Chapter 1211: Battle for the Top of the List (3)
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"Tsk, I didn't expect Zambrotta to be even more difficult than when he played in the Champions Cup." Keely Gonzalez struggled to get up from the turf, and was cut off by Zambrotta with a clean steal, and he fell hard under the action of inertia and gravity, and still hasn't completely recovered his strength, "Alas, these juniors now, I really don't know how to respect the old and love the young, how can my old bones withstand his toss like this......"
Like many wingers who relied on speed as a young man, Keely Gonzalez, who was once a sensation in European football when he played in Valencia, is now plagued by injuries that have made his breakthrough less sharp than it was back then. Therefore, when facing the defense of Zambrotta, who is at the peak of his career, and Gattuso's assistance and attack, it is difficult for Killy, who is only 30 years old, who has already gone downhill, to help Inter Milan open up the situation on the offensive end on the left side of his responsibility.
Seeing the decline in form of Keely Gonzalez on the left, it was difficult to pose enough threat to Fiorentina's right defence, which paralyzed Inter's attack on the left, and Cooper, who was directing from the sidelines, could not remain indifferent to the situation. In response to the dilemma facing his team, the Argentine coach quickly made a tactical adjustment: he asked Abidal to step up his advance and attack Zambrotta's defensive zone with Kieli in front of him, forcing Fiorentina to distract the focus of the defense and make the team's attack more threatening.
It has to be said that Cooper had the best intentions in making this change, and he hoped that the team would be able to open up the situation on the left flank, so as to realize the idea of flying on both wings, pulling Fiorentina's defenders out of the box as much as possible, creating more space for Crespo and Mutu in the middle, rather than scrambling for the ball under the bag of multiple players on the opposing side.
However, the Argentine coach has obviously forgotten a very important point, that is, although Abidal is an excellent left-back at the defensive end, which makes up for the left vacuum that has existed in Inter Milan since Bremer left, his assist ability and forward awareness are quite lacking, it is difficult to provide effective support to Kieley, but because he pressed too much, Inter Milan's left defense has problems.
If Zambrotta hadn't been afraid to get too involved in the attack because of the Keeli behind him, Fiorentina would have taken this opportunity to break down Inter's left side of the defense in one fell swoop, and maybe even score a goal to break the deadlock.
After being seized by Fiorentina to play several quick counter-attacks in a row, the Inter Milan players who realized that the adjustment had failed quickly reverted to their previous tactics, and Cooper did not get angry at the players' self-assertiveness on the field - after being caught by Fiorentina and playing a few quick counterattacks behind Abidal, the Argentine coach, who attaches great importance to defense, no longer dares to let Abidal participate in the attack.
As a result, Inter Milan can only hope for a breakthrough in attack, relying on the right-wing duo of Van der Meyde and Zanetti, as well as Crespo and Mutu.
In this game, in the face of the joint impact of Van der Meyde, who is the same age as him, and the experienced Zanetti, although Zivo is still lacking in experience, there is no way to completely block Inter Milan's right attack like Zambrotta, but in this life, he has been taught by many famous teachers in his level is much more stable than in his previous life, and his growth is more rapid, especially in the overall situation and the rational use of technology and body.
Moreover, although he was quite embarrassed by the combined impact of Van der Meyde and Zanetti in the game, Zivo also had no shortage of eye-catching performances, especially the accurate left-footed long pass, which made many nostalgic fans seem to see the shadow of Redondo.
Not to mention Nesta and Lucio in the middle, the former's versatility in defense and the latter's aggressiveness make it difficult for Crespo and Mutu to find suitable shots in the box.
It was because of their presence that those passes that Zivo failed to block were not converted into shots or even goals by Crespo and Mutu, thus threatening the Fiorentina goal.
As a result, in the first ten minutes of the game, Inter Milan fans were frustrated to find that the performance of the team they supported in attack could only be described as lackluster, and it was difficult to pass the ball into the box to form a threatening shot. Wanting to open up the situation with a long-range shot, Fiorentina's three midfielders in midfield can defuse most of the crises in advance.
The main reason for this situation is that the Nerazzurri are unable to put enough pressure on Fiorentina on the left, so that Fiorentina can concentrate on blocking the middle, and can also divide some men to block the right side of Inter's attack.
Fiorentina, on the other hand, after determining that Inter Milan's attack could not pose much threat to their own goal, the players began to focus on intercepting the opponent's pass under the command of Pirlo - after more than ten minutes of trial in the opening game, Pirlo keenly found that Inter Milan's reaction in the transition between attack and defense was a little slow, so he immediately decided to use this as a breakthrough to establish a lead for Fiorentina!
In the 32nd minute of the first half, Emre's pass to Van der Meyde was successfully tackled by Gattuso, who then handed the ball to Zivo behind him, and the Romanian looked up and sent a long pass before Van der Meyde grabbed it, and the ball landed behind Materazzi!
Materazzi is very strong head-on, but his tall stature makes him a bit slow to turn around, which gives Fiorentina the opportunity to play a quick counter-attack. I saw Diego Milito rush out with an arrow step, and received Zivo's long pass from a distance of 50 meters before everyone else, single-handed!
After that, things are very simple, Milito's dribbling skills and speed are not as good as Ronaldo and Sheva, but they are also excellent. Therefore, it was only when Milito rushed to the line of the penalty area that Cordoba rushed to his side out of breath - but even if Cordoba was in place, it would be of little use because Milito had already passed the ball to Inzaghi, who had cut in from the other side of the box!
As a super-first-class opportunist, Inzaghi naturally didn't waste this great opportunity to score, and with a powerful shot from the ground, the ball passed under the armpit of the fallen save Toldo and swooped into the door of Inter Milan!
1 to 0! Fiorentina relied on a quick counter-attack to take the lead in this battle for the top of the table for the time being!