Chapter 214 Fighting at the Bernabeu (2)
"The ball went in! Just five minutes into the game, the Fiorentines used a despicable sneak attack to lead 1-0 at the Bernabeu Stadium! The goal was their young central defender Alessandro Nesta! The tall defender played an extremely important role in corner kicks on both ends of the offense and defense. He first pushed out a corner kick taken by Michel in front of his goal, sounded the trumpet of Fiorentina's counterattack, and then scored the team's corner kick in Real Madrid's penalty area! The assist was Rui Costa, who also performed well in the previous counterattack!" Although the commentator of the Bernabeu Stadium used "despicable sneak attack" to describe this goal, he could not speak lies with his eyes open, and said without changing his face that the Fiorentine players did not perform well enough. If that were to say, wouldn't it mean that Real Madrid players were even more trashy?
Nesta excitedly opened his arms and rushed to the stands where the Fiorentine fans were. This was his first goal of the season and his first Champions League goal in his career. His goal helped the team he played for took the lead in this critical game, which made him extremely excited as a central defender!
After accepting the cheers from the fans, Nesta turned around and hugged and celebrated with other teammates who ran over. After getting rid of the psychological shackles, Nesta's performance became more and more outstanding. Whether it was robbing, filling up positions or even commanding the defense line, he showed great potential. Moreover, he was quickly transforming these potentials into his own ability, and he was vaguely becoming an all-round central defender. So much so that the season had just started more than two months ago, the team's main central defender Filicano, who was squeezed to the bench by him in the first two seasons.
And Nesta got such a good start in this critical game, which also has quite positive significance for his future development in Fiorentina - fans generally will not be too harsh on young players, and as long as there are shining points from time to time, they will have good expectations for these young people.
As Fiorentina took the lead in scoring away goals, the game gradually entered a white-hot stage!
Originally, Fiorentina had a difficult draw in the last round of the group stage at the last moment of his home court, and at the same time he scored a away goal by his opponent, and was still one point weaker than his opponent in terms of momentum. Therefore, although Fiorentina controlled the rhythm of the game under the leadership of Costa and Effenberg, he was still quite cautious when attacking. There were many unsafe passes that Costa was not very brave to try. Therefore, although Fiorentina seemed to have the initiative in the previous time, in fact, there were very few threatening attacks.
Now, the disadvantage of a away goal has been offset by Nesta's goal, and the team has taken the lead at the Bernabeu Stadium. This situation has suddenly boosted the enthusiasm of the Fiorentine players.
Real Madrid players have to maintain their dignity as a traditional Spanish giant. Just looking at the number of trophies in the honor rooms of both clubs, they cannot be defeated by Fiorentina so easily in this game, otherwise where should Real Madrid face be put?
So, in the following time, Real Madrid players began to continuously attack from the wings, and Enrique and Amaviska kept making balls and crossings from both sides, trying to create a chance to score like before.
After all, according to the starting lineup of both sides, Real Madrid has a certain advantage in the wings. Amavisca and Luis Enrique are not players who can be stared at to death easily. In addition, the two full-backs Flores and Sendo make Dibiagio and Davis take turns to help defend, but they still cannot completely block Real Madrid's wings offensive.
However, Flores and Shindo are already very old and can no longer sprint back and forth on the wing like they did when they were young, so the assists are naturally much smaller. In addition, the height and technical characteristics of Zamorano and Raul determine that they are destined not to be a striker who is good at scrambling for headers.
Therefore, although Real Madrid's wing attack looks very lively, it also makes Lanna and Bilindeli look very embarrassed when defending, but after blocking the Real Madrid players' path to cut from the wing and leaving only space for them to cross, Real Madrid's offensive method does not pose a threat to Fiorentina, which has two central defenders Ferrara and Nesta and has a huge advantage in height.
Some people may ask, since Real Madrid's tactics are so easy to crack, why would they still lead Fiorentina in the first round of the match? The reason is very simple, because Real Madrid used a clearance mistake from Filicano to succeed at the beginning of the game and then used the skills and speed of the four players in the frontcourt to fight back. Fiorentina had to attack the attack in order to equalize the score, and the large gap left in the backcourt naturally became a stage for Zamorano and Raul to gallop.
It was precisely because of that mistake that Filicano was replaced by Nesta, who showed excellent form in training. He could only sit on the bench in the second round with Real Madrid...
But this game is different. Now Fiorentina is leading the team. The team that is eager to equalize the score has become Real Madrid, and the defensive counterattack has become Fiorentina. With role exchanges, Real Madrid's offensive players naturally cannot get as much performance space as they did in the last game.
As the game deepened, Real Madrid's offense seemed increasingly difficult under Fiorentina's reinforced concrete defense, while Fiorentina's counterattack became more and more sharp. Inzagi's running and grabbing points, Effenberg's organization and overall situation, Batistuta's powerful shot and pulling effect, and Rui Costa's threading and dribbling in the frontcourt... The combination of these players allows them to often play exquisite cooperation in the frontcourt, and the pressure on Real Madrid's defense line naturally becomes greater and greater.
In the 27th minute, Davis stole Michel's dribble in Real Madrid's backcourt. After Effenberg got the ball, he passed the ball diagonally to the right. Costa, who moved to the right side of the court, dribbled the ball on the side and faced Flores. After two misleading moves, he suddenly passed the ball across the middle. Effenberg, who followed behind, pretended to raise his foot to catch the ball, but he tricked the ball into the underfoot. The German's move directly hit many Real Madrid defensive players - they all thought Effenberg was going to attack directly outside the penalty area.
At this time, Batistuta took the ball with his back at the front of the penalty area. He didn't even look at it and knocked the ball into the penalty area. The ball flew between Arcota's legs, who had not yet come back from Effenberg's movements. Inzagi appeared in the penalty area like a ghost, stopped the ball - took a step to the right - shot, and the ball flew into the goal quickly. Although Bu Yue's glove touched the ball, it still could not stop the ball from entering the net!
Chapter completed!