
Five minutes later, Vicenza, who had survived, launched a counter-attack, Ambrosetti managed to dribble into the box with the assistance of two teammates, Koko and Ballack, but the ball was cut off by Nesta when he got up to hit the goal, and Ambrosetti, who was brought to the ground, asked the referee for a penalty, but the referee ignored the Italian winger's complaint.
In the eighteenth minute, Vicenza made a comeback, Onopko, who intercepted Effenberg's pass, launched a fast attack with a long pass directly in the backfield, and his national team teammate Canchelski received the ball and crossed directly, Toney's header bombardment was blocked by Toldo, and Larsson, who was ambushed in the back, volleyed an empty goal, and the score was tied at 1-1!
In the 25th minute, there was a heavy mistake in the Vicenza backline, Onopko's return pass was too weak, and the guide Balotta did not receive the pass in time, and was tackled by Ronaldo, who was stabbed in the diagonal stab.
However, the aliens unbelievably kicked the one-on-one ball directly into Balotta's arms, squandering the golden opportunity to help Fiorentina rebuild their lead!
Ronaldo held his head in his hands, looking incredulous, after all, the accidental miss just now was too amateurish for him, who was already famous all over the world, and even gave people the illusion that aliens were not returning to Earth today to visit relatives; And Onopko, who made a heavy mistake, secretly wiped the cold sweat on his head, after all, if he really led the team to lose because of this low-level mistake, then he would inevitably be punished and criticized from all sides after the game.
In the 32nd minute, it was Kanchelski who attacked with the ball again, but his cross was disrupted by Nesta in the middle of the line.
Ambrosetti whipped in a corner from the left and Larsson shook off Nesta's defence and fired a right-footed volley into the box, but the ball went just wide of the post and didn't turn into a goal.
Six minutes later, Fiorentina launched an attack on the left, Carlos played a low ball back to the top of the penalty area, and Redondo, who followed up in the middle, picked up a powerful left-footed volley, but was blocked by the preoccupied Balotta flying ball out of the goal.
In the end, when the first half was over, with goals from Vieri and Larsson, Fiorentina and Vicenza were temporarily tied 1-1 on the field!