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Chapter 168

Chapter 168

Fiorentina, the Italian team, nicknamed Viola.Historically, Fiorentina has been a team troubled by many disasters. They have been relegated, dismissed, and punished too much...

But fortunately, they all survived.The current performance of the team is not bad.

Encountering the phone gate last season, Fiorentina scored 15 points and started the journey of last season with a score of -15 points.However, under the leadership of Prandelli, the team still achieved No.5 in Serie A at the end of the season and was able to participate in the UEFA Cup this season.

Prandelli still has some abilities. He has the experience of leading many Serie B teams to the first division, and has also led Fiorentina to the UEFA Cup.He is very good at cultivating young players. With his careful cultivation and the healthy and orderly operation of the club, Fiorentina's strength has steadily improved.This season, they are not satisfied with the status quo and want to challenge for the Champions League qualification.

Now in the league rankings, they are ranked seventh, only 6 points away from Lazio, who is fourth in the league.

With 10 league rounds left, they are not without a chance!

"So," in the tactical room, Duncan stood in front of the blackboard, tapped on the blackboard, and said that it was time to focus: "Their desire for the UEFA Cup is actually not strong."

"I have studied how they played in the last few games. They will send the main players in the league, but in the UEFA Cup, they will carry out a certain rotation. The last two knockout games are like this."

"So I dare to boldly conclude that their focus must be on the league. After all, Fiorentina is only a mid-range team at best, and their lineup is actually very stretched to face two-line battles. Not to mention, this is an offensive team. The strong defend the weak team."

Jim Cassell asked: "So what should we do?"

"In the two rounds, the first round will hurt them, so that they will lose confidence in going further in the UEFA Cup as soon as possible!"

Duncan was right.

In the league in the middle of the week, after Fiorentina beat Naples away, the gap with No.4 narrowed to 3 points.The team's remarks all talked about the Champions League qualifications, but did not mention the UEFA Cup that will start in a few days.

For Fiorentina, being able to play in the Champions League is a very dreamy thing.Now that you can get there in just one hop, why not make an effort?

Compared with the Champions League, the UEFA Cup is a bit tasteless.

On March 3, Manchester City challenged Fiorentina away.

Visiting team locker room.

After simply mobilizing before the game, Duncan called Heinze and Elano to his side.He looked around, then whispered.

"Brumer, Gabriel, I have a very important task for you in this game!"

Everyone looked at the three muttering and were a little suspicious.

In the Manchester City team, regardless of Heinze and Elano, an Argentine and a Brazilian, both are from Latin American countries with technical football skills.

But the football style of these two people does not match the "technical flow" at all.

These two defensive players are tough in defense, fierce in their feet, and rough in their movements. Even in the Premier League where physical confrontation is fierce, they are very good. They are the "villains" in the Manchester City team.

Of course, tactical execution ability is also first-class!

The head coach is looking for these two people, isn't it to abolish someone?

Everyone's back was full of cold sweat.

In this game, Manchester City's main players were all out, not only Heinze and Elano, but Shevchenko, who had a truce for a round, played again in this game, forming a twin tower of strikers with Samaras!

From the first minute of the game, Manchester City launched a strong attack.This kind of attack is not a one-shot deal, but wave after wave, just like water waves.

Fiorentina didn't seem to expect that Manchester City would attack so resolutely at their home court.

In the five-element formation, Silva is like a dancer. He keeps running, passing, and passing the ball. Like a natural core, he leads the team's offensive!

In the 4th minute, Manchester City won a corner kick, Shevchenko shook his head and hit the goal, and the football slid out.

In the 7th minute, Silva dribbled the ball on the penalty area line, saw Martin Petrov who was inserted from a far point, and suddenly shot coldly.The Fiorentina goalkeeper concentrated and threw the football away in one fell swoop.The Fiorentina players were in a cold sweat behind their backs.

In the 9th minute, Manchester City played wonderfully.Silva and Trabelsi played a continuous pass on the right, attracting most of the defensive attention, and then Silva passed the ball directly to the left, Martin Petrov received the ball and threw it away with speed He blocked the pinch defense of two players, and then suddenly passed the ball across the middle.

This time, Manchester City will not waste another chance. When Shevchenko cut inside Petrov, he had already quietly stepped back.The Fiorentina players were only looking at football, but ignored Mr. Golden Ball.

After receiving an inverted triangle cross from Petrov, Shevchenko gently pushed the ball into the far corner without being marked.

1: 0!

Manchester City continued to attack from the beginning, and finally received results.

Fiorentina was obviously very calm and didn't panic because of losing the ball. They just stabilized their position first and then attacked slowly.

Mutu and Osvaldo are the two strikers of Fiorentina.

As soon as Mutu received the ball, Elano appeared from behind, reached behind him, stretched out his foot and poked the ball away.However, Elano's action was not clean. When the foot broke the ball, his knee also hit the inner thigh of Mutu.

Mutu yelled and fell to the ground.

Prandelli stood up anxiously, Mutu is his key figure in scoring points in Serie A, so nothing can happen.

But the referee didn't see it, and beckoned Mutu to stand up.

Prandelli raised his hand dissatisfied.

A few minutes later, Osvaldo suffered the same treatment. Although Heinze's tackle kept the ball, it also sent Osvaldo flying.

The referee called a foul, but only warned Osvaldo a few words.

A few more similar situations followed, especially rough fouls against Osvaldo and Mutu.

Prandelli stood up restlessly and paced back and forth.

Duncan noticed Prandelli's movements and felt complacent.

Since Prandelli wants to compete for the Champions League qualification, these offensive players are precious. These rough fouls must be very painful in his heart, right?

Prandelli is indeed very disturbed, the honor of the UEFA Cup is a temptation for him.After all, when you go out in the future, you can also have the title of "League Cup champion coach" on your name, which is much louder.

But on the stage of the Champions League, who doesn't want to go wild?

That is what everyone longs for, the highest level stage!

Do you want to stay and strive for the Champions League, or risk the injury of the main players and continue to compete for the UEFA Cup, which has an uncertain future?

In this year's UEFA Cup, there is the Bundesliga giant Bayern Munich!

Very tangled!

The situation on the field has changed again.Mutu is an opportunist and does not want to head-to-head with Manchester City.Facing Elano's fierce shovel again, Mutu chose to dodge.

His legs are still shaking now!

At this time, Florence has already pressed heavily, and the ball passed to Mutu is just to make him a pass point.As a core, he has this ability.However, he dodged a ball that he was sure of.

Elano got the ball!

Although Duncan has focused on his defense, Elano still will not forget the offense!

So he directly made a long pass. Shevchenko's experience with Italian defenders in the penalty area is simply not too rich.He pressed down on Fiorentina's defender and nodded the header. Under the five-element formation, Hargreaves had already judged the flight path of the football and unloaded the ball head-on.

He was assigned to Martin Petrov on the left, Petrov cut in the middle, made a pass with Samaras, and Samaras walled him and passed the ball back, After receiving the ball, Martin Petrov took another step forward without stopping.

Fiorentina's defender kept a close eye on Silva who ran over from the far end to meet him.

They knew that this Spaniard was Florence's brain.Manchester City's offense must be carried out around Silva.

However, Petrov was suddenly full of spirituality, and came to his heel.

Shevchenko receives the ball and the rest is easy.

Shevchenko rubbed a shot and the football entered the goal again.

2: 0!

Manchester City took a two-goal lead away from home!

(End of this chapter)