Chapter Ninety-Eight: Vialli and Barty

Just fifteen minutes later, the battle between Fiorentina and Juventus for the top spot resumed with the referee's whistle.

Both managers seemed to think they had the perfect line-up on the pitch and made no changes at half-time.

Fiorentina, under Claudio Ranieri's direction, continued their counter-attacking tactics in the first half, which were quite successful for most of the first half, and Piero's genius was not something that could be played casually.

However, what everyone didn't expect was that Piero, who scored the equalizing goal in the first half, erupted like a volcano at the beginning of the second half!

Just five minutes into the second half, Piero attracted the attention of Di Biagio and Ferrara on the left side, and then cleverly picked the ball into the Fiorentina penalty area.

The goal boosted the morale of Juventus, and the Fiorentina players began to panic after the goal, with some wanting to play against their opponents and others wanting to continue defending......

After all, having been leading for more than 20 minutes, only to be equalized and overtaken in just five minutes (not counting the half-time break), anyone will start to doubt the team's tactics.

Taking advantage of the panic of the Fiorentina players, under the signal of Lippi, Juventus's two fullbacks Pesoto and Torricelli began to press the assists together significantly, and the offensive momentum of the Bianconeri became more and more crazy.

In the 55th minute, Torricelli cut in from the right at high speed, and his run attracted the attention of part of the Fiorentina backline, but at this moment, Torricelli, who was advancing with the ball, handed the ball directly to Piero, who had moved to the edge of the penalty area at some point!

After Piero received the ball and forced a turn under the marking of Filicano, the Fiorentina defenders began to get nervous, and the performance of this little guy during this period of time can be said to be bewitching......

Filicano stuck to it, and Ferrara's attention began to unconsciously focus on Piero, of course, he paid more attention to Vialli, who wore the Juventus captain's armband, the homegrown striker had just scored a goal, so naturally it should not be underestimated.

However, this time Piero did not pass the ball directly to Vialli, nor did he pass back to Paulo Sousa behind him to reorganize an attack, but picked the ball to the left side of the pitch when he turned halfway through! There, DiLivio is plugging in at high speed!

Vialli saw the ball flying over, and quickly gave way, and Di Livio, who had inserted an assist from the left side, rushed into the Fiorentina penalty area at this time, and then stopped Piero's pass!

Ferrara hurriedly turned around to block Di Livio's shot in the first place, but when he turned around, Ferrara noticed that Di Livio had picked up his left foot......

At this time, no one paid attention to Ferrara's movements, everyone's eyes fell on Di Livio's body, just now, everyone watched Di Livio pick up his left foot after unloading the ball, Toldo immediately rushed out, stretched out his arms as much as he could, intending to block Di Livio's shot with his body!

However, Di Livio's left-footed shot looked powerful, but the moment he touched the ball, he picked it up - a pass!

The ball arced beautifully through the air, flew over Ferrara's head and landed down the middle......

The unmarked Vialli scored with ease after receiving the brilliant pass.

Three to one! Just ten minutes into the second half, the home team Juventus extended their lead to two goals!

"Vialli is the heart of this Juventus team!" Zhuang Mingge couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he saw the change in the situation on the court.

Piero did add aura and creativity to Juve, but Vialli was clearly a better fit as a team leader, with a conscientious approach on the pitch, an aggressive defensive effort that could score when it was time to score. He may not be as talented as Baggio and Piero, but what makes Vialli stand out from the crowd is his running and tackles; He made Juventus no longer the elegant and steady old woman of the Platini era, but a full shrew, which is perhaps the biggest change that Vialli or the "Silver Fox" brought to Juventus.

Although the performance on the court seems to be wide open, and even a little simple and rough, it can indeed catch many opponents off guard.

Seeing that the score became 3-1, Ranieri couldn't sit still, and seeing that Juventus' attack was becoming more and more ferocious, he began to stand on the sidelines and shout loudly, trying to get the Fiorentina players back to normal, and kicking all the players on the bench out to warm up and prepare to make adjustments.

However, while Ranieri was pondering on the sidelines, the Fiorentina players suddenly launched a post-match counter-attack that the media called "magical".

Here's the thing......

Seeing that the team was scored twice in just ten minutes after the start of the second half, Batistuta standing in his own penalty area saw many of his teammates very discouraged, and the unwilling Effenberg was roaring on the side, trying to arouse their fighting spirit. So Barty ran to the center circle of the court without saying a word and said to Djokaeve: "Yuri (Djokaeff), will you choose to give up this game?" ”

"How is that possible!" Djokaeff said with a smile, "This game will determine who will be at the top of the league next!" ”

"Well, you remember, for the rest of the day, if you see me in range, you and Stefan have to find a way to pass the ball to me, and that's it."

"Hey, you're crazy, aren't you? Gabriel, you're going to fight the entire Juventus defense for more than half an hour! Djokaf was startled and hurriedly persuaded.

"If you look at Juventus' defense, our jishu has not yet reached the level where it can easily tear apart their defense, so we can only fight with them." Barty fearlessly said, "As long as I can fight for my chances, Inzaghi's little guy should be able to take it." ”

"Okay, I see." Djokaeff said with a light punch to Barty.

In the following time, Fiorentina, who was behind the score, under the leadership of Barty and others, launched a ferocious counterattack against Juve!

In the case of Fiorentina's big press, it was a good opportunity for Juventus to counterattack, but this just exposed the shortcomings of Juve's absolute speed, even the fastest players in the front field, Piero and Di Livio, the closest Fiorentina players to them can catch up with them in time and foul them, delaying Juve's counterattack.

Barty, on the other hand, tirelessly competed with Juve's defenders for passes from his teammates again and again, and Fiorentina also fully implemented the tactical idea of "counter-attacking on the spot and passing the ball quickly", making Juve's midfield repeatedly make mistakes.

In this way, in the fierce scramble, time passed little by little......

In the seventy-eighth minute, just as the game was about to come to an end.

Paulo Sosa's pass was cut off by Kripa in the middle of the game, and then immediately passed to Billindley, who slashed to Effenberg, who immediately knocked the ball to Djokaeff and attacked the Juventus door again!

Before Deschamps was ready to end the opponent's attack with a collision foul, Djokaeff passed the ball out and passed it directly to Barty at the edge of the penalty area, Barty pressed Koller who stepped forward to interfere with him with his body, and cleverly knocked the ball out diagonally with his right heel, and it was Inzaghi who shook off the defense of Iuliano who caught the ball!

Inzaghi stopped the ball at his feet and then stepped forward into the box, Coral quickly let go of Barty and pounced on Inzaghi, who took the opportunity to turn and rush into the box, ready to shoot at any time.

Barty knows Inzaghi's habits, and he is the kind of pure goalscorer who can score and never pass the ball.

Barty's forward rush caught Peruzzi's attention, and when he looked at Inzaghi again, he saw that the ball had disappeared from his opponent's feet!

What about balls? Peruzzi was a little confused, and he suddenly saw that his teammate Coral who was following Inzaghi was shouting at him, "Look at it".

Topmost? Peruzzi looked up and saw that the ball had flown right above him!

Frightened, Peruzzi quickly stepped back and raised his arms to try to keep the ball out of the goal, but his short height (181cm is indeed short for a goalkeeper) and bulky size made it useless......

Two to three! In the 78th minute, Barty made a wonderful backheel pass, and Inzaghi picked up the goal! Fiorentina pull one back!

PS1: Chapter 13 of "Add More to Complete Jihua".

PS2: Thank you for the tips from "Merry DD" and "I Am the Wilderness".