Chapter 250 Winter Hurricane (3)
"Gooooal! The goal is scored! Ambrosini!" This was the 64th minute of the Fiorentina's home game against Vicenza, and the commentator of this game, Rao, burst into cheers. "The score on the court is tied one-to-one, and Vicenza can be regarded as the biggest victim of Fiorentina this season."
Rao is right. This season, it can be said that Florence, who encountered gods, killed gods, and destroyed Buddhas, has only lost two games so far, one of which is the second round of the league with Vicenza. In that game, Zi Lily, who defeated Turin with four goals, encountered Waterloo at Vicenza's home court.
Before the game, many people thought that Zi Lily, who learned lessons from the last contest, could easily defeat this newly promoted team this time, until they thought so just now. However, what they unexpectedly expected was that Vicenza successfully equalized the score!
Florence head coach Ranieri, who was standing on the sidelines, was very depressed at this time. Before Vicenza equalized the score, Florence had been controlling the situation on the field. In the 21st minute of the first half, Fiorentina took advantage of the opportunity of a pass in the Vicenza midfielder to launch a quick counterattack. Djokaf received Baggio's pass and scored a light shot, setting a first record for Fiorentina.
In the next forty minutes, Fiorentina mostly pressed the opponent to play. The reason why it failed to expand the score can only be attributed to bad luck. For example, Fiorentina captain Batistuta was at the beginning of the second half of the game and raised the ball to the Vicenza goalkeeper's arms at the beginning of the second half...
Before Ambrocsini scored, Fiorentina's defense was done very well. Ranieri could not blame anyone for conceding the ball. It can only be said that the opponent's player was too brave. Facing the joint defense of Davis and Dibiagio, the young midfielder dared to rush over and jump high to compete for an Ambrocetti's cross, and pressed two Fiorentina's midfielders to smash the ball into the goal... This kind of action is not something that ordinary players can do.
Vicenza, who equalized the score, more firmly implemented the defensive counterattack tactics formulated by their head coach Guidolin in the following time. Florence, who was unwilling to win a draw at home, had to choose to continue the attack.
Five minutes after Vicenza equalized the score, Fiorentina launched an offensive from the left. Lanna passed the ball to Djokaf in the front of him on the wing. The latter played a two-pass and one-on-one cooperation with Rui Costa in the middle and broke into Vicenza's penalty area. In the end, the Frenchman failed and his shot missed the far corner of the goal and flew out of the baseline against the goal post.
In the 73rd minute, Rui Costa's pass was intercepted by Di Carlo in the middle, Zauberi passed the ball in the middle, Ambrossetti broke through Zambrota's defense on the left and then tied the ball. Vicenza striker Otero received the ball and shot directly. Tordo jumped up and held the ball out of the baseline. Then the corner kick taken by Vicenza was also confiscated by Tordo, who had jumped up high, before Ambrosini, and did not give him a chance to head the ball.
As time went by, the players of Fiorentina began to recall the league they had tied by Roma before. The situation in that game was the same as now. No matter how they attacked, they could not score the goal. The Romans only launched four counterattacks in the second half and scored two goals to equalize the score.
Could it be that we will repeat the same mistake in this game? Many Fiorentine players have had such an idea flashing in their minds at this time. As time goes by, this idea becomes stronger and stronger in the players' minds, which has led to the Fiorentine's offensive slowing down a lot.
Fortunately, not all Fiorentine players chose to give up this game. Batistuta and Robert Baggio still fought bravely on the court. The former was to fulfill their responsibilities as the team captain, while the latter wanted to use a real Serie A championship to prove that he left Juventus was definitely not because his ability was not as good as that of the young Pierro, but because of the attitude of Juventus senior executives and head coaches, he was at a disadvantage in the competition.
It was the exquisite cooperation of these two players in the 85th minute of the game that helped Fiorentina gain a lead again: Davis grabbed the ball in the middle of the court and intercepted Zauri, who was dribbling the ball and observing the Fiorentina defense line. The Dutch wild boar who broke the ball immediately passed the ball to Robert Baggio who was retreating from the front. The latter pulled the ball and turned around and rushed over to defend his Ambrosini, who was defending himself, and then dribbled the ball and rushed directly into Vicenza's penalty area!
Vicenza's central defender took the reputation of Robert Baggio's reputation, but did not choose to rashly grab it, but first firmly stood firm in his defensive position. While blocking Baggio's direct shooting route as much as possible, it also left a small space for him to react to prevent Baggio from dribbling the ball and breaking through.
But how could Baggio, who had been honing in Serie A for many years, be stumped by such defense? He first made a fake move and mistakenly thought that he was going to drive the ball to break through. Then he shook his right ankle and passed the ball through the space exposed when the opponent moved!
Batistuta, who started early, surpassed himself to defend himself at the moment of Baggio's pass, received the ball, and then pierced through Vicenza's gate with an iconic blast, locking the score of the game at 2-1, and finally avenged the revenge of the first round of the showdown.
After defeating Vicenza with a difficult 2-1 victory, Fiorentina has achieved outstanding results of ten wins and two draws in the last 12 Serie A games, leading the standings with 47 points.
The team that is most depressed about Fiorentina's victory is naturally AC Milan, which ranks second in the league. They have achieved quite good results in the league this season. The record of eleven wins, six draws and two losses has been 39 points. The record of eleven wins, six draws and two losses is definitely the leader of the league in previous years.
However, Milan was quite unlucky this season to meet a Fiorentina in excellent condition. Although Purple Lily encountered trouble in many games, they all achieved the final victory without any danger and scored three points. This resulted in the Ross and Blacks falling behind the leader Florence after the 19th round of the league!
Chapter completed!