Chapter 1211 The Battle of the Leaderboard (3)
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"Tsk, I didn't expect that Zanbrotta is even more difficult than when he was in the Champions League." Kili Gonzalez stood up from the turf with difficulty. Zanbrotta used a clean steal to break the ball under his feet. He fell a horse hard under the influence of inertia and gravity. He has not completely recovered yet. "Oh, these younger generations now, I really don't know how to respect the elderly and love the young. How can my old bone stand up to him so much..."
Like many wingers who relied on speed when they were young, Kili Gonzalez, who was once famous in European football when playing football in Valencia, is now constantly troubled by injuries, and his knee injury makes his breakthrough no longer as sharp as before. Therefore, when facing Zambrota's defense, Gattuso's assisted defense and pinch attack, Kili, who was only 30 years old, was difficult for him to help Inter Milan open the offensive end on the left side he was responsible for.
Seeing that Kili Gonzalez on the left was declining, it was difficult to pose enough threat to Fiorentina's right defense line, making Inter Milan's offense paralyzed, and Cooper, who was commanding on the sidelines, naturally could not remain indifferent to this situation. In response to the difficulties the team was facing at this time, the Argentine coach quickly made tactical adjustments: he asked Abidal to increase the forward force and attack Zambrota's defense with Kili in front, forcing Fiorentina to spread the center of defense and make the team's offense more threatening.
It has to be said that Cooper's original intention of making this adjustment was good. He hoped that the team could open the situation on the left and realize the idea of flying together with the two wings, pulling Fiorentina's defensive players out of the penalty area as much as possible, and creating more room for play for Crespo and Mutu in the middle, rather than competing for the ball under the double-team of multiple opponents.
However, the Argentine coach obviously forgot a very important point, that is, although Abidal is an excellent left-back on the defensive end, he has made up for the left vacuum that Inter Milan has always had since Bremer left, but his assist ability and forward-spinning awareness are quite lacking, and it is difficult to provide effective support to Kili. On the contrary, due to excessive pressure, Inter Milan's left-side defense has problems.
If Zanbrotta hadn't been concerned that Kili, who was behind him, dared not participate in the offense too much, I'm afraid that Fiorentina would have taken this opportunity to beat Inter Milan's left-wing defense in one fell swoop, and perhaps he could have scored a goal that broke the deadlock.
After Fiorentina seized the opportunity and fought several quick counterattacks in a row, the Inter Milan players who realized that the adjustment failed quickly changed back to their previous tactics, and Cooper was not angry at the players' self-righteous actions on the court. After Fiorentina's arrest of Abidal and fought several quick counterattacks, the Argentine coach who attached extreme importance to defense no longer dared to let Abidal participate in the offense.
In this way, if Inter Milan wants to make a breakthrough on the offensive end, they can only hope for the right-wing combination of Van der Mede and Sanetti, as well as the two forward players Crespo and Mutu.
In this game, facing the joint impact of Van der Mede, who is similar to his age and the experienced Zanetti, although Zivo still lacks experience and cannot completely block Inter Milan's right-hand offensive like Zanbrotta. However, after many famous teachers in this life, he is much more stable in his level than in his previous life, and has grown faster, especially in the overall situation, the rational use of technology and body.
Moreover, although it was quite embarrassing by the joint impact of Van der Mede and Sanetti in the game, Zivo was not lacking in eye-catching performances, especially the accurate long pass on the left foot, which made many nostalgic fans seem to see Redondo's shadow back then.
As for Nesta and Lucio in the middle, let alone the former's versatility on the defensive end and the latter's active snatch made it difficult for Crespo and Mutu to find a suitable shooting opportunity in the penalty area. In addition to the assisted defense of Marklele, Gattuso and De Rossi, Fiorentina's defensive power in the middle can be said to be crazy.
It is precisely because of their existence that the passes that Zivo could not block were not converted into shots or even goals by Crespo and Mutu, thus threatening Fiorentina's goal.
Therefore, in the first ten minutes after the start of the game, Inter Milan fans were depressed to find that the performance of the team they supported in the offense was only lackluster, and it was difficult to pass the ball into the penalty area to form a threatening shot. If you want to open the situation with a long shot, the three midfielders in the midfield could resolve most of the crises in advance.
The reason for this situation is mainly because the Nerazzurri cannot put enough pressure on Florence on the left, which leads to Florence being able to concentrate its strength to block the middle and also to distribute some manpower to block the right offensive that divides Inter Milan.
On the other hand, after Fiorentina determined how much threat the Inter's offense could not pose to its goal, the players began to focus on intercepting the opponent's pass under Pirlo's command. After more than ten minutes of testing at the beginning, Pirlo keenly discovered that Inter Milan's reaction in offense and defense conversion was a bit slow, so he made a quick decision and decided to use this as a breakthrough to establish a leading advantage for Florence!
In the 32nd minute of the first half, Emre's pass to Van der Mede was successfully intercepted by Gatuso, who immediately handed the ball to Zivo behind him. The Romanian looked up and observed it, and sent a long pass before Van der Mede was robbed. The landing point of the ball was behind Matrazi!
Matrazi's head-on ability is very strong, but his tall figure makes him look a bit slow in turning speed, which gives Fiorentina the opportunity to strike a fast counterattack. Diego Milito rushed out and received a long pass of Zivo, which was 50 meters away before everyone, and a single shot!
Things afterwards were very simple. Although Milito's dribbling skills and speed were not as good as Ronaldo and Sheva, they were also excellent. Therefore, it was not until Milito rushed to the penalty area that Cordoba rushed to him panting - but even if Cordoba returned to defend, it was useless, because Milito had already passed the ball to Da Inzagi who cut from the other side of the penalty area!
As a top-notch opportunist, Inzagi naturally would not waste this excellent scoring opportunity. With a strong shot against the ground, the ball passed through Tordo's armpit, who had fallen to the ground and rushed into the Inter Milan gate!
One to zero! Florence has temporarily gained a lead in this top battle with a quick counterattack!
Chapter completed!