Chapter 227 Unexpected
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"Oh! Juventus had a very threatening shot at the beginning of the second half. Pierro's agility and offensive talent are a huge threat to any team, especially when Lippi replaced a midfielder like Jugovic, the Zebras, who had few opportunities in the first half, finally showed signs of an outbreak... Fiorentina's defense must be careful. Under the command of Jugovic, Juventus' momentum has risen. If you play against the Alp Stadium like in the first half, it is difficult to say what the final result of the game will be..." After sighing, Rao quickly gave his opinions from the perspective of a professional footballer.
Just as Rao was chattering about the game, Juvovic stood in the left corner and prepared to take a corner kick. Juventus players were rushing to rush into the penalty area of Fiorentina to prepare for the goal. The height of the two central defenders, Uliano (187cm) and Blank (192cm) is obviously something Juventus can use to make a big fuss. After all, compared to Fiorentina, which has a maximum height of only 1.88 meters, except for goalkeepers, Juventus has a more advantage in high-altitude...
Yugovic took the corner kick and found Blank's high point. Blank jumped high and prepared to directly hit the ball with his head and attack...
However, Toldo once again successfully stopped Juventus. After Yugovic took a corner kick, he decisively attacked and hit the ball directly out of the penalty area with two fists. After all, Toldo is not only four centimeters taller than Blank, but also as a goalkeeper, he can also catch the ball with his hands in the penalty area. Blank naturally has no chance without making a low-level mistake.
The falling Tordo and Blank fell together, and the ball that was rolling out of the penalty area jumped to Effenberg's feet. Florence immediately launched a quick counterattack on the spot!
Effenberg quickly passed the ball to Rui Costa. After receiving the ball, the Portuguese began to break through along the right side. Deschamps, who was responsible for defending Fiorentina's counterattack, ran back while loudly directing other teammates to return to defense.
Pesotto chased Costa from behind. Since two central defenders of the team ran into the penalty area to participate in the attack, he and another full-back Toricelli naturally dragged at the end of the team's formation to prevent the opponent from taking the opportunity to counterattack, and returned to defense in time. Deschamps in the middle, Toricelli on the right, and Pesotto who was gradually shortening the distance with Costa, Juventus' defensive players only kept up with Fiorentina's counterattack speed, and others such as Uliano and Blanc were running wildly in the half of Fiorentina...
Seeing Batistuta running at high speed in the middle attracted Deschamps' attention, Pesotto behind him was getting closer and closer. Costa wisely passed the ball to Djokav, who was responding on the other side of the court, allowing the Frenchman who was better at breaking through to complete the counterattack.
However, Torricelli has a lot of experience in the game. He knew that it would be difficult for him to defend the Frenchman's breakthrough in one-on-one situation. He directly reached out and pulled down the opponent when Djokaf stopped receiving the ball and gave Fiorentina a free kick 30 meters away from the goal, which temporarily solved the crisis.
The referee's whistle rang to the scene and showed Torricelli a yellow card.
Torricelli shrugged and said nothing, and retreated directly to the area he should be responsible for. He was mentally prepared for the result of his card defeating Djokkaf. After all, Djokkaf did not have a chance to win. His foul location was quite far from the goal, and the referee gave the most punishment was just a yellow card.
After the second half of the game began, the two sides tried each other with offenses, and the game entered a cruel tug-of-war.
In the next thirty minutes, Fiorentina and Juventus had a fierce tug-of-war. Although Fiorentina played away, they were not at a disadvantage at all. In the thirty minutes of the second half, Fiorentina had a total of six shots, two of which were within the goal frame; while Juventus had five shots, and they also had two shots within the goal frame. Judging from the number of threatening shots, the two teams were obviously incomparable...
"Lippi has achieved good results after replacing with Jugovic. Yugoslav led the team to recover the decline in the first half and played against Fiorentina for 30 minutes... But this is obviously not enough. After all, Juventus is still two goals behind Fiorentina. It is very unwise to place hopes of scoring points on luck when both sides are evenly matched. Coach Lippi needs to make more adjustments to the team..." As soon as Rao finished speaking, Juventus made a substitution adjustment:
Attico Lombardo!
"Blank-headed" Lavanelli ended!
Lippi's intention to substitution is very obvious. The Fiorentina team on the court is strong in offense and weak in defense, especially when there is only Dibiagio, a full-time defensive player in the midfield, Fiorentina's weak wing defense has obviously become Juventus' breakthrough.
Ranieri was naturally not a fool. The tumbler immediately responded to Lippi's adjustment: he replaced Inzaghi with Kripa, intending to strengthen Fiorentina's defense in the midfield, leaving Batistuta to play a single striker by one.
Zhuang Mingge was so angry that he almost dropped the cup in his hand when he saw Ranieri's substitution adjustment in the box. He didn't expect that Ranieri would become timid again at this critical moment. He replaced a forward and a defensive midfielder. This was not obvious to tell Juventus: You can let go of the attack, we can't attack anymore...
The trend of the game is just as Zhuang Mingge was worried. Juventus, whose defensive pressure was reduced, became more and more powerful in the last ten minutes, completely pressing Fiorentina back to its half. The balance of the game was completely tilted towards Juventus, and the situation in Fiorentina began to become dangerous.
In the 83rd minute, Blank, who dribbled the ball in the backcourt, suddenly stepped forward, broke through the defense of Costa and Effenberg in succession, and passed the ball to Yugovic. Yugovic dribbled the ball forward and passed the ball to Pierro on the left side of the penalty area. Pierro shot in the first arc. Tordo jumped up and saved the ball. However, Lombardo, who could not run, appeared at the drop of the ball at this time, and easily scored a goal! The score became one-to-two!
Three minutes after the fourth official raised his sign to show stoppage time, Juventus' players attacked more intensely, and their efforts paid off. In the last minute of stoppage time of the game, Kripa fouled against Yugovic, Juventus won a free kick 21 meters away from the goal, and Pierro calmly kicked a curve ball to help Juventus equalize the score!
Chapter completed!