The free kick thirty meters away from the goal is a bit useless, and the direct shooting distance is a bit far. If you pass the ball, the position is facing the goal, which is not a big threat. Fortunately, Liverpool's Lisser, Alonso, Gerrard and Chen Yu all have the ability to shoot a long shot, and the range is still within 30 meters.

Standing in front of the ball, among the four players who are good at long-term shooting, Liser has the hardest feet. After several players discussed it, they unanimously decided to let Liser play.

Fiorentina has already fallen behind one goal and must not lose the second one, otherwise all the remaining time will become garbage time. Under the command of goalkeeper Frey, Fiorentina has laid out a five-man wall to block all possible shooting directions of Riser, and is very cautious.

Lisse ran up for a long distance and shot with a powerful and heavy long shot. The ball flew over the wall and headed straight for the goal.

Frey had already made the most preparations. Although the angle of the ball was relatively positive, the power was too great, so he did not dare to save the ball, but flew over and lifted the ball out of the crossbar with both hands.

Liverpool once again got a corner kick.

Offense is the best defense, and having the opportunity to attack in the frontcourt is undoubtedly the safest. Liverpool has not invested too much troops. Now they are equivalent to leading two goals, and they are not as eager to score goals as before. The first thing to consider is to stabilize the rear. It is better to score goals in the front, and it is not much if you can't score a goal. The initiative is in their hands. Moreover, after Liverpool comes up with two speed strikers, Chen Yu and Bellamy, the advantage of heading is no longer there. There is no need to invest too much in corner kicks. It is too unprofitable to be hit by the opponent to counterattack.

Alonso took the corner kick. After the ball was passed to the penalty area, Fiorentina, who had the advantage in numbers, grabbed the landing point, and Dainelli headed the ball to clear the ball.

Lisse was standing by the outside of the penalty area, and he shot angrily, but this time he did not suppress it, and the ball crossed the crossbar.

Fiorentina kicked the ball, goalkeeper Frey directly kicked the ball into the front of Liverpool's penalty area to look for his striker Tony, but he still gave up entanglement with Liverpool in the midfield, allowing the forward line to directly contact Liverpool's defense line.

Tony does have good strength. At least he is even better than Chen Yu in heading. He is tall and strong, and he is not lacking in flexibility. He has some difficulties in defending the two Liverpool's central defenders. The three of them snatched this landing point together, but they did not meet the ball under mutual restraint. The ball was grabbed by Mascherano.

Mutu came to press the ball as soon as possible. Mascherano was very skilled and brave. He dunked the ball and passed Mutu. However, Fiorentina now invested a lot of troops in the frontcourt. Before Mascherano had time to pass the ball, Liverani arrived. Mascherano was worried about being attacked by Mutu and Liverani, so he had no choice but to drive the ball into the frontcourt.

The ball fell to Fiorentina's feet again. Florence's midfielder Donadale rubbed a high and a half ball and went to find Tony again, and determined to use Tony's strong point to tear the Liverpool's defense line.

Donadal's ball was close to Tony. Tony still controlled the ball under the defense of two central defenders. Seeing Mutu penetrated into the penalty area at high speed, he pushed the ball and passed it to Mutu's running line. Mutu dribbled the ball into the penalty area and fell to the ground and shot the ball in the far corner of the goal under Mascherano's close defense.

At this moment, Liverpool goalkeeper Reina had already attacked, but Mutu's shot was beyond his surprise. He seemed to have no time to fall to the ground to save the fire, so he could only barely stretch his legs to block it.

Reiner was lucky. His feet were blocking the ball rolling line. The ball that was originally rolling towards the far corner changed a slight angle and rolled out of the bottom line against the door post.

When they saw Mutu break into the penalty area, Liverpool fans held their breath nervously. It was not until the ball was blocked by Reiner with his feet that they breathed a sigh of relief and called God for blessing.

Benitez on the sidelines was only more nervous than the fans. He had a deep understanding of Fiorentina's attack power. He was scored three away by Fiorentina in the last game. Now they must not let Fiorentina show morale. The cooperation like Tony and Mutu just now cannot allow them to continue, otherwise Liverpool will be very dangerous.

However, with Fiorentina's style of play, Liverpool can only let the midfield move closer to the back line if they want to limit their forward cooperation. They can use the midfield and back line to defend Tony and Mutu. The defender alone is definitely not good. However, at his home court, Liverpool's strength and fame are much stronger than Fiorentina. Playing like this may lose face. However, Benitez is mainly practical and does not take the face seriously. He decisively let the midfield retreat and attack Fiorentina's forward line with the defender. The corresponding Liverpool's forward line then retreated a little outside the center circle, and the formation became a pure defensive counterattack.

Such a formation has a great impact on Fiorentina's offense. Although they can also press the ball in the midfield, when there is a large number of people at the front of the penalty area, investing too much force will not have a better effect, because there is no room for cooperation at all, and even the space and time for shooting are compressed.

However, the most dangerous thing is Liverpool's counterattack. After Chen Yu and Bellamy recover, their speed advantage will be even more terrifying. Once Fiorentina is intercepted and counterattacked, their defense will be under too much pressure. However, the current situation no longer allows Fiorentina to play slowly. Minutes have passed in the first half, and they must score goals to advance. If they cannot score one in the first half, Liverpool will definitely shrink even more in the second half. At that time, there will be no hope for Fiorentina to win.

Fiorentina could only continue to attack hard, but after Liverpool's midfield recovery, Fiorentina's attack came from the middle to the wing. Pasquiel and Uyfalusi assisted and stepped forward, attacking Liverpool's wing with the full-back.

Fiorentina's purpose is to thin the defense in the middle through crosses on the wing, and at the same time make full use of Tony's height advantage in the middle.

Although the offensive method of facing Premier League teams is not too efficient, Fiorentina no longer has a better way to do it now. Breaking intensive defense is a difficult problem, not to mention the intensive defense of giants like Liverpool. Fiorentina does not have a good long-range shot, so she can only try her luck with headers.

Facing Florence's wing attack, Liverpool is not afraid at all. They retreated on both wings, Mascherano and Gerrard in the middle are all very defensive, and it is difficult for Fiorentina to completely break through. The barely crossing poses little threat to Liverpool's central defender. Agel and Carragher are also first-class central defenders, which will definitely be under pressure to defend Tony one-on-one, but with the assistance of their teammates, they will never give Tony a chance to head the ball easily.

Sure enough, Fiorentina's continuous offense on the wing failed to make a breakthrough, barely hanging the ball into the penalty area at a 45-degree angle, and Tony also found it difficult to get a good shot. Fortunately, Fiorentina did a good job in conceding the ball against the counter-attack. Liverpool's first pass was never done well. Neither Alonso, Gerrard nor Mascherano could pass the ball to Chen Yu or Bellamy at the first time. There was such a large space behind Fiorentina but could not use it, which made Liverpool fans sigh.

The director's camera kept cutting to Plandelli and Benitez. Plandelli seemed very anxious and rushed to the sidelines from time to time to shout at his players. Benitez was very quiet. Whether sitting in the coach's seat or standing on the sidelines, he didn't have much body language, but just observed the movements on the court.

No matter how anxious Plandley is, there is no way. Liverpool has stationed troops in the backcourt, and his personal ability is better than Fiorentina's players. If Liverpool did not make any mistakes, it would be too difficult for Fiorentina to change the situation on the court.

Time slipped away minute by minute, forty minutes passed in a blink of an eye, and the score was still 0. Liverpool led at home. Fiorentina players attacked on the wing for fifteen minutes but could not create a chance to score. The players were impatient and lost confidence in the goal. Under Liverpool's tough British defense, their mentality became very impatient and mistakes began to increase.

In the minute of the score, Pasquiel failed to break through on the wing. After a quick stop, he dunked the ball back and passed it to Montolivo. Montolivo passed the ball directly into the penalty area.

Tony did not hit the ball under the attack from central defender Ag and midfielder Mascherano, and the ball was headed out of the penalty area by Carragher.

Outside the penalty area, Liverpool and Fiorentina players jumped up to compete for the ball. In the end, the ball was intercepted by Pennant when Gerald pushed the ball to the side. When Pennant got the ball on the side, there was no player defense within five meters. He easily controlled the ball and dribbled the ball along the side at high speed to Fiorentina's half.

This was a good opportunity to counterattack. Seeing Pennant dribbling the ball along the side road, Chen Yu and Bellamy in the middle rushed to Florence's half from the middle to meet Pennant on the side road.

At this moment, Liverpool shot three arrows at once and attacked Fiorentina's half with lightning speed. Fiorentina's defense could no longer keep up with it, with only two central defenders Gambelini and Dainelli trying hard to return to defense.

Gambelini and Dainelli should be first-class in and outside the penalty area, but it is difficult for them to make the forwards who have been chasing their opponents for a long distance. They were not known for their speed, and now Chen Yu and Bellamy are both speed madmen, especially Chen Yu, whose sprint speed is comparable to that of a 100-meter player. After twenty meters, Gambelini and Dainelli could only look at Chen Yu and Bellamy's backs and breathe.

The counterattack below was like a training match. Pennant sprinted to the side of the penalty area to make a cross. Chen Yu and Bellamy grabbed the spot in the middle. Because Chen Yu was faster, he pushed the ball at the front point and the ball entered the net. The distance was too close, and goalkeeper Frey could not make a save move, so he could only watch the ball rolling in.

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