Chapter 89
Chen Yu's goal severely hit Napoli's morale. Before the game, Napoli was full of confidence and believed that they would definitely be able to beat Fiorentina at home. But after the opening, Fiorentina played very well, with ball possession, crosses, shots, free kicks and corner kicks being stronger than them, and now the score is ahead, which makes Napoli doubt whether he is really stronger than Fiorentina and whether he can win the game.
However, the one who suffered the biggest blow was Napoli's captain Baltini. Baltini had faced several times before, and Baltini took advantage of it, but this time he suffered the biggest failure. He was hit by Chen Yu for nothing and received a yellow card. Chen Yu also used this free kick to break the deadlock, which was a great humiliation for the leader of the team.
After the celebration, the game continued to begin. The Napoli, who was behind in the score, launched a large attack. Everyone actively ran and pressed, just like a mad dog, making Fiorentina's offense very unsmooth, especially in the frontcourt, where the offense was weak and weak, and it was necessary to rely on Chen Yu to assist. Now, under the opponent's mad dog-like press, he couldn't support it.
Casinva, on the sidelines, saw that the Fiorentine players were intercepted and played very passively, and she felt helpless. This is the real strength of the Fiorentine midfielder, and the average rhythm could barely adapt. The opponent really adopted this fast and high-pressure pressing. Gao Fei and Longo revealed technical defects, and Camorani could not control the situation alone. He tried to control the ball, but the opponent was intercepted the most.
"Retreat! Retreat! Counterattack!"
Casingva waved to the players and signaled them to shrink backwards. Since they could not control the midfield, Fiorentina now leads the score, so it would be better to fight back against the opponent.
The players in Fiorentina have trained before the game, and how to play when leading and when falling behind. The players are very clear. Casinga waved his hand to let them retreat, and the players immediately retreated at a level. Rigano stayed in front to suppress the opponent's central defender, and they could not attack as well. Fantini stayed behind. After Chen Yu retreated to the center circle, he took over the opponent and acted as half of the midfielder.
Fiorentina compressed Napoli's offensive space and forced them to fight positional battles. Although Fiorentina's defense is not top-notch, Napoli's forwards are also weak. Their two forwards have no characteristics, are not tall, are not fast, and have no strong personal ability. They have no way to break the dense defense at all. They are quickly drowned in the crowd and can only rely on the midfield to attack.
After conceding the ball, Napoli was dominated by anger. The pressing was very active, but high-intensity pressing was difficult to last for too long. After fifteen minutes, Napoli could not break Fiorentina's defense line, and the intensity of the pressing decreased. Fiorentina began to clear the ball with big feet. It was better to find its own frontcourt players. It was nothing if they couldn't find it. Now the opponent's pressing was a little loose, and they immediately began to pass the ball with purpose.
In the 30th minute of the game, Fiorentina intercepted the ball at the front of the penalty area to counterattack. The central defender Viari passed the ball in the middle distance to find Chen Yu. Chen Yu was pushed by Pacino, who was marking him when receiving the ball, and Fiorentina won a free kick.
While the opponent was not paying attention, Chen Yu and Rigano made a gesture, and suddenly quickly sent the ball out and hit Naples behind. Rigano strided heavily to chase the ball.
Seeing Rigano get the ball, Bartini, the captain of Naples who had been paying attention to Chen Yu, caught up in time. He fell to the ground and shoveled the ball to his goalkeeper, resolving the crisis.
In the 35th minute of the game, Fiorentina got a counterattack opportunity again. This time, Camorani dribbled the ball from the backcourt and passed the ball to Chen Yu in time. Fiorentina got a 3-on-3 opportunity in the frontcourt. Chen Yao took the ball forward, and Bartini and another central defender gave up Rigano to double-team Chen Yu. Chen Badminton passed the ball to Rigano who was unguarded, but Pacino, who was marking Chen Yu, returned to defend and pushed Rigano behind him. Although he received a yellow card, he resolved a single shot in Fiorentina.
Although Fiorentina's two counterattacks failed to break through Napoli's goal, they shocked Napoli players. Napoli's coach Cologba began to call on the players to return to defense and attack with caution.
Fiorentina led the score. Although they wanted to expand the score, they took into account the risk of the offensive. After Napoli slowed down their attack, they did not take advantage of the situation to pursue, but continued to stabilize the defense and wait for the opportunity.
In the last ten minutes of the first half, Naples and Fiorentina were both afraid and could not rewrite the score again. Both sides returned to the locker room to rest and wait for the final battle in the second half.
In the second half, Napoli changed two attacking midfielders and continued to strengthen their attacks. The leading Fiorentina did not make substitutions, and there was no one to change. The weak bench lineup in the first half has always been Florence's weakness.
After the kickoff, Napoli launched a fierce attack and pressed the ball throughout the game. He caught him off guard when he wanted to play Fiorentina. However, Fiorentina was very focused. They shrank their defense and never stuck the ball in the backcourt. They kicked the ball when there was a ball, so that Napoli, who lacked a strong forward, had no choice.
Napoli saw that the Fiorentina Tigers did not go out of the hole, and the midfielders began to frequently shoot long shots outside the penalty area, trying to attract Fiorentina, but Napoli's long shot was not accurate. Benini hit the plane for the first time, and Dionliki hit the ball on the defender's body and bounced out, almost giving Fiorentina a chance to counterattack.
After resisting Napoli's strong attack, Fiorentina gradually began to launch a counterattack. After several failures in the first half, Chen Yu, Rigano and Fantini discussed that Napoli's strongest defensive ability and richest experience was their captain Bartini, but Bartini received a yellow card. At this time, he should play Bartini forcibly, so that he would be able to keep him in. In this way, Fiorentina will be able to play behind him.
In the second half, Fiorentina's counterattack was consciously fighting Baltini, the strongest point. However, Baltini was not a reckless man to be the captain. He was very cunning and just was not fooled. He tried his best to defend with his opponents and did not give Chen Yu and Rigano a chance to fight one-on-one.
In the 65th minute of the game, Chen Yu almost became a libero in the frontcourt. He received the goalkeeper's hand throw on the side and then rushed and counterattacked quickly. Naples immediately sent troops to surround the side and blocked the side.
After Chen Yu rushed through the center circle, he immediately pushed the ball horizontally and rushed from the side to the middle, dodged Naples's siege and blocked the side, and went straight to Huanglong.
Chen Yu had at least three defensive players in front, but Chen Yu was not afraid and had no intention of passing the ball. He headed straight to Napoli's midfielder Zanbeni.
Zanbeni was teased by Chen Yu in the first half. He was very afraid of Chen Yu's speed and knew that at this time, if Chen Yu was over, the captain behind would be very uncomfortable, and he had to foul first.
Zanbeni rushed to Chen Yu directly. He seemed to be trying to steal, but in fact he was ready to pull people.
But Chen Yu did not give him this opportunity to foul. When Zanboni rushed over, Chen Badminton pushed the ball hard to the side, accelerated the slashing line, threw Zanboni away who was not prepared, and then continued to dribble the ball from the side and continue to kill to the bottom line.
Chen Yu had already used his speed to the extreme at this moment, like a rushing lightning, and in a blink of an eye, he reached the side of the penalty area. At this time, Rigano reached out to ask for the ball in the middle and signaled Chen Yu to pass the ball high.
Chen Yu did not dribble along the sideline, not far from the penalty area. He saw that Rigano was still in the double-team between two defenders. Although Rigano had a height advantage, the chance was not very big. He did not pass the ball and went into the penalty area inward.
Chen Yu was walking on a diagonal line, and Napoli's midfielder Zanbeni was walking on a straight line. Although Chen Yu was fast, he could not get rid of him. When Chen Yu entered the penalty area, Zanbeni also arrived. He quickly approached Chen Yu, trying to stop Chen Yu outside the penalty area. Even if he gave a free kick, it would be better than letting Chen Yu enter the penalty area.
However, when Chen Yu dribbled the ball horizontally, he suddenly shot and the ball flew straight to the back corner of the goal.
Chen Yu's shot was very sudden. The Napoli goalkeeper was beaten so hard that he didn't react at all. He just waited to stop the gun from killing, but the ball flew out of the baseline against the post.
A burst of exclamations was heard in the stands, and Fiorentine fans sighed repeatedly. If the ball was entered, the game would basically be announced to be over. Napoli's attack power was not strong, and there was no way to crack the intensive defense of Fiorentine.
Chen Yu made a sorry gesture to Rigano. He did not pass the ball and chose to play it. He was confident in his footwork, but his teammates might think he was a little selfish.
Rigano shook his head and gave Chen Yu a thumbs up, saying that Chen Badminton shot very well, and he could understand.
Chapter completed!