Chapter 499: Expanding the Score
Plandelli has a strong adaptability. Jorgensen suppressed the accident after he came on the court. Villarreal inserted the player in the back row with Jorgensen's care, and it is difficult to get a shot like before. Both sides have returned to the old path of competing with each other's midfield.
The stalemate is very beneficial to Fiorentina, because time is on their side, and they will win 0 when the game is over. Although such a score is not big, it will be very painful for Villarreal to return to Spain if it does not score a away goal.
As the unfavorable side, Villarreal cannot be a frog in the warm water. There is not much room for change in tactics. Everyone is restraining each other. Pellegrini made another substitution adjustment, replacing Jossiko with midfielder Thorin, strengthening his attack and fighting ability on the left, and replacing Tacinadi with forward Figueroa, and continuing to strengthen the attack power of the frontcourt.
With two offensive players in one breath, Pellegrini's determination to equalize the score has become clear.
Plandelli couldn't help but walk from the coach's seat to the sidelines, closely monitoring the development of the game, and let Dinatale, Montolivo and others run and warm up, ready to play at any time.
Villarreal had two new forces on the field and received the order of the head coach to attack with all his strength. He was very energetic for a moment and immediately launched a tide of attack on Florence.
In the minute, Villarreal's Gigo South American players played wonderful cooperation. Riquelme passed directly to the left side of the penalty area. Fran made a cross from the left side of the penalty area. Solin made a heel, and the defender Aru Abarena, who was inserted in the middle, rushed into the penalty area at high speed, and shot with half a volley at 8 meters in front of the goal. However, Tordo, who had a quick reaction, rushed to the left and blocked the ball out of the baseline.
Three minutes later Villarreal got his best shot since the start of the second half.
Fiorentina made a big counterattack after getting a counterattack opportunity, but Villarreal's return to defense was very fast and did not give Fiorentina a chance to sneak attack. Senna intercepted the ball at the front of the penalty area and handed it to Riquelme. Riquelme immediately made a long pass to counterattack, hitting the juncture of Fiorentina's offense and defense conversion. Jose Mari headed the ball and Fran successfully counterattacked.
Facing Toldo who was attacking, Fran pushed the ball and passed Toldo, but when he hit the empty goal at a small angle, Fran's push shot missed the goal post.
Fran, who missed the goal opportunity, stood on the side of the penalty area and sighed to the sky. He didn't know when he would have a good opportunity to face the goalkeeper like this.
Fiorentina played at home, and after leading the score, the fans and players were all very morale, and no one could accept being continuously suppressed by a small team like Villarreal.
In the 71st minute of the game, Fiorentina launched a fierce attack, Gonzalo knocked down Tony at the front of the penalty area, and was warned by Merck's yellow card, and Chen Yu took the free kick from the left.
Chen Yu sent out a very high-quality banana ball. The ball drew a strange arc and walked around the wall. Goalkeeper Vieira rushed, but the ball hit the post and bounced back to the penalty area.
Tony had a quick eye and fast legs. He stretched his feet to block the ball. The ball flew towards the goal, but Villarreal defender Gonzalo arrived in time and cleared the ball out of the penalty area with a barb. Brocky shot from the front of the goal with his right foot and went over the crossbar.
However, the moment Tony stretched out his foot to block it seemed to have crossed the goal line. Fiorentine fans shouted "The ball was scored, the ball was scored," and put pressure on the referee Merck. The players also raised their hands to signal that the kick had already scored, but Merck ignored it.
"...It seems that the ball has crossed the goal line, but the referee seems to think that it has not passed. Maybe this is another goal line mystery, but I want to explain that this goal must be crossed the goal line as the ball as the whole, otherwise it cannot be considered a goal... Well, the slow motion came out. Judging from the slow motion, when Gonzalo cleared the ball, the ball happened to be on the goal line and did not cross the goal line as a whole, so it cannot be counted. Merck's penalty is correct..."
Originally, Plandelli was also very angry, because if this ball was scored, Fiorentina would basically advance, but after seeing the slow motion, Plandelli was silent again.
However, Pellegrini, who had just been silent, was excited at this time. Tony's kick made him frightened. Although the ball was one line away, he was lucky. If he was a little worse, he might be 0 now. The difference between the two goals, if he could not score a away goal, the submarine would have to be eliminated obediently.
"Don't come back if you attack"
The Chilean engineer waved his fists and shouted, obviously very dissatisfied with the situation. After nearly 70 minutes of the game, Villarreal still did not score a goal. If time is delayed, it will be even more unfavorable for Villarreal.
Villarreal is going to fight hard. Generally speaking, the leading side will be more conservative, strengthen defense, and try to maintain the status quo. If you can steal one, steal one. It doesn’t matter if you can. Italian coaches have always been conservative. Everyone thought that Plandelli would also strengthen defense, but they did not expect that Plandelli would not strengthen defense, but strengthen offense. He replaced Fiore, replaced Dinatale, and played three forwards.
Seeing this substitution from Plandelli, the commentator on the scene said in surprise: "Young coach Plandelli is indeed the most aggressive coach in Italy. It takes a lot of courage to switch to the striker at this time. However, in order to create opportunities for Riquelme, Villarreal has adopted a combination of side and middle-level play, and the full-back assists are very large. If Fiorentina plays three forwards, they may be able to get a better chance to score."
Pellegrini doesn't look down on Serie A conservativeness. Seeing Plandelli so bold, he sneered and said to himself: "Since you are willing to attack, let's see who has stronger attack power."
In the 75th minute of the game, Villarreal and Fiorentina strengthened their offensives, one wanted to equalize the score and the other wanted to expand the score. Both sides played the most intense climax since the start of the game.
Chen Yu had been moving around and behind Tony before. He was restricted by Tony in the front, and there were many Villarreal defensive players behind and around. It was difficult for Chen Yu to exert his speed. After coming to the wing, Chen Yu's speed was fully utilized. It turned out that the superb submarine full-back Wenta, who was assisting on the wing, immediately became depressed. Not to mention that he could not defend his assists, he also needed the midfielder Senna to come and help.
Senna was originally following Chen Yu, but now Chen Yu has gone to the wing road, and he is unable to run with the winger, so he can only adopt regional defense tactics against Chen Yu. This tactic is what Chen Yu likes. Because of his fast speed, it is very difficult for his opponent to form a clamp defense in the area when he launches a thunder strike.
In the RU minute of the game, Chen Yu attacked Solin at high speed on the side. Solin first collided, but after not touching someone, he reached out to pull him. As a result, he still couldn't hold Chen Yu down and could only watch Chen Yu whistle with the ball.
Wenta was unable to help when Solin intercepted Chen Yu in time. As a result, after Chen Yu threw away Solin, he could only be forced to face Chen Yu's attack alone.
No one is optimistic that Wenta can defend Chen Yu, and it is not even pessimistic to say that Wenta can commit a foul and get a free kick is a good performance.
Wenta did not let the miracle happen. Facing Chen Yu's thunderous breakthrough, Wenta made a flying shovel in desperation, and then Chen Yu easily dribbled the ball to the bottom line.
There is a center forward like Tony in the middle of Fiorentina. When Villarreal's defenders saw Chen Yu complete the breakthrough on the wing, they all focused on the air defense in the middle.
However, when Chen Yu saw Villarreal ready, he did not cross, but tangled into the penalty area along the bottom line.
Villarreal's defenders were panicked, and Gonzalo immediately made up for defense from the middle to prevent Chen Yu from cutting inside and shooting.
Chen Yu's position is near the baseline, and it is very difficult to shoot, but there is only one Tony and one point in the cross, so the probability of scoring is not very high. Chen Yu then took a few steps inward and waited for the player who inserted in the middle.
At home, Fiorentina players have a strong desire to attack, and they did not become conservative because of the lead in the score. After Chen Yu broke through, almost all the players in the middle were inserted, and Villarreal had three more players who were fighting in and outside the penalty area.
Chen Yu saw that his teammates had already inserted, and there were many pass points. Although Villarreal's players also came back a lot, they came back in a hurry. Not every Fiorentine player who inserted was guarding him. Chen Yu saw that Brokey was in an unmarked state, and Brokey's long-range shooting ability was very strong, Chen Yu immediately passed the ball back to the front of the penalty area to find Brokey.
Brocky shot the ball and flew straight to the lower right corner of the goal like a shell.
Villarreal goalkeeper Vieira has been attracted to the left side of the goal, but when Chen Yu passed back, he quickly moved to the middle of the goal. When Brokey shot, Vieira flew into the fish and actually saved the ball the moment it was about to cross the goal line.
Vieira's save was a miracle. Brocki raised his arms to celebrate, but he didn't expect the ball to be saved by Vieira.
The commentator at the scene opened his mouth in surprise, "... God Vieira actually saved Brokey's shot. Is it really a miracle? Did Vieira be possessed by God today..."
"Ah" The Fiorentine fans in the stands couldn't help but scream. Such shots were saved. Vieira was in a good condition today.
However, the fans of Villarreal cheered loudly and shouted the name "Viela".
However, the screams of the commentator and the fans of the audience had not yet landed. Tony activated with all his strength and shot the ball into the empty goal with a down-to-earth shovel.
Chapter completed!