Chapter 895: Real Madrid (2)
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Speaking of Nicolas Anelka, the French striker, who moved to Real Madrid last summer for a sky-high price, is in the same predicament as his compatriot Thierry Henry. Like Thierry Henry, Anelka, who has moved to a new environment, has not integrated well into Real Madrid's tactical system, but has fallen into a goal drought, which has naturally caused dissatisfaction among Real Madrid fans.
Former Spanish national team coach Clement said bluntly in an interview: "The money used to buy Anelka is more valuable when used for charity." ”
However, unlike Henry, who is still a little shy and young, Anelka's personality is more withdrawn, and he has a stronger ability to cause trouble off the field. Therefore, in the face of accusations and criticism from all sides, Anelka did not respond to people's doubts with goals, but caused more chaos with practical actions, which further confirmed people's negative perceptions of him!
Therefore, Bosque, as the acting head coach of Real Madrid, did not write Anelka's name in the starting list in this game, but put him on the bench - in Bosque's eyes, Anelka's ability is there, but his preference for playing alone and the individual ability of the players are the best in Europe, Fiorentina does not have any advantage, and letting the French striker start will not bring any benefit to Real Madrid on the field, but will bring unnecessary confusion to the team.
Of course, if the opponent is replaced by Bayern Munich or Valencia, who also play football as a whole but do not have outstanding individual defensive ability, then Bosque will choose to put Abarca in the starting line-up to further strengthen the attack, rather than sending Savio as an attacker to ensure that the wing attack is not strangled by the opponent.
After talking about the home team Real Madrid, let's look at the Fiorentina side, Heynckes's starting list is obviously a little lacking in the eyes of many people: Toldo, Zambrotta, Nesta, Stam, Carlos, Redondo, Makelele, Effenberg, Ljungberg, Vieri and Shevchenko, this is Fiorentina's starting eleven in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals!
Although fans are no longer familiar with this group of Fiorentina players, and even have aesthetic fatigue due to this, it is undeniable that Fiorentina's starting lineup is indeed one of the most powerful starting eleven in European clubs today!
Of course, if Ljungberg is replaced by Ronaldo, who is unable to play due to injury, then even this one can be removed.
When the 22 players of Fiorentina and Real Madrid took their positions in their respective halves, the referee of the game, the Swede Frisker, blew the whistle in his mouth and announced the official start of the game!
After Frisco blew the opening whistle, Real Madrid, who had won the right to kick off, quickly launched an attack on Fiorentina from both wings of the pitch under the organization of Seedorf!
In the face of Real Madrid's wide attack, the Fiorentina players as the defender did not have any panic: Redondo and Makelele immediately set up a barrier in front of the backline to prevent Savio and other wide players from cutting in, and Seedorf and other midfielders inserted long-range shots.
Seeing Fiorentina defending his inside line so tightly, Savio was naturally not interested in rushing into the crowd with the ball - although confident in his dribbling skills, the Brazilian winger was not a brainless young man, and he knew how unwise it was to challenge the Defence of Redondo and Makelele and the help of Effenberg alone.
So, after giving up the idea of inwardness, Savio suddenly changed direction, and then used two bicycles in a row, and after forcing Zambrotta to defend himself lightly with a feint, he picked up his left foot and made a cross!
Zambrotta reacted immediately, desperately extending his right foot to block Savio's cross, but the Brazilian was well-timed and the ball flew right in front of Zambrotta, evaded his defence and headed straight for Fiorentina in the box!
At the same time, tens of thousands of Real Madrid fans in the Fiorentina penalty area showed a tacit understanding between him and Raul. I saw the young Spanish center forward gently hit the flying ball with his head, and ferried Savio's cross to the feet of Raul, who was hidden behind him and no one was around him!
After receiving the header from his striker partner and friend, the Real Madrid golden boy glanced at Toldo, who was waiting in front of him, and used his left foot to flick the ball to dodge a shot angle, ready to push the far corner of the goal!
Raul believes that in this situation, even the famous Toldo will not be able to stop him from scoring goals!
While Toldo was powerless to stop Raul's close-range shot, that didn't mean anyone else couldn't stop it – just as Raul was bent his bow and ready to shoot the ball into front of him, a crisp whistle made the Real Madrid No.7 stop his movements!
Raul, who didn't know what was wrong, looked suspiciously at the location where the whistle sounded, but his question was quickly answered - there, the linesman held up the small flag in his hand expressionlessly, signaling that Morientes was offside when receiving the ball, and Real Madrid's attack was invalid!
It turned out that at the moment when Savio crossed with his feet, the other three defenders of Fiorentina took a step forward in unison and threw both Raul and Morientes in the offside position at the same time!
In this way, the Fiorentina defenders used a successful offside to stop Real Madrid's first attack after the start of the game!
At this time, the fans also saw the scene just happened through the slow-motion replay on the big screen of the stadium, and most people were amazed by the tacit understanding of the Fiorentina backline in their hearts, after all, making an offside position is a very test of the defender's ability and tacit understanding of the defensive method, as long as one person does not keep up with the pace of his teammates in time, and fails to throw Morientes and Raul in the offside position in time, then Fiorentina will give the Real Madrid players a chance to score a single goal in vain!
It is precisely for this reason that people are full of praise when they see Fiorentina's defenders make such a decisive and resolute offside move, because few teams dare to use such an unsuccessful tactic on such an important occasion as the Champions League semi-finals!
However, although Fiorentina's offside tactic was very successful this time, Real Madrid fans obviously did not buy the account of the visiting team, and they booed from the stands to put pressure on the Fiorentina players and referees!
After all, for the fans, they don't care if the decision is correct or not, as long as it is good for the team they support.