Chapter 554: Juventus (5)
The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and finally made a secret decision: if Juventus could not win a trophy in the few competitions they participated in this season, then it meant that Lippi had only this ability, and perhaps he should consider welcoming a more capable manager to lead the team next season......
Wait, I remember that Fiorentina's current manager, Fabio Capello, spent his peak as a player at Juventus? If so, maybe I can ......
Mo Lao Fox's squinting eyes glanced at Zhuang Mingge, who was sitting at the other end of the box, and saw that the other party did not notice him, so he began to calculate in his heart the possibility of poaching Capello from Florence.
Zhuang Mingge also fell into thinking after laughing at Moggie twice, but he was thinking about poaching Mourinho from Barcelona.
Regarding this matter, Zhuang Mingge feels that he is still in a hurry for the time being, after all, Van Gaal has just taken office, and although Mourinho has experienced a rise and fall, he has not completely given up on this Dutchman. If Florence were to poach at this time, there was a high probability of failure.
Hawkers, it's better to take your time in this matter, and you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry.
While Zhuang Mingge and Moggie were thinking about their respective thoughts, the fifteen-minute halftime break passed quickly, and the players from both sides reappeared on the court.
As for Fiorentina, Capello did not make any changes to the line-up except for re-emphasizing the key points of zone defense to his players and not to fall into the opponent's move. In his opinion, since the team is two goals ahead of their opponents with this starting line-up, there is no need for him to make any adjustments, even if Juventus are Fiorentina's strongest rival in Serie A. In the case of your own advantage, it is the king to respond to all changes with the same.
Juventus, Lippi used up a substitution at half-time, and Antonio Conte came on to replace Taccinadi, strengthening the midfield's attacking quality while not weakening the team's defence.
At the start of the second half, Juventus, who had made some adjustments, took the lead in attacking, leaving only 45 minutes for the Juventus players to regain their two-goal deficit, and they could not afford to waste the slightest bit.
However, no matter how anxious they were, Juventus were cautious when attacking, after all, the visitors were able to break through their own goal twice in the first half with a quick counter-attack (Carlos' free-kick was also counted by them).
In the face of Juventus' attack, the Fiorentina players responded calmly according to Capello's deployment and their experience. Davies kept an eye on Zidane and did his best to interfere with the opponent so that he could not calmly organize the attack; Redondo and Di Biagio set up a barrier on the edge of the box to guard against the Juventus players' back-to-back attacks.
In this way, when the game resumed, the two teams engaged in a fierce tug-of-war on the pitch, with players from both sides running around the pitch and desperately fighting for the team they could play for to get the three league points at the end of the game.
In the 56th minute, Davies fouled Zidane while scrambling for the ball near the centre circle, and the referee awarded Juventus a free kick.
Didier Deschamps quickly took the set-piece and fed it to Conte in front of him, who didn't pause to get the ball to Toricelli, who had stepped in from the right.
Torricelli, who got the ball, strode with the ball, advanced more than ten meters, and crossed the ball before Carlos grabbed it!
"Torricelli crosses! I have to say that his cross is a little lacking in consideration, after all, in the Fiorentina penalty area, Nesta and Ferrara have much advantage over Pierrot and Otero in terms of height......" Before the commentator finished speaking, he saw Ferrara, who was 1.8 meters tall, completed the header clearance before the 1.73 meter Pierro.
Although Pierrot failed to grab the ball, he also caused some interference with Ferrara's movements, so that the opponent did not control the landing point of the clearance ball. Neither Di Biagio nor Redondo could get the ball flying out of the box at the first time, and Zidane didn't get to the ball under Davies's entanglement, so he ......
"Antonio Conte! Conte got the chance ball! See what he's going to do with the ball! Oh! Conte shoots straight from distance! ”
Although he missed almost a full season due to injury, Conte's competitive form has remained quite good after his return, and his long-range shot from outside the box was powerful and Toldo used his hands to lift the ball off the line for safety, and Juventus took a corner.
After observing his team-mate's position in the box, Zidane safely drove the ball towards the near corner.
Otero once again showed his first-class goalmouth skills against Fiorentina, and after being tangled with Ferrara in the middle of the box a minute ago, he suddenly appeared at the near post and headed the ball into the ball!
Both Toldo and Carlos, who were defending at the near post, were caught off guard by Otero's sudden attack, and by the time they reacted, the ball was already lying in the Fiorentina goal.
1 to 2, Juventus pulled one back!
After seeing the referee signal that the goal was valid, Piero quickly ran into the goal and picked up the ball, after all, Juventus are still one goal behind Fiorentina and it is not time to celebrate.
More than 20 minutes later, the Bianconeri were back in action, with Paxoto and Di Livio linking up the left flank with Zinedine Zidane, and the ball was passed quickly at the feet of the trio to break through the wide defence of Davies and Zambrotta.
Finally, under the cover of Zidane, Di Livio cut into the penalty area with the ball, attracted Ferrara's defense and played a wonderful through diagonal cut with Pierrot, who got the ball without stopping the ball and directly hit the goal with his left foot, and the ball went into the net to tie the score at 2-2!
Tens of thousands of Juventus fans cheered from the stands at the Stadio Alp, and on the pitch, Pierrot, who had scored the equaliser, once again rushed into the goal to pick it up, for which he had some unpleasant encounters with Toldo.
Seeing this, the players on both sides hurriedly went up and separated the two who were arguing. Although they are their own masters in the game, they are all teammates of the national team and acquaintances, so there is no need to ruin their friendship for such a thing.
In this way, with more than ten minutes left to end the game, Juventus miraculously pulled back the two-goal deficit and pulled the two teams back to the same running line!