As the saying goes, it never rains but it pours. Barcelona has proved this well this time.
After receiving the post-match report of duty referee Nelson, UEFA immediately conducted an investigation on the match between Barcelona and Florence and quickly gave the verdict. Barcelona was punished by three-match suspension at home in Europe and fined $20,000 because the home fans did not act calmly before the half-time!
Look at Florence, who returned to Italy after a bloody massacre in Barcelona. With this great victory, Viola went to Tardini Stadium to challenge Parma led by Ancelotti in the 20th round of the league.
Although it was a double match in a week and faced with such a strong player as Parma, Florence was still behind by one goal and won a valuable victory with two goals from Inzaghi and Cruz at half-time!
Chapter 594 Crazy April (4)
After defeating Parma, the remaining six rounds of Serie A will be over, and at this time Florence is still ahead of Juventus, ranking second with 15 points, which means that if Capello can lead the team and score four points, Florence can win the Serie A championship for the fourth time in a row!
In the face of this situation, Juventus general manager Moggi was quite naive when interviewed by reporters, saying that the Bianconeri have really tried their best to prevent Florence from dominating Serie A in a row this season. The failure was not because the players didn’t work hard enough, but because Florence is too strong from the start to the bench and its performance is desperate. Once it falls behind, it will be difficult to make up for the gap.
It is because of such a huge gap in points that Juve’s board of directors gave Lippi a long-awaited order, that is, to allow him to give up the league battlefield and focus on Europe, and to keep a place in the Champions League at the end of the season, even if it is completed.
"Marcelo’s team is now focusing on the Champions League. I hope we can bring the Big Ear Cup back to Turin this season," Moggi told Lippi seriously in the office of Juventus’ general manager.
In the face of high-level hardness, a head coach, Silver Fox, was unable to express his opposition, so he silently accepted Moggi’s request to put the league aside for the time being and concentrate on leading the team to prepare for the Champions League.
It is naturally impossible to know that Juventus has given up the league battlefield here in Florence, but even if we know that Capello is not in the mood to pay attention to these things at this time, because in this week Florence will have a life-and-death battle with AC Milan, and the winner will win the Italian Cup final. This temptation theory is hard to resist for Florence to win the triple crown again or for the Rossoneri to behave badly in the league.
Therefore, when the night of April 23 came, the Florence fans had already packed the Frankie Stadium. Although they valued the team’s performance in the league and the Champions League most, they were not very interested in the Italian Cup. However, when the team had the hope of winning the treble for the second time, they were more and more concerned about the team’s promotion in the Italian Cup. After all, the treble is something that can only be met. Now that it is possible to win it again, the fans certainly hope that the players will try their best to seize this opportunity.
Due to Florence’s defeat in the first leg away from home, Capello sent a set of very aggressive starting goalkeeper toldo Starara and Stam to play three central defenders. Two wingers, Roberto Carlos and Zambrotta Lei Dongduo and Davis, appeared in the starting midfield position, and Portuguese midfielder Rui Costa took the lead in organizing the core striker batistuta to attack filippo inzaghi. The Linghu in the restricted area swam around the Argentine god of war, looking for a chance to launch a fatal blow.
Ranieri also attached great importance to the match. The tinker knew that AC Milan’s hope of getting a good result in the league this season had been completely dashed, and even the qualification for the European Cup might not be won, so he could keep his job by making achievements in the Italian Cup.
Goalkeepers Rossi defenders Paolo Maldini, desailly, costacurta, Leonardo midfielders albertini, Bo Ban, Maini, ibrahim ba strikers george weah and Kluyvette-Ranieri did not leave any hands, so he could put on his strongest team directly, hoping to get a better result away from home and lead the team to eliminate his old club Florence and advance to the Italian Cup final.
In order to reach the final and win the final championship trophy, AC Milan can qualify for the European Cup Winners’ Cup as the Italian Cup champion.
After the game, the total score fell behind Florence and took the lead in showing a fierce attack!
Adhering to the Italian team’s excellent system, Florence’s attack mode is quite simple. Lei Dongduo and Rui Costa organize the ball together in the back of the midfield and then distribute it to the two wings Carlos and Zambrotta. They take turns to insert the ball in the middle of the attack to meet Batty and Inzaghi and others. If they have the opportunity, they will shoot directly. If they don’t have the opportunity, they will make the ball to Davis and Costa and others, or long-range or reorganize the attack.
AC Milan, on the other hand, is firmly in charge. After all, they won in the first leg. Ranieri’s character is also conservative. Besides, it is not surprising that the Rossoneri take the defensive main method in the away game.
Hoarding heavy troops in the middle and back court, looking for Via and Kluyvette in front whenever possible, although this kind of play is simple and rude, it has also achieved good results. Few Via and Kluyvette threaten Florence’s three central defenders and dare not easily join the attack.
As time went by, the players of AC Milan stormed the Fiorentina players. Under the command of captain Maldini, they set up a series of defense lines in front of the goal to stop the opponent’s attack, and they did quite well without showing any flaws!
However, no matter how strong the defense is, there will be loopholes in this fierce attack in Florence. After all, AC Milan’s defense is based on the contraction formation. Although this practice will make the defense more stable, it will also make it easier for the home team to attack at the expense of the attack power, especially after veteran Via’s physical fitness, Florence will launch a fierce attack without fear!
In the face of Florence’s offensive, AC Milan’s defense finally showed signs of loosening.
In the 43rd minute, Carlos forced a breakthrough on the left and Maldini broke the bottom line. Fiorentina scored a corner.
Rui Costa was in the corner and batistuta was in the restricted area. Naturally, Milan players focused on defending. However, Costa’s ball point is obviously not only Bati, who is flexible and has a heart-to-heart. Inzaghi is tall and has a long-range heavy artillery. Carlos and Davis are places where the Portuguese can make a big fuss.
It was because of this that Costa’s corner kick did not fly to the restricted area of AC Milan, but was given to Carlos, who took the ball horizontally for two steps and then directly attacked the goal!
Rossi blocked Carlos’ shot, but the shot was too powerful. Moreover, Garosi was really old. The Milan goalkeeper made such a low-level mistake as saving the ball and getting rid of it.
The ball was out of Rossi’s control and bounced back to the restricted area, and Inzaghi just appeared at the place where the ball landed, and a light push shot sent the ball into the net.
A match! Florence leads!
Chapter 595 Crazy April (5)
Capello was relieved when he saw Inzaghi shoot the ball and fly into the gate of AC Milan. He was very glad that the team was able to equalize the total score before the half-time. After all, it was a big blow to the morale of the players at all costs, but taking considerable risks and never scoring goals.
The most important thing is that if Florence can’t be attacked for a long time and is accidentally attacked by her opponent, Florence will be completely in a passive situation.
So Capello is now more grateful to the team’s first record, Inzaghi. His goal not only stabilized the morale of the army, but also pushed AC Milan to the wall!
You know, in the first leg of the two teams’ home game, AC Milan only beat Florence 2-1, so if Florence players can keep the score 1-0 at the end of the game, the Rossoneri will be eliminated by Florence because of fewer away goals.
This result is disastrous for AC Milan and Ranieri who are bent on qualifying for the European Cup this season through the Italian Cup.
Therefore, after the game resumed, AC Milan players finally stepped out of their own turtle shells and launched an attack on their own initiative. In Bo Ban and albertini, they led Milan players to constantly fall their feet in the midfield to find a fatal gap.
On the other hand, with the support of Carlos and Zambrotta, Fiorentina has more midfielders than the other side, and has played a fierce game against AC Milan. The players all want to take the opportunity to fight again with a few minutes left in the game. After all, if Fiorentina scores another goal, the team’s hope of advancing to the Italian Cup final will become even greater.